Tie-dye Cake

So about a month ago I did a post that included a cake I made for a friend, I thought I would share how to make it.

The ingredients you need are:

• a box of vanilla cake mix (make as directed with eggs, oil, and water)
• food coloring
• any flavor icing
• wax paper
• spoons
• 7 bowls
• 2 circle pans

First prepare the cake mix according to the box, then divide it into 6 bowls (i used paper disposable bowls). Tint each bowl a different color using the food coloring and mix. 

Next line both cake pans with wax paper in the bottom, and spray with cooking spray around the edges this will prevent the cake from sticking to the pan. To start layering the colors in the pan put the first color in the center and as you layer the colors add less of the next color and so on, the colors should spread out on their own but if not use a spoon to spread them.   

                                              

                                                 

In the second cake pan, layer the colors the opposite way. Making sure all the batter gets used.

After the cakes baked, let the cakes cool and move them to a cooling rack, once cooled place the first cake on a serving dish ice the top of it and add the second cake and ice completely. To make the icing harden faster stick it in the fridge.

Next if it for a birthday add the candles, make a wish and enjoy!

Look how cool it looks! 

Another thing you can do is take vanilla icing and make it crazy colors to match the cake!

Easy Enchiladas

So this is my first post about making a recipe

                                                 this is the finished product.. it was so yummy!

Ingredients:
1 pound of ground turkey
1 bottle of Ortega Taco Sauce (not enchilada sauce)
1/2 pound of grated or shredded cheddar cheese
flour tortillas
sour cream

Brown your turkey.  Add as much of the taco sauce and cheese as you want to get the consistency you prefer for your filling.  I don't like mine to be super runny so depending on how much meat we are using (if I am making more than a pound) I modify how much I put in.  I want the meat-cheese-sauce mixture to be gooey.

Fill your tortillas.  We usually use the large 10-inch tortillas.  A pound will only make 4 of these but they will be large.  Roll the tortillas (I suggest a couple of trips to Chipotle or Qdoba to learn how to do it well...ha ha).  Cover the enchiladas with as much or as little of the leftover Taco sauce and then sprinkle with cheese.  Bake at 350 until the cheese is melted.  Serve warm with sour cream.

I got this recipe from a friend, go check it out at Storybook Reality http://storybookreality.blogspot.com/2012/04/easy-enchiladas.html 

Almost "Summer"

"Summer" just means sunshine and hopefully less rain, being an army wife my husband works 24/7 365 days a year. April and May flew by, minus the 2 weeks that the hubs was at school in Missouri. And let me tell you those 2 weeks felt longer. Now he is gone again to NTC training, yippee. This month is all about school work and work outs.

Let's look back at the events from April. Our friend Kyle had a birthday and his brother flew up to visit. We threw a surprise party for Kyle, we helped out Shelby. It included 250 balloons to fill the apartment and not to forget an awesome tie-dye cake (not to brag about it since i made it lol).

balloons!

my adorable husband after blowing up balloons

the outside

the inside!

One weekend we went to a MARINERS game, that was so much fun! It was my MLB game, it was the 2nd game of the season and they won! The cool part I saw one of the players, Justin Smoak, who used to play for USC Gamecocks. Go COCKS! (: I didn't realize it until talking to my cousin. Here is a picture of the stadium. 

During the month of May nothing too adventurous happened. Shelby and I worked out and had a few girls nights. Once the guys got back we spent as much time with them as possible. About 2 weeks ago we went house hunting, it was fun. We fell in love with the second house but no word on it yet. Over the month of May I read the Hunger Games trilogy, those books are super amazing and would recommend them to anyone to read!

This past weekend yet again we had to say see you later, which is so hard to do. Of course after he walked to the barracks I cried. Let the count down to his return begin.

the man of my dreams, my hero, my soldier!