A post at Simply Stated Signature Cakes...finally!

Such a long time since my last post and this one is short and sweet too!

Hope you have your dose of Chocolate today!

A Valentine just for you

Happy Valentines Day!

Sweet

My daughter and I hosted a "Be Mine Valentine" on Saturday with lots of sweets and treets.

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Paper pinwheels...

Celebrating a birthday today.

Not mine but my daughter's. 

She's a lover of books ~ she get's that from both her father and me. 

So I thought I would incorporate her love of books with her love of cake

These pages, turned into paper fans and pinwheels, were taken from an old french novel.

I had purchased them at Faded Plains late last Autumn to make holiday ornaments and had a few left over. 

I love how the pages have turned almost ivory with age. They look lovely against the creamy white of the buttercream icing with the perfect touch of natural browns added.

Yummy!

I know it's not cake ~ but pie sound oh so good!

Nothing better on a cool Autumn Day :-)

Enjoy!

Rhubarb is in season

I love rhubarb.

I always knew it was summer time when my grandmother was out in her little garden cutting the long thick stalks of rhubarb to bring them into the kitchen. 

My grandfather sometimes made a rhubarb nectar that was so delicious ~ just like drinking sweet wine.

Such a treat as a young child.

And

my grandmother would always make strawberry rhubarb sauce that would simmer for a bit on the stove-top.

It smelled so good ~ we could hardly wait till it was ready to be eaten. 

 Pouring it warm, over vanilla ice cream would melt it into a creamy goodness that is beyond description.

Oh!  

And I almost forgot....it was also amazing poured over fresh baking powder biscuits 

with real homemade butter to boot! 

But....

There's nothing quite like the taste of the sweetness when you put it in a pie.

Add some strawberries and one word...

HEAVEN 

Now that truly means summer has arrived for me!

(that and the last day of school)

Fortunately, I have some growing here at home...both strawberries and rhubarb ~ but the strawberries aren't quite ready....

So I picked some up at the store when I saw that my rhubarb was ready. 

I mixed together the pastry for the pie and put it in the refrigerator to chill for an hour or so,

A quick wash of the fruit,

Some slicing chopping, 

and a toss in the bowl my filling was ready

Once my crust was rolled out it was placed into the pie pan, filled with the fruit mixture,  

brushed with an egg wash then sprinkled with sugar.

And popped into the oven. 

Oh ~ the most trying part comes now....

Waiting!!!

 while the smell fills the house with it's delicious aroma!

Worth every minute!

Simply Stated Signature Cakes has a new Website!

Hi there ~ I am so excited to share my new Site for you to see my creations. 

Stop by at
www.SimplyStatedSignatureCakes.com
It has many of my creations from the last several years and I think the opportunity to view them in an album format will be enjoyable for you.
You will still be able to follow along here as well and the website has a link back to this blog.
Please let me know what you think and let me know if I may have overlooked anything. 
Have a wonderful evening!