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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 cups sour cream 3 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp baking soda Topping: 3 tbsp. cinnamon 4 tbsp. sugar 1 package chocolate chips Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Combine...Recipe to make two Chocolate Caramel Layer Cakes
A. Cake 12 eggs, separated 12 tbsp sugar 1/2 tbsp baking soda 1/2 lb fresh roasted ground walnuts 2 tbsp flour Bake on 2 cookie sheets lined with parchment paper at 350 for 20 minutes. Invert cakes on fresh parchment paper, peel off pa...Venice Canals
Carroll Ct & Eastern Canal Ct Venice, CA 90293 The Venice Canal Historic District is noteworthy for its man-made canals built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of America plan. Kinney sought to recreate the appeara...Easy, Yummy Churro Recipe
Churros Ingredients 1 cup water 2 1/2 tbsp white sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 quarts oil for frying 1/2 cup white sugar, or to taste 1 tsp ground cinnamon Directions: In a small saucep...Fern Dell Hike to Griffith Observatory
Your destination is the historic Griffith Observatory. It opened on May 14, 1935 and has become a venerable cultural, scientific, and architectural icon and one of Southern California's most popular attractions. In 2002 its doors were close...ICE at Santa Monica
Once a year, Downtown Santa Monica brings a little skate to the surf and transforms the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue into ICE at Santa Monica, an outdoor ice skating rink. Celebrating its 5th Anniversary, the 8,000 square ft. rin...One of our Most Favorite Recipes!
Bloody Mary Marinated London Broil (adapted from Kosher by Design Short on Time) Ingredients 1 large shoulder London broil, about 3 pounds 1 cup tomato juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon lime juice 1 tablespoon prepared whit...Los Angeles Zoo
Went to the LA Zoo last weekend! The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens opened on November 28, 1966. The Zoo is home to more than 1,100 mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles representing more than 250 different species of which...Escondido Falls Hike
The road that leads to the dirt trail. Really pretty houses here along Winding Way. On the walk to the trail. Accessed from Pacific Coast Highway about a mile south of Kanan Road in Malibu, the trail through Escondido Canyon Natural Area lea...
Wednesday Santa Monica Farmer’s Market
The Santa Monica Farmers Markets were established by then-Mayor Ruth Yanatta-Goldway. The inaugural Santa Monica Farmers Market opened Wednesday July 11, 1981 in Santa Monica's downtown retail district with goals of providing reasonably...
