Category Archives: Sweets

Sunroot Spice Cake

Posted on October 25, 2012 by ButterSugarFlowers

Until about a week ago, a stalk of bright yellow flowers peered over my fence from next door. The blossoms were reminiscent of sunflowers but smaller, and they really towered high at close to ten feet. On the day the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking with Veggies, Cakes & Cupcakes, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist | Tagged autumn, baking, baking with vegetables, breakfast, cake, dessert, earth apple, fall, jerusalem artichoke, recipe, root, spice cake, sun choke, sunchoke, sunroot, tuber, vegetable, vegetables | 29 Comments

Orange Cocoa Springerle

Posted on October 17, 2012 by ButterSugarFlowers

Poking around at an estate sale a few weeks ago, I found that things seemed picked-over for the most part. But just when I was about ready to leave empty-handed, I saw a familiar looking wall hanging in the corner … Continue reading →

Posted in Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist | Tagged autumn, baking, chocolate, cocoa, critters, dairy-free, dessert, German, Germany, halloween, molded cookies, october, Octoberfest, Oktoberfest, orange, pressed cookies, recipe, recipes, spider, spiders, springerle | 23 Comments

Turkish Coffee Meringues

Posted on September 26, 2012 by ButterSugarFlowers

I’ve always thought of Turkish coffee as a special occasion sort of drink. It’s not just coffee: it’s extra robust coffee that’s often spiced, sweetened, and presented in pretty little mugs. And beneath the way it’s served is the distinctive … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking with Tea & Coffee, Cookies & Bars, Sweets | Tagged baking, candy, cardamom, coffee, cookies, cooking, dairy-free, dessert, espresso, fat-free, food, gluten-free, recipe, sandwich cookies, spice, spices, spicy, sweets, Turkish, Turkish coffee | 11 Comments

Fresh Tomato Spice Cake

Posted on September 19, 2012 by ButterSugarFlowers

It’s been hard not to notice the abundance of tomatoes in season lately. I’ve seen vibrant varieties of colors and shapes at farmers markets, grocery stores, and gardens of green-thumbed friends. They whisper that summer is sneaking away as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking with Veggies, Cakes & Cupcakes, Sweets | Tagged autumn, baking, bounty, breakfast, dairy-free, dessert, fall, garden, harvest, heirloom tomatoes, late summer, quick bread, recipe, secret ingredient, spice, spice bread, summer, sweet, sweets, tomato, tomatoes, vegetable, vegetables, what to do with tomatoes | 21 Comments

From Cup to Cookie: Fruit, Flowers, and Rooibos

Posted on September 12, 2012 by ButterSugarFlowers

One of my favorite evening drinks is a hot cup of rooibos (“roy-bus”), also known as red tea or African honeybush tea. It has a soft, naturally vanilla-y flavor that reminds me a bit of my grandpa’s tobacco pipe and … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking with Tea & Coffee, Cookies & Bars, Sweets | Tagged baking, baking with tea, capetown rooibos, cookie, desserts, gluten-free, highwire coffee roasters, honey bush tea, honeybush, macaron, macarons, macaroons, mango, marcaroon, recipes, red bush tea, red tea, rooibos cookies, rooibos dessert, sandwich cookies, sweets, tea, tropical | 16 Comments

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Category Archives: Sweets

Sunroot Spice Cake

Orange Cocoa Springerle

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