Salt Water Farm in Maine looks like such a respite to me. The last few weeks have been good, just very hectic… and this place looks like heaven; to be able to take a weekend to slow down, make really good food around good people in a beautiful setting. Would really, really love to take a bread making class there someday. It’s been forever since I slowed down a bit to make a loaf of bread!
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These apple triangles from Oh Joy! look so easy to make and so yummy. Putting on my to-bake list!
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Check out this totally drool-worthy photo shoot of Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies from Call Me Cupcake. Talk about some amazing cookies and drop-dead gorgeous photographs!
FYI family, I’m in charge of baking cookies for Thanksgiving – currently bookmarking this!
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Wow, it’s Friday already? This weekend I have a few parties and get togethers with friends and family, but I’m planning on spending all day Saturday inside, in my pj’s, baking with the apples I still have (which is a lot!), and having a fire in the fireplace. It snowed here last night (which is sort of early for us, but it was just a dusting) and it made me really excited to have a fire to sit next to. I’m planning on trying Katy’s Rustic Apple French Toast and the Apple Cider Doughnuts, and maybe make a loaf of multigrain bread while I’m at it. I’m so excited! I cannot remember the last time I spent an entire day in my pj’s and not working.
What are your plans this weekend? Whatever it is, have a relaxing, cozy one!
- Colleen
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I love cake, don’t get me wrong… but sometimes I feel like wedding cakes just start to look like one another. Nine Cake’s work really stood out to me. I love how some of those flowers look like crepe paper!
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I think I’ve found my perfect cake (which belongs to seven spoons). Oh dear… is it possible to fall in love with a dessert?
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We haven’t done nearly as much grilling yet as I would like, but so far grilled vegetables and fish are my favorite.
What have you been cooking or grilling this summer?
With the craziness of the fair behind me, I’m anxious to bake. These muffins look like they might do the trick!
Almond Meal Banana Muffins (via Honest Fare)
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I haven’t baked a cake in quite some time and I’d love to try making this one for a loved one’s birthday (hmm… who’s birthday is next, so I can have an excuse to make this and eat it!). I love the idea of varying the shades of the cake itself and will be making it with all natural food coloring (after reading what food dyes are made of and how they can affect you). Found via simplesong.
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Not only am I a huge ice cream fan (just ask my co-workers; we have a JP Licks only a few doors away from us… uh-oh, is right!), but I love themed dessert table ideas. An ice cream bar at your wedding reception is so cute… I just hope it doesn’t melt!
{images shown belong to 100 Layer Cake; photography by Scott Clark}