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LauraH
True Blue Farmgirl
305 Posts
Laura
North Creek
New York
USA
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 Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 5:43:54 PM
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THank you soo much Amanda! I will try them out asap!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 10:00:22 PM
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These sound wonderful! I'll be trying them out this holiday season, too - thanks!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Nov 07 2006 : 9:34:51 PM
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Anne- I learned to make the boxes from my Mom! There wasn't anything she didn't think to try to make herself and she passed alot of that on to me! I still have a few of her boxes that I treasure too. Your wedding cake boxes sound beautiful, would they fit under one of those glass domes they use for dolls? That might be a nice way to display them so they won't get dusty!
Thanks for posting the recipes Amanda, I'm going to give it a try.
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Edited by - bramble on Nov 07 2006 9:43:02 PM |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 08 2006 : 10:20:47 AM
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Okay - here's the stupid question - how do you get the cakes out of the jars??? I tried not to ask, but I just had to.....
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2006 : 8:17:57 PM
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Ya know, Debbie, I didn't even THINK of that. How DO you get them out????
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 08 2006 : 8:23:40 PM
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If you use wide mouth jars and just run either a knife or thin metal spatula (like you would spread frosting with) around the inside of the jar they just slide right out and you can cut them into rounds. ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....if you want to be like my 26 year old son you just get a fork and eat it right out of the jar..heehee
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 08 2006 : 8:53:10 PM
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I think I'll include instructions for getting them out along with the cakes - AND a fork!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2006 : 08:42:06 AM
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| Actually they slide out pretty easily. They are not a "dry" cake. At least not the spice ones I used to make. They were very most. However, we baked them with the lids on them. (you would hear them popping as they baked! lol The first time it scared my mom to death!) I am not sure it that made a vacuum effect or what, but they were never really stuck to the edges of the jar they were just a hair away from the edge, and they wereso moist if you just put them upside down and kind of shook it would eventually come out, just like say um a can of refried beans or dog food (sorry to use that as a example, but it's all I could think of), you know you shake it till some air gets at the b ottom then shoop it all comes out in one piece. |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2006 : 11:55:51 AM
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Thank you. I am such a curious thing. I think I might try to make some.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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serenity1652
True Blue Farmgirl
140 Posts
Fawn
Elkins
WV
USA
140 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2006 : 1:17:00 PM
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This is a great topic.
I am making gift baskets for all of my family and friends. In them there are crocheted wash cloths, homemade candles (made by my kids), home made pumkin bread, sachet closet hangers (the kids helped make also), sock snowmen and a few other homemade Christmas ornaments. I buy all of my childrens things...or they buy it as I just purchase them a few things and then give them a VISA gift card to purchase the rest themselves...they are teenagers. I love the jar cake idea, will make them instead of pumkin bread next year.
"May all of your farm girl dreams come true...as mine has"
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CutiePatootieFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
75 Posts
Tess
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 7:12:42 PM
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I think I'm going to make my sister and cousin (who is also my best friend) towels out of flour sack towels. But I'm going to personalize them by painting her initial in her favorite color and then embroidering around the edges. Wish me luck! I've never actually embroidered before.
I'm also making my youth group kids little felt mice where a candy cane makes the tail. |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2006 : 09:59:41 AM
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WOW never heard of cake in a jar...NEAT!
"... to thine ownself be true." |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
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Posted - Nov 19 2006 : 3:35:37 PM
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I am making: Crocheted gemstone necklaces. Sterling silver/gemstone earrings and bracelets, some doll clothes, two calico elephants, a puppet show/theater and puppets and a few aprons of course!!!
I am also trying to join an afghan for Warm-Up America. I have until mid January to get that done though.
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/
Thanks for checking out my apron musings! |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Nov 19 2006 : 4:28:34 PM
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Georgann,
So nice to hear from you, and so glad that soon you can leave your job and go on to something else because I really miss you being here.
Also wanted to thankyou again for the lovely gifts, I show them to everyone who comes over to visit.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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