Romy's Baking and Cake Decorating

Stamped "Honey Bear" cookies This Summer one of my friends became a grandmother. It's the first one of my friends to have a grandchild so in a curious and indirect way it felt like a sort of "milestone" for me. Especially as she's close to my age!  Her grandchild is in another state and my friend was keeping us all posted with pictures and updates about the birth and her trip to see the baby.  When she returned, we had a get together for her to celebrate. The party was an outdoor potluck. For this occasion I felt a cake would have been too elaborate and it was warm enough that we would have had to deal with buttercream in the heat. So, I decided to make some cute cookies. Looking over my cookie supplies, I saw my Nordic Ware beehive stamp and I thought of combining it with my teddy bear chocolate mold to make some cute Honey Bear Cookies . I knew they would be easy, look different, and please our group.  Here's the cookie stamp, and I only have the beehi...

Pistachio Cake with Raspberry and Lemon My Bubby turned 21 this year!  Whether or not we're living in a Simulation the passage of time, ever faster, is the only thing we can count on.  It was a joyous occasion and celebrated with a cookout attended by folks from all areas of his life, including friends and teachers from high school and now college.  He hasn't been this excited and happy since, well, his high school graduation a year ago!  For the occasion we "inaugurated" our new patio, though with a bit of trepidation because thunderstorms were in the forecast.  We set out chairs on the patio, and figured the rain would hold off long enough to grill, but we didn't dare set out the food and hold the entire party in the yard. This worked out nicely enough since in our house you can easily transition from living room to sunroom to patio.   With the threat of rain, we put the food out on a table in the sunroom.  There were peanuts, in a beautiful Pol...