Just look at the chocolately cream cheese deliciousness!! And all for my dear sweet friend Megan who left the city of Baltimore about a month ago.
I sent her off with these in hand (and I forgot to get a picture of them! doh! so thank you megan for the food blogging help!)
She tells me they were delicious, and I’m betting they were!
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My mentor at work is retiring tomorrow and she has been such a huge help to me in the past several months while I go through my learning curve! She is Filipino and LOVESSSS mangoes, so I thought I would do something inspired by that wonderful fruit!
I got the mangoes from wegmans and it turns out that two out of the three were ripe! I hear you are supposed to smell them (for a hint of mango fragrance) and make sure they are kind of squishy to tell if they are ripe or not. The cupcake recipe comes from the wonderful Mr. Garrett and the buttercream comes from the lovely Ms.Melody who has a very fun site! The cake recipe had a delicious flavor (although I should have cooked mine about three minutes longer…they shrunk) and the frosting was so tangy and went well with the rich cupcake!
This past weekend my dad and very good friends went rafting on the lower youghiogheny river! But no thank gosh- there was NO drowning, only good times!
My dad is super kayaker and so he was wonderful enough to be our rudder in the huge raft! We headed out on Friday night and got to partake in some campfire deliciousness and had some good eats on Saturday too!
Above is one of the many smores that were devoured! Yay for sticky chewy messy and gooey things! and thank you Erica for bestowing the smores goods on us!
Ah the classic sweets of a summer beach visit…
First and foremost is a ritual in my family and Stephanie’s - Fisher’s Popcorn. Now you can see the popcorn is all gone, but believe me! It is FANTASTIC.
This was the last of the desserts on Saturday and boy was it yummy! The entire tart was promptly finished off on Sunday with my pops.
The recipe comes from Miss Mary at Alpineberry! My tart pan was a little smaller than hers so I cut the recipe by a third! (my measurements listed below have been adjusted!)
Here is another dessert from my girlie party on Saturday! It comes from Mrs. Ina Garten and even though it looks like a white mass of something…it was delicious! (with minor adjustments…)
I am submitting this to another one of Mike’s Table Food Challenges!
This my friends is what I like to call heaven in a handbasket.
Now that makes no sense, but that’s okay. I made three lovely soufflés on Saturday for my delightful friends-Megan and Kim, and myself!
I love you french chocolate food. I really do.
see recipe below!
My godmother’s birthday was on Friday and in addition to a homecoming/graduation party with the WHOLE fam (sans laurita, sorry laurita), I brought this for her as a birthday cake!
This recipe comes courtesy of Cook’s Country!
I am so thankful to be a member of this amazing amasse of baking adventurers! Viewing the seven pages of directions did cause me to be taken aback a couple of weeks ago, but once I saw the expression on my family’s faces after tasting this creation I am so thankful I was given the challenge!
Here is my raspberry opera cake, complete with lots of pink food coloring and pieces of raspberry between the layers!
And thank you to Becca Berlow, my honorary daring baker, who helped me a ton with this challenge this weekend on her vacation!!
Sissy, Mom and I went to Chestertown on Saturday for my 10 mile race and we had a great time being foodies afterwards at the festival! Check out our lemon with peppermint sticks!
lots more fun things to see…
