bake – BOLD BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Happy almost 4th of July! I love treats. All kinds, really. I love to make them even more than I like to eat them, so I decided for this post to share a quick dessert idea with you. It feels like it is a million degrees outside, so I wanted something light and refreshing. This is what I came up with! Start with angel food cake. I usually make mine from a box, but if you are feeling extra ambitious, go for scratch. Or just buy one! While cake is baking, whisk together instant vanilla pudding with 1 1/2 cup cold milk. Refrigerate to let it set. When the cake is cool, cut it into small cubes and layer in the bottom of a dish. Add blueberries and strawberries on top of cake. I like my blueberries a little sweeter, so I sprinkled them with sugar before layering them in the dish. Combine equal parts cool whip with pudding until smooth. Spoon on top and garnish with a berry!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday and don’t burn anyone with your sparklers!

Don’t mind us, just sitting in the park, eating our treats haha

Photos by BreAna Thomas Photography

I’m always surprised at how fast time flies. You’d think I could come to expect it by now, but it still catches me off guard. My little Myla has now officially graduated from preschool and is heading to Kindergarten next year! Crazy. Part of me feels like she has been a teenager her whole life, and the other part still wants to carry her around on my hip everywhere I go. She is charming, witty, intelligent, adorable, etc… I really could go on forever. I’m a fan. So grateful to have this little babe in my life!

She asked me to make her “a b c” cookies for her last day as VIP so we came up with these. Her requests are getting more and more labor intensive, haha, but she is worth it, right…?