One of my favorite breakfast treats when I was growing up was my mother's coffee cake. Who knows whether it's the crumbly texture, the rich buttery goodness or the little crunchy bits of streusel with nuts on top that make it such a wonderful morning treat, but it is wonderful indeed. I woke up on a slushy winter morning this week with a load of firewood to stack, and decided the ...
Baking
Buche de Noel
For our Winter Solstice celebration this year, we went all out and made a Buche de Noel (Yule log cake) complete with homemade marzipan elves, fig "acorns", meringue mushrooms, pistachio marzipan leaves and chocolate bark. I had been dreaming of making this cake for years, so it was quite the exciting endeavor. The meringue mushrooms were decorated with homemade white and dark chocolate gills, ...
Custard Pie
Spring brings so many wonderful things, but few can rival the egg. With modern marvels like lights on timers, we can enjoy farm fresh eggs all year, but the Spring is when we look forward to an egg-stravaganza! This is when all those egg recipes come out, and egg salad sandwiches make their way into lunch baskets. As egg production really picks up, we can look forward to selling them and ...
Gluten-Free Celestial Solstice Cookies
Our favorite Holiday cookies to sweeten the palate on the longest night of the year are these gluten-free shortbread cookies half coated in dark chocolate. Pure deliciousness. There isn't much of a recipe to share. They're very simple, and with everything else to do this time of year, simple is key! I use Bob's Redmill Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookie Mix, cut out with moon and star shaped ...