April 19th

April 19th . . .

Twenty years ago on this date, we became a family of 3.

Caitlyn Alexandra joined us and until then, I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I remember just rocking her & crying, crying, crying cuz she was my world.

Then there were the times that I just cried, cried, cried cuz she was a colicky baby & wouldn't stop screaming for hours on end . . .

These were some of my first scrapbook pages ever & I don't think they turned out too bad . . .

(Please ignore the fugly, I-just-spent-20-hours-in-labor-without-any-drugs hair I had back then. And, yes . . . I must have been on drugs to NOT want them!)

Well, here she is now . . .all grown up, but still my little girl.

I used some new "On the Dot" papers and tags for this page . . . .

Her most favorite cake of all time is a "Chocolate Cake Roll" and requests it every year for her birthday.

Keep on reading if you would like the recipe to try for yourself!

And since I had leftover papers from this "Pink Lemonade" collection, I also made a page for my niece, Nadia, back home in Wisconsin . . .

So here ya go, Cake Lovers . . . Try this one out.

(My favorite part is the filling . . . yum-yum-yum!)

Chocolate Cake Roll

3/4 c. flour

1/4 c. baking cocoa

1 t. baking pwd

1/4 t. salt

3 lrg. eggs - separated

1 c. sugar

5T. water

1 t. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350* and line a jellyroll pan w/ was paper. Grease & flour entire pan.

Beat egg whites until frothy & add 1/4 c. sugar. Beat until stiff.

In another bowl, beat egg yolks until light-colored and add 3/4 c. sugar. Continue beating this until it's thick & creamy. Add water & vanilla.

Fold yolk mixture into the whites, and add dry ingredients.

Spread in pan and bake 20 mins.

Remove from oven & immediately invert cake onto a dish towel sprinkled heavily with powdered sugar. Roll cake into the towel while warm & let cool.

Cake Filling

1/2c. four

1/2 c. shortening

1/2 c. butter

3/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. milk

Beat all ingredients except milk until smooth. Gradually add milk and continue beating for approx. 10 mins.

Spread onto cooled cake and reroll.

*NOTE* . . .the longer you beat the filling, the fluffier it becomes.

Hope you all enjoy this as much as we do!