i like to cook when it's cold. for my daughter, meg, born in the summer, her birthday has frequently fallen either when she was visiting her father for the summer when she was younger, or during a heat wave when the height of my culinary inventiveness peeks at making reservations at her favorite restaurant. consequently, meg sometimes complains she gets short-changed in the Birthday Cake department. however, even meg understands no one wants to heat up an oven to 350 degrees when it feels like that outside.
but this year, meg's birthday celebration not only coincided with the first real chill of the season, but also a trip to Costco. when i asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she said she wanted blueberry pie AND blueberry pancakes instead. however, after i had already brought home two large tubs of blueberries,
she changed her mind and asked for a cake TOO.
this year her birthday celebration happens to coincide with lammas or lughnasa - which, as celebrated by neopagans like me, is a celebration in thanksgiving of the first fruits of the harvest. combined with the crisp, clear air, it seemed like a perfect excuse to indulge in an orgy of baking:
receipes to follow...
and furthermore, the war will end. blessed be.
3 comments:
Prefect, indeed. Happy BD wishes to Meg!
(my word verification is "ternuts" which tickles me given the season, holiday, your post combined with the fact that we've been eating *turnips* every day this past week!)
Lucky Meg...all that yummy stuff for her birthday. Everything looks mouthwatering. Can't wait to try the recipes. Happy Belated Birthday, Meg!
Hope Meg had a great birthday - the recipes sound yummy and I have blueberries to experiment with too
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