Guest Post: Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

This is a guest post by Erica of This Flourishing Life. Please visit her blog to thank her for this great recipe!

This special recipe for Sour Cream Pound Cake is from my Granny. I wish I had a picture because words just don't do it justice! 

 

Ingredients: 

1 Pound Cake Pan 

3 Cups Flour (sifted) 

3 Cups Sugar 

1/2 Pound Butter (this is Southern after all) 

6 Eggs 

1/2 t Salt 

1/4 t Baking Soda 

8oz Sour Cream (full fat) 

1t each of these flavorings: Vanilla, Lemon, Coconut, and Orange 

1/2 t Almond Flavoring  

Making It: 

Cream butter. Add sugar and continue to cream. Add eggs one at a time while blending. Add flavorings. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture slowly to your other mixture (sugar, butter, etc.) and mix together. Grease and flour baking pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees. 

I love this recipe because it doesn't taste like any other pound cake I've ever had. The sour cream helps to keep it moist, and the flavorings help to keep it from being bland. If you would like to keep this dessert more naturally flavored (instead of using the artificial flavorings), you can use almond butter or coconut butter, real vanilla extract, and lemon or orange zest instead of the flavorings. Enjoy!  

*Erica is the writer and creator of This Flourishing Life, a blog where she desires to glorify God through her ramblings about Jesus, organics, recipes, cloth diapering, mommy stuff, health issues, reviews, and giveaways. If you would like to read more from Erica, you can check out her Blog and Facebook Page.*

 

Guest Post: Eggplant Lasagna

Last Saturday, I was busy teaching a couponing class. Maria S of Maria S Hand Made Love gave us a yummy recipe for Sour Cream and Chicken Enchiladas. I made them before I posted the recipe and they were delicious!

Maria returned the favor by posting my Eggplant Lasagna recipe. Please visit her site and thank her for sharing with us!

Guest Post: 7th Graders' Advice to Kindergartners

With students going back-to-school around the country, we have a new "crop" of kindergartners and their "first days" of school. My 7th graders offered them some advice for beginning school. Some of it was practical, some funny, and some, well, these ARE 7th graders we're talking about. Some of it was pure off-the-wall!

Read the full post at CuteMonster.com

Guest Post: Sour Cream and Chicken Enchiladas

Note: I'm hosting a coupon class today, so I knew I would be swamped. Maria S. of  Maria's Handmade Love was kind enough to offer us this delicious recipe for our weekend! Please let her know how much you enjoyed this recipe by going to her site and following her via GFC and commenting, too!


Sour Cream and Chicken Enchiladas

Mexican food is all my husband wants to eat...well, almost. He loves Mexican food and can't get enough of it.  So at least once a week I make some Mexican dish for dinner - usually more than once a week.  This week I made these super easy and delicious Sour Cream and Chicken Enchiladas.

They are easy to make, and it is a recipe that the whole family will love!  And that is a big bonus when it comes to cooking dinner! 

Guest Post: Finding Coupons

I was thrilled to guest post for Lara D. of Simple Homemaking. Please check out the post on finding coupons from the source and thank Lara for posting it by following her.

Guest Post: Don't Let the Deal GET You!

Note: This is a guest post from Cheyanne at Spend with Pennies. If you enjoy what she has to say, please head over to her site and follow her by GFC and leave a comment!

Don't Let the Deal GET you ! Advice from Spend With Pennies!

Stockpiling: Stockpiling is the best way to make your money stretch.  When you find a great deal, you buy enough for your family that will last until the next good sale.  Yes, this means buying more than 1 of a item during 1 sale .  Whatever is on sale that you will use, you buy.  Even if you do not need it that week, you may need it the next.  Stock up enough that you do not have to pay full price for anything. Watch the sales every week to see how to plan. I personally get every FREE DEAL I can find... If i cannot use it NOW SOMEONE will use it sometime or another.  If a item is a "good stock up price" I will stock up even if it isn't free! 

A few things I never pay for:
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Dentle Floss
Body Wash/Soap
Pads/liners
Deodorant
Those items are mostly ALWAYS FREE!

Make Good Decisions: When you coupon, you need to make good decisions. DON'T let the DEAL get you! YOU GET THE DEAL!!!  (some new couponers even myself when I started raced to get every deal imaginable... just think of it this way the deal will be back around if you miss out don't stress it) ALSO remember that you do still have to pay tax on things, even items that are free after coupons, so make sure you’re not wasting all of your money on tax for things you don’t need. If your spending 2.00 in tax money ON SOMETHING you DO NOT USE then YOUR not saving ANY MONEY!!!   You also have to take a fair amount of time planning. When I go shopping (depending on who I take or if i go alone) I create a extensive grocery list with my coupons already organized in the order I plan on checking out. ((Mind you that is when I take my children ... I don't even take my binder its not worth the frustration )) If I get to venture out SOLO I will take my time and browse around! It is alot of time planning a shopping trip... BUT, here is how I look at it.... "I save $100 on my shopping bill, that is MORE money I have to Pamper Myself... Spoil the Husband or even MORE toys for my boys!"

Always Give Back:  After you have been couponing for a while, you will find that you have so much stuff that you cannot possibly eat it all or use it all before it will go bad. I have alot of single mothers whom are my close friends who don't have enough time to actually coupon SO I share with them. I also love being able to just have my own lil tiny store in my house!  Don’t be a hoarder or a shelf clearer just to have it all sit and clutter up your house. When I started couponing I told myself... I REFUSE to let it take over a SINGLE room in my house... I refuse to let it take over my life. I will never be ON TV. I WILL never be considered a HOARDER.... I always give to someone what is needed and if I have enough to give. I ALWAYS keep a 6 month supply of everything...  

((I have 2 Small closets and a small laundry area for my stock pile I do not have a abundance of anything...))

Responsibility: As a couponer, you can help or hurt the coupon world.  Do not abuse the couponing system.  When in doubt about a coupon, ask someone before using it. USUALLY trust your instinct.  Make sure that your coupon is for the product that you have.  You cannot use 2 manufacturer coupons on one item.  At Target, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS, they allow you one store coupon and one MANUFACTURE coupon.  The coupon will say on it what it is.  Check out my Coupon Etiquette Here   Just use common sense and not greed to guide you.

Teach Others: Friends don’t let friends pay too much!  Be sure to share the shopping skills with others so they can learn to save too.  Everyone works hard for their money so they should be able to keep it! DO NOT brag to others to the SENSE it become NAGGING. NOT everyone has the time to save the money or even the interest. ALWAYS just be helpful you will soon know which friends are interested and which friends aren't.

Guest Post: On Christianity

My friend, Kristin from voiceBoks asked me to write a guest post for her blog, Whole Lotta Momma. Here is what I had to say about Christian parenting.

Guest Post: The Dust of Your Rabbi

My friend Dominique, from voiceBoks asked me to guest post for her. The topic is "The Dust of Your Rabbi," discussing how Christian parents should follow closely to Jesus if they want their children to follow, too. Check it out and let her know I sent you!

Guest Post: Encouragement is the Oxygen of Life

One of my friends from voiceBoks, Sarah, was going on vacation and asked me to write a guest post on her blog, Healthy Mom on the Run. Visit her blog to read my post, Encouragement is the Oxygen of Life. While you're there, check out her blog for lots of great info!