Noelle likes Good Food

Hope everyone is excited for the warm weather coming next week!! I can't wait. I am very busy with end of semester tests, group projects, and reports, so every hour counts during the next 4 weeks. But, I wanted to write really quick and give you my recipe for laundry detergent. I have been making this laundry detergent for well over a year. It works well, is super easy to make, and very inexpensive! I ran out of our homemade stuff during the move in January and didn't have time to make a new batch. That week we had to go to Dollar General to get detergent, and even buying the 'ALL Free and Clear' unscented laundry soap I thought the scent was way too overpowering. We finally used it up 2 weeks ago and I made a double batch of our powdered detergent so we won't run out for a long time.  I like this homemade laundry detergent because the clothes don't have any fragrances when they come out of the dryer. They smell clean because they don't smell like anythi...

Happy Spring everyone! I am thrilled that the weather seems to be getting warmer, even if just for the next couple of days. I have lots of things to do in the garden to get ready for planting season. But today let's talk about cake! I made this a few weeks ago for a friend's daughter's birthday party. I am so happy with how it turned out. I hope you enjoy the pictures. I don't have pictures of the part where I baked all the cakes. But I made chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry for a neapolitan cake. I made a small batch of regular Marshmallow fondant, colored it, and added in tylose powder to help the decorations hold their shape a little better.  2 sticks of softened butter. Where every good frosting starts... I made 3 different frostings to correspond to the flavors of the cakes. For the strawberry buttercream I  added in about 1/4 cup reduced strawberry puree.  It smelled like mayfield strawberry ice cream and tasted delicious! ...