Two cakes I made for a recent baby shower wouldn't have been quite so nice without a yard full of treasures:
From the herb and flower garden~ calendula flowers to garnish a most-amazing, most delicious gluten-free chocolate cake.
Oh MY. It is like chocolate cheesecake, without the high fat! (and uses up eggs! score!) I got the recipe here but I did add 3/4 cup sugar to it. You MUST try it.
Strawberries from the strawberry patch~
And from the vegetable garden~ our first harvest was.......BASIL! Ahhh-fresh basil, one of the most wonderful smells and tastes in the world!
We used it for this:
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*sigh* Your photographs make me so happy. Love your cakes...just beautiful, girl! Please pass the tomato basil pizza! ;)
PS - Your new bloggy look is SO nice! Refreshing! I ADORE your link/label photos, ESPECIALLY the canning one!
Oooo...the Hopestead link and the Handmade link are just lovely too!!!!! The handmade one reminds me so much of Jane Brocket! :-)
Want. That. Pizza. And I just made pizza. How am I supposed to eat sloppy joes now?
Nothing yet, but I have sprouts on my zucchini, spaghetti squash, and cucumbers so time will tell :)
this blog looks BEAUTIFUL!
b in va
Weeds :(
Your Blog has grown So Beautifully! I love your new look, new farm, new Grace :) You are giving a Wonderful Gift for the Lord, thank you for sharing!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new look!
Rebecca,
This new blog look is just wonderful!
Simple, easy to find and very cozy here.
It looks like your family is settling in so nicely at your new home with the recent posts on your blooming flowers to your garden harvest now.
all that hard work is paying off!
p.s.
I'm grinning over that gf cake!gonna be trying that one out!!!
Wonderful inspiration, i put it on an old post, but the blog looks fantastic!
In my garden, some herbs, sage, rosemary (both purchased) Oregano, chives, lavender, bolted cilantro, and itty bitty basil, dill and parsley
Harvested... green leafy goodness, and PEAS!
as always inspired by you!
-bobbi
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