Mother’s Day Tea

I put together an afternoon tea for my mom. It was great but a fair bit of work. I made two types of tea sandwiches – waldorf chicken salad and prociutto and asparagus with cream cheese. Vanessa, my oldest sister, made vegetarian ones. She had cucumber, radish, and goat cheese ones that were my favorite.
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Rainy Day Scones

It was supposed to rain all weekend, but yesterday it cleared up mid morning and was nice all day. I was hoping for the same today, but it was not to be.  The cold, damp day called for some scones.  Reader, I made them.
Cardamom scones with Lemon icing and Cranberry and Walnut Scones.  I’m eating [...]

Cupcake Time!

I made some cupcakes for my sister Vanessa’s birthday. They were incredible.
I started off using Grandma’s Chocolate Cake recipe from Cake & Commerce. It was delicious. One of the nice things about it is that it uses vegetable oil instead of butter so it’s easy to make it last minute. My butter is always in [...]