Vacation

Well, I have been busy the last month and have neglected my blog. This last week Sonny and I went to the Smokies and then to Knoxville to the quilt expo. We had a great, relaxful week.

Here is a picture from our cabin--don't think I need any explanation.

View from My Porch

I am blog-post happy today. I just had to take a picture of my view. I love the blue sky and a little bit of green after such a wonderful rain yesterday.

Honey Bun Cake

Today I needed a quick dish to take to someone's house. This is one of my Mother's favorite desserts because it can be used for a breakfast bread, too. I decided to post a recipe and pictures. Hope you enjoy.

1 yellow cake mix (without pudding)
4 eggs
3/4 cup oil
1/3 cup water
8-oz. carton sour cream

Mix above ingredients together, and pour into a 13 x 9" pan.

Mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle the brown sugar mix over the cake (pic 1), and take a knife and swirl it over the cake (pic 2), being careful not to touch the bottom of the pan.

Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.

The glaze consists of whisking 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp. milk, and 1 tsp. vanilla together. Pour over the top of the hot cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

This smells so yummy!

Last Week's Meals

I have taken some time off this past week to enjoy the week with grandkids, Gabby, Hannah, Andrew, Jacob, and Maggie and sometimes Jase. We enjoyed having the Michigan bunch. They are good eaters so meals were not such a chore, and I also had a plan. For future reference, the temperature was close to 100 degrees each day. We have had rain since they have been here but when they were here, no rain for 30 days.

Tuesday
Lunch -- homemade barbeque pork sandwiches
Dinner -- Fried catfish, potatoes, salad, pound cake

Wednesday
Breakfast -- they really enjoyed a variety of Kellog's small cereal boxes. I had also made bran muffins.
Lunch -- Hot dogs
Dinner -- roast, rice/gravy, green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, salad, homemade rolls and ice cream dessert (mixture of vanilla ice cream, oreos, and Cool Whip)

Thursday
Breakfast -- pancakes and bacon
Lunch -- picnic at water park with Kentucky Fried Chicken
Dinner -- Gabby's birthday -- hamburgers and the works, birthday cake.

Friday
Breakfast -- cereal again (cereal with sugar is a treat) (I cannot believe I have not fixed this Michigan crew some grits. Oh, well, maybe next visit.)
Lunch -- ham sandwiches and chips -- picnic outside on patio
Dinner -- Chicken spaghetti, corn, peas, rolls, brownies