Category Archives: Baking with Flowers

Chocolate Teacakes with Raspberry and Lavender

Posted on March 4, 2017 by ButterSugarFlowers

Over time, I’ve found that lavender and chocolate can form a mouthwatering marriage, where the decadence of each is somehow mellowed and complemented at once. The depth of chocolate is met with unexpected earthy tones, often with crisp bits of … Continue reading →

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Tender, Tangy Buttermilk Hibiscus Cake

Posted on January 31, 2016 by ButterSugarFlowers

Maybe it’s all the long-awaited rain that has flowers on my mind lately: the magnetizing truth that soggy, grey days will lead to blooming brightness. So when I recently came across dried hibiscus petals in powdered form, I knew they … Continue reading →

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Mini Rosehip Graham Crackers

Posted on September 15, 2014 by ButterSugarFlowers

Other than their occasional presence in tea and jam, rosehips haven’t surfaced much in my life. I suppose they’ve been overshadowed by the ubiquitous flowers of the same plant: roses, which have an entirely different scent and flavor than the … Continue reading →

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Violet Candy Cupcakes

Posted on July 7, 2014 by ButterSugarFlowers

Lately I’ve been yearning to return to my site’s namesake and bake with flowers again.  It was the cookies with nasturtiums that started it all, followed by recipes with lavender, rose, hibiscus, and even petal-flecked tea (both herbal and black).  … Continue reading →

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Lavender and Blue(berry) Cake

Posted on August 10, 2013 by ButterSugarFlowers

I’ve always been rather skeptical about treating lavender as an edible.  Sure, it’s a relaxing and wonderful scent in bath products, perfumes and sachets, and it’s just lovely when growing outside.  But it’s taken me awhile to enjoy it in … Continue reading →

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