Fall has finally arrived. The foliage on the deciduous plants in our backyard have turned a deep crimson, the blazing hot and unusual summery weather we got to experience a couple weeks ago is now replaced by brisk, cooler temperatures and al fresco dining gives way to cozy meals in the warmer indoors.
I'm totally mad at myself for being a day late on this week's TWD post and even more frustrated, to the point of infuriation, at having to fix the messed up codes on my previous blog template. What began as a task to fix page break code errors late Monday evening snow-balled to an entire Tuesday of switching templates multiple times, trouble-shooting, reformatting and changing layouts along the way. By the time I was ready to throw in the towel, it was already time to prepare dinner. So it was a night without any desserts at our home, which is, honestly, quite rare these days. They say that you get what you paid for and in my case, since I have been using free blog templates, I guess I shouldn't complain.
Eager for the opportunity to head back to the kitchen this morning - I don't think I can look at another html code ever again - I was looking forward to making the pumpkin caramel pie, this week's recipe picked by Janell of Mortensen Family Memoirs, from pages 322-323 of Dorie's Baking: From My Home to Yours
After three long months of hiatus from TWD, I'm glad to be back and baking along with this great group again. Still on a "temporary blogging break" to allow me some time to get readjusted to things back home, I'm keeping this post really short. Besides, you don't really need a lot of convincing on this week's pick by Rhiani of Chocoholic Anonymous : coffee-break muffins.
My very first ice cream maker! My very first attempt at making ice cream!! And it will definitely not be the last. In fact, I love this whole process of making ice cream so much that I've already put the ice cream maker tub back to freeze to get it ready for the next batch! Ah, the joys of discovering something new. Something wonderful. Something as simple as making ice cream. Thanks to Becky of Project Domestication for this week's pick. Certainly a refreshing change after the cakes, cookies and tarts we've been making. Timing is definitely perfect as we get ready for the summertime.
I love recipes that call for loads of nuts, fruits and chocolate, even more so when the recipe is entirely suitable for a myriad of substitutes and variations. This ravishing cookie - with its colorful bits of fruits, nuts and the jewel of it all: embedded chunks of gooey chocolate - is just what its moniker implies. Chock full of goodness!
I can't get over the strange coincidence of how this week's pick - Swedish Visiting Cake by Nancy of The Dogs Eat the Crumbs happens to fall so close to Hakan's (my husband's Swedish colleague) farewell. Hakan's assignment in Northern California ends this week and he will be heading back to Sweden on Friday. I didn't have the chance to welcome them with a Swedish Visiting cake, so with lots of warmth, best wishes and much blessings, this is my Swedish Farewell Cake for Hakan, his lovely wife AnnaLianna and beautiful daughter Christine
It seems like I've been on TWD hiatus but looking back, my last TWD bake was just couple weeks ago. This tells you how much I'm enjoying TWD, isn't it? The week feels somewhat incomplete without a TWD bake, albeit last week was so crazy that I couldn't possibly slot in another bake. I know that there're some of you who're so eager to find out what I've been up to, especially with the teaser entry last week! Thanks for checking in (again and again!) and to all my stealthy yet wonderful visitors, that post is forthcoming!!
Before I go on to this week's bake, I've got a treat for all of you.
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Another cookie bake! I've been craving cookies since I saw these pictures so this couldn't come at a better time for all of us cookiebar-deprived Dorie fans! Thanks Kaitlin for the perfect pick!
I am so excited! Today marks my debut with Tuesdays with Dorie. TWD is a group of baking-cum-blogging enthusiasts that started with only 6 members couple years ago and has grown to over 450-strong (and counting) today. Group members are all fans of Dorie Greenspan and each week, we would bake a member-selected recipe from Dorie's award-winning book Baking: From My Home to Yours
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