Now I know why they call it Pound Cake...

Hi everyone...

For the Grebner Christmas we had a very nice Soup and Sandwich buffet hosted by my Brother Stan, his wife Jan and their daughter Meghan. Soups were Cheeseburger Soup (topped with pickles and tomatoes - just like a cheeseburger, Italian Wedding soup and some from "scratch" Tomato Soup... It was VERY good. We were asked to just bring desert, so due to some allergies taking a pre-made desert can get pretty dicey, so I did a from scratch Pound Cake... WOW, now I know there are two reasons why they call it pound cake... 1) The amount of weight you will gain per piece of it you eat (just kidding) and #2) You have about a pound each of butter, eggs sugar and flour. See the attached link for the ingredients and instructions...(credit to Southern Living Magazine for the recipe)

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/two-step-pound-cake-10000000387309/

Mixed up some Confectioner's sugar, milk and orange zest for the glaze, then nested some Blackberries, Raspberries and Blueberries in the glaze..

Looks pretty tasty, huh???

Saved the rest of the berries to accompany the cake in a little whipped cream and mint leaf for presentation...

Got some nice video of Ike hunting at Hickory Grove last week... Look for it in a couple days.

Until then, "Ike find that bird!"

Silly Wabbit.....

Hi everyone;
Ike and I apologize for not posting more regularly - just not a lot of cooking being done - sorry. But we have been trying to keep Ike sharp since his trip to South Dakota and while there aren't a lot of wild birds nearby, we have been going to the park and heading down to the farm. Here is a snippet of a little of us working a creek near the farm. Pardon the wind noise it was filmed with my camera glasses and it was pretty windy.

I also had a couple afternoons off this last week, and after we went to the park to practice retrieving, Ike was still in the hunting mode.... See the video of him stalking a "wascally wabbit" in the back yard. This video was done with the Cisco Flip Camera - very easy to use.

Going hunting again soon - perhaps more video.. and Ike can hear those words,"Ike, find those birds."