Mod Podge Some Birthday Cake

I have been working on making homemade Warm Delights with a box cake mix. (recipe here) I thought it would be fun to give as birthday gifts for friends, neighbors and co-workers. So I put this mix in a jar. To make the gift wrapping fun and to re-use what I have I grabbed small jars. You can use half pint or pint depending on recipe size.

Cut a 2 1/2 inch circle out of scrap scrapbook paper. Mod Podged onto a used, but washed canning lid.

I just Mod Podged the edge.

Then covered the top in Mod Podge. (Let's see how many times I can use the words Mod Podge in this post.)

Tie a ribbon with a candle. Include directions on tag.

Microwave cake right in jar.

Let cake cool before adding candle.

Here are a couple of other Mod Podge posts for this month. Click on photo for full post. (The bread box post is one of my favorites. Be sure to check it out if you are new to my blog.)




Be sure to check out other Mod Podging nuts at Xazmin's Mod Podge Mainia @ This Is The Year.

Once S'more

Every summer I cover the inside of a shoe box with foil. The kids and I then make s'mores out in the sun. We talk about reflection, outside temp., solar power and such. We try it at different times of the day so the kids can get a feel for how the temperature rises and falls. Anyway, it's mostly just for fun now, but when they are older I will help them look up answers on the Internet.

Another sideways picture. Ahhhh, I swear it was fine 2 seconds ago.

So if it is still hot in your region of the world, find a shoe box and give it a try. It works better if you let the marshmallow sit a few minutes in the sun first. It doesn't take long for the chocolate to melt.

Impressive Loaf

This bread tastes as great as it looks. I love using this recipe to add pizazz to a meal lacking in visual excitement.

You will need:

1 loaf frozen white bread dough

1 loaf frozen wheat bread dough

melted butter

Set dough out to thaw slightly.

Dough needs to be firm enough to cut. Cut into 8-10 pieces.

Dip each piece of dough and place dough in greased bread pans. Alternating white and wheat. (I skipped the butter this time so that the dough would stick to each other so I could slice it and have each color showing. The butter will cause it to be unnecessary to slice. You can just pull it apart.)

Cover and let rise. I didn't give mine enough time. Be sure to start early enough so that your bread will be able to rise over the top of the pan.

Bake, slice and enjoy!