Monday, 2 April 2012

Tasty Tuesday Bang'n Blueberry Coffee Cake!


Here's another scrumptious recipe from our own Diva Donna! The picture alone is making me hungry, and I'm not talking about Benji!

This is a really good cake and this  pic of Benjamin is one of his favorites and mine. Sexy and  teasing and playful. He's always crashing and getting banged up. So That's the reason I thought he fit this recipe.

 Bang'n Blueberry Coffee Cake
 












Ingredients:
Streusel topping
1/4 c brown sugar
1/4 c white sugar
1/4 c flour
3TBSP butter, room temp
1 tsp. cinnamon

Cake
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 c melted butter
1 beaten egg
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c frozen blueberries

Directions
1. Grease and flour a loaf or cake pan. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. For the topping - In small mixing bowl, combine streusel ingredients. Blend with fork until crumbly. Set aside.
3. In a small sauce pan, heat half the blueberries and 1 tsp of sugar over medium heat, while occasionally mashing the berries. Heat until berries turn into slightly thick syrup. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. In a small bowl, sift flour with baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a medium bowl, mix together beaten egg and 3/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix well.
5. Pour 1/2 the batter into a greased and floured pan. Sprinkle with remaining blueberries and half the streusel topping, then top with remaining batter. Using a spoon, drizzle the blueberry syrup over the top, and gently swirl with a toothpick to slightly mix in. Top with remaining streusel. 
6. Bake at 375 for 35 to 45 min.  Remove from oven. Partially  Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut and serve. Enjoy!!

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Monday Moons!


In going through my Dangling Participle file to find hunks for this past weekend, I ran across this one. Now, I know the danglers aren't terribly evident, and he's a bit more muscular than many of us like, (I don't quite get the garter belt, either) but OMG, that is one amazingly hot set of buns! 

Getting ready for the RT Booklover's Convention in Chicago next week. I've printed stickers for ebook sales of Purple Bikini and the 8x10 glossies of the Stud and Purple Bikini covers for the book signings. It's amazing the things you have to be able to do to sell books these days.

I'm not doing much in the way of dressing up for this one. I got really carried away with the costume thing when I went to RT two years ago. This year there's a Flapper Party, for which I do have a dress and a headband thingy, and the Sourcebooks gang are all bringing Mardi Gras masks just for fun.

I'm sure I'll forget some vitally important item, but who cares? We'll have a blast anyway!

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Sunday's Hunk of the Day!


I should probably make some sort of April Fools Day joke here,
but I'm actually more in the mood to play ball. 
      

Have fun!  :D big grin

Friday, 30 March 2012

Saturday's Hunk of the Day!


In the mood for something HARRY that dangles?

Got just the thing!




Thursday, 29 March 2012

New cover!


I wasn't crazy about the first cover they sent me for Small, Medium, and Large, but this one, I love. I finally got my wish for a cover with the adorable Jimmy Thomas. I am in HEAVEN!!!!

Final edits are done and sent, and it's now available for preorder from Siren! The release date is still April 9th, and it should be on Amazon in a few weeks. This is a fun story and scorching hot! I hope you all enjoy it. I certainly had fun writing it. Hell, I even got a kick out of doing the edits, which is a highly unusual event!

Here's another pic of Jimmy. He's such a hottie!

Gianna, rumores de retirada


Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Thursday Thoughts

The biggest thought in my head right now is that today is a free day for me. The grass is cut and the trimming done, even up at the barn. Not that there aren't a hundred thousand other things I could do, but I'm still feeling caught up for the first time in years.

I received the final edits to Small, Medium, & Large yesterday. After a few minor tweaks, I sent it off last evening. Another good feeling. Now if I could just hear from my Sourcebooks editor about Wildcat...

But that will happen eventually. In the meantime, here's a nice hunk for your Thursday enjoyment!


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