Today I baked something that I’ve been wanting to bake for a while. Paula Deen’s Lemon Blossoms! It’s a really easy recipe that includes yellow cake mix and lemon instant pudding mix. You bake them in a mini muffin pan, then dip the whole cake into a lemon glaze. The recipe comes from Food Network and when I saw that…
Hello lovely foodie friends! My daughter Abbie had a birthday right in the middle of Christmas and New Years and I want to show you some of the pictures from her party. Please forgive the photos, the party was at night and I had a hard time getting them right! I had fun making all…
Today I tried another recipe from my Christmas baking board on Pinterest. These are called Christmas Nougat Cookies, and the recipe comes from a commercial bakery in Seattle. This recipe is made with shortening, not butter. I rarely use shortening in baking, but to achieve the correct texture with these, you must. These cookies are sweet and…
Happy Tuesday to everyone! I have a wonderful recipe to share with you for this Tea Party Tuesday! I am joining Trish from Sweetology today, and I’m sure that she will also have something yummy to share with you! Today I baked my yummy Toffee Crumble Scones. This is a photo of them before they went…
Today our Church had their annual Holiday Hospitality program, and I was asked to bring some goodies to go with the morning coffee. I brought my very favorite Pumpkin Muffins and………. These super yummy Apple Toffee Tartlets! The Holiday Hospitality program was so much fun! First we had a lovely devotion on Hospitality. Then, our own Kay…
Today is 2 for 1 day at Pink Piccadilly Pastries! You get 2 recipes for 1 visit! I am also joining Trish over at Sweetology for Tea Party Tuesday and Kathy at A Delightsome Life. Well, my son had grown some beautiful Zinnias that just started thriving as the cooler weather began here and I wanted to use…
Are you excited about Holiday Baking? What happens to me is that I make all these plans to bake so many things, then the busyness of the season takes over and ruins my plans. So this year I have decided to start early and try some of these recipes that I have on my (very…
It was time again for our annual Women of the Church Brunch/Tea and I was asked to cater the desserts! I love baking the desserts, but have a really hard time deciding on the menu! Most of my work has to be done at the last minute and that prevents me from doing the little extras that…
Happy Fall! I am so looking forward to cooler weather here in Georgia!! I haven’t had much time to enjoy the new season because I have been baking like crazy!! I have catered a brunch for 30 and desserts for a Ladie’s Tea for 160! I had forgotten my camera for the brunch so I just have…
Today I made Lemon Maids of Honor Tarts. There are many variations of Maids of Honor – this one is an easy variation and I’m all for easy!! I adapted a recipe that I found in my book Country Tea Parties by Maggie Stuckey. These were so yummy! A Puff Pastry Shell filled with Lemon Curd and an almond filling topped with…
Today I have a lovely little Tea prepared for you! If you like plums, you will love my Plum Tarts!! I was so excited to finally use my new Williams Sonoma Mini Tarts Baking Set! This tart pan worked really well with the puff pastry tart shells I made and the tarts turned out really cute! I also got to use my pretty pink vintage tablecloth with…
I have a Tea for you today that will make you smile!! I have been wanting to bake something Cherry so that I could show off my beautiful Vintage Tablecloth with the Cherries on it. It is a lovely small vintage tablecloth that is perfect for the tea table, and it came with 4 matching napkins. …