You Must Make This Cake!

Please click on picture to enlarge; you'll be glad you did!

Okay, I have been reading and enjoying The Pioneer Woman for not quite a year. Everytime she posts a recipe, I would drool over it and promise to one day make it. Well, that day finally came. Last week I made her famous Chocolate Sheet Cake and it was everything she said it would be!

I will not bother repeating the recipe or steps to take, as she did a marvelous job already. You can find it here, and while you're there, check out the rest of her site which is out of this world! The picture above is the one I made, with large sections already eaten by my oldest son and me. I baked it in my well-loved bar pan by Pampered Chef.

Something to remember - be careful when pouring on the icing as the cake is still warm, as is the icing, and it runs across the cake quickly. Mine ran over both sides, and I think you can kind of tell that in the picture.

Now, this cake is NOT good for someone on a diet, but if you have worked hard and deserve a reward, definitely make this cake. I was so happy I did and I can't wait to make it again.

Having a Giveaway at Beautiful Blog Designs

Would you like to change your Blogger template to something more festive for the fall? I am giving away a gorgeous premade template over at my other blog, Beautiful Blog Designs. The giveaway ends tomorrow night, Sunday, October 18th at 9:00 PM EST.

Bloggy Friend's Blogversary

My favorite food blogger (and fellow Sonlighter), Tiffany, is celebrating her one year blogoversary at Eat At Home. She is an amazing cook (and poet) and shares some incredible recipes that are simple to make and ones your kids won't turn their noses up to.

Anyway, she is having a giveaway for a neat pair of kitchen shears that double as a knife (great quality too - Kitchenaid) to celebrate her one year mark. Head over there to participate in the giveaway and while you are there, browse her recipe list, you won't be sorry!

There's Bark for Every Season

I LOVE chocolate and I love all types of "bark." I make a to-die-for toffee bark at Christmas that automatically makes me gain 5 lbs because I eat half of it before anyone else sees I've made it.

Anyway, I knew there was various barks you can make for Christmas, Valentines and even Easter but I didn't think that there was one for Halloween. Well, I stumbled across this EASY and delicious recipe and just had to share it with you.

The blog (which is gorgeous by the way) is Your Homebased Mom and she has so many neat recipes and craft ideas for the fall season. And, she is a work-at-home mom like me, but definitely has it more together than me! Head over there to see the recipe for Candy Corn Cookie Bark. This is something your kids can make with you, I promise!

Sharing a Blog on Twitter

I believe that most of you know I run two main blogs, Moving Forward and Beautiful Blog Designs. Well, seeing how finding time to blog on ONE blog has been hard enough lately, I am going to be doing some "cross posting" to help prevent having too much "dead air" here.

Several weeks ago I found out about a new feature on Blogger where you can share a blog on Twitter and Facebook with just one click. I posted a clear and simple tutorial on it at Beautiful Blog Designs. Hope you can hop over and hope you find it useful.