Here’s what this week looked like:
Saturday morning breakfast. Semifreddi’s Cinnamon Twist challah is INSANITY.
I love lists, Friday!
- Friends lift you higher! The sooner you realize that, the happier you’ll be! 🙂
- DIY Easy Skin Toner. I need to talk to Joy abut this one.
- This blog is so beautiful. And their house? I die.
- Chain Link Bread! We are all connected now. YAY.
- I am strangely drawn to these colors.
- Vegan Bear Claws? Twist my arm (yeah right).
- Creepy yet Cool!
- Soup. Words. Rhythm. I love this all.
- I’m so happy for my friends Lisa & Clay. Congrats, you two!
- I happen to be a tape lover and why YES, this is my paradise.
- I’m pretty excited to see a jar of coconut oil in Deb’s kitchen!
- FAIL HARDER! This makes my thumbs hurt.
- My hazelnut craving is further fueled by thekitchn this week.
- I just fell in love with NOTE TO SELF. Eye Candy galore!
- Robert Downey Jr. as pin-ups. Cannot look away. CANNOT.
Sexy In Sexy Out! Did that get your attention? The new Joy the Baker Podcast is up!
Do you secretly love to look inside people’s fridges? You can look in mine this week on High Straightenence!
Thank you Say Media for putting Shutterbean on the Online Food World map! Happy to be at the camera lens!
So nice to see my Earl Grey Chocolate Cake on the Honey Kennedy Blog!
Earl Grey Chocolate Cake
Food blogs are funny. If you look at this picture, you might assume that I had a neighbor/ friend over for tea. In reality I was standing on a chair, trying not to make a lot of noise while my 3 year old napped away in his room upstairs. I was also trying really hard not to fall off said chair; I don’t have a good history with standing on chairs…
I was sorting my way through a pile of papers during Cooper’s nap when I found a little recipe card for this Earl Grey Chocolate Cake. It’s been waiting to be made since I clipped the recipe out in college. I was craving something chocolatey, I had all of the ingredients and wanted a cup of tea. It was a sign. I feel it’s important to always pay attention to signs like these. This cake came together in less than 15 minutes and it took about the same amount of time to clean it all up. I love that in a cake.
After the cake was done and sprinkled with powdered sugar, I had a pretend tea party in my kitchen where I drank one cup of tea and ate two slices of cake. You can’t let cake go to waste like that. When it’s exposed to air like that it’s got a short shelf life…or something.
Tea parties for one are where it’s at. Especially when a beautiful Earl Grey perfumed chocolate cake is your star dessert.
A fancy hat & gloves are totally optional.
Orange Spiced Cashews
When I have company over I like to make some type of nut concoction. Nuts round out a cheese plate and they are usually appreciated by people who are vegan & gluten free (as long as you use the appropriate ingredients).
These orange spiced cashews evoke images of Darjeeling Limited.
It’s totally the combination orange zest, coriander & cumin with that sweet corn syrup.
You know what that means, right?! Tracy is going to do a weird visual thing again. Wait for it…
MY FAVORITE KITCHEN TOOLS: PART 1
One of the most popular emails I get is “I’m working on a wedding registry, can you tell me what essentials I should put on it?” So here you go! The SHUTTERBEAN kitchen could not operate without these items:
My Everyday Life: Week 7
Here’s what this past week looked like:
This license plate says MWUHAHA. I was thoroughly amused by this on my commute to work.
I love lists, Friday!
- Ron Swanson Embroidery! Does it need an explanation?!
- Katie’s photography inspires me to no end.
- I could watch/have watched these gorgeous videos ALL DAY LONG.
- 1 shirt, styled 5 ways! I heart numero uno!
- Mini cakes made in cans. BRILLIANT!
- I love that this post starts with Let’s fry our breakfast. Umm OK!
- This muffin and this pudding make me want hazelnuts SO BAD.
- Gonna make something special with this Freezer Paper Stencil HOW TO!
- The trouble with working from home…
- This is how I see the world. Finally! A representation of how my brain works.
- Nothing prettier than cut open citrus. Seriously.
- I love listening to the latest Turntable Kitchen mix at work.
- How to look like Ryan Gosling. WHOA.
- My hair is no where near long enough to make curls, yet I watched this whole video.
- What a tasty looking Soup Roundup!
- This Spin Doctors song will always conjure up this scene for me. Always.
On the Joy the Baker Podcast this week, it’s Real Life Real Talk. We catch up on what’s going on in our lives and we overuse (we meaning ME) the word SHUCK.
This week on High Straightenence, I sort out & organize Cooper’s toys! It’s a fun mess.
