Baking 911

As I was anticipating a (somewhat) relaxing weekend working around my house, I received a frantic message Thursday night that my good friend Myra was in need of baking help. She was attempting to make a groom's cake for her stepson, who was getting married THAT Saturday! Her stepson is a firefighter and wanted a burning building groom's cake. So my...

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Bake Sale Bonanza

The small church we've been attending recently announced it would be holding a fish fry / bake sale fundraiser... on the same day I'd already purchases Braves tickets for... Since I wasn't able to be there in person, I felt obligated to help out by baking. And bake, I did! I figured that if I spread my baking out throughout the week, I should be able to tackle several recipes to contribute to the sale. I skipped baking Monday and Tuesday nights, figuring that was just too early for a Saturday...

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