24carrot

In recent baking news, I made these carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting a little while back for Nicole's birthday! They have a whole pound of carrots in them. That makes them healthy, right?

CF

Crumblelicious

Crumbles, like this strawberry-rhubarb one, will never win any beauty contests.

But damn are they delicious!

To make it gluten- and sugar-free, I blended two recipes (here and here).

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB CRUMBLE

For the fruit:
6 rhubarb stalks, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 lb. of strawberries (I used Kula strawberries), hulled and chopped
the juice of one lemon, preferably organic
3 T. cornstarch or arrowroot powder

For the topping:
1 1/2 c. almond meal
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. neutral oil, like canola
1/4 c. agave nectar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
big pinch of salt
big pinch of lemon zest

1. Mix the fruit ingredients and place in a deep baking dish.
2. Mix the dry topping ingredients, mix the wet topping ingredients and combine.
3. Evenly top the fruit with the topping and bake at 375 for about 45 mins, or until fruit is very soft and top is brown.

*I hear, for the lactose-tolerant, it's great with ice cream.

I licked the dish.

Now I'm dizzy.

Happy eating!

Simple Goodness

It's not all sugar all the time.

Lately I've been cooking more than baking. Thanks, Jamie Oliver, for the inspiration.

This is a pic of some of my lunch before I crushed it.

Baked rosemary polenta and roasted local cherry tomatoes with gray sea salt.

Maybe right now you're wondering if you're reading the wrong blog.

So simple. So good.

Bye!

Happy Easter

I made vanilla bean strawberry shortcake (Too much cake, not enough icing). And cheesecake ice cream.

The ice cream won, but I don't have any pics of it. Sorry.

Speaking of cream. I had 5 Cadbury Creme Eggs in my possession. But I didn't eat a one of them.

I know. Weird.

Love,
J

Sweet 26

It's Friday and there are treats. Well, one BIG treat.



In honor of the birthday girl: Joanne.



And her love of toffee.



A heaping four-layer chocolate cake with sticky caramel, fresh whipped cream and crushed Heath Bar pieces.

Happy Sweet 26!

Love, CF

Dream Fridge

douglas friedman

While we're dreaming...

I'll take this.

J.

Perfection

MS

A working kitchen set like this could only belong to one woman:

Mother Martha of All Things Perfection

Amen.

J.

Food for Inspiration, Part 5

creature comforts

sorbets & ice creams

David Leibovitz's The Perfect Scoop has turned me into an obsessive ice cream maker.

I can't fight it.

Nor would you want me to.

J.

Food for Inspiration, Part 4

katie baum

I miss rainbow cake.

It more than deserves its own inspirational post.

J.

Food for Inspiration, Part 3

juicy woman

hula seventy

DONUTS.

J.

Food for Inspiration, Part 2

ulrika ekblom, thecupcakemint

Two cookies are always better than one!

J.

Food for Inspiration, Part 1

thekitchn


love & olive oil

I love pictures of food almost as much as I love food itself!!

While I cook up some blog change, please enjoy some very tasteful food porn.

Love,

J.

The Latest and Greatest

My poor sugar blog is feeling a little neglected. I am working on a revamp. So stay tuned.

In the meantime, the oven hasn't gone cold.

Lately I've made such treats as Ina's honey-vanilla pound cake, homemade heart oreos with pink filling and Momofuku compost cookies.

We're doing this.

J.

Hello, awesome.

Cakewich sandwich mold!

Cake. That looks like a sandwich.

Brilliant.

J.