Thank you all for the birthday wishes! You guys are the best! ♥
I turned 32 a couple of days ago, and this blog turns 4 today – for this double celebration I baked a lemon cake (and please let’s pretend you are surprised with the flavor choice).
Lemon-poppy seed cake with vanilla-cream cheese frosting
slightly adapted from here
Knowing how much I adore Donna Hay, my lovely friend Valentina sent me the links to Donna’s appearance in “Master Chef”; after watching the videos my love and admiration for her work are even bigger – she’s so adorable! I liked the videos so much I thought I should share them with you – parts 1, 2 and 3.
Speaking of Donna, these honey cakes come from Off the Shelf – but the poppy seeds and the
We went out of town this weekend to visit our dear friends at their beautiful home in Eugene. It was such a wonderful and relaxing weekend filled with people we love. My amazing friend Lori, who is the best hostess around, made the most delicious and healthy dishes all weekend long. I had so much fun watching her create her recipes. She did ALL the work and all I had to do was take pictures
We went out of town this weekend to visit our dear friends at their beautiful home in Eugene. It was such a wonderful and relaxing weekend filled with people we love. My amazing friend Lori, who is the best hostess around, made the most delicious and healthy dishes all weekend long. I had so much fun watching her create her recipes. She did ALL the work and all I had to do was take pictures