Blueberry Ripple Coffee Cake

I haven't been feeling well lately so I haven't been doing much around here.  I do have a few ideas so stay tuned.  I hope to get creative in the next week or so!

My girlfriends and I are going away for the day and night.  And by away I mean downtown. :)  I'm so excited despite how yucky I feel.  To celebrate Mother's Day tomorrow morning with some of my best friends I made this delicious Blueberry Ripple Coffee Cake.  I can't wait to have some tomorrow morning with a mimosa and then come home and kiss my babies!!

Recipe:

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 1/3 TBL cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1 1/4 cup blueberries - I use the whole frozen bag which is approx 2 cups
1 box white cake mix

Mix brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt & butter in a medium bowl.  Set aside.  Prepare cake mix according to directions.  Sprinkle 1/2  of sugar mixture and 1/2 of pecans over bottom of greased 13X9 pan.  Spread cake batter evenly over sugar mixture.  Sprinkle berries and remaining sugar mixture and pecans over cake batter.  Using a knife fold berries and sugar mixture into cake batter for ripple effect.

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until done.

I like the pecans fine so I grind them in the mini processor. 

Sugar and butter - YUM!

First layer

Second layer

Ready for the ripple effect

Rippled!

I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Painting Flower Pots

We're getting ready for Earth Day by planting flowers seeds.  First, we must decorate the plain jane terra cotta pots.  This project was quite simple and only took a couple minutes.  All you need is terra cotta pots, acrylic paints, Krylon finishing coat/sealer.

Each of my kids picked a color of paint and I squirted some onto a paper plate.  Then they rubbed each hand in the paint and then made their handprints on the pots.  On the back of each pot I painted their name and date.  We could have added more decoration but I like them nice and simple.  After the paint dried I sprayed the pots with the Krylon.  After they are finished drying for a day or two we'll plant the seeds!