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Valentine’s Day Mini Ombre Cakes Recipe

February 7, 2023February 3, 2023 by Angela Russell

Looking for a fun dessert you can make for Valentine’s Day? If so – try these mini Ombre cakes.

They are cute from the outside, and when you cut through them you’ll reveal a surprise:

different colored mini layers of cake! While these may look fancy, the good news is that they require easy to find, inexpensive ingredients and equipment.

Here’s what you’ll need.

Boxed Yellow Cake mix (Duncan Hines was used for today’s recipe)
Ingredients for the cake mix (Duncan Hines is: 3 eggs, 1/3 C oil, 1 C water)
Red food coloring
Pink food coloring
Round cookie cutter
2 sheet pans/cookie sheets
Parchment paper
Cooking spray

For the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, you’ll also need:

2 sticks butter, softened
4 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs milk
Red food coloring
Pink food coloring

Start by preheating the oven to 350°F.

Line pans with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Prepare cake mix according to box and divide the batter evenly into 4 bowls. (3 bowls plus the one you mixed in is fine.)

Leave one the way it is, and color the remaining 3 different tints of pink and red.

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20 Best Coupon Apps to Save Money

January 13, 2023January 2, 2023 by Laura Wales

It’s mind-boggling to think about how much has changed in the past ten years. Most people didn’t even own a smartphone back then, and now they’re everywhere! Download one or more of the best coupon apps for extra savings on …

Free New Year’s Resolutions Planning Printables

January 5, 2023December 27, 2022 by Laura Wales

I love a good New Year’s Resolution! In my experience, your success in reaching your goals starts with making a solid goal and plan in the first place. It’s so easy to slap down a resolution without giving much thought to why it matters or how you’re going to achieve it.

This year, I wanted to help you make your best set of New Year’s Resolutions ever! To do that, I’m offering up a FREE set of New Year’s Resolutions printables you can download and use to assist you through the process. You can always find these on Amazon, yet we wanted to make them accessible here.

I recommend you print these out and find an hour or so when you can be quiet and reflect on what matters to you for the year ahead. This might involve leaving your house to hit up the coffee stand or library so you can clear your thoughts.

The first printable you’ll want to print out is the Resolution Brainstorm. On this sheet, your goal is to come up with all of the ideas in your head…all those resolutions that appeal to you or you’ve been kicking around for a while.

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4 Tips for Making New Year’s Resolutions that Stick

December 29, 2022December 26, 2022 by Laura Wales

Do you like making New Year’s resolutions this time of year? Or, are you in the camp that says they’re a waste of time? As someone that loves making goals and seeing them through, I’m honestly somewhere in the middle. I don’t think every resolution is a worthy one, but I also think that the process of self reflection is underrated!

I’ve had some years where my resolutions went fabulous (my 2009 resolution was to start a blog) and I’ve also had years that my resolutions were forgotten by mid-March. Today, I thought I’d share some of my tips and thoughts for what to consider when penning your resolutions.

Tip #1: Make sure the goals are yours.

Chances are, your Facebook feed is starting to fill with friends sharing challenges like these:

12 Week Weight Loss Challenge (may or may not include a “buy in”)
Project 365 (take a picture every day for a year)
Run 1,000 miles next year
Save $10 every week for a year

I am easily moved by my friends’ enthusiasm for challenges and goals like these and can very quickly mistake that for my own interest, if I’m not careful. However, I’d really caution you about adopting other people’s goals without careful thought. Some of these require big commitments and may or may not align with what matters most to you. For instance, I’ve decided I’d like to run a 6:30 mile (or faster) in 2016. That’s a much more meaningful goal to me than making sure I’ve hit an arbitrary number of miles next year or completed a 365-day running streak.

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