Easter Egg Hunt for Historical Romance Lovers
Thank you for joining our Easter egg hunt! Just follow these simple directions to be eligible to win a $150 gift card to the online store of your choice. Join the Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/455130572465180/
Hop to each historical romance author’s link and find their decorated Easter egg. Using the Egg/Author form, match the egg to the author by:
1) drawing a line between them (you may want to print & tape pages together), or
2) writing the author’s name next to their egg, or
3) writing the number of the egg next to the author’s name.
When you have all 30 egg matches, either e-mail a picture of the form/list or send an e-mail with the author’s name list with their matching egg number. E-mail to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com by 11:59 PM on 4/4/21 to be entered into the $150 gift card giveaway! A randomly drawn winner will be picked out of all the entries. Grand prize winner will be announced by noon on 4/5/21. The winner will have 24 hours to claim their prize. While you are hopping to collect eggs, don’t forget to like, follow, or sign up for the author’s newsletter to keep up to date on their new releases and author wanderings. Thanks for hopping! Wishing you a lovely and safe Easter
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Grandma’s Carrot Cake
We’ve always had a homemade carrot cake at Easter. What else would lure the Easter Bunny to our house? This bundt cake was prepared the day before, covered, and set out on the kitchen counter. Easter morning there would be nibbles on one section. Further proof the EB had visited (along with our baskets).
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups canola oil
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups shredded carrots (about 6 medium)
1 cup chopped walnuts
FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan.
Beat first 4 ingredients until well blended. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in carrots and walnuts.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack; cool completely.
For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar. Spread over cake.
Baking Tip: To remove cakes easily, use solid shortening to grease plain and fluted tube pans.
Counting Calories? Skip the heavy frosting and dust this cake with confectioners’ sugar to save almost 150 calories and 10g fat per serving.
My grandfather HATED cleaning the outhouse. Every spring, he grumbled and cursed over the dreaded annual emptying of the privy just before Easter. This humorous short story is in honor of him and his brother, Pete.
As my Spring gift to you, I’m offering via Bookfunnel a free download of:
Pete’s Mighty Purty Privies
Pete McNutt needs customers for his new business. Spring has arrived and it’s prime time Privy Season. After much consideration, he refines his sales pitch and heads to the monthly meeting of the Women’s Library Association.
A special treat for you: Download your copy today https://dl.bookfunnel.com/lu0ac2598i
Here’s my egg! Good luck on the hop.
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