Red, White and Blue Layered Flag Cake Made this cake for july 4th and it was a big hit. A few comments- this cake takes way more time to make than indicated. It took me about 6 hours to do. Second, the cake is expensive with all of the different ingredients. Last, to get the "star" look in the blue on the flag, i used half a bottle of white gem sprinke dots. while i got the look of the "stars" the taste of the dots was overpowering, and made the layer taste a little bit bitter. Overall, the look of this cake will impress your guests. And they will love it. If you want to cut down on costs, i would suggest just using food coloring for the different layers instead of the fruit. I will keep this recipe, but will only make it again for something really special.

Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Yummy! I made these using strawberry perserves and they were fantastic! My only tips are turn the heat in the oven down to 350 so they wont burn, and use preserves since they are much chunkier then jelly so they wont run off of the cookie.

Chocolate Chip Scones Loved this recipe! These were the quickest and yummiest scones I''ve ever had! I used mini-chocolate chips instead and also used the lowfat/heart healthy biquick instead of the regular to further reduce the calories. Can''t wait to make this recipe again!

Chocolate Chip-Banana Pancakes Disappointing recipes. It tasted like something was missing, but I wasn''t quite sure what. Also the bananas kept the bottoms of the pancakes from browning when I flipped them over.