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Tag Archives: valentine’s day
Violet Candy Cupcakes
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
Posted in Baking with Flowers, Cakes & Cupcakes, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
Tagged baking, baking with flowers, buttermilk, candy, cupcakes, dessert, edible flowers, floral, lemon, parma violet, Pastiglie Leone, recipe, sweets, valentine's day, valentine's dessert, violet, violet candy, violets
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Buttermilk Rosewater Cupcakes
When I recently came across candied rose berries at a favorite market of mine, I couldn’t help but stop in my tracks. The pastel pink beads sparkled with sweetness, and their scent was alluringly delicate and floral. Immediately inspired, I … Continue reading
Posted in Baking with Flowers, Cakes & Cupcakes, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
Tagged a dozen roses, baking, baking with flowers, buttermilk, cupcake, dessert, floral, flowers, lemon, recipe, romance, romantic, rose, rosewater, valentine, valentine's day, valentines
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Beautiful Beet Cupcakes
At a recent farmers market, I decided to finally buy an item that had magnetized me week after week: beets. Of course, I’d had beets before – mostly cooked and on salads. But something about seeing them so often at … Continue reading
Posted in Baking with Veggies, Cakes & Cupcakes, Sweets
Tagged beet, beets, burgundy, cake, carrot cake, cupcake, dessert, desserts, farmers market, magenta, natural dye, natural food coloring, natural food dye, orange zest, organic food coloring, pink, red, sweets, valentine, valentine's day, valentines, vegetable, vegetable desserts
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