Cakes & Cooking

A birthday cake I made for a coworker, in keeping with this summers bee theme.

June 26th, 2007 | Category: cakes | Leave a comment

Using our fresh beef, I made a stew to stock a friends freezer. Short on time, I eschewed my normal redskin potatoes in favor of 2 lbs. of tiny golden creamers – “new potatoes,” as they were advertised. They really made an amazing addition – both in time and in taste. Since [...]

June 22nd, 2007 | Category: beef | Leave a comment

When it’s hot and steamy out it’s hard to cook. A simple BLT wrap with oven baked fries goes a long way. And there’s no standing over a hot stove, either! A dash of honey mustard keeps the BLT from being overly salty.

June 14th, 2007 | Category: casual | Leave a comment

Each year we purchase a side of fresh beef. It’s hormone free black angus and humanely raised. This is what a side of beef looks like – it lasts us for about a year.

June 12th, 2007 | Category: beef | Leave a comment

I made this cake for a neighbor as thanks for the use of their kayak over memorial day weekend. It’s a chocolate cake with fudge buttercream icing, and kayaks molded out of marshmallow fondant. They enjoyed it! And that’s what cake is all about.

June 2nd, 2007 | Category: cakes | Leave a comment