Malcolm Gladwell ( I’d like to be “Bodeswell” ) wrote The Tipping Point. “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” (Amazon) It happens everywhere.. I’ve seen a batch of roasted pumpkin transform instantly into a flurry of cookies, muffins, soups and…
Harmonic Inclination If a sound wave is divided again and again the harmonic pitch rises, higher and higher, still… on a diminishing curve. Sometimes it feels like My time is being divided and divided and divided until it approaches “zero”… Yet I take on something new and here I am… dividing again.
Yum! I will have to try this!
Smidge, I love the dishes you’ve served the roasted vegetables on! The black sesame seeds are a nice addition to the finished dish.
Such love, joy, beauty and comfort all around. Hoping you feel better very soon, Smidge. Xoxo
This sounds delicious! And I hope that you have a beautiful, restful day, all about you. 
Thanks all… I think I’ve turned the corner xoxo Smidge
What a wonderful day – it’s good to take it easy some days! Those potatoes look beautifully golden.
The photos of those oranges has really made me want one! Yum. 
Sounds like you could do with a cup of tea, yourself — perhaps in bed with a few of those tulips on a tray, cuddled up in something warm and looking out that snowy window.
Please don’t get this bug dear. It sounds exactly like how mine started. Dive into those beautiful oranges. I agree, they might make you feel better. I hope so.
You’re not feeling 100%, yet you give us a fabulous recipe. You’re so sweet! Thank you! And thank you for a gorgeous post
I loved this potatos… I should try, sounds so delicious. BUT but but your white beauty, your lovely dog is the best… I loved the photograph so much. I can come to have a cup of tea with my apricot cake to you dear Barbara, I love your kitchen. Thank you, have a nice weekend, with my love, nia
Ms. Smidgen, you have no idea how much I needed to read your post today! Thanks for reminding me to take the time to recharge:)
Have a great weekend.
Roasted vegetables…delicious. I like the sesame seeds on them. Great idea. Thanks!
I hope today’s rest revived you. I like the sound of these honeyed roast veggies – I think I have most of the ingredients so I am going to try making them tonight. xo
Take good care of yourself….
loved the recipe, the photos, they all made me feel all warm inside….. a nice feeling…
PJ days are the best! And it sounds like yours might have refilled your bucket – I hope. Yummy veggies, too.
Have a Great Weekend – thanks for sharing:)
Your posts are always so gorgeous and poetic. By the way, are you using a mypressi twist or something else to make the espresso?
Glad to read that you’ve turned the corner, Smidge. This recipe is just my kind of dish. Really enjoy roasting each individually or together but I like that you’ve added honey. And I’ve got plenty of honey so this will be made sooner rather than later. Thanks!
What a perfect snowy day – topped off by a recipe which has me craving something fierce
Delicious my friend!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Beautiful recipe but even more beautiful, all around feeling I get reading along with you!
Your cute little pup would blend right in without the jacket. Adorable! Those honey yams look fabulous too.
Honey roasted? Sounds and looks amazing!
Roasted veggies are great. I like to roast mine with a bit of maple sirup but honey and mustard sound like a very good combination. Jen
lay all those oranges on a sheet then lie ON them and wriggle, it will be great. i am enchanted by these potatoes, I have honey!! I am definitely doing this next time and i am a roast potato fiend! thank you honey I mean smidge! c
Oooo, what a wonderful way to roast your veggies…I love it! And as always, beautiful images and words that make me smile!
Oh my, that pheasant is so beautiful!
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Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Every-time you post flowers.. you always inspire me to go to the market and pick some up for myself . And all this week I’ve been surprised by amazing recipes and this one is in that category. I never though to use honey on my potatoes or carrots.. but I think I will be doing this soon
Your poetic account of deciding who to be and what to do today felt like a wave that inches its way ever so gently onto shore until it reaches further. Each wave embraces the shore a bit more and in doing so grasps its full essence over time, as though the wave were a hand that discovers the world by touch. And then you find a resting place, the right place, in a feast. Reading this felt so peaceful. It is a reminder to slow down and act with intention and awareness.
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You may be the most intelligent food blogger on WordPress! Good work!
You’ve elevated a “foodie post” to Freshly Pressed status!
Your blog has it all, great recipes, snow, pictures of dogs, poetry, caffeine!
Sharyn, that sounds absolutely perfect! I’m going to do that tomorrow! It seems my body has decided it is going to be sick.. So now I have to make sure it doesn’t last long!!
Thanks so much, Sarah.. Well.. It must be the same one.. Today is worse but oddly I’m in a better frame of mind? Now to eat a few of those oranges…
I know… He is our beauty and boy does he love tea! Xoxo Smidge
I’m glad if it could be of help.. We all need these reminders once in a while, eh? I hope you feel better soon as well! xo
You know, it did help.. I’ve got a cold today, but I feel much stronger and ready to take it on!! Hahaha!
Thank you:)
Not a mypressi.. An elektra (birthday gift).. I love it. I haven’t seen the mypressi? It seems like the most important thing for good coffee is, well, good coffee, as in great beans ground fresh for each cup… Thanks, Joanne!
Crazy, I thought I’d turned a corner and then my sore throat turned into a cold. Such is life… I’ll get better with more rest I’m certain! Thanks so much, John! xo
Haha, loved that you’re craving “fiercely”.. Awesome! xo
I’m sooo glad! xoxo
Yesterday he would have… Today all is melting and his little white coat has turned a paler shade of gray:)
Thanks:)
Maple Syrup would be delicious substituted in this!
Ahhh, hi there honey:) If I laid on them there would be a few minutes of awesome back massage followed by some artful squishing and smearing of oranges on the sheet. D’ya think I could frame it and sell it?? xoxo Have a great evening (you’re probably already just waking up for your first night check!)
He is so pretty and makes the funniest racket when he squawks!!
Smiling right back:)
Thanks so much, Kay.. Bunches and bunches of flowers do the world of good when it’s yucky outside:)
Oh.. Well, I’m probably not, but I’m smart enough to know a most excellent compliment when I see one!! So thank you!! I would love to be Freshly Pressed.. But oh, well…
With much emphasis on the caffeine!!
What a beautiful post Smidge! What type of bird was it that was wandering around your backyard? And what beautiful looking citrus. I love the image of your dog taking a walk. And I would love to try your mother’s special recipe. Those vegetables look amazing.
You take such gorgeous photos, Smidge! I love the pheasant! And roasting potatoes with honey? What a wonderful idea..
I knew someone would ask that.. I think it was a pheasant (lol)…
I know what you are talking about..
I thinking I have divided and divided till I got myself sick..I have the flu and I don’t have the energy to do anything
I have a friend who always warns me that I tend to spread myself sometimes too thin
This sounds like a great day and I hope you feel better
Oh gosh that would just be so warm and comforting to eat.
That’s exactly what happened… After writing this the headache turned into a cold, I should know better! I’m so sorry to hear you have the flu, I think that is much worse!! Get well soon!! Xoxo Smidge
It is soo yummy with all the hunny;)
Mmmmmm, oranges always make me feel better
The photo of the oranges looks so bright and healthful…I hope their sweet juice helps you feel better.
Feel better… I wonder how many of us have divided ourselves up to almost nothing! One of life’s lessons.
I´m playing catch up so do hope that by now you are felling better. And yes, there is ALWAYS room for one more (of anything good, at least)! Lovely roasted veggies, they must have done you the world of good.
The graceful comfort you offer in your mother’s lovely recipe is wonderfully framed in your gentle, generous, healing text.
It was dark when I left the house this morning… just a light skiff of snow sweeping the streets as I drove in the hushed dawn to meet my friends. I wondered if it was worth all this trouble, to wake early and traverse the city in weather that looked so ominous. Hot coffee was poured,…
When I saw the title of your post on my email feed, I came smiling, ready to crack a joke about the spinach use…
But your post left me with a teary eye, and at the same time feeling a sense of being happy just because. Just because my uphill battle is a smooth ride compared to so many others.
beautiful post. thank you
Your wonderful friend is so lucky to have a wonderful friend such as you. AND thank you for posting a good minestrone recipe, mine is so old and tired and I forget what i am doing half the time .. i will make this one next.. love love c
It’s a beautiful soup, and the name a grand reflection of what your mother-in-law and your good friend both exemplify here: riches out of poverty. Sweetness out of need.
I hadn’t thought about the title… but we’ll leave it at that:) Yes, spinach… I throw it into everything to try and make my kids eat it! The spinach in your soup looks delicious:) Mine looks a touch “misplaced”:)
She was my mentor for years since I was so much younger. Now I’m glad to be reacquainted with her…
and you’re welcome!
You have such a way to turn a pretty phrase, Kathryn:) I love your voice…
A beautifully thoughtful post.
Nice looking soup too. 
Thanks:)
That is so tragic. Some people get more than their fair share of suffering in this world. My sister has a dear friend in a similar situation. Her husband died a few weeks ago from cancer and her son has a brain tumor with a very poor prognosis. There are no words.
You’re right, no words…
I hope you know Smidge what a very lovely place this is … to pause, rest, savor, imagine, be inspired. I just want to thank you for your (always) lovely work!
And (not so incidentally) the recipe for Nanna Jane’s suppa looks wonderful!
I failed to mention this is also a place to be. t o u c h e d . Not every day while reading a “food blog” does that happen. : ).
My sympathies to your friend and you for your loss. Life can be so hard, at times, and one needs all the courage that one can muster to meets its challenges. Your friend is lucky to have you at her side — and vice versa. You’ve shared a great recipe for minestrone and one that I can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing.
It’s stories like that leave me without words and just reaching to cook something nurturing in the kitchen. I think that’s the perfect dish for it, (also feeling incredibly thankful for what I have.)
Stay warm.
It is quite beyond belief what the human spirit can endure, your friend is lucky to have you. Re Minestrone; I find it is a cure for the foulest mood
It was the cyclist, actually, that tweaked my imagination. Your friend has you for support and continued courage, but that cyclist is making the journey alone whilst being forced back against the elements. ….. And the soup ain’t half bad either.
This is such a lovely compliment.. thank you for being my wordpress friend:) Btw.. no problem getting to your new blog:)
Thanks so much. You must have an authentic minestrone?? I’d love to see it.
I’m glad if my blog has done that… and so happy you are keeping warm in your kitchen as well:)
Well, hello anonymous:) Thanks for stopping by. Some people do simply amaze me:)
I hadn’t thought of it that way. I’m thrilled to have tweaked your imagination as well.
Beautifully written. I’m sorry for your friend’s losses. I can’t even begin to imagine. Sometimes when I wake in the middle of the night these fears roll through my mind. You’re right – it would take an incredible amount of courage to move forward. The older I get, the more I watch those I love age too, I’m reminded every day how short life really is – it is so important to enjoy every little moment. A beautiful soup like this and a family sitting together sharing it – that would be one of those moments to savor.
You have such a gift for words. I am sorry to hear about your friend, but am glad she has you in her life. This is the type of soup Greg likes to make me when I’m sick, so comforting.
Again, this looks fabulous!
Thanks, Kristy xo
So we meet… Greg’s (better) half:) Kathryn is my daughters name as well. Thanks for visiting and your kind words:)
she is a stronger woman than me. And a lot of other people. Nicely written. Thanks for this one.
You write beautifully and the convey the intended message. There is a lesson in your post, that can help all of us, if we remember it.
The soup is perfect, one to warm up to.
Oh dear Barbara, you are so nice. Life is nice with our friends… Thank you for sharing with us. And this was beautiful soup too, seems so rich and I want to try it. With my love, nia
So sorry about your friend. And so wonderful of you to be there. This soup looks delicious, too.
Looks lovely and hearty. Love all of the colors!
I am a wimp, a pushover, a cream puff some might say (Hey, I should make those!) I’m the person who listens to the telemarketer and wonders how to politely decline. If I see an elderly person in line at the grocery store I want to give them a hug because I think that they…
We went on an awesome 16 km bike ride today, straight up and straight back down again. ”Hey! Maybe I could enter the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer” I mused, “this isn’t as difficult as I thought”. I was gently reminded that I could multiply our little morning’s jaunt by 7 and how that would be…
Those look wonderful!
Thanks for your recipe looks delicious, passed it on to the Mrs. she is making it tonight thanks for rib recipe too. Great stuff:)
I’m so glad you liked it:) Thanks for checking out my blog as well! Do you have a blog/website yourself?
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Happy birthday to Katie! What an occasion and what a cake to mark it – gorgeous. x ps. Sidenote: I really enjoyed The Paris Wife. Reading Hemingway’s Boat now.
How is that book??
Happy Birthday to Katie! I loved The Paris Wife too! I loved reading about their ski holidays.
Happy Bday!! To Katie!
I will pass along your wishes:D xx
I’ll let her know!!
Beautiful cake! Happy birthday to your little peanut.
Lovely cake:) That book is fabulous:) I purchased it a few years ago to read when I got to my destination.. but as I started to read it as the plane was taking off it was so good I read the whole book during my flight:) a must read:) thank you for sharing:)
What a great looking cake, but sadly I’m afraid of anything that is a ‘substitute’.
Happy Birthday to Katie- she is blessed to have a wonderful mother! So true about tipping points. You gave me my first smile of the day!!!
I have spent a lifetime trying to gauge the precise position of the tipping point and I’m still looking, and then tipping again.
Smidge, does anyone make a Prettier cake than you? (Hint: NO!!) Honestly, friend, I want to spend a weekend with my elbows on your counter just marveling as you twirl about! Happy Birthday dear Katie, you’re as cute as a button and even prettier than your mama’s cake!
What a great post Barb…tipping point/turning point/boiling point! 
I’ll go to check out Michael’s blog and I’m going to put The Paris Wife on my nightstand! xx
Absolutely lovely cake and sounds delicious as I love carrot cake. I am never able to get a cake to look like this. That is another reason I don’t bake.
Happy 21st birthday to your daughter Smidge! Such a precious picture of her as a little one.
It goes by too darn fast doesn’t it?! Seems like just yesterday that they were born. This looks like a wonderful cake to enjoy for a birthday celebration – or any celebration for that matter. Delicious! Loved this post today. It was perfect for my state of being lately and got me thinking. I love when you do that to me Smidge!
Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter. Here’s to many more happy healthy ones.
Happy birthday to your GORGEOUS daughter!! Amazing looking cake. My birthday is in February..CAN I HAVE A CARROT CAKE!!?!? HAHA.
Beautiful! I love thus tribute to the ‘big’ moments in life – and having a grown daughter is sure one of them. Mine is almost 15 and getting there
beautiful cake and wonderful post Smidge!
Yay! Happy Birthday Katie! What a beautiful cake to celebrate with too. You are incredibly talented my dear, it’s just amazing. I love ALL the photos too, they’re gorgeous.
Looks deelish! The tipping point for me would be… just one more slice?
I love the sound of that book too, and have added it to my list of books to read. Thanks!
That has to be the prettiest carrot cake! Happy bday to Katie! She’s a yr younger than mine, and I wonder where the years have gone. What a beautiful young woman she is, and such a little cutie! I think I have to pick up that book! I could use some good reading right now to take me away!
I’ll have to tell her to come see these wishes:D
I’m half way through it.. And finishing it today, I hope!
Awwww happy birthday Katie
A gorgeous post and such an incredible recipe!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks
It sure goes by so fast.. in no time she’ll graduate and move out:( That will be exciting but a sad day for me!
I hope you love the book as much as I do.. I’m only half way, fingers crossed, but I don’t think it’s a happen ending for the two of them??
Thanks, Sarah, I’ll let Katie know:D
These years go by so fast.. my youngest is 19 just next week, so this is a busy month for us!
If I could think of a way to send it!! xx
I agree! xx
I am glad it had the effect on you:) So go hug your little ones (like you’ve probably already done, a gazillion times already today!) xx
Practice.. lots and lots of practice.. and lots of cake eating:D
Here you are spreenkling joy all over my Comments section again.. thanks so much, love! You make me sound like the Cake Fairy, something I would love to become! I hope you enjoy the book.. I’m just half way, we could compare notes:) xx
Ahh, yes, and I ask myself “when will I ever learn” over and over
We have had so much joy raising Katie.. she’s just a sweetheart.. Thanks so much! xx
I, too, was absolutely terrified when I realized I had to make something Vegan for my daughter’s friend who was attending. I’d read that egg substitute can taste metallic, so I thought a dense and spicy cake would hide that, as opposed to a fluffy vanilla flavor. The icing, when first mixed, had a latent “tofu” flavor.. which made me think it would disappoint. In true form, I went around apologizing about the icing to everyone and they thought I was crazy. When I ate my slice later, I realized that tofu flavor had vanished. The cake tasted exactly like the original. Now, having said all of that, the original recipe may have a slightly higher “rise”? Vegan or regular, they tasted exactly the same. It makes me so much braver to try again when I have to.
Fell about laughing at the giraffe poster and then gorged on the cake (in my imagination).
Such a cute peanut, and didn’t she turn out well!
I enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and I REALLY enjoyed your take on tipping points. Naturally I laughed out loud at the giraffe image! Happy Birthday to Katie.
What a gorgeous cake! (for a gorgeous daughter!) I’ve had that frosting technique bookmarked for a while – it looks awesome!
Happy birthday to your daughter. What a gorgeous looking cake. I love how you decorated it. How did you do that? I haven’t seen a cake iced like that before. It looks so pretty. Your daughter must have been thrilled. I’ve friended you on FB but I’m not seeing your updates in my newsfeed. I don’t know what’s going on with FB and why some people are invisible to me. But I’ll go to your page and see the slideshow – because I know you would have given her a celebration worth seeing! xx
Apparently we are supposed to pay to have our page show up on more news feeds. I refuse to pay because that just seems wrong. I guess I should have posted it here as well, it’s just that my posts get so long, lol! Thanks for your kind words! xx
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I know exactly how you feel. I have a 21 year old son that just taught me how to text!!!
It’s really good! His relationship with his boat is sort of a parallel for his whole life and his other relationships (with Hadley, Pauline, Bumby etc.). Weaves in other biographical details well.
I have to hand it to you, by combining your life and your passion for food, you’ve created something truly wonderful and fun to read. Well done!
That’s great Barbara, and I’m sure your daughter’s friend really appreciated the extra effort you put into it.
Happy Birthday to Katie! She is gorgeous and so is your vegan carrot cake. So moist and so delightful, perfect for sharing. I love those little twirlies on your frosting… Love your auspicious tipping points, I feel like today I have had the top 3 already occur. Guess it is time to stop the madness…Take care, BAM
Hahaha.. just be careful when finding solace in a glass of wine.. one too many and you’ll have #4 to reckon with, lol! I hope the rest of your week is much quieter! It’s almost impossible with teenagers, though, isn’t it. It’s quite a roller coaster, isn’t it? xx
Beautiful cake! And, Happy Birthday to your lovely “peanut”
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I was so relieved there wasn’t a gluten-free required as well, there are so many people on special diets these days. Thankfully, it’s not me!
Thanks:)
Ok.. that one is next!!
It was easy, I just made the “blobs” a bit big, so it got kind of unwieldy, lol!
It was texted to me by Paige.. a reminder of the night we’d had;)
I’ll tell he for sure:D
Do you remember when our mom’s told you just wait until you raise teenagers of your own? Ohh how that little phrase comes back again and again. On day at a time, one hour at a time… We too will get through this…Take care, BAM
First and foremost, here’s wishing your daughter a great birthday and an even better year to follow.
As for this cake, Barb, you’ve really outdone yourself. This has to be the prettiest cake you’ve shared with us yet — and you’ve shared some phenomenal cakes. The fact that you were able to create a vegan version that mirrors the taste of the original says a great deal about your abilities in the kitchen. A beautiful cake and a great post. Well done, Barb!
Happy Birthday to your peanut and wow! Even sliced it still looks so very pretty!
I will let her know! Thanks so much, John.. the technique is easy, I think the trick is not making such big “blobs” of icing and then smearing a little more on the gentle side.. for some reason the sides reminded me of owls feathers:D I was so impressed by the substitution in this recipe. I might be game to try with a lighter cake.. but given I’m not vegan.. I may not get the chance:) Thanks again!
And.. I gave so much away and we’re still eating it. I have to say, I’ve decided I prefer the middle/cake layers.. the icing is certainly sweet!
Unwieldy or not, it looks great
Birthday blessings for your daughter! I love the addition of coconut in this cake
You make me feel like picking up The Paris Wife. Maybe I’ll do that very soon. What a beautiful cake for a beautiful girl! Really love how you decorated it. The blobs at the side make the cake look like its made of tiny clouds. beautiful! hope your daughter had a wonderful birthday celebration!
A very Happy Birthday to Katie. The cake looks amazing Barbara, I’m very impressed. Your post has also made me want to go out and get The Paris Wife as I can never have enough to read. One of my favourite books it The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Have you read it? If not do, it’s a fantastic read. R x
What a spectacular cake! I bet it was delicious!
Lucky Katie and lucky you – belated greetings to her! Am still chuckling over the giraffe photo and lickign my lips at that amazing cake.
Katie, are very likeness you … a stunning beautiful young woman and her girlfriends too. What a lovely bunch. Understand you’re a proud mum … and I love carrot cake, but I want it NAKED!!! So when we becomes neighbors in Aqua .. remember that I don’t want anything with icing. Wonderful post and stunning photos.
Such a beautiful cake — you are an artiste!!!!!!
Well, I am back camping in an empty house this week and have no TV and no internet, so my time to surf the net is limited to small breaks during work. I’ve read your post the other day and was in complete awe, you seem to outdo yourself all the time with your beautiful photos, text, and recipes… I could not comment then, but here I am to say a quick but “from the bottom of my heart” HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE! It must be awesome to be the Daughter of Smidge!
Enjoy your 21st Bday, it is a magical phase, and I hope it only gets more magical as each year goes by (they tend to pass pretty quickly, don’t say I never warned you…
Happy Birthday to Katie! What a lovely cake to celebrate with.
Thanks, I will tell her.. xx
I will pass on your wishes.. 21 was a magical time!! I still remember it well! I hope you make a nice blanket fort in your house.. and enjoy the rest from blogging:)
Thanks.. I love to play with icing and different piping tips:)
This is one cake that would stand on it’s own without icing! The cake is my favorite part.. the icing is a touch too sweet.. so I will remember that when we are in Aqua:D
I did read that one!! I loved it!! I wish I could write like that:) xx
Barbara, the cakes don’t have to stand out on it’s own for me .. it won’t have the time to do neither – I love a moist carrot cake .. I baked today by the way. Post will come ..
Vegan carrot cake! Yay! Love the giraffe meme, btw.
Hahaha.. me too, I thought it was hilarious!
What a wonderful surprise to find this link and recommendation from one of the best recipe writers on the web. Wow! Truffle risotto…..yes! The most important thing is to have truffles. The black truffles from Oregon are honestly quite nice and a fraction of the cost of the Italian and French varieties. Make a rich chicken stock then cook some lovely mushrooms in part of the stock and pour another over some dried porcinis. This will provide when blended (removing the shrooms for another use), a wondrous umami base. Use some Vacche Rosse or other unreal Parmigiano that is fresh as fresh. Make the risotto as you would normally, the shave those truffles in abundance right over the top and serve. (a truffle shaver is almost essential unless you have a very precise mandoline) I am now craving the heck out of this!
Oooo! This is the carrot cake you mentioned the other day! It’s so beautiful. I can imagine how fluffy and delicious it must have been
Wow thats a really nice cake, beautifully made
Oh Smidge, 21! How fast they grow up! Happy birthday, Katie! Lovely post and a really lovely cake too! xx
They surely to! It’s a bittersweet celebration every year, isn’t it!
It was super fun!
I hope you make it, then.. and take lots of photos of each step:D And thank you! I’m off to find truffles!
If you were here.. I had lots to gorge on:D
I’m really enjoying it.. it’s one of those books I am taking my time and not rushing because I don’t want it to end! Clouds.. that’s a great analogy!
It was, er, it is:) It was massive!
Paige sent me that one to remind me of the night;) It was hilariously accurate!
I was so pleased that the substitutions didn’t alter the taste at all.. and there was more than enough to go around:)
Amazing cake! I watched your video on FB a few days ago. Very sweet. What a lovely daughter you have. Time flies by much too fast!
Your daughter is so lucky to have that beautiful cake for her big birthday! Happy birthday to her!
It seems like I have missed a few of your posts lately! Perhaps because I was so busy eating!
I love your posts and the little glimpses of your life, your daughter and son…it gives me a feeling of knowing you like you lived close by!
I wasn’t aware of your FB page..I’m on my way there now!
What a gorgeous cake, Barbara. It’s just incredible…and that’s saying a lot, since all of your recipes are head turning! Your daughter really was a tiny little thing, wasn’t she? And now she’s a beautiful young lady. 21 is a big milestone. I like your tipping points. What a sweet (cake and daughter) post!
Thanks, Debra, she still a little thing.. I’m 5’3″ and she never made it that high:)
let me know if you find them. The Italy ones are so amazing but the prices are just crazy
What a stunning daughter you have! And 21! You hardly look old enough to have a 12 year old! Daughters are a precious treasure in life. Funny, my first sassy gal will be 21 in February, weighed in at 5lbs 15oz when she was born.
The cake, I can’t even begin to tell you how beautiful that cake is. I’m so impressed as I could never in my wildest dreams make anything that beautiful! Smidge you are so talented. I could just snatch that last slice right out of the computer. Delicious!
I loved the birthday photographs and wow, what a cake! Massive, is an understatement! I’m catching up on your posts this morning and it is a beautiful way to start my day. Thanks for sharing this special occasion with all of us. Only wish we could sample the gorgeous cake.
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Happy Birthday to your daughter, Katie! She is so lucky to have you as a Mum and I am sure you love her to bits. Beautiful cake though I must say 10-11 cups of icing sugar for the icing sounds HUGE! I know, I know it’s a party-sized cake.
Looks positively divine!
Beautiful carrot cake!
Those are some delightful-looking dollops! Lovely post, and lovely daughter. They do grow up quickly don’t they? My own little smidgen is now a strapping 8 year old. Such a beautiful bonus when their friends are good people too.
That is sooo true! That’s the one area a mom and dad don’t have a lot of control over, is it? Although, I do try, lol!
Hi! Your recipe looks so incredible! My brother in-law is dating a vegan and last night I met her for the first time. So, in prepration, I wanted to make sure that I had something sweet to finish the meal with that she could have. An hour and a half and three stores later, I had some cookies. They were tasty, but I really wanted something more. Your carrot cake looks like it will be the perfect choice for the next time she comes over. Not only does it look like the cake will be moist and beautifully spiced, but I love how you decorated it! I can definitely see why you recently won the Canadian Blog Awards! Very cool. Thanks again for posting and I look forward to reading more of your posts!