School’s started, and the days are getting shorter, true, but I’m not ready to let go of summer yet. …
Archives for September 2012
Sweet vanilla ice cream with a tantalizing blackberry swirl tastes incredible in homemade gingersnap ice cream cones. This Blackberry Swirl Ice Cream is a perfect summer treat, and the extra effort to prepare homemade cones is definitely worth it!
Dragonfly Cupcakes
These Dragonfly Cupcakes are simple to create with marshmallow fondant. Rice noodles help finish the look with perfect edible antennae!
When I agreed to bake cupcakes for a local fundraiser, I didn’t plan to get fancy. Since I had also offered to help my friend Peg decorate four orca cakes (yes, four, sort of like this) for a birthday party the same weekend, I felt pretty sure I wouldn’t be up for another big project.
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The Taste of Summer | Blackberry Pie
This blackberry pie recipe calls for maple syrup instead of granulated sugar. Made with fresh or frozen berries, it tastes like summer in dessert form.
One single blackberry, sun-warm and sweet on my tongue, can instantly transport me back to the summer-time of my childhood….
Milk and Cookies | Lemon Rosemary Pine Nut Shortbread
Rosemary adds a subtle savory note behind the sweet flavors in these Lemon Rosemary Pine Nut Shortbread Cookies.
When Eliza said, “I was just thinking, Mama,” the other day, I braced myself. Usually outlandish or extreme requests follow this phrase. …
test images
here are a couple of images…
heres the original from suzannes computer
here’s pie… first one is from Picasa
and here’s simialr image from photoshop
and another one… from Picasa (as posted)
and again, after quick photoshop