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Holiday Shipping Deadlines

If you’re like me and still doing your holiday shopping, you’ll want to keep the shipping guidelines in mind. I currently only ship USPS. You can find the full USPS shipping deadline info here. https://www.usps.com/holiday/holiday-shipping-dates.htm

Here are the USPS shipping deadlines to arrive by December 25 for the lower 48 states:

USPS Ground Advantage® Service Dec. 17
First-Class Mail® Service Dec. 17
Priority Mail® Service Dec. 18
Priority Mail Express® Service2 Dec. 20

Alaska and Hawaii are mostly the same, but USPS Ground Advantage needs to ship a day earlier on December 16th.

Anything overseas requires Priority Mail Express International® Service and needs shipped by December 16th.

While I will pretty much ship until the last minute and do my best to get orders out by the next day, I can’t guarantee delivery by a certain date, so please order ASAP.

Stock up on my Handmade Soap

My five bars for $30 deal is back! To get that price, use this listing and tell me the five you would like in the notes at checkout. If you don’t let me know, or a variety is sold out, I’ll try to contact you first. If I don’t hear back within a day, I’ll send you an assortment of my favorites or substitute the sold out one with a different fabulous bar.

Handmade Soap 5 bars for $30 USD

Now through December 19, if you use the coupon code CHRISTMAS25 at checkout, you’ll get 25% off your order, including clearance, sale and the bulk soap listing.

Come See Me!

Sunday, December 21 I will be at V’z Vintage Holiday Market from 10am-6pm. It’s located at the American Legion Post 655, 2817 Carson St., Haltom City, TX 76117. If you’re local, you should totally come check it out. SubEarthan Cottage will be inside this time because it’s December in Texas and you never know what you’ll get weather-wise.

This is my third month at this market. There’s always a ton of unique handmade booths, food vendors and some vintage finds. If you’re looking for some last minute gifts, come support some local small businesses!

Chocolate Cake

This is a simple chocolate cake recipe that is super easy. It is dairy-free, egg-free, and if you swap the wheat flour for a gluten-free flour blend, it's gluten-free, too! To make it gluten free, I like Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free blend because it already contains xanthan gum. If you use a different gluten-free flour without xanthan gum, I would add about 1-1.5 teaspoons of xanthan gum.

To top, make a simple buttercream (with shortening and non-dairy milk to keep it non-dairy) or use your favorite store bought frosting. You could also sprinkle the warm cake with dairy-free chocolate chips, let them melt a little, then spread across the top for a rich, chocolaty treat.

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Course: Dessert

Keyword: 9 x 13, cake, chocolate, dairy free, easy, egg free, gluten free, one bowl, simple

Servings: 29 2×2 inch servings

Equipment

9 x 13 rectangle pan

Ingredients

3 Cups Flour see recipe summary for gluten-free adjustment
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons vinegar white or apple cider vinegar
1 cup vegetable oil any light flavored liquid vegetable oil is fine
2 cups cold water
2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
Grease the 9 x 13 inch pan, either with shortening, butter, or cooking spray
Combine the first five (dry) ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix until evenly blended. Alternatively, sift them together into the bowl.
Add the remaining (wet) ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended. You can use a spoon or an electric mixer.
Pour the batter into the greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the middle comes out clean.

Notes

I frosted this cake with buttercream tinted blue, then used gel food coloring to paint the faces. I then piped buttercream for the eyes, facial features, outlines, writing and trim. I clearly am not a trained cake decorator, so I can’t really say which tips I used or any other details.

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