Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

Okay, I know this is already January and I am one and a half months late in posting this, but heck, better late than never. I seem to be saying that a lot lately... So as the title said, my miss Kiki is already 5 years old! This past year she has been fascinated with Disney princesses and of course, she asked for a princess birthday cake. Just like last year, she designed it herself and I ordered the cake from my friend Natalia from Baby Town Cake. Thanks for the awesome cake, Nat! We did a small celebration at her school just like last year. But this time she went around the sun 5 times. She opted for a Rapunzel dress to wear, I think mostly for the hair that came with it.... :)

A friend of mine brought these scones to work one day and boy they were yummy! Of course, I asked for the recipe and she sent me this recipe from her book. Her recipe is in the photo below. Since i didn't have all the ingredients, I made a few substitutions. These are what I used: 3 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups cold heavy cream (whipping cream) 1 cup diced ham 1 cup chopped green onions (scallion) The how to: - First I mixed the first four ingredients in a bowl - Then I pulled out my kitchenaid with the paddle attachment and start whipping the cream. - Does your cream look whipped now? With soft peaks? Well continue whipping! - Your cream will eventually separate into butter and buttermilk. Separate the butter and buttermilk. - Keep the butter in your mixing bowl and using the same paddle attachment mix the flour mixture in just enough to form crumbles. - then mix the buttermilk in - ...

I checked out my own blog today and was surprised to see that my last post was from December 2012. That was over a year ago! Has it really been that long?! So I smarten up and downloaded the blogger up on my Samsung Galaxy Note II. And why did I not think of that a long time ago? Well I guess we'll never find out but better late than never! So far, it is quite intuitive to use and hopefully I can make posts more often! A recipe coming up soon!