With Independence Day coming upon us in a couple of days, I thought I would post a tasty recipe for the holiday. It's called Angel Food Flag Cake and it looks delicious.....especially the blueberries, lol! Enjoy!
Angel Food Flag Cake
Ingredients
1 package Betty Crocker® white angel food cake mix
- 1 1/4
- cups water
- 3
- cups fresh or frozen unsweetened (thawed and drained) raspberries
- 3
- tablespoons sugar
- 3
- tablespoons seedless red raspberry jam, melted
- 1
- container (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed (3 cups)
- 2
- cups fresh or frozen (thawed and drained) blueberries
Directions
- 1 Move oven rack to middle position. Heat oven to 350°F.
- 2 Beat cake mix and 1 1/4 cups cold water in extra-large glass or metal bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Pour into 2 ungreased loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches, or 3 ungreased loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches.
- 3 Bake 9-inch pans 35 to 45 minutes, 8 1/2-inch pans 28 to 38 minutes, or until top is dark golden brown and cracks feel very dry and not sticky. Do not underbake. Immediately turn each pan on its side on heatproof surface and let rest until completely cool. Run knife around edges; remove from pans.
- 4 Line each same loaf pan with plastic wrap, allowing wrap to extend over edges. Place raspberries, sugar and jam in food processor; cover and process, using 3 quick on-and-off motions, until coarsely chopped. Cut each loaf cake horizontally into 4 slices, using serrated or electric knife. Place 1 slice in bottom of each pan; spread 3 tablespoons of the raspberry mixture over each. Top with another slice cake. Repeat with remaining raspberry mixture and cake slices. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours until chilled.
- 5 To remove loaves easily from pans, place serving plate upside down on top of pan; turn pan upside down onto plate. Remove pan and plastic wrap. Cut each loaf crosswise into 8 slices, using serrated or electric knife. Serve with whipped topping and blueberries
Catlover 
, now I can rest my brain. But don't think I am going to be bored, I still have plenty to do.....music, computer games, reading, practicing my driving, housework, 4-H activities, cooking, and having fun with my baby sister....she is starting to smile and laugh a little now, so cute 
. This past weekend I entered a blueberry recipe contest. I didn't win this time (two years ago I got third place) but I still had fun making blueberry banana bread. It was kind of funny when I brought my entry in the day of the contest. For some reason they put my entry on the table for the youth category (youth category is for ages 9-15). I told them, "No, I'm 17 yrs. old"....guess they thought that I was a kid since I am kind of short, sigh. Anyway, here is my recipe for blueberry banana bread, enjoy:
. Since going to my friend's wedding, things have been pretty busy around here, along with the usual stuff of schoolwork and music practice. Homeschooling is winding down since we only have a month to go...I'm so excited to be nearly done with my junior year 
....looking forward to this!
My sisters and I have been busy helping my mom around the house and helping get baby stuff out such as baby clothes. We also got down the baby bassinet and got that all set up, baby sister will be sleeping there for awhile right next to my mom's bedside, lol. Along with this excitement, my older brother will be getting home from college next week...yay! As I said, lots of excitement going on around here! 
, such a happy occasion, and I am very happy for her! After the ceremony, we went to the reception where we ate some food, along with some tasty cake and cookies 
Yes, that's right, I caught the bride's bouquet! Exciting! Below is a picture of me with the bouquet:
Aaachooo! A sure sign that Spring is here is my allergies...ick. My sinuses and my allergies have been aggravating me like crazy the past couple of weeks. Don't get me wrong, I love Spring, the weather is warming up, and everythig is starting to bloom beautifully. But along with that beautiful bloom comes pollen, pollen that loves to get my allergies stirred up. Things are finally calming down, I can breathe a little better now. And I'm glad to be feeling better too since my older brother has been home this week on Spring Break from college. It has been fun getting to spend time with him!
. This leaves me plenty of room for exploring my areas of interest.....music, art, missions....and taking some college-prep math to get me prepared for community college. I am still thinking about attending community college next year and studying early childhood education. But I want to retake the math part of their entrance test and see if I can score better this time. It will save me a lot of time if I don't have to deal with so many pre-requisite math classes.....especially since I am not very fond of math 
. The less I have to deal with it the better, lol.
and practicing all kinds of stuff. Along with learning my favorite music pieces from the "Lord of the Rings" movies, I am also practicing some church hymns, along with starting a new recital piece. I need to keep up with the hymns since I will be taking over playing the piano at church later on when my mom has my baby sister. Speaking of baby sister, I have gotten to lay my hands on my mom's stomach and feel the baby moving around several times. Lol, with the way she kicks, I think she is going to be a future soccer star 
. Homeschooling is going along fine, I am doing well with my Bible, U.S. History, and American Literature courses. I have also been busy looking at colleges again, although I am still not sure where I really want to end up at. But there is no hurry on that anyway since I will probably be starting off with community college first and then transfer to another college later on......but where to transfer to....that is the question 
, lol. As I said, no hurry for now. I can't believe I will be in 12th grade this Fall, I am so excited! My mom has already sat down with me to help me plan out what all I am going to study this Fall. Since I will only have Bible and Government/Economics, I will have plenty of room to further explore my other areas of interest such as missions, British Literature, art, and music. Sounds like fun! Of course, I will also need to make room for some test prep stuff in Math. I want to re-take the college placement test to see if I can test better in the Math and not have to deal with that many Math pre-requisites....that would be nice, lol! But for now, I will stay focused on what I need to be doing and not worry over anything else.
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