Through The Garden's Gate » baking

Adrian’s Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

mysterysgarden — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:39:38 +0000

Adrian,(or “Bubba” as our youngest grandson, 2 year old Carter, calls our newest grandson), had his own cupcake tree for the children’s table in the wedding garden. When asked what flavor of cupcakes he would like, without a moment’s hesitation he chose his MiMi’s Strawberry Cupcakes, a cake recipe her mother baked when she was a girl. (coincidentally, my mother [...]

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

mysterysgarden — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:13:20 +0000

The groom’s cake for The Garden Wedding was replaced by dark chocolate cupcakes with a dark fudgy buttercream frosting.

I discovered there are at least a million different versions of chocolate cake out there! I must have tried at least half of them before finally narrowing it down to just two seriously delicious recipes I felt were worthy of [...]

White Chocolate Lime Cupcakes, pretty enough for a garden wedding

mysterysgarden — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:21:58 +0000

Recipe Rating: Intermediate (requires an electric mixer)

Our two younger sons and their wives had a garage sale at our house this past weekend. It took place in our garage because that’s where all their unwanted and “stored” belongings ended up over the years. It was so bad that their overflow had spilled over into our spare bedrooms. (Thank you elder son for not [...]

Cupcakes! Cupcakes! morning noon and night! Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Our kitchens look a fright!

mysterysgarden — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:17:29 +0000

I am the first to admit I’m not the most organized cook in the world, and ok, I’ll even go so far as to say I’m not the neatest–especially when it comes to baking. But after weeks of mixing, baking, frosting, and forcing my family to taste-test cupcakes til they all begged for mercy, I’m pretty sure I’ve taken myself to a [...]

My momma’s really easy, really good yeasty biscuity rolls-countdown to Thanksgiving

mysterysgarden — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:11:05 +0000

recipe rated: EASY*

I think most families have a stash of beloved holiday recipes that have been passed down through generations of mothers to daughters (or sons). Of course, [...]

Apple Crisp + Crisp Autumn day = Perfection!

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:31:37 +0000

Recipe Rated: EASY*

Fall is definitely in the air in my neck of the woods and to me, that means a crackling wood fire and the aroma of Cinnamon Apple Crisp wafting through the house. It’s one of my autumn rituals. I only make it once a year on a crisp sunny [...]

Double chocolate banana summer squash bread

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:13:32 +0000

Recipe Rated: INTERMEDIATE*

The summer squash is STILL producing. I swear, if I have to look another squash in the face this year I’ll scream!

Here’s another good recipe if you’re having my problem and have waaayyy to much squash. So far I’ve frozen 4 batches (8 loaves) of this one. It’s really really good with a cup [...]

Summer Squash Lime-Kissed Tea Cakes

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Recipe Rated: GOURMET EASY* (requires a few odd-ball ingredients)

Last year all 6 of our squash plants died leaving us seriously deprived of one of our favorite summer veggies. This year my husband planted 15 of those suckers. He was determined not to go without again.

Need I even say that the summer squash in this year’s garden [...]

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cheesecake will make you fat!

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:40:31 +0000

Recipe Rated: GOURMET EASY* (need caramels,food processor,electric mixer,springform pan)

I love cheese cake. It’s not a secret–everyone knows I love cheesecake. Middle son, David, has inherited the cheesecake gene and it has, over the years, become our mutual vice. We have collided in the middle of the night at the fridge when a cheesecake was known to be [...]

Blackberry Cobbler makes me happy

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:57:30 +0000

Recipe Rated: EASY* (but requires self-rising flour)

So, last night I was in “the mood.” You know the mood–the one where you want to cook something new and different and spectacular and at the same time reinforce your family’s opinion that you are the best cook in the world? The mood where you want to do all [...]