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OCTOBER Goodreads Giveaway!

October 1, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Hey everyone and Happy October! To celebrate my favorite month, I’m hosting an October Goodreads Giveaway. I’ll be giving away three signed copies of The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee at the end of the month. Enter today over on Goodreads by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

But first, my top ten reasons you should enter and share this post…

10. It’s free! So why not? Free is good.
9. Books make great Christmas presents, and Christmas is fast approaching.
8. The more people who enter, the more people who’ll want to enter. Am I right? It’s the whole follow the leader thing.
7. You might win and winning feels great.
6. Even if you’ve already read it, I bet you know lots of folks who haven’t. And people should read more. Really, you’ll be promoting literacy.
5. The cover is cool, and it’ll look good on your special bookshelf. Homes look more homey with books.
4. I’ll sign it and even write you a special message in invisible ink if you want.
3. I wrote every single word. Every.Single.Word. And you’ll be helping an Indie writer out. Seriously.
2. You loaned out your copy and have no idea what happened to it. And you miss seeing it on your coffee table.
1. Because I figured out how to embed the giveaway code in this post which is no small feat. At least I think I did.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee

by Talya Tate Boerner

Giveaway ends October 31, 2016.

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Velvet Elvis Poundcake and FREE EGGS!

December 2, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

(This post is sponsored by Great Day Farms. All opinions are my own.)

Y’all. Before I get to this amazing Velvet Elvis Pound Cake recipe, I want to let you know I have ten dozen Great Day Farms eggs to give away just in time for Christmas baking! If you are like me, you can always use extra eggs, especially free ones. I went through almost three dozen eggs preparing my Thanksgiving meal. Almost every dessert and casserole calls for eggs.

But first…

Let’s talk about the yummiest pound cake ever. I present the Velvet Elvis Pound Cake.

My Momma (who rarely cooks these days) made this pound cake last Christmas, and it was so heavenly that I made it for Thanksgiving last week.

According to the recipe Momma found in the Dallas Morning News, it was Elvis’s favorite. I know what you’re thinking and no, it isn’t a peanut butter and banana poundcake. The texture is smooth like velvet (so velvety I’ve named it the Velvet Elvis Pound cake).

This cake is truly perfect from the edges to the center. It’s made with cake flour and whipping cream—therein lies the difference.

Who knew?

Well, Elvis did.

You’ll want to add this to your holiday baking menu. It’s a Christmas worthy dessert and my new favorite.

Velvet Elvis Poundcake

Print Recipe

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 stick 1/2 cup butter, softened
4 eggs at room temperature
1 1/2 cups cake flour sifted twice
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together on medium speed - about 3 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in half of the cake flour.
Add whipping cream.
Beat in remaining cake flour and vanilla.
Pour batter into a buttered and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake until golden and a toothpick comes out clean, approximately 60 - 65 minutes.
Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
While you enjoy it, think of The King.

Now here’s more about the egg giveaway. Courtesy of Great Day Farms, I will be giving away one dozen eggs to ten winners. Contest ends December 9. Winners will be announced periodically during contest. There are several ways to enter, just follow the instructions below or on the Grace Grits Facebook page by clicking HERE. Thank ya, thank ya very much!

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