Dana Marie's Country Living Blog

Here's an idea I thought of, to pass on to you.  I have a cake stand, which is stored in my kitchen cabinet upside down. For a long time, every time I'd see it, I would think about how beautiful it would be to leave it upside down and put flowers in the hollow stand section. I had been waiting for the opportunity to try it out, and finally the day arrived - I had a Christmas party, so there you go. The perfect time! I purchased some red and white roses along with various fillers like holly, berries, cedar, etc. Then I went to work putting it together. To assemble, just put some water in the hollow part of the stand, add the flowers and filler plant material, and load the flat bottom of the upside-down cake stand with Christmas cookies. What a beautiful centerpiece! So if you have a cake stand with a hollow pedestal, you can do this too. What fun!! ~ Dana     Cake Stand Floral Dessert Tray  Supplies a cake stand with a hollow pedestal fresh flowers cookies or other sm...

The second edition of my first cookbook, Olde Fashioned Christmas Desserts , is now available on Amazon ® . Currently the paperback and hardcover versions are listed, and the ebook version of this 2nd edition will be up soon. It contains many of the old traditional recipes that have been passed down through generations in my family. Thumbprint Cookies, Chocolate Crinkles The first edition of this book was published back in 2023. Ever since it went out of print at Barnes and Noble, I've had many requests to bring it back in hardcover and paperback. So I pulled together some extra recipes, tips and tricks, and a few Christmas projects to add to the original content in order to create an expanded second edition. It contains 33 new recipes. With a total of 82 recipes and 39 full-color photos, you'll find my tried-and-true recipes for beverages, cakes, candy, snacks, pies and cheesecakes. There are instructions for making 13 jar-mixes, some vintage recipes from the 1950s, a section ...