Meet Megan Esther (yes, I went there).....

This blonde beauty is my baby sister. I spent many years with 3 brothers and when my mother got pregnant, I begged for a sister. I was 11, and nothing sounded better than fussing over a baby girl. Viola! The Lord knew my mother could not handle another boy and blessed our family with Meg (Side note to my punk brothers: please keep your hate mail to a minimum, it is the holidays after all) Megan is great. I fussed over her as a baby, but of course being 11 years older than her meant I was REQUIRED to hate her my entire teenage existence ("get out of my room, keep out of my make-up, DON'T talk to my friends, and don't tell my current flame that there are "others") Oh yes, being 16 with a 5 year old bratty sister was no fun. The picture below cracks me up - this is what I had to deal with. Cute and mouthy (she is sooo gonna kill me for posting this)

Fast-forward a couple of decades.... and look at what some time and maturity (on my part!) has provided.... One great sister. I love when she comes to visit. LITERALLY half of my brain shuts down and she picks up the slack. She's the best. Of course now she works at some high-faloutin' radio station and is too busy hanging out with music stars to come be near me. It's OK, after having me as a big sister, I would want a serious break too. Love you girl....

We like to share great recipes and Meg passed on this cool one to me this week and I wanted to share.....Cake Balls. But Meg says she can't call them "balls" (apparently it's just wrong on so many levels). So we now call them Cake Truffles (there - now you won't have to giggle everytime you tell someone what they are) . Here is a pic from her facebook page....
Here's how you make them - too easy!

• Bake a regular box cake mix
• Let cool, crumble in a large bowl
• Mix in an entire can of store bought frosting (the mixture will look strange, that's ok)
• Try not to eat whole bowl (double-dog dare you)
• Use small scoop and place balls (I mean truffles ;-) on wax paper - leave in fridge overnight (or freezer to harden them up)
• Dip in melted chocolate (any kind of dipping stuff would do) Let dry

They are divine - try different combos of cake/frosting (spice cake/cream cheese frosting, chocolate/chocolate frosting, strawberry cake mix/cream cheese frosting).


Enjoy! (Meg - call me when your done having dinner with Sarah Evans and Dierks Bentley)