The secret ingredient in this luscious celebratory cranberry cake is a homemade herbal elixir meant to add some pleasure to the season. Paired together, this match will definitely make your gathering merry and bright!
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These hearty, seed-filled cakes drizzled with maple cream are a beautiful reminder of potential. What do you want to give birth to? An idea? A project? A child? Accompanied by a fertility ritual, these cakes are a symbol of spring’s abundance to come, metaphorically or literally!
Read MoreThis hearty winter cake is baked with toasted curly dock seed flour, mulled wine poached pears, mascarpone cream, and candied walnuts. It’s also a reminder of why connection is so important this time of year!
Read MoreThis stunning cake is a delight of flavors and textures. It has a rich, strong maple flavor with a slight kick of alcohol swirled through a silky ganache, layered between tender gluten-free crepe-like cakes. It’s all the woodsy, earthy, warmth you’d want from a log cake, without tasting even a little bit like firewood.
Read MoreThese realistic wax-dripped candles are actually delicious parsnip cakes infused with the intoxicating aroma of beeswax! They’re the perfect way to mark the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, or just any other day you could use a little illumination in your life.
Read MoreThis deliciously moist and tender cake features both pineapple and pineapple weed (chamomile’s wilder cousin.) The herbal complexity is a fantastic update to a retro favorite…and it comes with some pretty interesting backstory too!
Read MoreThis deliciously moist and rich chocolate cake gets its unmistakably delicious flavor from urban foraged lavender and earl grey tea. Bake it up because YOU definitely deserve something “too pretty to eat.”
Read MoreA soft cake full of the pineapple-like flavor of wild chamomile and studded with poppyseeds contrasts perfectly with zesty goji berry icing. A ring of edible dried flowers is all the adornment needed!
Read MoreThis beautiful and delicious cake with huckleberry jam and wild violet fillings has a couple of secrets folded into that batter… have a read to find out the secret ingredient in your pantry that will bring it to life!
Read MoreThis beautiful cake is a savory delight, filled with wild herbs and greens plus your favorite pizza toppings. It’s sure to wow at your next family picnic.
Read MoreThese delicate cakes are super light and filled with the floral scent of cattail pollen, punctuated by tart wild currants. A drizzle of lemon icing and a sprinkle of candied elderflowers make them a treat worthy of the Fae. Just make sure you approach your foraging mission with respect!
Read MoreFluffy lilac-infused cream is layered between purple blueberry crepes for a springtime dessert that captures the ethereal flavors of the season.
Read MoreThe seductive caramel notes of acorn flour come out to play in this cake fit for a queen. A tender and fragrant gluten-free bundt cake is topped with maple-bourbon icing, acorn pudding, and a crown of candied nuts.
Read MoreBake your own easy, beautiful, and nutritious spring dessert in honor of the ancient beauty and magic of moss. This cake is naturally green due to the addition of stinging nettles (or spinach), and it has a light citrus flavor that is perfect for the season!
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Join me for a little winter night magic as we bake this cake full of rich seasonal flavors and black cocoa!