Made A Lemonade Layer Cake today

This was so easy to make and it tasted great.  Perfect for a hot sunny day.  Something about lemonade, you just can't go wrong.  I went a bit over on the decorating, but yellow and pink flowers just seemed to work.  Plus I love using my new 2D decorating tip.

Lemonade Layer Cake

Bourbon Barbecue Sauce

Made this to use on some pork ribs and can't wait to try it on chicken. Spicy hot when you taste it, but seems to loose some of the bite when you use it on the meat.  So don't cut the heat before you cook with it.  Can make this up to 2 weeks ahead.

Ingredients:
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup Bourbon plus a shot for the chef :)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons liquid smoke (I used mesquite)
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Bring all ingredients to boil in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally.  Reduce heat and simmer until sauce is reduced to 2 cups.  About 10 minutes, stirring often.

Cover and chill.  Use at room temperature.

Vegetable Garden

It has been a while but things have been incredibly busy.  We managed to pull off the birthday party for my Dad.  80 years old.  Wow.  It was a lot of fun and the food went over really well.  One of the appetizers was this vegetable garden.  I bought some green Styrofoam at Hobby Lobby along with some green spanish moss.  Then put all the veggies on skewers.  I found these great small green pails at Target and used them for the vegetable dip.  Everyone loved it.  The skewers made it even easier to eat. :)