Homemade Pound Cake

I made this delicious pound cake this past weekend for my family. My mom actually told me that it's better then her recipe...I was like wow...My mom is a very good cook..The recipe is listed below...Enjoy

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

With a mixer, cream butter and shortening together. Add sugar, a little at a time. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl and add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with the flour and ending with the flour. Mix in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Homemade Brown Sugar Scrub

I am going to make some this homemade brown sugar scrub to keep on hand to give out as gifts. This recipe is below:Project Recipe

Cardstock from Papertrey Ink

Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Rustic White

Pattern paper from PTI: Pink Patterns

Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder

Glassine sack from PTI

Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter

Bakers twine from the Twinery in Peapod

Red Rosebud crinkle ribbon from Kristen Swain's Etsy store

Rose Red ink from Stampin Up

Tiny Tag die from PTI

Circle cut from Mini Monograms at 2.7

Scalloped circle cut from Mini Monograms at 2.7

Flower cut from Flower Shoppe at 1.25 and 1

"Happy Mother's Day" from My Pink Stamper: Happiest Moments

"A gift" from My Pink Stamper: Winter Treats & Sayings

Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup sunflower oil

1.  Mix sugar & brown sugar together until there are no lumps.

2.  Stir in vanilla extract & sunflower oil.

Homemade Lemon Sugar Scrub

I am going to be making this treat for my daughter's girl scout troop leader. She is the best. Here's the recipe below:

Recipe

Cardstock from Bazzill & Stampin Up

Birthday Doodles Kit papers, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Rel Red, Ripe Avocado

Cuttlebug Spots & Dots embossing folder

Glossy Accents

Martha Stewart Sugar Cube glitter

Button from Papertrey Ink

The Twinery Bakers Twine in Buttercream

Crinkle Ribbon from Kris Swain in Butter and Snow

Lemonade cut from Just Because Cards at 3.47

Lemon cut from Just Because Cards at 1.63

Circle & scalloped circle cut from Mini Monograms at 2.61

Sentiments from My Pink Stamper: Fruit & Veggie Puns

Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub

2 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

4 tablespoons lemon juice

*Stir together sugar & olive oil.

*Add lemon juice.

*Makes about 12 ounces!!