Chocolate Lemans Cake and Spaghetti Cupcakes

Remember that night we went to the fair?  That's right, it was a couple weeks ago.  Well, my Chef son-in-law had requested me to make him Chocolate Lemans Cake, which isn't even a cake for his birthday.  And my DD2 had requested DD3 to make him Spaghetti Cupcakes as a surprise.  Are you keeping up with this?  Let me say it clearly; the Chef is getting TWO desserts on his birthday.

When I got home from the Fair Serena was already working on the cupcakes.  I set to work on the Chocolate Lemans Cake.

My kitchen has NEVER looked this messy!  I just had to snap a picture.  We laughed and giggled as we worked together on our two separate desserts.



Rejected cupcakes



Acceptable Cupcakes frosted



Mixture of butter, walnuts and flour for Chocolate Lemans Cake



Chocolate Lemans Cake's 1st layer ready to bake

 

2nd layer of cream cheese, powdered sugar, cool whip added to the baked and cooled layer.
As you can see the baked layer doesn't look that much darker than the unbaked layer

Cupcakes are good and "Noodled"



3rd layer - One small instant pudding and 1 1/4 cup milk



Opening Meatballs



4 layer - small instant pudding and 1/14 cup milk



Add Strawberry Jelly and Grated White Chocolate (Parmesan Cheese)



Top with Cool Whip and sprinkle with walnuts.

Oh so Yummy!  And so much fun!  We are going to have to do this again! 

Recipe for Chocolate Lemans Cake

Use one large container of cool whip.

1st layer
1 cube butter melted.
1/2 cup chopped walnuts - chopped fine.
1 cup flour. 
Blend together and bake just until lightly brown in 350 degree oven. (Sorry I've never timed this.) Do not over bake. Let cool.

2nd layer
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 package cream cheese (8 oz)
1 cup cool whip.
Mix together and spread on 1st layer.

3rd layer
1 small vanilla instant pudding
1 1/4 cup milk
mix and spread on top of 2nd layer

4th layer
1 small chocolate instant pudding
1 1/4 cup milk
mix and spread on top of 3rd layer

5th layer
Spread cool whip on top and sprinkle with 1/4 to 1/3 cup chopped nuts.

Keep Refrigerated

This and That: Give Away, FNSI and Food

At our house our favorite dinner is Chicken Curry.

So to tease my girls, I sent them this text:

"Look what's for Dinner..."

Doesn't that look disgusting? It does look a little better on a plate.  All three of them knew exactly what it was and wanted some.

Now here's some pictures of what my son in law made today - did I tell you he is a chef?

I guess I don't have to say he's a SUPER good chef do I?

Okay enough with the food.

Here are the pillowcases that were made for my Chef Son-in-Law and his baby boy.

Don't forget Oct 14Th  Oct 21st is Friday Night Sew-in.

I usually sew on Friday Nights and then never post about it. I'm hoping this Saturday I'll do better.

Also - you'll want to know that Stray Stitches is having the Give-Away.  Check out her blog to see about winning HOPE FAMILY FOREVER sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop.

Okay that's all from me today.

L:inda

Finally, Little Forest Quilt is FINISHED

This was finished on the Friday -but it took me until today to get it posted. 

I really like the binding.  I've always admired a stripe cut on the bias and this is the first time I've utilized that technique.

This is a great size for cuddling up with.

Hubby with his first quilt.

I also have to show you Lynn's quilt. So different than than Hubby's as Lynn at Alamosa Quilter used colorful fabrics.

See, is this beautiful or what?

I especially like that she used round circles for the quilting to go along with the dots on her trees. 

And she made a wall hanging - which is nice.  (Sorry I can't get the picture larger. When I do it blurs out.) 

Remember I found some Halloween fabric at the store - and just had to buy some?  I thought it would be so neat to have Halloween pillowcases.  Here are the girls' pillowcases. (The boys, have to wait - I was tired after making these.)

  I let Violet and Scarlett help sew on the machine.  I think their favorite part was taking out the pins.  I even made Rosanna sew up hers. It was kind of easy - I just told DD to do it.  (hehehe - it's fun to be the Mom.)

 She said he enjoyed doing it, it was relaxing.

You can't see in the picture - but the fabrics are Candy Corn, Pumpkins and Ghosts and Little Black Cats. 

I also made myself a pillowcase.

And Hubby made himself one.

He did not want the little trim fabric.  Imagine that, he has a mind of his own.

And what do you think happened right after I snapped these pictures?  You are right!

Neptune got in the picture!

I think she wants this blog to be about her - not sewing.

Have fun sewing today,

Linda

Little Forest Quilt Along & News Flash

Okay so it here it is the final day for our Little Forest Quilt Along -  is everyone finished?  No?  Well that's okay as we are going to extend the finishing date to Oct 14th.  I think quite a few of us need the extra week.  Do I hear cheers and applause?

I do want to show you Alamosa Quilter's finished quilt.  It's really so fun and glorious!!  I don't want to take it without permission - so please click here to see it. She is the first to post a finished quilt.

As for Hubby's quilt - the binding is half way done.  It will be finished tonight.

A few seconds after snapping the above picture....Neptune made herself comfy.  She thought I put it up there just for her.  

Aww... Now get down Neptune.

News Flash!   We have a new driver in the family!!

I'm so happy she passed on the first try.  And now I have a willing person to run my errands for me.  For a while anyway, then the newness of driving will wear off and she won't want to.  So I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Linda

Quilting the Little Forest Quilt

I do like quilting - not great at it yet.  But that doesn't stop me.  (Didn't stop me from piecing either.   And eventually I became better at that!)

I had ninety squares to quilt.  Because I like math each night I was quilting I would figure out how many squares I wanted to finish.  If I finished 22.5 squares I would have 1/4 of the quilt done, 30 would be 1/3 of the quilt .   I only finished 15 squares the first night, making it only 1/6 of the way.   Of course once you get the rhythm it goes much faster and I ended up finishing 45 squares on Sunday. 

The border was quilted in one evening.  Whew!  Glad that is done. 

Last night it was time to teach Hubby about binding. I always enjoy doing the binding.  And this striped binding is so cheery. I let him do the whole thing - even the ironing.  (I did the dishes - no - I didn't think that was fun.)

And he's doing so well with the 1/4 seam even without the 1/4 foot. In the meanwhile I got the sauces made for tomorrow night's dinner, did some laundry and other assorted cleaning.

After that he was ready to learn how to hand sew the binding on the back.  I was tired  from cooking and cleaning - this just isn't like the old days (what a week ago?) when I got to come home from work and sewed.

But I do really like how the quilt is turning out.  So pretty and Christmasy!

And the Winner of The Devil's Puzzle is .......

I suppose you have all been on pins and needles wondering who would win the book.  (No?  What?? You even forgot about it?  Sometimes I forget about give-aways I've entered, and then a couple days later I'll remember.)

So the winner is...

Okay you really don't think I'm going to tell you right away do you?


First I have to tell you all that I put all the names in a hat (it's a little better than using a pot).

I stirred them around and mixed them up good.  Then picked one..

Oh the suspense....

Congratulations to Kelli of Seriously...I Think It Needs Stitches.   Kelli has a pretty entertaining blog that I'm sure you all would love to check out. You can tell it going to be fun just by the name.  Please send me your address Kelli and I'll get the book in the mail to you.

Thanks everyone for playing!!

Who's Ready for a Give-away?

Up for grabs is a new book by Clare O'Donohue, THE DEVIL'S PUZZLE. 

Plume books was nice enough to send me one to read - I'll review it soon and they gave me one to GIVEAWAY!  Are you liking this so far?

O'Donohue is "an avid quilter..... is a freelance television writer and producer, who has worked on a variety of programs including HGTV’s Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson.  She is still trying to use up the fabric she was given while working there."

Here's the write up on her book "Witchcraft in a small New England town typically harkens Salem , Massachusetts . However, amateur sleuth Nell Fitzgerald finds the upcoming anniversary of Archers Rest, New York drawing out the town’s own dark history of witchcraft, as well as that of its residents in THE DEVIL’S PUZZLE. Nell is thrilled when her grandmother Eleanor’s boyfriend plans a double surprise—restoring the rose garden of her old Victorian house, and a marriage proposal. However, Oliver’s plans are put on hold when a skeleton is unearthed in Eleanor’s backyard. Police Chief Jesse Dewalt launches an investigation, and for once, Nell vows to stay out of his way, instead focusing on organizing a historic quilt show as part of the town’s upcoming anniversary festivities. When clues lead to questions about Eleanor’s past, Nell is forced to uncover the truth. As the anniversary approaches, a chilling wave of vandalism strikes town hot spots, raising fears that witchcraft has returned, and revealing secrets that could change life in Archer’s Rest forever."  

” A modern day Jane Marple on steroids.”   - Mark Sadler, Suspense Magazine

If you are interested please leave a comment - and I'll throw your name in the pot. 
 
Okay I'm going to go grab me a cuppa
 

And one of these to cuddle with and start reading.



She always sits like that  - with her legs crossed.  Such a lady.