Cinnamon bacon swirl cake recipe, made with lard, bacon fat, butter and cream cheese, not for the faint of heart. Serve with candied bacon for good measure. A note on FAT This recipe is really focused on the fat. A cake is just a cake until you make it special and what makes this one special is the fat. You’ve […]
Cinnamon Bacon Swirl Cake Recipe
Taste of home Prune Plum Crisp Recipe
Prune Plum crisp made with fresh Italian prune plums. Fresh fruit of late summer with the warm flavors of fall. A fruit crisp has been one of my go to desserts since I was a kid. Its super easy to make and fast to put together so even as a kid I could make it myself. I am such a […]
Mountain Huckleberry scones, better than blueberries
Mountain huckleberry scones make the perfect late summer treat. Mountain Huckleberries Have you ever had a mountain huckleberry before? They look similar to blueberries and, while they come from the same genus, they are not the same. Huckleberries have a more complex flavor, they are sweet but have a slight sourness to them without being tart. Learn all about the […]
Simple sweet cherry pie with home canned cherries
Delicious cherry pie recipe using home-canned sweet cherries. Canned cherry pie filling has a crazy amount of added sugar. You can avoid all that refined sugar by canning cherries in an ultra light syrup or water and using this recipe to make a quick, simple and very tasty pie. You can jump to the recipe here, or you can keep […]
How to make the simple classic all butter pie crust
This is the classic all butter pie crust, with some tips on how to make it work for you. Making your pie crust is very easy and takes only a few ingredients. Yet a lot of people find it intimidating and are more likely to go to the store and pick up a frozen crust. That is what I used […]
How to make Fantasy Sweet Rolls with White Chocolate Mushrooms
Sweet rolls topped with buttercream icing and white chocolate mushrooms with a pretzel core. This all started with a art prompt on Instagram and turned into a mad dash to gently sculpt mushrooms from chocolate. I think the results were well worth the time. Earlier this year I did a major gingerbread project where I learned a whole pile of […]
Cold Process Strawberry and Nootka Rose Shrub Recipe
A shrub, also called a drinking vinegar is a type of syrup made to add to drinks and cocktails. If you haven’t tried one yet I suggest you do! Don’t be scared off by the addition of vinegar, it makes for a complex taste that brings out the true fresh flavours of your ingredients. This shrub is like summer in […]
Stinging Nettle and Feta twist Bread
Stinging nettle is one of the powerhouse plants of spring, not only is it so good for you it’s also super tasty. Baking it into bread with other ingredients that spell spring like goat feta is my favorite use for it.. other than tea but more on that later. If you are going to bake bread with beautiful ingredients you […]
Beet Purple Dead Nettle Shrub
Making a beet and purple dead nettle shrub with foraged ingredients.
How to make Stinging Nettle Potato Biscuits
Fresh stinging nettle and potato biscuits, warm and fluffy, serve with butter for a warm spring treat.