Happy Mother's Day Everyone!~~Something Sweet!

Happy Mother's Day to all of my blogland buddies who are Mom's to two-legged and four-legged "children!"

Yesterday I had a long morning of yard sales, which yielded one cute vintage dog brooch and a box of Chirstmas ornaments for my BFF Suzy. My husband went with me and he was happy that I didn't spend money willy-nilly. I told him I only get "useful" stuff. He didn't find anything useful either, like another tool he doesn't need, BUT he did let his eyes linger on a wrecked up go-kart, and if we had his truck instead of my Beetle, I bet that go-kart would be in our backyard right now!

In the afternoon, hubby went to see his mother and I stayed home. I spent some time on the back deck reading Fannie Flagg's latest book Can't Wait To Get To Heaven. One of the wonderful characters kept talking about this Caramel Cake she loved. I was getting hungry for that cake! I flipped to the back of the book and Ms. Flagg had included recipes and the first one was for caramel cake! I had all of the ingredients on hand and decided right then and there to make a Caramel Cake!

One part of the recipe said to put the batter in "a pan." I chose a 13x9 pan, and as you can see I should've chosen an 8x8 pan. This is one flat cake!

It's only an inch tall! But let me tell you that it turned out very tasty. It has that rich old-fashioned taste of brown sugar in the recipe. The icing is a teeny bit crunchy as there's brown sugar in it too. So if you want to make your own Caramel Cake~~~So Yummy!~~~check out Fannie Flagg's Can't Wait To Get To Heaven on Amazon or your local library. This is one hilarious story! I have read every one of Ms. Flagg's novels and love every one!

Happy Mother's Day!