A peek Into My Kitchen: Green Tea Pound Cake

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Yes it is slightly green.  No it hasn’t spoiled. It’s green tea, silly 🙂 Don’t you think that Starbucks, Oren’s or even the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf should be serving slices of this along with their coffees and teas?

Green Tea Pound Cake

1 3/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 sticks butter

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup Matcha Green Tea latte powder, divided

4 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Spray a 9x5x3 loaf pan with nonstick baking spray.

3. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt

4. Cream butter, sugar and 1/4  cup of the green tea powder until fluffy.

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Glue Dots Summer Bonding Project–Collage, Collage & More Collage!

I think I have a genetic predisposition to harbor school supplies of all sorts. Look in my closet, my mom' s or my grandmothers and you will find a wide array of clips, pens, paper…the list goes on.  Glue dots were a new one for me, though…and they will definitely be earning a place in my supply drawer!

Since I bought my 4 year old his first glue stick a couple of years ago (actually, a twin pack, natch) he has been hooked on the idea of gluing stuff together.  He is such a prolific collage-maker, that everywhere you turn in my apartment you may very well bump into one of his 'projects.'

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