The Women's Lambing Weekend at Heifer International was spectacular! We checked on the lambs at 6:15am Saturday morning and there were 13 new little lambs that were born overnight in the rainy pasture.
I highly recommend a visit to the Heifer International ranch in Perryville, Arkansas. They have a number of lodges available for volunteers or for family reunions. If you don't know anything about Heifer International, check out their website. The program fights hunger and poverty by providing animals to people around the world and it is amazing what a difference one animal can make to a family and a community. If you have trouble viewing the slideshow, refresh the page. Click on a photo for more information. Enjoy!
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Birthday Cake and Goat's Milk
Sorry to all of you on diets, but this week's recipe is chocolate cake. I baked it for my brother's birthday. It is super yummy but I haven't found the perfect frosting so you'll have to figure that out on your own.
Chocolate Birthday Cake
2 Cups packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup butter (no subtitutes)
2 Cups cake flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 Cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 squares baking chocolate, melted and cooled
1 Cup hot water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Melt chocolate in double boiler and set aside. Sift together cake flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs one at a time to butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Add vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Add cooled chocolate and blend well. Add 1 cup of hot water and blend until smooth. Pour batter into 2 9-inch cake pans that have been sprayed with cooking spray and lightly floured or lined on the bottom with parchment paper. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until done.
This cake was yummy and flaky and we still have half of it in the fridge. I leave tomorrow for my trip to the Women's Lambing Weekend at Heifer International. Check back next week for photos and to find out the answers to burning questions like: What is it like to milk a goat? How exactly do you ride a water buffalo? How much can one knitter knit on a train trip to Arkansas?
Chocolate Birthday Cake
2 Cups packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup butter (no subtitutes)
2 Cups cake flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 Cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 squares baking chocolate, melted and cooled
1 Cup hot water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Melt chocolate in double boiler and set aside. Sift together cake flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs one at a time to butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Add vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Add cooled chocolate and blend well. Add 1 cup of hot water and blend until smooth. Pour batter into 2 9-inch cake pans that have been sprayed with cooking spray and lightly floured or lined on the bottom with parchment paper. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until done.
This cake was yummy and flaky and we still have half of it in the fridge. I leave tomorrow for my trip to the Women's Lambing Weekend at Heifer International. Check back next week for photos and to find out the answers to burning questions like: What is it like to milk a goat? How exactly do you ride a water buffalo? How much can one knitter knit on a train trip to Arkansas?
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