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I Am SO Not Martha…….

Kim Kaslow

Mini_cakes

This post was to have gone up earlier today, but it seems that typepad was having some problems, so here we are a day late and a dollar short, but still here all the same…LOL

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My Wednesday Walks (and all the days in between) have been walks on the treadmill lately due to wintery conditions.  I am not much of a daytime TV watcher, but I have timed my walks so that I watch Martha Stewart’s show when I am on the treadmill.

Anyone who knows me knows I am not much of a domestic goddess anymore…..I know, hard to believe… however there was a time in my young married life, when my house was spotless and I hand smocked all of my daughter’s dresses. but then dogs and life happened, and the rest is history. 🙂

Anyhoo………..earlier in the week, I saw Martha and her guest making these cute little conversation type mini cakes.  I thought hmmmm………perhaps I will surprise Ken and the girls with these little cakes for Valentine’s dessert.

Well… here I am on Valentine’s Day with kids and husband home due to the blizzard we are having…… dogs not happy about sinking up to their necks in snow and me up to my elbows with yarn and dyeing.  It surely did not make for the conducive domestic moment that I had envisioned while on my treadmill a week earlier.  You see the sad results of my efforts in the picture above…tee hee. 

I guess I will skip these fancy schmancy recipes that never seem to work for me and stick to my old basics.  I have no clue what happened to this frosting recipe other than it was a huge waste of 3 sticks of butter and it didn’t taste very good…..oy vey! (the red velvet cake WAS yummy though)

I hope your "Love Day", as my daughter Ashley refers to it was a good one!

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22 thoughts on “I Am SO Not Martha…….”

  1. Your cakes are what happens to people who aspire to be Martha Stewart now and then but who lack a staff.
    Ever since I saw MS giving a lesson on how to fold sheets (handy, yes) and then how to make them look nice in the linen closet (by gently ironing the tops after they are stacked and folded!), I have realized that she is not like the rest of us.
    YOUR cakes were Made With Love. At least that’s the story I’d go with. Yum.

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  2. Your cakes are what happens to people who aspire to be Martha Stewart now and then but who lack a staff.
    Ever since I saw MS giving a lesson on how to fold sheets (handy, yes) and then how to make them look nice in the linen closet (by gently ironing the tops after they are stacked and folded!), I have realized that she is not like the rest of us.
    YOUR cakes were Made With Love. At least that’s the story I’d go with. Yum.

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  5. Those cakes would have been a welcome treat here at our house – I asked Martha to move out years ago. I think that “Kat’s Style” works much better in our humble home. It is not always picked up, but there is always lots of laughter and fun. I would love to see the yarn you are dying – this is something I would LOVE to learn! My pup’s are not liking this snow either – but, we are supposed to get a warm up next week! Yeah!!!

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  6. Those cakes would have been a welcome treat here at our house – I asked Martha to move out years ago. I think that “Kat’s Style” works much better in our humble home. It is not always picked up, but there is always lots of laughter and fun. I would love to see the yarn you are dying – this is something I would LOVE to learn! My pup’s are not liking this snow either – but, we are supposed to get a warm up next week! Yeah!!!

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  15. Snow ***day here too. I’ve actually met Martha and she was great!, very down to earth. She was reporting on fibers and their care way before this knitting resurgance took off. She likes to throw “stuff” out there, for you to get inspired and make it your own. Who says'”It’s the process”? Yummm!

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  16. Snow ***day here too. I’ve actually met Martha and she was great!, very down to earth. She was reporting on fibers and their care way before this knitting resurgance took off. She likes to throw “stuff” out there, for you to get inspired and make it your own. Who says'”It’s the process”? Yummm!

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  19. Awwww. Your mini-cakes looked great to me. Like you, I try to keep up with the latest baked goods via my favorite programs (not Martha for me, but Rachel Ray), and even though I’m not nearly as talented in the kitchen, I do try. So far, my hubby and kid’s haven’t complained … and anything that drops on the floor … the dogs seem to adore. rotfl! ;D This week I’ve been so pre-occupied with watching Westminster, that I even TiVo’d it, and now when I’m on the treadmill, I can watch it while I jog a bit. ;D It sounds like you had a wonderful and cozy Valentine’s day at home with your family … and that is just what we did as well. To me, that is the best way to spend special days. Hugs 🙂

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  20. Awwww. Your mini-cakes looked great to me. Like you, I try to keep up with the latest baked goods via my favorite programs (not Martha for me, but Rachel Ray), and even though I’m not nearly as talented in the kitchen, I do try. So far, my hubby and kid’s haven’t complained … and anything that drops on the floor … the dogs seem to adore. rotfl! ;D This week I’ve been so pre-occupied with watching Westminster, that I even TiVo’d it, and now when I’m on the treadmill, I can watch it while I jog a bit. ;D It sounds like you had a wonderful and cozy Valentine’s day at home with your family … and that is just what we did as well. To me, that is the best way to spend special days. Hugs 🙂

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