My super awesome birthday "fruit" cake!

Yesterday was my birthday!! 

That's right the big (or not so big) 3-6!

Whoop whoop!!! 

And check out my awesome birthday cake!! 

It was too dang hot to heat up my kitchen with a cake. Besides...it was my birthday and frankly I didn't want to go to the hassle of baking (cuz it's the moms who always make the cakes anyway). 

So I peeled up a watermelon, sliced a bunch of fruit and handed it to my kids along with a pile of toothpicks. What a piece of art! 

I couldn't have asked for a better birthday cake....because I ate about half of it and don't fell at all guilty!! LOL 

Foody Friday - Homemade Strawberry Pancake Syrup

Mmmm...don't you just love strawberries?  The boys and I bought a pint of strawberries and decided to have pancakes for dinner the other night since DR is in Kansas and I don't have to feed him anymore. Breakfast for dinner doesn't set well with DR. He insists there's just something wrong with switching meals like that!

This pancake syrup/sauce turned out scrumptious! Not too thick, not too runny, not too thin, just the right texture. Plus, don't pancakes look prettier served with bright fresh fruit?

Strawberry Sauce

1 pint of fresh strawberries, cleaned and sliced
1/3 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Combine half of the strawberries, sugar and vanilla in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until sugar has liquefied, about 5 minutes. Pour contents of saucepan into a blender and puree. Return sauce to saucepan and simmer for about 10 minutes until thickened. Add remaining sliced strawberries to saucepan and simmer for additional 5 minutes, just enough to slightly soften strawberries. Serve warm over pancakes.

Pancakes

1 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1 Tablespoon of sugar
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup whole wheat flour

Beat egg and add milk. Add remaining ingredients and mix to combine. Pour 1/4 cup of batter at a time into hot skillet. Cook until golden brown on both sides. (Did I really need to tell you how to cook pancakes?) Serve pancakes warm under strawbery sauce.

Enjoy!