Door hanger and apple cake

Almost 2 weeks without posting... too much work, and little energy left to do it...

A few weeks ago we were cellebrating 300 members at Michelle Perkett´s group at PCP. Lynne set a challenge to make a door hanger as part of the cellebrations.

I couldn´t make it on time, but I made one anyway because the idea was great! thanks Lynne!! you are so creative...

 For this altered CD I used two Michelle Perkett´s images: Dream dragonfly and Summer. I colored them both with colored pencils. The papers are from my stash (cardstock) and Summer Driggs (patterned). I cut the papers with my cricut machine, layered them and stitched them following the contours, and in the inside circle I stitched some red glass beads. I twined a black bead wire around a pencil to make the handle where to hang the door hanger, and to finish it I write some words first with markers and then with fabric paint to stress them.

Last weekend I baked an apple cake I wanted to share. This is a simple cake, delicious if you take it still warm and it´s good as it is. And most important, you won´t have to worry about how to store it because there won´t be any leftovers!

The ingredients are simple and only the basic ones are needed: (use always the same measuring cup) put in a large bowl 2 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup white sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder and a pinch of salt, mix it all and cut 2 sticks of cold butter with a fork or with the tip of your fingers until it resembles coarse sand.
Now you put it into the fridge to chill it a bit until you prepare the rest of the ingredients. In another bowl beat 1 egg and mix in 1 cup of milk, set this aside. Now turn on the oven at 350°F and prepare the pan by buttering and flowering it (I used 9x6 in pan), or butter the botton and sides of the pan and put a piece of parchment paper on the bottom and butter it again.

 

Take 4 medium apples (I use whatever apples I have), peel them, uncore them and slice them not to thin. Now you have everything to set you cake: put 1/3 of your flour sand-like mixture on the bottom of the pan, distribute it evenly but don´t press it. Put on top a layer of half the sliced apples (see the picture), you can sprinkle a bit (but not to much) of powdered cinnamon. Now add another third of the flour mixture and repeat the layers: apples, cinammon and finishing with a layer of flour mixture. Lastly, pour the milk-egg mixture on top of the cake and take it to the oven. Bake it until it turns golden brown, about 30-40 min. This cake gets better everytime you make it! hope you try this one, you´ll love it!