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VANILLA BUTTERMILK CAKE WITH INSTANT FUDGE FROSTING!!

   Here's another recipe found at  www.sweetapolita.com  .  She makes such lovely desserts!! Vanilla Buttermilk Cake with Instant Fudge Frosting I have a real thing for the 70s. I mean, heck, I was born smack dab in the middle of them, into a family of much older siblings ready and eager to love, spoil, and torment an unsuspecting baby sister, so overall I’d say it was a pretty fabulous era. When I think back to my first memories of cake, they come along with my first memories of life at all: sitting around the dining room table with siblings who, at that time, would have been about 15, 14, and 8. I have particularly fond memories of the family birthday dinners gathered around that same table, eating the birthday kid’s meal of choice: my mom’s lasagna, my dad’s famous barbeque steak dinners, or, any other favourite of the time. There was, though, one thing that didn’t vary: the cake. Throughout the 70s (and possibly the 60s), I remem...

BURNING MAN FROM THE BLACK ROCK DESSERT IN NEVADA!!

   Burning Man  is a week-long annual event held in the  Black Rock Desert  in northern  Nevada , in the  United States . The event starts on the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the American  Labor Day  holiday (August 29 to September 4, 2011). It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden  effigy  on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in  community , radical  self-expression , and radical  self-reliance .    Burning Man is organized by  Black Rock City, LLC . In 2010, 51,515 people attended Burning Man.    2011 attendance was capped at 50,000 participants and the event sold out  on July 24th. A smaller event known as the  Smoke Creek Gathering  has been opened to the public nearby to give the thousands of lucky people a place to participate. HISTORY   1986 to 1989    The annual eve...

SOME HALLOWEEN LABELS FOR YOU !!

Free Vintage Halloween Poison Labels! cocoandbella Halloween treat! Free Vintage Prison Labels....Print them out! Just print them out and put them on wine glasses, cups and old bottles.  They add to your theme and are a create touch to any Halloween Party!   Happy Halloween! See the next page for even more labels....... more labels