Friday, March 4, 2011

Texas Tea Party




Last night the Poo was very sad. Her Papi, who is daddy when she is sad, had to go away for the night. He has sleep apnea and had to go for a sleep study. This was not ok with the Poo. She is not used to him not being here for bedtime and cried her little heart out when it was time for him to leave. It was made worse by the fact that he had to go so quickly after getting home from work since the study was in another town.


So to help her out we decided to make it a girls night and change the focus. We bake home made strawberry muffins, sliced fresh strawberries and strawberry whipped cream with strawberry tea in a REAL tea pot. What fun we had! She picked a table cloth and we had to put on dresses and rings and use our very best many at the tea party. It really took her mind off of Papi and gave us some much needed play time. She even shared her muffins with Lynette @ Crazed Mind. When it came time for bed it was the same old routine. Teeth brushed, potty done, nightgown on, story read and she crashed! No fussing or crying at all. She sure is growing up fast. I hope to squeeze in as many tea parties as possible before she outgrows them. If any of you would like to have your own tea party with your little ones here is the recipe for the muffins. They were great!




Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


2/3 cup butter


1 3/4 cups sugar


2 eggs


1 teaspoon vanilla


2 teaspoons strawberry extract


3 cups sifted all purpose flour


2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder


1 teaspoon salt


1 1/4 cups milk


8 to 10 fresh strawberries diced




Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and both extracts. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk while beating. Beat for 1 minute. Pour into two 9 inch round pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. We used a mini muffin pan and started checking after about 15 minutes.


Easy cake to make and so delicious. Would be a good birthday cake as well.




2 comments:

lynette355 said...

hint hint strawberry is granny m's fav flavor ?
love the muffins they were wonderful.
and of course i stole the photo and put it on my blog too! you know me....lil thief that I am

Heatherre said...

All I can say say is Oh My Goodness that is the sweetest thing I have seen & read about in a very long time. I adore seeing pics and reading how she is growing up so much. My babies are 22 & 18 and to think of that I say WOW !! I survived ...Emma Grace puts a smile on my face everytime she comes to mind or when I talk w/her on phone etc etc..I guess I am more like my granny than I realized ..I just love all babies and young children..always have..to me she w/always be Lil' Tuffy in my heart and I think that rocks ..lol.. much love to all & ext. family ...Love Ol' HM