The self imposed baking strike is over......

We were back home about a month from NYC, before we headed to our house in the Keys for six weeks.  Mark was in dire need of a fishing fix & he also fished both the Hawley & Gold Cup tarpon tournaments in Islamorada. We're happy to say that he was 2nd runner up in the 12lb division of the Hawley.  We stayed at The Moorings Village for both weeks of his tournaments.  We ate well while in Florida - as always.  While in Islamorada we went back to dine at Pierre's , Kaiyo's, Uncle's, & Marker 88.  We found a new place that's quite casual & eclectic called Coco's Cabana near our house, as well as our two favorites:  Square Grouper & Mangrove Mama's.  We only ventured into Key West for dinner one night this trip & enjoyed Cafe Marquesa as always. 

We've been back in Texas since July 1st and just recently bought some land to build a house on.  We're enjoying being back home, even though dining out in our town is sometimes challenging.  A few new restaurants opened while we were gone, so we've tried those a few times.  And we even got a movie theatre in our town!

We ordered a new mixer a few weeks ago, the DeLonghi DSM7.  The maiden voyage for the mixer was a white cake, with strawberry filling & an Italian Buttercream Frosting.  It has a 7 quart bowl, so Mark will be able to make breads much easier with this mixer. 

DeLonghi Mixer

White Cake