What Shall We Bake Today?

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It’s getting close to Easter, so let’s make a Coconut Bunny Cake!

From Kathrynskitchenblog:

Key Ingredients

Box cake mix: White or vanilla cake mix is my favorite to use but you can use any of your favorites such as chocolate, Funfetti, carrot cake, strawberry, or bake your own cake from scratch using your favorite recipe.

Frosting: We use canned frosting to make it easy but you can make your own from scratch. Make sure the frosting is softened at room temperature so it’s easy to spread onto the cake.

Shredded coconut: Used on the bunny’s face and green grass that surrounds the bunny.

Jelly beans: We use 2 black jelly beans for the eyes, 1 black jelly bean for the nose, 24 pink jelly beans for the bunny ears, and you can also use jelly beans to decorate the bunny’s bow-tie.

Bake according to the box cake mix using 2 8” round cake pans.  Cool.  Then freeze for about 30 minutes to make frosting easier.  Cut the 1 round cake as shown in the diagram below.  Then frost as desired!

If you’re not fond of coconut or just want a healthier version…you can use strawberries and blueberries!

ENJOY!

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        1. we’re okay. first warm day we’ve had in a while and of course it’s raining…lol
          we’ve got ducks in the pond and the pond keeps refreezing…so they have limited space most days.
          waiting for the first bear to show up.

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    1. Good Morning!

      “Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.”

      46* with north wind. A red sky at sunrise here, too.

      Love the bunny cakes, never saw the strawberry, blueberry version 😊

      Son and GS visited last night. New toy for GS was a harmonica (and one for me 😁)

      God bless, take care 🙏

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      1. Good morning, Gina! I’m glad you got your visit this week. I’m still happy about getting back with Piper again. 55 here this morning w/hazy skies and windy but no red sky. But, then again, I got up late so…..

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      2. Good Morning!
        we have some sun, but lots of clouds too. Hubby says we may hit 60* today!

        I never saw the strawberry one either! Every year my daughter and her family come up for Easter and my granddaughter and i bake something for Easter. We’ve made this cake, a bunny butt cake, and Easter basket cakes and a lamb recently. Mostly i bake and she decorates and then I clean up. lol
        do you play harmonica or are you going to learn together?
        God Bless you as well Gina!

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        1. My grandma always used to bake the coconut Lamb cake for my father on Easter 😊 How old is your granddaughter?

          I used to play “with” a harmonica when I was a kid. I ordered 2 harmonicas. (cuz kids, spit, germs. lol) Found I really enjoyed trying to play it! GS (2yrs old) loves it, and copies me. So we’ll go with it as long as he enjoys it. 🥰

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          1. how sweet!!!
            my granddaughter is turning 17 years old!
            every year we do a project…last year she painted clay flowerpots which i glued together and glued a solar light on top. like this one…

            only I have mine in a shallow terra cotta dish filled with blue glass pebbles. I put it out on the deck in the summmer.

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              1. it was fun!
                one year I bought a plastic butterfly mold and a small bag of colored stones. the rest of the stones we used we picked up from the driveway. Hubby mixed us some cement and we made butterfly stepping stones for around the pond. (forgot to bring them in, in the winter, and the deer stepped on them and some cracked…lol
                they are now under the deck…lol)

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    2. Good morning, Pat! 55 here this morning (which, according to the forecast, is as high as it will get today), windy, and hazy skies. Calling for a high of 49 tomorrow, 65 on Saturday, and 80 on Sunday. Crazy times!!! Still no Wheezer – shacked up with his current sweetie, no doubt! Piper, Liv and I had a wonderful time. But I sure wish she would lose some weight – she’s heading down the same road as her Mom, which scares the crap out of me. Granted, she is much taller – she got that from her Dad – and he tends to the heavy side as well. Still……it worries me.

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      1. Good Morning Filly!
        hubby says warmer for us today and then 30* tomorrow…sick weather!
        It’s a delicate place to be–on one hand you want your relationship to stay on track so you might not say something. but on the other hand, you might be able to talk to her and explain where your advice is coming from but you still risk her taking offense.

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        1. I think what I’ll do is wait for an appropriate opening, like if she brings up the issue of weight in any way or when we’re talking about her Mom.

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    1. Paul A. Szypula

      @Bubblebathgirl

      Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) on illegals bringing diseases: “Katie Abraham’s killer, an illegal alien, had full-blown AIDS when he came over the border. And now we know that the killer of Sheridan Gorman has tuberculosis and he didn’t actually show up to his hearing because he was getting medical care which costs almost $30,000 for him—paid for by taxpayers.”

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  7. the “gift” from Iran

    Trump ‘present’ from Iran was safe tanker passage through Hormuz – report

    17 hours ago

    The “present” US President Donald Trump said Iran had given Washington was allowing several fuel tankers to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz, The Times of Israel reported, citing a senior Arab diplomat and a US official.

    Trump said on Tuesday that Iran had given the United States a “present” worth a “tremendous amount of money,” without providing details, but described it as related to oil and gas and the strategic waterway.

    The report cited an unnamed US official as saying that when Washington began passing along messages to Iran through mediators over the weekend in order to test whether a diplomatic off-ramp to the war was possible, it asked Tehran to make a gesture of goodwill.

    In response, Iran agreed to allow a number of fuel tankers that weren’t tied to the US or Israel through the Strait of Hormuz in order to help calm global markets, the report added citing an an unnamed Arab official.

    https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603254046

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  9. Wall Street Apes
    @WallStreetApes
    HOLY CR*P https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas

    They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening

    READ THAT AGAIN

    “Today in the fraud committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven’t been tracking the IP addresses of money that’s being literally flown out of our state and where it’s going. 

    They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going”

    “Every time we turn around, it’s just more and more fraud scandals in our state”

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  11. EXCERPT: “U.S. intelligence intercepted Ukrainian government communications discussing a plot to route hundreds of millions of American tax dollars earmarked for clean energy in the war-torn country and move them to the United States to enrich then-President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee, according to a declassified intelligence report summarizing the intercepts that was obtained by Just the News.

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently learned of the intercepts and has asked the U.S. Agency for International Development officials to scour for records to see if the plot actually was carried out and whether a criminal referral should be made to the FBI.

    Gabbard’s team has not found substantive evidence the intercepted allegations were thoroughly investigated during the Biden administration, and the communications are not believed to be tied to Russian disinformation efforts, officials said.

    USAID involved in routing the money, memo alleges

    The declassified report is a summary of raw intercepts from U.S. spy agencies in late 2022 concerning the alleged plot, and officials who have reviewed the files said there seemed to be a lack of curiosity to investigate such an explosive allegation of foreign interference in a U.S. election.

    “The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine that would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,” the declassified summary of the intercepts stated…..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/security/nsa-intercepted-ukraine-government-messages-discussing-effort-route-money-2024

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  12. https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/big-freaking-deal-trump-axes-biden-censorship-machine-unprecedented-consent

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  13. EXCERPT: “The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has again referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the U.S. Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, proffering allegations that New York’s top cop may have falsified information on her homeowner’s insurance application. 

    The FHFA Director William Pulte, who oversees Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, asked U.S. Attorneys in Florida and Illinois on Wednesday to “authenticate and investigate” the information, according to two letters reviewed by Just the News. 

    Pulte cites a series of social media posts by attorney and President of The Article III Project, Mike Davis, who explained how he believes the evidence laid out in previously published court documents demonstrate that James misled her home insurer when applying for coverage.

    You can read the referrals here: 2026-03-25_14-03.pdf 2026-03-25_14-02.pdf

    James allegedly classified a home in Norfolk, Virginia as her principal residence 

    This is the second time Pulte has turned over criminal referrals to the Justice Department targeting James for alleged wrongdoing related to her homeownership. The New York Attorney General’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News. 

    Last April, Pulte sent a similar letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche alleging James “falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.” Among the allegations, Pulte said James classified a home in Norfolk, Virginia as a principal residence even though, as a New York State officer, she was required to maintain residency in the state. 

    Later that year, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted James, charging her with bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. However, the charges were later dismissed after a judge ruled that the prosecutor, Lindsay Halligan, was not lawfully appointed, and the merits of the case were not reached. The grand jury declined to issue a new indictment after the disqualification, Just the News previously reported. 

    In response to those earlier allegations, James accused President Trump and his administration of “weaponizing the justice system” and called the charges “baseless.” 

    The new allegations from Pulte cite court exhibits attached to filings as part of this earlier legal action against James……”

    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/545ny-ag-letitia-james-referred-again-criminal-prosecution-homeowner

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  14. “The cartoon addresses the University of Southern California (USC) canceling a scheduled debate just 24 hours before it was to take place on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. USC faced intense backlash because its participation criteria-based on polling and fundraising – resulted in an all-white lineup of six candidates. Four prominent Democratic candidates of color (Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa, Betty Yee, and Tony Thurmond) were excluded despite holding significant previous state or federal offices.

    The “Jungle Primary”: California uses a “top-two” or “jungle” primary system where the two highest vote-getters, regardless of party, move to the general election.

    Polling Reality: As of late March 2026, Republicans Steve Hilton (17%) and Chad Bianco (16%) have been leading or tied at the top of the polls. Because the Democratic vote is split among eight major candidates, there is a legitimate possibility that two Republicans could finish in the top two spots, shutting Democrats out of the general election entirely.

    Now tell me you don’t think that’s fuckin’ hilarious…”

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  16. “American soldiers watching the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, March 1944”

    “On the 18th of March 1944, a two week long eruption began with lava from the summit of Mount Vesuvius. Soldiers and airmen of the 340th Bomber Group were stationed at the Pompeii Airfield just a few miles from the base of the volcano. On March 22, they were forced to evacuate, leaving behind 88 Allied aircraft. After the volcano subsided, they returned on the 30th to find the planes were a total loss. The airfield was dismantled and the 340th relocated to Paestum Airfield on March 23, 1944.

    The Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii in 79AD is well known, but far fewer people know about the last time the volcano erupted in 1944. It was World War Two, and families in southern Italy had already lived through a German invasion, air bombardment, and surrender to the Allies.

    And then at 16:30 on 18 March, Vesuvius erupted. The sky filled with violent explosions of rock and ash, and burning lava flowed down the slopes, devastating villages. By the time it was over, 11 days later, 26 people had died and about 12,000 people were forced to leave their homes.”

    (Photo source – ‘Life’ Magazine by British photographer George Rodger) Colorised by Gabriel Bîrsanu

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  18. Just The News: “This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, tapping Vice President JD Vance to oversee efforts through the commission to combat fraud in federal benefits programs. The opportunity could serve as Vance’s most pivotal role thus far, a chance to prove himself to any of Trump’s base who still question Vance’s viability to carry on the MAGA (Make America Great Again) cause.  

    The primary focus of the commission is on fraud in federal benefits and social-welfare programs, such as Medicaid, nutrition assistance, autism care, and other taxpayer-funded benefits. This includes rooting out alleged large-scale fraud, waste, and abuse in these programs, ensuring funds go to eligible American citizens rather than “fraudsters.”

    As much as $9 billion fraudulently obtained in Minnesota-run Medicaid and related programs since 2018

    The fraud in Minnesota primarily involved large-scale schemes exploiting federal and state-funded social programs, including the Feeding Our Future child nutrition program during the pandemic, where defendants fraudulently claimed meals that were never provided, often through a nonprofit at the center of the scandal, phony autism care services via Medicaid’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) program, involving kickbacks to parents for enrolling children, unqualified staff, inflated or nonexistent services, and related scams in housing stabilization and other benefits, with many cases linked to individuals in the Somali immigrant community in the Minneapolis area.

    Investigations uncovered estimates ranging from hundreds of millions to billions in fraudulent claims; specific figures include about $250–$300 million in the Feeding Our Future scheme, $14 million in one autism fraud case (with others ongoing), and broader prosecutor estimates suggesting up to $9 billion potentially fraudulent in Minnesota-run Medicaid and related programs since 2018.

    These probes have resulted in dozens of indictments and convictions in the Feeding Our Future case, multiple charges in autism-related schemes (including guilty pleas like that of Asha Farhan Hassan for wire fraud in a $14 million autism scam), and more than 300 Medicaid fraud convictions secured by Minnesota’s Attorney General since 2019; this prompted actions like the Trump administration withholding $259.5 million in Medicaid funds from Minnesota earlier this year.

    The task force expands this investigation nationwide, with sharpened focus in states like California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Colorado due to purported insufficient safeguards and oversight.

    The initiative is part of Trump’s broader “war on fraud” to protect taxpayer dollars, stop improper payments in social services, and address vulnerabilities in state-administered federal programs. Vance has described it as forcing a “whole-government approach” to stop fraud against American taxpayers.

    The initiative has drawn criticism as potentially partisan, focusing on long-time Democratic-led states, though the administration frames it as non-partisan protection of public funds.”

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  20. Their guardian angels were on duty

    Owowow, Ouch.

    Potato Cutie

    One of life’s universal frustrations. We’ve all been there.

    Extraordinary Entrance

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  24. RUBIO: THIS WAR WAS LONG OVERDUE

    Iran has been at war with the United States for 47 years killing Americans, targeting civilians, and spreading terror across the globe. Other presidents talked. This one is acting.

    At their weakest point, the regime is still attacking embassies and civilians. Imagine what they would do with a nuclear weapon. That risk is no longer being tolerated.

    The mission is clear: destroy Iran’s naval power, eliminate its missile capabilities, and shut down its ability to produce weapons. And it is happening.

    This is not just about America. The world is becoming safer because someone finally chose to confront the threat instead of managing it.

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    1. Well, it least we know Mother Nature doesn’t discriminate! It’s bright and sunny here at the moment but cloudy off & on, really windy, and only 62.

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  30. At JFK Airport, as travelers waited in hours-long lines, an infant became unresponsive and stopped breathing. The panic of the child’s family and nearby passengers were heard by an ICE agent stationed at a checkpoint.

    This heroic officer immediately sprang into action—rushing toward the cries, taking the child, and performing a Heimlich maneuver that restored the infant’s breathing after nearly two minutes.

    This officer’s extraordinary bravery embodies the selfless service of DHS law enforcement.

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  32. Donald J. Trump

    @realDonaldTrump

    As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time. Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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  35. so the US tells the Zman cede the Donbas region to Russia and we will guarantee protection from further encroachment. War is over.
    So what does the idiot do? he asks WHO WILL PAY FOR THE NEEDS OF HIS COUNTRY?
    don’t they have an economy of their own? We’re not adopting you and your country you greedy little pissant–but we’ll be your big brother. but don’t expect to sleep on our couch or eat our potato chips–you’re on your own!

    FTA
    The more NATO/EU hypocrisy creates friction with President Trump; the less U.S. support exists for Ukraine. That’s the dynamic Zelenskyy is trying desperately to navigate with his EU allies.
    During a lengthy interview with Reuters, Zelenskyy says he has been directly told the only way for Ukraine to get security guarantees from USA participation is if he concedes the contested Donbas region to Russia and ends the conflict.

    Assuming what Zelenskyy says is accurate, at this point in the ongoing stalemate, this seems like the pragmatic optimal solution. Concede Donbas to Russia, and the U.S. will mediate terms that emphasize an American willingness to protect Ukraine from further encroachment.
    That said, when Zelenskyy once again starts asking who is going to pay for the needs of his country, the U.S. taxpayer eyeroll commences.

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/26/zelenskyy-says-u-s-will-not-provide-security-guarantees-unless-ukraine-concedes-donbas-region-to-russia/

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  42. CDC Jeopardized Health of ‘Millions of Americans’ by Failing to Warn of Stroke Risk After Pfizer Vaccine

    New documents obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson reveal that the Biden White House and HHS failed to immediately warn the public when vaccine safety surveillance systems detected statistically significant safety signals for ischemic stroke in adults 65 and older who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster vaccine.

    by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., March 26, 2026

    sen ron johnson and covid vaccine bottle

    EXCERPT: “New documents obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) add to existing evidence that health officials under the Biden administration downplayed COVID-19 vaccine safety risks and delayed warning the public. “The records provide further evidence of the Biden administration’s awareness of and willingness to downplay the significant safety risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines,” Johnson told The Defender.

    The nearly 2,000 pages of documents reveal that in November 2022, officials at the White House and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) failed to immediately warn the public when vaccine safety surveillance systems detected statistically significant safety signals for ischemic stroke in adults 65 and older who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster vaccine.

    An ischemic stroke, which can be fatal, happens when a blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Meanwhile, in 2022 and 2023, federal health officials continued to promote the COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective.

    “As safety signals for ischemic stroke appeared, Biden HHS officials continued to urge people to get vaccinated, jeopardizing the health of millions of Americans,” Johnson said.

    Documents show over 200 stroke cases in less than a year

    The newly released documents are just a fraction of what Johnson has received since January 2025, when he subpoenaed HHS for COVID-19 vaccine safety records and communications about the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “I am sharing my preliminary findings to provide HHS and the public with even more evidence of the Biden administration’s unsupported and unyielding devotion to a harmful vaccine at the expense of the public’s health,” Johnson wrote in a March 23 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    Johnson included a detailed timeline of findings from the documents…..”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-jeopardized-health-millions-americans-failing-to-warn-stroke-risk-pfizer-vaccine/

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  44. Good night, Pat! I’ll be making a trip to Norfolk tomorrow…..it might be a bit chilly but at least it will be sunny….hopefully! LOL

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