It's Party Time

I did a little cooking over the weekend. Yummy bread, I am getting a lot of use out of my new bread maker. Tomato Cheese Pie - very good. I am testing new recipes with tomatoes since I think we are going to have a good crop of tomatoes this year.

Coconut Cream Cake for a birthday party at work on Monday. This is a yellow cake mix, after baking holes are punched all over and cream of coconut milk is poured over it, then topped with cool whip and covered with yummy coconut.

I also tested a new cheesecake recipe from this book and it was so good I made another the next day for the BD party at work. This cook book is fantastic. Everything I have made from it has been delicious. I have been checking it out at the library. I am trying not to purchase any new cook books - I have a ton of them and am running out of places to put them. I will have to do an inventory and see exactly how many I have.

The cheesecake turned out great - very high and no cracks. It was so good you didn't need any toppings. I had blueberry, cherry, caramel and cool whip for toppings but most people liked it without. This is definitely my go to recipe for cheesecake from now on.

Dave always requests cherry topping on his cheesecake.

Joyce Twitty is on the left, the birthday girl and the nurse I job share with. That is Lynn our branch manager on the right.

We love having parties and we all love to eat!

These candles were so pretty; the flames were the color of the candle. I forgot where I had purchased them but found some later in the week at Marshall's, so I stocked up for future parties.

What's inside?

There is a inside story behind this gift - we all had a good laugh.

This was the cutest gift I found. Pretty blue yarn, knitting needles and a pattern for a scarf in a take out Chinese box. Joyce is a great crafter - very talented.

Hope you had a great birthday!