Ever since I was little, I have wanted to be able to make candied violets that end up looking presentable; although I am not completely there, I am at least getting closer. My backyard is full of violets so the other day I went outside with a little basket and collected some of the prettiest [...]
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Candy and Candied Flowers
Posted in cakes, Edible Flowers on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lemon Rose Cake
Posted in Baking, cakes on March 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I had a request to make something “springy” and since there still aren’t many fruits available, this is what I came up with. A white cake with quite a bit of lemon zest in it, rose simple syrup – for drenching, dried roses – for their petals, and Radiance Dairy cream – for fluff. I [...]
Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Fruit on February 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I got up early this morning to bake a cake. I only have one large sheet cake pan so I had to bake two layers, separately. I used the same recipe that I used for my friends wedding cake last summer. Last night while reading through some cookbooks, I came across a useful tip. When [...]
A birdday cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate on January 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My sister made this cake a while ago and it looked delicious! When I was deciding what to bake for my brother for his birthday, the “Chocolate Guinness Cake” came to mind, it is rich, chocolaty, and moist. Perfect for a wintry day like today. The first step was to pour the Guinness in a [...]
Hedgehog Cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate on December 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have been wanting to make this cake since last winter. I couldn’t find any chestnut paste in Michigan and when I finally got some from my mom’s store, it seemed too rich and wintry to make in April. My sister loves chestnuts and hedgehogs I made it for her birthday last week. The recipe [...]
Pear Spice Cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Fruit on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I woke up this morning thinking about what to bake with the last of my pears, (I say last even though there are still several on my counter.) I opened my email and saw a recipe for a spiced applesauce cake, it looked so good that I decided to do a spin-off using pears. I [...]
Another great cooking class at the At Home Store
Posted in Baking, cakes, Risotto and Farrotto on October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Forgive me for being so behind on my posts lately. I have been quite busy. Recently, we had another great cooking class at The Store! Kathy Dubois and Steve Boss (hosts of Great Taste on KRUUFM) taught us how to make risotto and farrotto! Farro is prepared very much in the same way as risotto [...]
Tunisian Cooking Class with Sarah and Katie
Posted in Baking, Breads and Doughs, cakes, Salads, Soups and Stews, Tunisian Food on September 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last week we had a Tunisian cooking class at my mom’s store. My good friends Sarah and Katie taught the class. Sarah has been doing a lot of research on Tunisian food, and to my delight a lot of practice too! We made several different dishes: lablabi, mlauoi, m’hamsa salad, torchi, carrot feta salad, and [...]
Missouri peach buckle
Posted in Baking, Breakfast and Brunch, cakes, Fruit on August 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was introduced to buckles recently and I can’t seem to get enough of them! The idea behind a buckle is that you load the (coffee cake) batter with so much fruit that it buckles in on itself. My sister got a big box of Missouri peaches the other day so this morning I crept [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the assembly
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, Jams and Preserves, meringues and mousse, sweet curd and pastry cream on July 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
For the frosting, we made an Italian meringue. We had thought about making an Italian buttercream but, after a practice run, decided we liked the frosting better before we added the butter. An Italian meringue is really simple to make, though, on such a large-scale and with a hand mixer, it did take a while. [...]
