Nothing Bundt Cake Copycat Recipe-Chocolate, Chocolate Chip

I have an obsession with bundt cakes!  If I had to choose only one type of cake to eat for the rest of my life it would be a bundt cake.  I have perfected 3 different bundt cake recipes through hours of grueling baking and eating research, and I can't wait to share one with you today. 

 There are  four things that fuel passion for bundt cakes.  1-All of my favorite bundt cake recipes begin with a simple boxed cake mix, making them super easy to make.  2-They are always so moist!  You would never know from tasting these cakes how easy they are and that they came from a box.  I have made this cake many times for friends and family and they always rave about it!  3-They are a cinch to frost.  I just plop the frosting in a large ziplock bag, cut off the corner to desired width, and loop up and down the cake while Worker Bee slowly turns the cake plate for me.  4-They are simple and fun to decorate and always look amazing.  On this post I have used the exact same cake pictured four different ways. They look perfect sitting on top of a gorgeous cake stand. You can place a giant silk flower in the middle, use a mini flag bunting, or even just fill the middle up with frosting, the possibilities are endless.  Check out Nothing Bundt Cake's website for some great inspiration.  Here is  my version of Nothing Bundt Cake's chocolate chip bundt cake, ENJOY!

S'mores Bar

Summer time is in full swing and that means it's time to break out the s'mores.  We recently celebrated Queen Bee's graduation with a party for our family and friends and since her very favorite treat is a s'more, we knew a s'mores bar would be the perfect dessert for the party.  

For roasting the marshmallows, we had Sterno pots set along the table in aqua colored pails that we found at Target for $1.00.  In the middle of the pots, a larger pail held our roasting sticks, which were metal skewers embellished with ribbons.  

We had a sign posted with s'mores recipe suggestions based on the party theme of travel and adventure.

Want "s'more" details on our graduation party? (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)  Click below for all of the little things that make a party special.

Tried and True Pinterest-Pies

Have you ever pinned a delicious looking pin on Pinterest, gone out and bought all of the ingredients, then spent hours making the recipe, only to be disappointed when it didn't exactly taste as delicious as you'd hoped it would.  Well, I have!  And it's so disappointing!  Here at the Hive we want to save you all of that time, money and effort.  We are going to test recipes for you and let you know which ones are worth a pin.  Be sure to start watching for our regular Tried and True Pinterest posts.

Today, just in time for the 4th of July Holiday, I'm going to share two decadently delicious pies that I've found on the pages of Pinterest.  They are both AMAZING!  I highly recommend each of them.  I recently made them both for a family party and they were a huge hit!  The first one is called Tollhouse Pie.  It's just as delicious as your favorite chocolate chip cookie!  The second one is a must try if you or you family are Nutella fans.  It is Chocolate Lover's Cream Pie made with Nutella and it is heavenly!  Click on the links below for the recipes.  Trust me, you've got to try not one, but both of these recipes for yourself! 

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Strawberry Love

Strawberry Love

Happy Monday everyone.  I hope you all had a great weekend.  We spent the weekend cleaning and starting to restore little Lucy!  I am beyond excited to show you what we've been up to.  She's going to be so cute!  We've also pretty much eaten strawberries nonstop this weekend.  I was at Costco last week and saw someone walk by with a large container of the most gorgeous strawberries I've ever seen in my life!  I immediately headed toward the fruit section and loaded up my cart.  When I got them home and tasted them I was not disappointed.  They were amazingly sweet and juicy!  I think baby bumblebee may have eaten 5 pints just on his own this weekend.  

One of my favorite and most versatile strawberry recipes is this recipe for strawberry syrup.  It is the perfect way to preserve that fresh strawberry flavor for the months to come.  It can be used in SO MANY WAYS!  No matter how many batches I freeze each year, I always seem to run out.  Trust me, you cannot make too much!  Some of the things we love this sauce on are: pancakes, waffles, ice cream, cheesecake, strawberry shortcake, crepes, strawberry Italian sodas, the list could go on.  I hope you enjoy this sauce as much as we do.  Have a great week.  

Decorating with Meaning

Decorating with Meaning

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My number one piece of home decorating advice is to surround yourself with things you love.  Whether it is the colors you love, things you love to collect, or things that are meaningful and have a history.  There are so many ways to add  pieces throughout your house that make you happy.  If you start by surrounding yourself with things that you love, your home will become a refection of you and you will love being there.

The picture above shows how I've displayed an old handwritten recipe card written by my sweet little grandma.  It makes me happy each time I see it. I love her familiar handwriting and the fact that the recipe is for beet relish.  I wanted to fit the small recipe card in a  5x7 frame I found so I added burlap behind it.  I love that it gives it a little texture and makes it more rustic.  I also felt like the cute red strawberries would pop more with a little extra color so I used washi tape to tape the card to the burlap.  So simple! 

This week I'm focusing on things I love in my home. I have many "obsessions" and collections of things I love, so it's not going to be easy to narrow them down.  Hopefully showing how you how I incorporate things that make me happy into my home will give you inspiration to do the same.  I'd love to see what you are doing in your homes with things that you love!  Share your pictures with this week on instagram at #ohhhomelove (our humble hive home love).