Summertime Sweets

I was thinking it's about time for another update (as promised),  especially now that we have some new shop additions to show you, and a few fleeting moments between zucchini watch, which has been like non-stop for three weeks now.  I swear, you do not want to turn your back on these dudes, because they can turn into giant clubs in about half a nano-second.  The girls think it's hilarious every time one gets away from us.   Usually it's only a matter of hours since we last checked on them too.   How can something grow so fast?  I'm quickly running out of new and delicious recipes,  not to mention friends and neighbors to give them to.  Our postal carrier is in for a surprise . . . um, I mean TREAT, when he opens the mailbox tomorrow.  Yes, I'm afraid it's come to that.  If I hadn't lost my momentum with the A-Z Quiche recipes, I could've wrapped it all up neat and tidy with a nice Zucchini Quiche about now.  Maybe there's still time.  .  . Anyway, as I was saying about the shop update...I've finally gotten around to adding some of my little handmade doll/art quilts, along with these sweet cupcake morsels,  the latest mini-treats to come out of the dollhouse bakery.   These are so cute!  Wish we had more.  Grace only had time to make a few, but I'm sure she'd be happy to take orders, for as long as her supply holds up, and only if you're not in a big hurry, because all this teensy crafting takes time and our summer calendar has been full. 

One highlight includes a cake decorating contest the girls participated in last month at the annual company picnic, and both won prizes for their contributions.   Ginger decorated a simple white cake with edible candied flowers she made with egg-whites and ultra-fine sugar.   The effect was really sweet and charming and she was so proud of it. 

Grace made a ring cake, also with edible fresh flowers.  We had some humidity issues that day, but both cakes held up really well, much to our relief.      

  I expect the next cake we bake. . . will be green. 

Comments

[Deb in FL/Lavender Rose]

Can anything so beautiful taste delicious, too!! Please call me for tea! :o
Deb

[amy]

oh these cakes look so amazingly yum!

[Felicia]

They look amazing :)

[Mary]

I have a recipe for zucchini pie that resembles apple pie so closely that if I don't tell people they cant tell the difference. I can send it to you if you want.

[Tracy]

Those cakes are amazing...Let's have a tea party! ;o) The new shop items are fabulous--I could eat everything with a spoon, they are all so sweet! Zucchini...tricky little things, one minute slender, just needing and extra day or so, and then after said day or so they're the size of baseball bats--gak! Look forward to the zucchini quiche recipe...You'll need forticfication for keeping the Zucchini Watch going! LOL! ((HUGS))

[Anina]

Yummy looking cakes!
I'm with you on the zucchini. I only plant one these days because they're so overwhelming.

[Nicki]

Wow, those cakes look fab - all of them!

I made courgette cake one year when i had way too many plants (we had courgette - sorry, zucchini, with everything!) and it was really yummy.

[deb]

Look at the pretty cake! so many pretty pictures in this post!

[pam]

Life always looks gracious and charming at your home!

[Kim Sherrod]

Hahahaha! My Dad grew zucchini one year and we had zucc everything! bread, cake, baked casseroles,fried, in soup! Man, was I sick of it by the time it was all over!
I would like to put in an order for some pastel pink cupcakes in a dome. No hurry what so evah! When ever she has time- really- my doll house isn't finished, other things keep getting in the way. I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! I miss you! Nice to see a post! :) kim

[Connie W]

What delicious looking cakes - the real, and the dollhouse both - they make my mouth water. So pretty to look at!

[Pattie]

Just lovely. What a wonderful way to spend a summer.

[Dianne]

You have very talented children and I agree, their cakes were too pretty to eat!
I couldn't get zucchini seeds, or I didn't try hard enough, so I grabbed a package of yellow squash. They don't get as big as the zucchini, only 'bumpier'. They can be used in the same dishes. Unfortunately, last night, an apple tree uprooted and fell on my squash and beans. :(

[Tina]

My sister just told me about a "Mock Apple Pie Square (zucchini) recipe". I Googled it and found a recipe on cooks.com. Check it out. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who has too much zucchini to give it a try. Looks like you have plenty to play with. Lovely cakes by your girls!!

[Diane B.]

You had me laughing with your postman's surprise! The girl's cakes were beautiful. I love Ginger's sense of style!

[judy]

My children (adults now) all agree that one of their favorite memories is of the 'zucchini throwing contest' they participated in at their uncle's garden.

Even when they were small (the children, not the zucchini) they would start conversation with 'remember that day we threw food?'

Just a thought...

Like, if you run out of recipes.

[zaza]

hello, your blog is very beautiful. I like it. I am sorry for my english (I'm french).good night, zaza.

[Linda]

Both cakes are absolutely beautiful!

Haven't seen you guys in a long time, hope your summer is going well. :)

[Kathy]

Oh, I love the lavender frosting! Beautiful cakes! I can only imagine what will turn out a few years from now! Your zucchini woes remind me of the year we had an over abundance of peaches from the backyard tree. We were making jam, ice-cream, pies...until we just couldn't eat peaches any more! I still can't look at another peach without remembering that summer :-)

[Kathy]

Oops, I forgot to mention, have your girls seen the book "Pretty Party Cakes"? Its a wonderful recipe book filled with fantastic eye catching photographs and wonderful inspiration. I came across it at a local Borders the other day.

[debbies-english-treasures]

Ohhh. Such talented girls, just like their mum.
Those cakes, look sooo yummy!
Kisses Kisses
Debbie
xxx

[Dee Light]

What a wonderful blog!!! All of your photos are just lovely!!! Your little crafties are sooooo cute, and that cake, oh my goodness how yummy!!!!

[Christina]

It looks like your summer is going well. The girls' cakes are beautiful!
My mom recently visited her best friend in California, where the cucumbers are growing as fast and as large as your zuccini! My mom smuggled a couple cucumbers home in her luggage! : ) I hope your postman likes zuccini.
I visited the shop and am in love with your "PEEP!" quilt! How long have you been quilting? Are you self taught or did you take a class somewhere? Quilting is one of those things I'd love to try, but with a baby on the way, it'll probably be years before I have the time. : )
Good luck finding things to do with your zuccini!

[Laura W.]

These are soooooo beautiful! I am inspired! My husband is going to Safeway to purchase the necessary ingredients to bake my own pretty pink cake! I am actually going to bake the cake tomorrow for a surprise tea party to celebrate my Mom's birthday...thank you for the idea :)

[Leslie]

Vicki-
I have a wonderful chocolate zucchini cake recipe. Would you like it? It is quick & the zuccs add moisture not flavor.
Leslie
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