Voga Italia's Whiskey Pop Cocktail Recipe

We do a lot of entertaining here in our home and I am always looking for new cocktail recipes to make and serve to our guests. Today I am sharing with you a great recipe from our friends over at Voga Italia. I think it looks delish and I am going to make it next week for our backyard pool party.

Voga Italia's Whiskey Pop Cocktail Recipe

1 Sugar Cube
4 drops of angostura aromatic bitters
1/2 shot of bourbon whisky
Top it off with VOGA Sparkling

Polish the sugar cube with bitters and drop it into the glass. Pour bourbon whisky into a chilled glass and top it off with VOGA Sparkling.

Disclaimer: You must be age 21 years of age or older to consume alcoholic beverages.

Passionate About Scrapbooking!

I am a die-hard scrapbooker and it has been several weeks since I have had time to do any scrapbooking and finally last week I got back into my scrapbook room and did a few layouts. I am usually not this far behind on my scrapbook projects but thanks to my home business really flying well, I just haven't had much time for crafting.

I usually don't blog about my craft projects too much on this blog but if you love to craft or enjoy scrapbooking, you should visit my other blog called Passionate About Crafting. I try to post new scrapbook layouts or craft projects over there once a week and would love for you to visit me there too.

The scrapbook layout I made above (click on photo to enlarge it) features photos of my grand-wee-one from her 1st birthday party almost 3 years ago. Yeah, I told ya, I am a little behind on my scrapbooking projects, LOL! Isn't she just darling? I adore that grand-wee-one!

Anyway, I have made a new commitment to myself and that is....I am going to some how find 2 hours a week to work on various craft projects or scrapbooking projects. I need to find my "crafty self" again and work will just have to wait those 2 hours every week!

Do any of you enjoy crafting? scrapbooking? What kind of crafts do you enjoy doing?

Grandma's Strawberry Cake Recipe

Here is a great recipe that I got from my grandmother about 15 or 20 years ago. It has always been a favorite dessert recipe at our family gatherings in the summertime, so I thought I would share it with all of you today.

Strawberry Dessert Cake Recipe

Cake:

1 box white cake mix
2 (10 ounce) bags frozen strawberry slices, thawed

Topping:

1 box vanilla instant pudding mix
1 cup cold milk
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
1 pint of fresh strawberries, sliced

Prepare and bake the white cake according to the box directions. Let cool completely before preparing the topping recipe.

Take a wooden spoon and poke holes all over the top of your cooled cake. Place the thawed strawberries into a blender container and puree for one minute. Pour the pureed strawberries over the top of your cake so that they fill in some of the holes that you poked.

In a large mixing bowl combine together the instant pudding mix and cold milk, beating for 2 minutes. Fold in the whipping cream. Spread the topping on top of your cake. Slice the fresh strawberries in half and use them to garnish the top of your cake. Store cake in an airtight container.