Blog Party March 12-19

My Pinterest Blog Party is open!!!

This is a theme party! We are pinning things that are GREEN!
If you want to know how my blog parties work, take a peek at my Blog Parties page.

Leave a comment with your pinterest profile link, if you want to be added. Have fun!
And feel free to invite your friends!

You are Invited to My Blog Party- Pinterest Style!

My name is Susie, and I am a Pinterest addict.
Instead of trying to fix it, I decided to embrace it.
How better to embrace something, than to have a party? Am I right?

Here's how it works:

1. Make sure you are following me on Pinterest, so I can add you to the board. (Leave a link to your pinterest profile in comments when you follow, so that I can follow you and  add you. I will add you as soon as I can! Once you are added, you are automatically added for participation in future parties... this means, it will get easier for all of us! lol)
2. Choose up to five "pinworthy" projects, recipes, ideas... you get the picture... from your own blog or website.
3. Pin them on my Blog Party board.
4. Check out the other awesome pins there. Repin pins you like (to your own boards), follow blogs that interest you, and have fun!

Easy right? Just click the link to get to my party board!

Since this is my first "party", and not many people are signed up yet, I may extend it past the 26th. (I'm still working the bugs out). (And hoping it works! lol)

1-2-3 Cake found on Pinterest!

When I saw this quick cake idea on Pinterest, I repinned it and immediately made plans to try it.

Source: thehiddenpantry.blogspot.com via Susie at Earning-My-Cape on Pinterest

Then, I went to The Hidden Pantry and followed that blog, because she has a ton of awesome looking recipes (even one for home cured bacon!!!) So check it out!

Now back to the cake.

I used Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix and Betty Crocker Super Moist Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix.

The result was a spongy, light and airy, little cake... like a chocolate Angel Food cake.

I used coffee cups. My coffee cups are really thin, so I only needed 45 seconds. 

I also decided to drop a few chocolate chips into the batter. They sunk to the bottom of the cup, but when inverted into a bowl, they made a nice little "frosting".

While this isn't your typical thick, rich cake, there are a lot of things that I really like about it.

• Each serving is only about 126 calories (before adding chocolate chips). Yes. I calculated it out. And in case you are wondering, there are about 26 servings... which brings me to my next point...
• It is economical. I bought both cake mixes for a total of about $3. That's around 11 cents per serving.
• My kids like it! They also like that they can make it themselves. I like that, too!
• There are so many flavor possibilities! I don't even know what I want to try next. Carrot cake? Lemon? Strawberry?
• It stores well, and is nice to have on hand when we want a little treat.
• It is so quick! Simply measure it out, add water, and nuke. Cake in one minute!

Thank you to The Hidden Pantry for sharing this recipe!