Thursday, May 31, 2012

Confetti Cake Bites

I Love Lizzy stuff that she fixes to share with all of us. I can't wait until her cook book comes out so i can buy it. It has to be good.

Your Cup of Cake

Confetti Cake Bites

The Story:
On my journey to Cake Pops, I decided to start with Cake Bites. I was bored at home with nothing to do and decided to finally take the plunge. I went out and got some chocolate melts from my local WinCo and got to it.

Confetti Cake Bites

Yield: 24-30 cake bites

Ingredients

Cake:

1 box white cake mix

4 egg whites

1/3 cup oil

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon almond extract

Frosting:

6 Tablespoons butter, softened

4 oz cream cheese, softened

2-3 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup sprinkles

2 1/2 cups Milk Chocolate Melts

Spinkles for decorating

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees grease 2 round cake pans (or one large rectangle pan).

2. Sift cake mix and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, gently whisk egg whites, oil, buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla extract and almond extract together.

4. Add cake mix and mix until smooth.

5. Pour batter into cake pan(s) and bake until an inserted knife comes out clean. (My round pans took about 20 minutes.)

6. Let the cake COMPLETELY cool. Then crumble it into a bowl.

7. In a stand mixer, beat butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Add cake crumbles and let mix. (If you over-baked your cake, you may need to add a little extra butter or cream cheese. Taste the "filling" to see if you need to add more powdered sugar.)

8. Use a mini scoop of create your cake bites. Each bite should be about 1 or 2 tablespoons in size. Place the balls of dough in the freezer for 15 minutes and then roll in your hands to smooth out the edges. Place in the freezer for 10 more minutes while you prep the chocolate.

9. Melt the chocolate melts (or coating chocolate) in double boiler until thin and smooth. Dip cake balls into melted chocolate, cover with chocolate and then remove. Place onto aluminum foil and immediately top with sprinkles. (The chocolate cools fast.)

10. Ta-dah! Done and done.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you will enjoy this and I hope you will try it.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely
Donna Scrapp'n Nana
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Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Thank You Thank YOU

I want to start tonight Thank Sarah Hamer over at Penk Cricut for the beautiful Birthday Doodle Kit that she put together for us to buy. Also Thank you for the stamps that was on sale they was at a price that I could afford. Thank you so much.

Sarah I just want to say it agin Thank you for this beautiful kit I'm going to have some fun tonight.

If you like what you see please let Sarah and me know that you love this set also.

Leave us a comment so we will know.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely

Donna Scrapp'n Nana

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                                     www.mycmsite.com/dmdegraw
            Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Strawberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

Lizzy has done it again. Also you need to go to her blog and check it out. I love her stuff, and she also is making a book of all of her great stuff. I can't wait until it comes out. I want to buy one of her cookbooks.

Your Cup of Cake

Strawberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

The Story:
Summer, summer, SUMMER!
Alright, so I think summer is pretty fabulous because it means no homework. But I love all the fresh berries that come with it. I like to convince myself in the winter that my favorite dessert is a brownie, but once my teeth break the skin of a strawberry…mmm… I remember that nothing can beat a fresh, juicy strawberry.

Strawberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

Yield: 24 Cupcakes

Ingredients

Vanilla Cake:

1 box white cake mix

4 egg whites

1/3 cup oil

3/4 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup sour cream

1 tablespoon vanilla

White Chocolate Ganache:

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

1/4 cup heavy cream

Strawberry Buttercream:

1 cup butter, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons strawberry flavored gelatin (jello powder)

4 strawberries, diced (no stems)

4-6 cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.

2. Sift cake mix into a bowl and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, gently whisk eggs whites, oil, buttermilk, sour cream and vanilla extract.

4. Add cake mix and stir until combined.

5. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until and inserted knife comes out clean.

6. White Chocolate Ganache: Place chocolate chips is a heat proof bowl and set aside. On the stove top, heat heavy cream just until bubbles form around the edges (don't let it boil) and pour it over the chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. (Depending on your brand of chocolate chips, you may need to add a couple more if it's too thin.)

7. Buttercream: Beat butter for 2 minutes. Add vanilla extract, gelatin and strawberries. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

8. To assemble, dip the tops of the cooled cupcakes in the ganache. Let it set for a few minutes, then pipe your buttercream and top with sprinkles and fresh strawberry slices.

If you like what you see please leave me a comment.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely
Donna Scrapp'n Nana
http://scrappnana.blogspot.com/
www.mycmsite.com/dmdegraw
Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System

Monday, May 28, 2012

June 15, 1968

On June 15 we will be married 44 years. BUT we have been together for 46 years. I meet my husband one week before I turned I turned 17 years old. He came to our home to see a friend that was living with us at the time. Doran came with his younger brother and I had to tell him that Tom wasn't there right now but he will be going to the car races that night so Doran said he will see him there. BUT Tom didn't go to the races but I did. I saved a seat for him and his date (someone I didn't like). That night after the car races was over i went home and told my younger sister if he omes back to the house before noon tomorrow that I will marry that guys and of course she laughter at me. But Sunday morning about 11:30 am he showed up. He came back every night and the following week-end was my birthday and he asked me out for that night and of course we had a great time.

This was our first date I just turned 17 and we had gone to a place called the Sky Room which is at the Pendleton Oregon airport. He gave me a Pearl and Diamond necklace for my birthday and I still have it. I want to pass this on down to my daughter if she wants it. It means a lot to me.

This was just after the Minster told everyone welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Doran De Graw. While our Minster was saying the prayer my wonderful husband had SOS and HELP on the bottom of his shoes and everyone started laughting at him. I knew about it but I didn't think he would really do it but I was wrong.

This was when we tossed my flowers and he did the garter. This well be a day we won't forget and fun day for the both of us.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you will leave me a comment.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely
Donna Scrapp'n Nana

                                       http://scrappnana.blogspot.com/
                                       www.mycmsite.com/dmdegraw
         Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System.

April 1992

Yes it was a long time ago but so fun to go back and remember those times. Our daughter (in Yellow) and all the 14 and up in our church did a Dance Festiable and she teamed up with our best friends son and did a group dance. All the kids had a great time and really enjoyed themselves. They did this for all the stake to see and then they went to another town and showed them what they all had learned. Everyone that saw our group of kids felt that they was the best group out of all the different teams that was there for our chuch. There was at least 4 different groups from Eastern Oregon and Washington. We was very proud of all the kids for a wondrful show that they did.

Kresimir Waite and Dieter Waite

Dawn De Graw and Jamie Chambers

Dawn was with Kres. These two sets of kids was wonderful together.

Hope you are have a great week-end. I'm going to be staying home and not doing much. Still to much pain.

Thanks for coming by and I would love to hear what you think of our star's.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Look what is NEW

Ladies i want to share with you something that is New with Creative Memories. You can go to my website and preorder yours now if you would like too. This is going to be so wonderful to have.

I know that I have had mine for 9 years and I sure can use a new one. This one looks so much nicer and easier to use. I like the idea that the top comes off.

Thanks for coming by.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

He think's he can drive Now

I have a story to tell about my son. When he was about 11 months old he felt that he was old enough to drive our car. I went up to my uncle place with my mother and father and we was just standing out by my car and we was just talking and our son was still standing in the driver seat of the car playing with the steering wheel. But low and behold he knock it out of park and the car started rolling back down the hill. We all jumped out of the way and my father went to put the break on when it hit my father jeep. We was so grateful that his jeep was in the way cause that was what stopped the car and no one was hurt.

Thank you for coming by and reading my story. This is a good one of our son.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely
Donna Scrapp'n Nanahttp://scrappnana.blogspot.com/
www.mycmsite.com/dmdegraw
Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Science Project, B+

Our oldest granddaughter had to make a poster for her science class. It was on molded bread and how long it took to get that way. She gathered all the information and then she was to put it on a poster to show her teacher. Here is what she did:

She did a wonderful job on it and her Mom and Dad love the job she did. Also her teacher felt that she did a great job on it and gave her B+ for her work.

Thank for coming by.

Thanks for sharing with us..............
Sincerely
Donna Scrapp'n Nana
http://scrappnana.blogspot.com/
www.mycmsite.com/dmdegraw
Come and see what are the NEW TOOLS are for July. A New System.

Our Easter, Yes I know I'm late.

Our Easter was a wonderful day filled a lot of love and fun for the 4 kids. This year Easter was a little different for the kids But we loved it and had a lot of fun watching them find there eggs. This year the Easter bunny left 12 eggs for each children that was like one in in their basket. They could only find their eggs and not the other kids eggs. These eggs was filled with stickers and the loved that idea. They didn't get a lot of candy but enough to have fun with everything.

Yes I know there is a lot of pictures but I'm a proud grandma and glad when I have some of my grandchildren here. Thank you for coming by and I hope you enjoy your Easter as much as we did. Thanks for coming by.

A Few More

I have a couple more to show you then I want to share some pictures of my grandbabies.
I love the New Stamper from Creative Memories and IF you make cards I know you would also. All you have to do is check out my website and see what's new.