Angel Food Cake with Strawberries

3 weeks ago today I gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl in the world! Sarah Ann-Elizabeth! She was 7lbs, 11oz, 20 inches long after 36 hours of labor. I thought for sure my third baby would go by so quickly! She was welcomed by her two big brothers with open arms and they are in absolute love with her.

Anyway, one of the desserts that they served in the hospital was angel food cake with strawberries and whip topping. I so loved it! Strawberries ended up being on sale this week at our local grocery store so I picked up a few batches...especially since my youngest son loves to eat them like they're candy! I tried to recreate it! 

Angel Food Cake with Strawberries

Ingredients

2 lbs strawberries

sugar

angel food cake - bought from store (I cheated on this, oops)

whip topping

STEP ONE

Wash strawberries then de-stem them. Cut them in fours or as small or as big as you want them.

STEP TWO

Add a cup or so of sugar, all depending on how sweet you want it. Set the bowl of strawberries aside for about an hour at room temperature. The sugar will help draw out the juices inside the strawberry which will cause the yummy juice. (I ended up smooshing them with a mashed potato masher just to bring out more juice).

STEP THREE

Arrange your angel food cake, put strawberry goodness on top then cool whip! THEN ENJOY!

Mine

Hubby's

Peanut Butter Fudge

So, I am by no means a baker. Like, at all. In fact, I could probably look at already made cookies and they would suddenly burn to a crisp! One day last week I non-nonchalantly mentioned something about how we had so much peanut butter that I should try my hand at fudge. Big mistake! Hubby was all gung-ho about it (which by the way is an amazing movie starring Michael Keaton). I was pretty pleased when I found a really easy recipe on Pinterest! So, here it is...

Peanut Butter Fudge

Ingredients

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

3/4 cup peanut butter

Extra Needs

Pot to boil sugar/milk

9 x 9 pan to pour fudge in

STEP ONE

Get a pan and bring sugar and milk to a boil. Once it boils, boil it 2 1/2 minutes, then remove from heat.

STEP TWO

Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until nice and creamy

STEP THREE

Pour into 9 x 9 pan. BE CAREFUL, IT'S HOT! 

STEP FOUR

HARDEST STEP OF ALL......let it cool! Ugh, worst wait ever! I waited two hours or so before cutting into it!

I was pleasantly surprised I didn't mess this recipe up! Yummy yummy! I'm also surprised there are still some left considering my boys love them! Hubby now insists that I make some for his entire work line, he even bought me two large bags of sugar....crazy boy! He works in a factory here in town that makes radiators for cars, so about 15 people, and what, like a zillion pieces of fudge per person? Good thing I still have patience and a bunch of peanut butter!