Great alternative to sugar! Check it out!

This post brought to you by NECTRESSE™Sweetener. All opinions are 100% mine.

         

Hmmm, cake :) As you may know, I am a major food-a-holic and coffee-a-holic. So when I was able to try out a new sweetenerthat was a 100% natural sweetener, cake and coffee came to mind. I drink coffee every morning, can't move with out it, and of course add sugar and creamer to it. I can not do artifical sweeteners, just can't stomach them. And baking with liquid ones I have yet to master. I started using the NECTRESSE™Sweetener and I love it. In my coffee I use one packet instead of my gobs of sugar. But the true test was to bake with it, and so cake it was!! And it came out perfect! (Below is the recipe)

                       

 

So why try NECTRESSE™Sweetener?

• 100% natural sweetener, made from monk fruit.
• Has zero carlories, which means when added to your drink or recipe, it adds NO calories
• Is 150 times SWEETER than sugar, less is more!
• Available at your local grocery store. I found it in every one of our stores here.
• Great price, and in both packets and a canister.
• Last, but the BEST- FREE sample of NECTRESSE™Sweetener!!

I have been pleasently surprised by NECTRESSE™Sweetener, so please don't just take my word for it, get your FREE sample of NECTRESSE™Sweetener and try it out! 

Lisa Ling has partnered up with NECTRESSE™Sweetener to help spread the news about the great taste and facts about this awesome sweetener. Her family has history of diabetes, and so she is cautious, but has fallen in love with NECTRESSE™Sweetener.

 

Cake recipe using NECTRESSE™Sweetener instead of 2 cups of sugar!

 

Ingredients

• 1 (4 ounce) package sweet baking chocolate broken up
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup NECTRESSE™Sweetener
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk

 

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 8-inch cake pans 
2. Put the chunks of chocolate into the water and stir until the chocolate is melted; let cool. In a large bowl, beat  margarine and the NECTRESSE™Sweetener with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir  the eggs one at a time.Beat in vanilla extract and the chocolate-water until well mixed.
3. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Add the flour mixture into the liquid ingredients, alternating with buttermilk. Mix until smooth.
4.  Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until the cakes have browned lightly ,35 to 40 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool in pans before removing.

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Are you ready for school to start? Mentally yes! I am so very ready for the kids to go back to school. My oldest is now is in 2nd grade, my daughter is starting Kindergarten this year and my youngest is starting preschool. But with school comes shopping....and normally I would be excited for this, too. But the kids had outgrown everything they have this summer, so major shopping, and spending, will be in store for me this week. However, you all know me, I don't like purchasing anything for full price, I have to have a clearance and/or a coupon. I have searched the web and found coupons here and there for a multitude of school supplies, but very few for clothing. I did come across this fabulous deal though-

 

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I end up buying a lot of my shoes at Famous Footwear. They have a large selection of name brand shoes, and for me it is a one stop shop because I can get all 3 kids shoes, hubby's and maybe a pair for me :) And their prices are wonderful! With the coupon though, I can get  my son a pair and my daughter's for half price!!! Of course i already have a rewards card with them so I will get 20%off to begin with! (Without the card you still get 15%off, but to sign up for the card is FREE!!) Now not only am I saving money for things I have to buy, but with the rewards card, I get back money!!! That is my kind of shopping!!

 

• How does REWARDS work?
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Apple Cinnamon things

Apple Cinnamon Croissant things....
Fresh fruit in my house is either gone the same day it comes home, or never leaves the basket on my table. So when I spotted my very, very ripe bananas this morning, I immediately reached for my flour, eggs and other banana bread items. And then I seen it.....the poor apples that we all had every intention of enjoying....soft and ready to be tossed or.....baked :)
I also noticed that the several cans of crescent rolls that I got on clearance the other day, were reaching their expiration dates. What to do with these yummy items...... And so the apple thingys were born!

These turned out to be a big hit in my house! And they are super simple to make.

What you need:

• 1 can of flaky butter crescent rolls, or you can make homemade (if you choose not to use the butter ones, you will need to add butter when adding the apples and cinnamon)
• 1 large apple cored and sliced, any variety works, I use Gala
• Cinnamon
• Sugar

Preheat oven to 325.

Roll out the dough and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. I am not real precise in my cooking, so add as much or as little of this as you would like.

  

Next add the apple and roll it up, making sure to close up the ends. You want your apple to be completely covered in the dough

Place on cookie sheet and bake for 20-30mins. The thicker your apple slices the longer you want them in. 

Let them cool for 10mins, apples inside will still be hot!

These would be amazing with vanilla ice cream! 

YUM!