Here's a great cake recipe that's sure to be a hit with your friends and family!

Make your favorite yellow cake recipe or box cake.  Make cake in two, eight inch round pans. After cake is cooled, slice each layer in half horizontally so you now have four layers.

Frosting:

1/4 lb. butter or margarine (1 stick)

3/4 cup sugar (white granulated)

2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add melted chocolate and vanilla.  Beat until smooth.  Add eggs one at a time, beating for 5 minutes after each.  Chill before spreading on cake.  Frost between layers and top of cake.  Refrigerate.

With the dog days of summer bearing down, our lawns are longing for a drink of water. But how much water does a lawn need and when should it happen. It's clear a great lawn needs watering.

Here's what the experts say: water in the morning. Doing it at night is discouraged because the water can cause disease and fungus. Deep watering is preferred for a great lawn. Thirty to forty minutes is recommended.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Robert S. Donovan.

On July 16, Memphis will host its first Natural Hair Care Expo.

The Tennessee Natural Hair Care and Wellness Expo will be a fun-filled event with vendors, workshops and classes, held at the Memphis Airport Hotel and Conference Center (2240 Democrat Road) and will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.

Natural hair is taking over the world and this conference is a part of that phenomenon, showcasing stylists, fashion, natural hair models and beauty and wellness products.

Classes Include:

Beauty With A Conscience: Choices for Your Whole-istic Health - Leah Patterson of Etniq Minerals