salted caramel ganache cupcakes

spooktacular tiny cupcakes with salted caramel ganache hidden in the middle. happy birthday e!

pumpkin cookies

home to celebrate mum's birthday. spend time with the family. close up the lodge for the winter. and capture a few last images of autumn.

autumn mix

been working on a mix for fall since sometime in september. soon. or at least before the first snow falls. i will have it ready to send out. in the meantime, be patient friends. and enjoy the first track. gregory alan isakov (the latest on my list of favorite guitar playing folk singing boys) performing 'all there is'.

brownies

m. asked for brownies for his birthday. he got cream cheese swirls. triple chocolate. walnut with a caramel drizzle. and vegan brownies with raspberries.

apple turnovers. three ways.

apple with cherry. apple pear. and old fashioned apple pie.

caramel apples

two bits of advice on making caramel apples.  just because home depot leaves saws sitting out doesn't mean that you should help yourself to cutting your apple sticks.  and a candy thermometer may the best tool for testing the temperature of your caramel.

applicious

leaves are falling. temperatures dropping. and the apple crates are piling up at the market. while i have easily eaten twenty different types of apples in the past weeks, i still have around 7,500 other varieties to try.  these are local haralsons.  crisp. tart. but sweet enough to stand alone in baked goods.