Wedding!!!

The big day for my sister finally came and went! Here are some pics and favorite moments from the wedding:
(some are blurry and I am so sad about it)

 150 4" applesauce spice cakes as favors

 waiting outside the temple 

 yay for marriage! 

 Goodell Girls 

 family with out of town cousins

Top moments:

1. The ceremony. Meaningful and sweet.

2. Steven's nephews being so excited to help clean up. "Annie... do you have a garbage bag? I am collecting cans for my school's recycling project."

 "(as someone takes plates of cake to the cake table) Hey! Can I take one??" I love those little boys. Wish I had pictures of that. 

3. Steven's niece dancing like crazy once dancing started. 

4. Eating cafe rio wedding style... it was sooooo good. (you DO want cafe rio to cater your wedding, I promise). 

5. The coconut lime cake was amazing (I actually didn't try this until after).

6. Walking into the Commander's House for the first time and seeing all the flowers set out 

 bad blurry photo of the Commander's House (aka the reception center) 

 GORGEOUS flowers  in mason jars done by neighbor Lexi, she also did a HUGE piece for the buffet, it was  so pretty! 

Burlap linens and vintage lace overlays are adorable. 

And of course I didn't get a picture of the cake. oh yes, there was more cake. Coconut with lime curd cake and chocolate cake with cherry filling. Joy. 

Hopefully I will have more pictures to come and more blog posts. It was a beautiful day and we are so happy for Katherine and Travis! 

Cake Experiment

A few weeks ago, I had the strangest craving for spice cake.

I really believe that spice cake is underrated and not given enough credit. Of course, chocolate is my favorite kind of cake, but spice is definitely up there as one of my favorite flavors.

To satisfy my craving, I (with the help of husband) made a spice cake for a ward potluck, but we added something different to make it ummm... different: melted white chocolate.

Oh my gosh, and it was heavenly. If white chocolate and fall spices got married, this cake would be their baby.

 It was joyous and wonderful (and the sunday after the potluck, an old man in the ward came to tell me that it tasted delicious and also asked me if I worked in Disneyland because I look so much like Snow White... ha.) 

We also added this amazing syrup to the cream cheese frosting. This, is Buttermilk Syrup, and once you try it you will never need regular syrup again. You make it with buttermilk, lots of butter, and sugar. After cooking it a while it starts to taste like caramel. It's a recipe from one of my old Young Women's leaders and it's so good! So good, I am going to share the recipe with everyone. Go home and make it, then put it on pancakes, french toast, ice cream, or just eat it plain on a spoon. 

Buttermilk Syrup

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. corn syrup

Combine butter, sugar, and buttermilk in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute and add vanilla, soda, and corn syrup. Let it cook until it turns golden brown. Serves 4 to 5. 

Thank you Sarah for such a great recipe. Happy cooking everyone! 

Neglect (and some pretty pics)

I have been neglecting this dear little blog lately... I don't really have a good excuse (except for wedding planning, work, school, going out of town, etc.).

We went up to my Grandpa's Cabin this weekend, and despite the snow, it was still a great weekend. We made chili, biscuits, dough nuts, and we went to Park City. So much fun!

Here are some pics:

 Steven kneading dough 

 Saturday- all the snow still there!

 homemade doughnuts (To Mark, Lisa, Courtney, and Paige. I promise we didn't try to copy you! Although seeing your doughnut pics made me 10 times more excited about making them...)

pretty!

Sigh... it was a great weekend. Very relaxing. 

Coming up: White Chocolate Spice Cake (aka heaven-in-cake-form)