Southern Praline Pecan Cake for Food Friday

I am joining Michael at Designs by Golllum for  Food Friday.

This is cake is so easy and so good, I don't even know where I found the recipe but It has become a favorite. You use a can of  coconut pecan frosting in the batter. The cake is so moist, it is unbelievable.

Ingredients:

1 package of butter pecan cake mix

1 container of coconut pecan frosting
1 extra container of coconut pecan frosting for glaze, if you want a glaze on your cake.

4 eggs

3/4 cups vegetable oil

1 cup water

1 cup chopped pecans (divided)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 or 10 inch bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Combine the cake mix, frosting, eggs, oil, water and 1/2 cup of pecans. Mix until well combined.

I use a electric mixer to make it easier but on a low speed.

Sprinke the remaining nuts in the prepared bundt pan then pour in the cake batter.

Bake at 350* for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

You can serve it plain, but sometimes I buy an extra can of frosting, heat it in a saucepan until it becomes almost like a glaze, and drizzle over the cake, either way it is delicious. Also try it with Butter pecan ice   cream.  So Good !!!  : )

Merry Christmas and a Gingerbread Village

                                Merry Christmas to all !!!

I have been very busy with work and just life in general, I have not devoted as much time to my blog as I would have like or had planned. I am getting ready for Christmas like everyone else in blogland. So I don't have much to share. I have taken pictures of a few of my Christmas decorations to share.

My Gingerbread Village. I bought most of the items 1/2 price last year after Christmas.

A blanket of snow and a few gumdrops complete the scene. I also keep my Christmas candy in decorative jars on the side, you can't see them  but there's Snicker bars and Peanut butter cups mini size of course. Must watch our weight during the holidays LOL :)
Wishing all Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and may the New Year bring you much Health, Happiness and lots of LOVE and FUN.

Seashell Curtain Tiebacks

I am joining Susan at betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com   for Metamorphosis Monday and Cheri at http://itssoverycheri.blogspot.com/  for Its So Very Creative Monday. I love the beach and my living room is decorated beachy country style. I have seashells just lying around waiting to be used. I have made several things for my living room with shells, A wreath and a flower arrangement but decided my windows need something beachy. So I came up with tiebacks, Really simple to do, All you need for the project are seashells that are similar in size and color, rope or ribbon, I used rope type that I purchased at Hobby Lobby, a drill and drill bits- a small one and a larger one,  also a old phone book to place the shells on when you drill.

These 2 shells look pretty, think I will use them

Drill a small hole on each side of the shell, using the small drill bit, then using the larger drill bit make the holes bigger so your rope can be inserted. Sorry the picture is not to good, but you get the idea.

Insert rope into a hole and bring over and insert into the other hole, place around your curtains and tie the ends together, adjust, instant tiebacks. I have hooks that I slip my tiebacks on. I think they look good.
BUT...

After making my tiebacks, I began searching the internet and found these:

I think I can make mind look prettier, I will be making a trip to Hobby Lobby this week in search of tassels.
I will let you know how they turned out. Thanks for stopping by. Patricia