Friday, March 15, 2013

Lucky in Love Blog Hop

 
Here at Paranormal Romance Fans for Life, we are Lucky in Love! We have the opportunity to be surrounded by great books, great authors, and great readers. 
As a thank you to our regular followers, we are offering not one, but two giveaways and our favorite Lucky in Love Recipe! (Thanks to bestselling author, Danica Winters, whose book The Nymph's Labyrinth was recently featured in USA Today!)
 
Bailey's Irish Cream Liqeur
  • 1 cup whiskey (inexpensive middle of the road is okay)
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
  • 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract (Torani brand almond syrup is a wonderful replacement if you can find it in your area)

Directions:

  1. In blender, combine all ingredients; blend until smooth.
  2. Store tightly covered in refrigerator up to one month. (It won't last that long!) Shake bottle well before serving, and return remaining liqueur to refrigerator.
  3. Note: Use only Grade A, uncracked eggs.
 
 Lemon-Irish Whiskey Cake

  • 1 lemon, zest of, cut into julienne
  • 1/4 cup Irish whiskey
  • 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup superfine sugar (regular sugar can be processed in a blender of food processor)
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3/4 cup almonds, ground
Directions:
Place julienned lemon zest in a small bowl. Add whiskey and let soak overnight
The next day, preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9 inch cake pan.
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs.
Sift the flour and add to the butter mixture along with the salt. Stir to blend.
Fold in the ground almonds.
Strain the whiskey, discarding the zest, and stir the whiskey into the batter.
Pour into the prepared pan, and bake about one hour, until golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

*All Recipes can be found at Food.com
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Lucky in Love? Well, are you? It's a time of luck and wealth...or not. With each romance we find ourselves in a new world of love and memories. Are these just by chance? Is it luck? Welcome to your second annual Lucky in Love Blog Hop where we want to hear about your love, your romance, and how much you love St. Patrick's Day!!! Are you wearing green? Ready to get pinched...or wait...do you like that?
Almost 300 bloggers have giveaways and posts about those men we love!
But that's not all....

We have TWO grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!


Now what are those prizes?
1st Grand Prize: A $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
2nd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
 
*****When you leave a blog comment, please make sure to write in your email address for the main blog hop!*****

38 comments:

  1. Hi Danica,
    I just got a brand new but vintage Hamilton Beach professional style mixer. I'm going to try the whiskey cake recipe to break in my mixer.
    Chris Karlsen

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  2. I have not been lucky in love.
    magic5905 at embarqmail dot com

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  3. Great recipes. I am lucky in love. I have been married for almost 36 years and we still love each other. I love being with him and we celebrate however we can
    debby236 at gmail dot com

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  4. i can't say why i'm lucky in love because i'm not ( nor unlucky) yet^^
    happy St Patrick's day

    isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. I love anything made with LEMON, yum! Beats chocolate any day.thanks for the delicious looking recipes. Too bad I can't cook. Or mix, or stir, lol!

    Urb
    brendurbanist at gmail dot com

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  6. I am lucky in love because I have not settled for less than the best! ;)

    mmbrack@earthlink.net

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  7. I love the little candy hearts on Valentine's Day and I love green beer on St. Patrick's Day

    xo_veronica16[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  8. I'm not lucky in love.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day and thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com

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  9. Fave thing about Valentine's Day is chocolates. I'm a chocoholic, lol.
    I'm lucky in love because I married my soulmate, and no matter how hard things get we work them out. :)
    bidelia78@yahoo.com

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  10. I'm very lucky in love. Been with my husband almost 20 years.

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  11. Anything that involves chocolate and candy is good with me! I shouldn't have all that good stuff, but that doesn't stop me liking it!

    Thank you for the chance to enter :D Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone :)
    Shelly H
    booski24@hotmail.com

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  12. I love getting See's candy for Valentine's Day! Thanks for the giveaway.

    elewkf1 at yahoo dot com

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  13. I've been happily married for almost 20 years so I consider myself lucky in love.

    kesummer69(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. Happy St. Patrick's Day
    staceyprice(AT)gmail.com

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  15. I have no luck in love. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
    verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com

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  16. I love getting flowers and going out for a romantic dinner on Valentine's Day!
    liese1235@gmail.com

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  17. I have been lucky in love since I met my husband many years ago!
    Thanks for the chance!
    liese1235@gmail.com

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  18. My favorite thing about Valentines day is that it stands for love and chocolate. I have been lucky in love with my husband for 12 years.

    susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com

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  19. I am lucky in love when it came to my husband of 23 years. When we first met I had just had a very bad break up with my last boyfriend. I spent most of the evening telling him what I would and would not put up with in a relationship. He asked me out in spite of my attitude, and the rest is history. We got married 5 years later and are still very much in love. I would say I am very lucky in love. Thanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win. <^_^>
    reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  20. I have not been lucky in love yet.
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com

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  21. I'm lucky in love because I haven't settled for the wrong guy, and haven't dealt with anyone truly scary!

    vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

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  22. I like being free to eat chocolate at will on Valentine's!

    vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

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  23. My favorite thing about Valentine's day is the quality time spent with my husband.
    I'm lucky in love because I found and married my soulmate.
    jmcgaugh (at) semo (dot) edu

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  24. Being with someone I care about. And I don't think I'm lucky in love.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    anasmithblue At gmail DOT com

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  25. I am married to my soul mate

    Happy St Patty's Day!

    Froggy
    froggarita@gmail.com

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  26. I like chocolate on Valentine's Day and wearing green on St Patrick's Day!! Nope, haven't been lucky in love yet!
    Thanks for the great giveaway and for joining the hop!!!!
    Ashley A
    ash_app(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  27. I am lucky in love because I married my high school sweetheart we have been together 14 years married going on 10... we have two boys,two dogs and a turtle and that is pretty lucky if you ask me.

    j.m.platt83@gmail.com

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  28. I like the silent moments during Valentine's day.


    spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

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  29. Lucky or not, I am very blessed. I have my soul mate. It did take me 41 years to find him. But he was and is worth the wait.

    Thanks for being in the Happy St. Patrick’s Day blog hop.
    Hope ya’ll St. Patrick’s Day was great!
    Keep writing so I can keep reading.
    roya-clan@sbcglobal.net

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  30. Not lucky in love, darn it, but trying to stay optimistic - thank you for the cool opportunities to win!

    Felicia
    mrschopchop@verizon.net

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  31. I havent found love yet but Im lucky in love with that I have a great family and friends supporting me.
    -Amber
    goodblinknpark(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

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  32. Nope, not lucky in love at all.
    Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Saint Patty’s Day!

    Krysta B.
    Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com

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  33. I married one of my best friends, so I'm definitely lucky in love!

    snhoveln (at) gmail (dot) com

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  34. Because I have a great family.
    marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  35. My favorite thing about Valentine's Day is the candy.
    marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  36. V-Day?? When it's over. What a great giveaway hop! I have yet to be lucky in love but I'm working on it. My favorite love book is "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. Jamie Fraser is amazing and beautiful. I enjoy St. Patty's Day and this year I'm spending it with my best friend. We're going to two Irish Pubs and also some dance clubs. I am also wearing green and am not a fan of getting pinched. I'm not Irish either, but many people think I am because my hair is red, my eyes green and my name is Meghan, but I'm not at all. I won't be telling anybody that, however… let them believe I'm Irish.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    mestith at gmail dot com

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  37. I have never had a chance to have a Valentine's Day. I know, very sad. but I love Flowers.

    Judy Peterson
    strawberryrose@earthlink.net

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  38. I'm still waiting for my Lucky in love. Thanks for the recipes.
    They both sound delightful. I love the way you making cake from
    scratch sound so easy. We're not Irish but we do something similar
    to you Bailey's Irish Cream. We use stout instead of chocolate/coffee.

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