Fast forward three years later, some of my kids are married and some have children, but we still don't have a place to sit and have a meal together.  I still don't have a place for a table, but I had an idea of turning our screened in porch into a dining room that can be used almost year round, thanks to Alabama weather.

  

I found the plans that I like on my favorite furniture plans website and set my husband to work building the second farmhouse table for the new farmhouse.   The plans copy a table from Anthropologie, which costs over $1000.00.  Who can afford that!  Mine came in just under &175.00.  

I chose a duck egg blue chalk paint for the bottom and Early American stain for the top with a dark wax finish.   I couldn't be happier with the outcome.  It measures just over nine feet long and will easily seat all of us as we continue to grow.

I am constantly amazed at the talent my husband shows as he builds things for me.  He always seems to know exactly what I want.  Now to build matching benches. 

I happen to find an old bundt cake pan at the antique store several weeks ago, so an old fashioned bundt cake recipe was first on the list.

I searched on Pinterest and came across a recipe for a Hot Milk Cake.  I changed out the cows milk for goats milk and changed the chicken eggs for duck eggs.  I also used soft white wheat berries for the flour.

  

The recipe was very simple to make and before I knew it the house smelled wonderful.

  

Getting the cake out of the pan didn't go as planned but luckily I had enough batter left, so I tried again.  The second time worked much better. 

 

I have to say this might be my new favorite cake recipe.  The cake was sweet enough that it didn't even need a glaze or icing.  This was definitely worth making.