Yesterday hosted a small birthday celebration for a dear, long-time friend (over 25 years!). She and the other friends present routinely spoil my boys, as well as my husband and me, so we took advantage of the situation to put together something special for them.
My 8-year-old planned out the meal. He read through cookbooks and started with an extremely elaborate menu. … Continue reading
We have bag of plums, which were available unusually late in the season at our local farmer’s market last week. While we enjoyed many of them straight out of the bag (see HERE), I decided to make something special with the rest.
I came across this recipe for a Spiced Plum Cake at Gutsy By Nature months ago, and haven’t yet taken the time to make it.… Continue reading
I was looking for a simple, dairy-free treat to serve when some friends came over, and remembered seeing this recipe from Elana’s Pantry that I wanted to try. I modified it slightly, because my boys don’t want things like dried fruit interfering with their cake (they prefer to eat their fruit and cake separately), and I prefer other fats to palm shortening.… Continue reading
Yesterday my 6-year-old realized that he could read the word “cake.” (Yes, we’re still at the point where he’s very excited whenever he can read a new word.) He asked if we could make a cake to celebrate. How can I say no to that?
So I pulled out a recipe that I enjoyed a while back from Elana’s Pantry, and modified it a bit, including changing the sweetener to dates in place of the agave.… Continue reading