Our Mahjongg “mother” Lisa turned 86 on the 16th of September while I was in Salt Lake City celebrating my birthday with my daughter, Maria. So, we’re having a belated birthday party for Lisa today with Lemon Cream Cake I made this morning. I made the lemon curd last night since it firms as it … More Lemon Cream Cake for A Birthday
My daughter has been celebrating her birthday weekend glamping in a forest with her cousins. When I told the manager here that Maria would be glamping, he said, “Ah, getting more glamorous.” Nope, different definition. They’re sleeping in king size beds inside of yurts in a beautiful rustic setting called Olympic Wilderness Base Camp, owned … More Happy Birthday to Maria, Glamping with Cousins
As I wrote in my previous post*, there were a few leftover Wildflower Honey Caramels. I’d made Golden Lemon Butter Cookies for my Chinese Mahjongg ladies, but one of the ladies was a no-show so there were a few leftover cookies. My brain said, “Get out the marble rolling pin, flatten some caramels and put … More There’s A New Wich in Town! Lemon and Wildflower Honey Caramel Wich
With a birthday coming up of a granddaughter of my late friend known as Auntie Maria, and with a tin I’d found awhile ago awaiting the filling with photographs and a goody, I set about making and wrapping caramels as a treat for her. Personally, I think making the caramels with sugar, honey, heavy cream, … More Bee Happy with Wildflower Honey Caramels
As I said in the previous post, I’m sending birthday surprises to my sweet, sweet sister-in-law who never reads this blog so she won’t see this and the surprise will not be spoiled. These three surprises are all my originals and include Golden Lemon Butter Cookies, the new Lemon Vanilla Spring Sprinkles Snicks and the … More Birthday Surprises
My sweet sister-in-law will be 75 this week and is fond of lemon, so I made a new Snick along with a couple other cookie types to send Priority Mail Express tomorrow. They should arrive just on time for her Happy Birthday surprises.
Today, January 15th, is the birthday of my beautiful grandniece and I created the newest Crookie* in her honor. The new Miley Reese Crookie has a base of brownie with Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips and a top which is a Milk Chocolate Chew. It “ticks all the right boxes” mixing chocolate and peanut butter with … More New! The Miley Reese Crookie
Today (well, the 22nd) is the birthday of my good friend and also the belated birthday (cake) of her husband, who is also my good friend. (I usually bake a birthday cake for him, too, but wasn’t able to do so this year.) I call this cake Exquisite because it is the most beautiful and … More Exquisite Raspberry on Chocolate Fudge Cake
Did you notice the title said plural cakes? That’s right. I made two of these. Wednesday the 19th of October was the birthday of the Manor’s jazz pianist and he was the recipient of one of the two cakes. Last year I made him a chocolate birthday cake* but it had a fresh seedless raspberry … More Deluxe Chocolate Fudge and Raspberry Cakes
With a little substitution of a word from part of a song I learned in my high school Spanish class, I introduce Version 3, the final and perfected version of my Mexican Chocolate Snick which I’m planning to mail to a birthday girl today as a surprise. These are made with “melted” Abuelita Mexican Chocolate … More Si Abuelita fuera mi compania, entonces I make Mexican Chocolate Snicks
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