I saw this being made on the Martha Stewart Show the other day.  Yes, I do watch Martha Stewart.  She’s a little dry but has (obviously) the most creative ideas.  I just had to share this cake recipe with you.  It’s a little, okay, a lot, time intensive but a guaranteed kid pleaser.

Ingredients

Makes one 9-inch-round six-layer cake

• Vegetable shortening
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 1/3 cups sugar
• 5 large egg whites, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups milk, room temperature
• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple gel food coloring
• Lemony Swiss Meringue Buttercream

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INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon reduced-fat cream cheese, (Neufchâtel)
• 1/4 teaspoon honey
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
• 2 slices very thin whole-wheat sandwich bread
• 2 medium strawberries, sliced

PREPARATION

1. Combine cream cheese, honey and orange zest in a bowl. Spread bread with the cheese mixture. Place sliced strawberries on 1 piece of bread, top with the other.

NUTRITION

Per serving: 128 calories; 4 g fat (2 g sat, 1 g mono); 8 mg cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrates; 2 g added sugars; 4 g protein; 3 g fiber; 191 mg sodium; 63 mg potassium.

Source & Image:  eatingwell.com

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2  pounds  large sea scallops
• 1  tablespoon  olive oil
• 1/2  cup  dry white wine
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  chopped fresh tarragon
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1  tablespoon  butter
• Freshly ground black pepper (optional)
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Ingredients

• 1  (8-ounce) sirloin steak
• 4  ounces uncooked wide rice stick noodles
• 1 1/2  cups thinly sliced yellow onion
• 3  whole cloves
• 2  cardamom pods
• 2  garlic cloves, halved
• 1  (3-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger, thinly sliced
• 1  star anise
• 4  cups fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
• 2  cups water
• 1  tablespoon less-sodium soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon brown sugar
• 2  teaspoons fish sauce
• 4  cups  baby bok choy leaves
• 1  cup  snow peas, trimmed
• 1  small fresh Thai chile, thinly sliced into rings
• 1  cup  fresh bean sprouts
• 1/4  cup  fresh basil leaves
• 1/4  cup  fresh mint leaves
• 4  lime wedges

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