We’re at the end of the month. That’s crazy how we’ve gone through 2 month’s of 2018 already. How on Earth has this happened? Seriously. Time, please slow down.
Yesterday was the 1st Thursday of March. That means that it was Dive Club meeting. It was also National Banana Cream Pie Day. Here recently I was reading through the March 2017 Southern Living Magazine and ran across this Banana Pudding Poke Cake recipe. It looked phenomenal. I decided that Banana Pudding and Banana Cream Pie are similar enough, it counts so I decided to make the cake for Dive Club. Can I just say, I’m glad I did…. WOW!
They also had a little information about Poke Cakes which I found really interesting and want to condense down and share with you. I loved the opening 2 sentences: “Most cake names don’t include the punch line. But yes, true to its name, a poke cake is a cake that is punctured with holes–on purpose.” Hey that’s pretty cool right?
Usually once the cake is punctured, then the baker adds something sweet over the top that will seep into those holes and add to the richness of the cake. The intent is to infuse a lot of flavor into the cake to add that extra punch of flavor.
I’m fairly certain I’ve shared with you the quilts I made a few years ago, I just can’t seem to find the post right now.
So anyway, if you didn’t know I made quilts once upon a time, I made 2. Well, I have material to make my hubby one that’ll be super cute, but I also stole some of his old military uniforms that he doesn’t wear anymore. He had a few that he wanted to keep intact, otherwise, I got the rest and decided to make him an army quilt. I don’t have a pattern, I’m just winging it.
In our house, we found a cutting mat so I told him for Christmas I wanted the squares and the running circular knife to cut material with. Please don’t ask me technical names because I don’t know them.
And then you need material, or in my case, old army uniforms. A guy I work with did this for his boss to give her brother in law (you know a friend of a friend of a friend of a cousin twice removed. ha!) and I saw the finished product, so I knew I had to make hubby one.
I bought these scissors specifically for cutting material. But I get teased because the night I brought them home I said, “These scissors are only for cutting.” Yeah, I haven’t lived that down yet. {Listen here mister, this is for you, I’m just sayin}
But I love this b/c you use the circular blade, run it around the square and BAM {Thanks Emeril} you have uniform squares which are MUCH easier to sew together.
I’m not very far unfortunately because sometimes time is limited, but I just wanted to show you what I’ve been working on…. I can’t wait to show you the finished product!
