Rainbow cupcakes

Caity made rainbow cupcakes for her birthday party. They turned out to be the cutest things!  And very easy.

1 white cake mix
1 package of gel icing tubes
1 can white icing

Mix the cake mix, then pour into separate bowls according to how many colors you want. Caity wanted 4 colors, yellow, teal, pink and lime green. Then you spoon each color into each cupcake holder. Bake according to package directions.  

If you want colored icing, add some icing gel to the can of icing and mix until you get the color you want. Once the cupcakes have cooled, the icing can be piped onto each cupcake.

They are so cute and so delicious.

easy napkin folding tip

My daughter is turning 18 next week. We are having a party this weekend and I wanted to do something a little different with the napkins because I had 2 different size and different print napkins. So I googled how to fold a napkin. I found this wonderful website that has a lot of different ways to fold napkins. http://www.napkinfoldingguide.com/ 

The website has step by step instructions and photos. I picked one that looked easy.These are the 2 napkins that I had.

 First, I unfolded the smallest size napkin and laid it out flat on the table, pattern side down. Then I unfolded the larger napkin half way and laid it in the center of the fold mark in the middle of the small napkin. If you line up the fold marks on the napkins it makes it much easier to get the napkins to lay flat.

Next, I folded both the napkins back up following the original fold lines, so that it looked like this.

Then turn the open side of one corner back and fold it part way down so that you can see a border of the smaller napkin at the bottom. 

Turn the napkins over and fold both sides back about 1/3 of the way.

Turn napkin back over and it should look something like this.

Add the utensils in the pocket and you have a fancy little folded napkin pocket for the party.

This is something easy and fun to do to add a little special touch to the napkins and utensils.

Homemade Hamburgers

I love a good hamburger with plenty of flavor. I have been making my hamburgers the same way for as long as I can remember. This is a simple recipe but it is always good every time I make it. The ketchup and mustard gives the meat flavor and moisture. The breadcrumbs help to hold the meat together when you put it on the grill. If I do not have any bread crumbs, I will crumble up saltine crackers or even ritz crackers. For the buns, I like to buy the french hamburger rolls from Publix and toast them in the oven for a few minutes.

Ingredients:
1 pound hamburger
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1 tbs worcestershire sauce
2 tbs mustard
3 tbs ketchup
salt
pepper

Mix all the ingredients with the hamburger meat.

Roll into patties and place on the grill. I like to slice an onion and grill it with the hamburger patties.

Grill until done.

Serve with all your favorite toppings and condiments. I like to put a slice of cheese on the hamburger patty right after it comes off the grill so that the cheese begins to melt. YUM!