Gooey Butter Cake

Hurricane Milton showed up this week. To calm the nerves I baked. Fortunately my area of Florida was spared. So as the storm moved on, in the new cool morning temp, I sipped a lavender latte and had a slice of this. Hello Fall. BOTTOM CAKE LAYER2-1/2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder¼ teaspoon salt8 tablespoons…

Ginger Snap Cookies

In the fall of Florida cane sugar growers take to the field to harvest cane stalks to make annual batches of cane syrup, the sticky coffee-brown southern cousin of molasses. On the outside of east Gainesville lies Morningside Nature Center, one of the only living history farms in the area. They put on a cane…

Sugar Cookies

This is the perfect sugar cookie recipe I use year round. They hold their shape and are buttery and soft to the bite. They lend well to decorating whether you use icing or imprints. Delicate enough to serve with tea yet sturdy enough to use with kids. I love all cookies but there is something…

Fruit Cake Cookies

I know I know fruit cake!? But seriously, these things are addicting. I like to believe that these are what fruit cake should be. These were my great grandmother Monnie’s special cookies that she would always make during the holidays. Passed down through my Grandmother, and then onto my mother, these were made all through…