Sugar + Butter + Eggs

Yay!

The Spread.

My absolute favorite-- raspberry frangipane.


I think flowers and desserts have a lot in common--they both should be an everyday occurence in one's life, but even if they were they'd somehow remain special.

(I didn't even try this dessert, but my pictures of it came out the best)

Yes, the Viking mixer is edible. Don't ask, just marvel.

Corn Muffin Canvas

1 C cornmeal
1/2 C flour
2 t baking powder
2 T sugar (i'd replace with 2 or 3 T of honey)
2 T oil
1/2 t salt
1 C water
1 egg (originally recipe was for 1 banana, but since i had an egg and no banana...)
1 T vanilla**

Mix dry ingredients together, add wet, stir in but don't overmix. Bake in muffin pan for 10-15 minutes at 450. Mine took closer to 15, but I'm currently at a high altitude--does that make sense? That it would take longer?

**The vanilla is a guess. I probably added a whole tablespoon or more to only 1/2 of the batch, but I'm using homemade vanilla extract, which I hear is much weaker, so 1 T of commercial stuff for the whole batch should be enough to give it that hint of flavor.