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Going the Distance for Hall of {Marathon Maniacs} Fame

When you spend long hours together for eighteen Saturdays in a row, you learn a lot about your running partners; probably more than you care to know.  (I’ll leave you to speculate on that.)  In attempt to keep it classy, these are some of the valuable lessons I learned from my small running group.

Marie shared how to make a marriage last for over 26 years.

Larisa gave me the gift of regular ol’ gummy bears, which make FABULOUS running fuel.

Chrissy taught me how to find balance and to stay strong.

Maribel showed me how to find laughter in even the most mundane things, although that’s not really a stretch for me.  Actually, I learned that there IS someone out there with the same sense of humor as me.

Daffodil taught me how to see the positive side to everything.  Daffodil radiates beauty, much like her flower namesake.  She demonstrated to us how to be better people and even better athletes.

Not only did Daffodil order our Sandy Hook bibs, but she went another step farther by making 26 hearts for each of Sand Hook victims and dropped one at each mile marker in the Disney Marathon.  She shared that journey with a video of those “26.2 Magical Miles for 26 Courageous Lives” and I would love to share her creation with you.

The song is Hall of Fame by The Script.  When we heard this song at the mile 7 water station, we knew Daffodil was sending her beautiful, positive energy our way.

And speaking of champions and everyone knowing your name, my friend Marcia scored second place female in the Clearwater Marathon with a finish time of 3:19:56.  On Friday evening before the race, this top-notch athlete offered some hydrating and fueling advice and gave us a musically inspired pep-talk with some Cake.

Yes, Larisa, Marie, Chrissy and I went the distance.  Although Chrissy and Marie PR’d, I wasn’t necessarily going for speed and a few times, I was alone, alone in my time of need, but I crossed the finish line with my running group by my side and by completing two marathons within 7 days, we earned a spot in the Marathon Maniacs.

Throughout this Marathon Maniac journey, these ladies taught me that anything is possible when you surround yourself with crazy, beautiful, funny, strong, life-loving women.

Stay tuned for a full race recap!  In the meantime, link up and share the music that moves you.  What tunes help you go the distance?



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A Cake Toddlers Dig

PhotobucketWhen I uncovered this construction cake on Pinterest, I knew Liam would love it for his birthday.  What two year old wouldn’t love a cake with construction vehicles and edible dirt?

I placed my order with our resident Cake Boss, Iron chef Allan and he assembled the cake as outlined by Lauren of Fredellicious. He baked two cakes, one yellow and one chocolate, although our cakes were a Betty Crocker’s Butter Recipe Yellow Cake and Devil’s Food Cake recipe to save on time.

He then, froze and cut the cakes, following Lauren’s slanted stripes cake tutorial.

Then, iced the cakes with his own chocolate icing recipe. (See recipe below.)

And finally, he finished it off with some crushed Oreo cookies and a few construction vehicles.

I love the extra touches he added such as some Oreo dirt in the dump truck and tire trucks along the cake platter.

He even added a small lake.

And just as I suspected, Little Lion Man loved it.

Iron Chef Allan’s Chocolate Icing
Ingredients
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
2Tbsp coffee
2 tsp vanilla
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Using a handheld mixer, add butter, salt, cocoa and sugar to a medium-sized bowl and mix until well combined.  Stir in vanilla and coffee.  If additional liquid is needed, add small amount of additional coffee until icing shows desired consistency.

Thanks for joining our weekly Friday Food Fight! Can’t wait to see what everyone is flinging this week!



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Peanut Butter Delight Pupcakes

PhotobucketIt’s been one year since we adopted our little Pomeranian, Lucy and we simply had to celebrate the occasion, which meant baking some kind of doggie birthday treat for her, of course.  But what kind of cake to bake?  I didn’t know the first thing about dog-friendly cakes other than the ones I could buy from our local doggie bakery.

A quick Google search returned some very simple, easy to follow dog-friendly and people-friendly recipes.   Many sites said to avoid anything with butter, chocolate or sugar and if your dog has a wheat allergy, rice flour can be used as an alternative ingredient.

My mini-chef, Emmalynn, assisted me because she loves to bake.  After reviewing the selection of recipes, we decided to bake Peanut Butter Delight Pupcakes because I had all of the ingredients on hand.

As you can imagine, Lucy loved it.

Chowed down on the Milk Bone, licked all the icing off of it and ran outside to gobble down the rest of her pupcake in her favorite spot kind of love.  That’s how much she loved it.

If you most know, yes, we tried the pupcakes too.  They were tasty, like a bran muffin without sugar, but our brains were expecting something sweet.  So, the kids and I nibbled one between the four of us, just to try it.

At least Lucy enjoyed it and that’s all that mattered.  After all, it was her day.

 

Peanut Butter Delight Pupcakes

(Yields six pupcakes)

Ingredients

1 cup white or whole wheat flour (I used white wheat flour.)
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup honey
1 egg

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Prepare a muffin pan with paper muffin liners.

In one bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda.   Then, in another larger bowl, add the remaining wet ingredients and mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix well to combine.

Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin.  Fill each cup about ¾ full. Bake for 25-30 minutes.  Cool on rack.

Once completely cool, decorate the pupcakes with dog-safe peanut butter icing (recipe follows below) and top each with a Milk Bone or dog-safe treat, like jerky.

 

Peanut Butter Icing 

Ingredients

4 oz low-fat cream cheese

2 oz all natural creamy peanut butter

1 Tbsp canola oil

Directions

Combine all ingredients with a hand-held mixer until well blended.

Thanks for joining our weekly Friday Food Fight! Can’t wait to see what everyone is flinging this week!



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If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d've Baked a Peep Cake

The cake I baked for Easter wasn’t homemade, natural, organic, gluten free, sugar free, or even low fat.

 

Shamefully, I used a box of Better Crocker yellow cake mix to form two 8 inch round cakes, two packages of yellow Peeps, two tubs of chocolate icing and a bag of milk chocolate chips to create this sunflower Peep cake .  Nope, there was nothing healthy about it and it was damn good.  In fact, it was so good that I ate a slice for lunch the next day.

After I finished this cake, my oldest daughter suggested I pipe on some green icing to make a stem and a leaf on the side of the cake which was such a cute idea, but I was too lazy to mess with icing and a piping bag.  I’ll try that the next time I make this cute Peep cake.

Also, I think next time I make this cake, I’ll use white icing, white chocolate chips and pink or purple Peeps so the cake has a brighter springtime Easter flavor appearance.

 

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Now link up and see what treats If I Could Escape and Gone Bananas are serving for this week’s Friday Food Fight.


 

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