brown sugar spiced cake with browned butter frosting and caramel drip / this is 28

This is 28. I don’t normally share much personal stuff around here, but today is a little different. Scroll to the bottom if you’re just here for the recipe!

27 was such a crazy, crazy year for me and my family, and held so much loss in the 365 days it was around. Our family farm was dealing with the aftermath of a traumatic fire that had destroyed our country market and cold storage right at the start of our harvest season, we spent the Winter recovering and preparing to rebuild, my grandpa passed away from terminal cancer, and my grandma followed him exactly one month later unexpectedly. We spent the Spring and Summer months working tirelessly to get our new building finished and approved, and were able to do so just a couple days before opening for the 2018 season!

dessert, cake, caramelKelsey SiemensOctober 12, 2018browned butter, caramel, drippy cake, cake, dessert, birthday cake, 2018, fall, spice cake Comment

pumpkin snickerdoodles (with a spiced glaze)

I know I know! I’m putting pumpkin in cookies!! Please don’t freak out…I promise they are DELICIOUS.

Something about adding in a bit of pumpkin puree to these snickerdoodle cookies just makes them the FLUFFIEST cookies ever. I definitely didn’t just stop at one. Soft, chewy, a bit cakey, and with a warm spiced glaze on top….this is my new go-to Fall treat! There is a tiny bit of chilling of the do involved…just a head’s up! Nothing major though, so preheat your oven and wash your dishes while they hang out in the fridge for half an hour. No biggie.

dessert, pumpkin, cookiesKelsey SiemensOctober 8, 2018cookies, snickerdoodles, pumpkin, autumn, fall, 2018, dessert Comments

#ad - pumpkin sheet cake with vanilla frosting and maple glaze (lactose free!)

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Oh hey friends! I am so so excited to be sharing this wonderfully simple pumpkin sheet cake with you today! It's completely no-fuss, and serves a crowd beautifully. The maple drizzle makes it look extra fancy, but it really is the easiest thing ever. I'd say that's a win win situation.

Living on a pumpkin farm means that I have an abundance of pumpkins at my disposal, and I always end up making cake a few times during the Fall season. There’s something about pumpkins that is so magical, and the fact that you can bake with them is so fun! A dash of cinnamon and allspice complement the pumpkin flavour so well, and we top the cake with fluffy vanilla frosting, and finish it off with the maple drizzle. Simple decadence at its best. What also makes this recipe unique, is that it’s lactose free! I have a few friends who can’t have lactose, and it’s so perfect to have a few recipes up my sleeve that they can enjoy. I used Dairyland Plus TruTaste Lactose Free 1% Milk in the cake, and it worked perfectly.

cake, dessert, foodKelsey SiemensOctober 5, 2018sheet cake, pumpkin, fall, 2018, autumn, cake, mapleComment

roasted strawberry cake with roasted strawberry frosting (and frosting flowers!)

Heyyyy!!! I'm trying something a bit outside my comfort zone! Piping flowers!!

I'm obsessed with Molly Yeh (WHO ISN'T?!!), and finally felt brave enough to try my hand at piping a few of my own flowers out of frosting. Honestly, it was easier than I thought, although it is time consuming! I love that there is really no risk here besides wasting your own time. Ha! And I'm obviously not scared of that! Now, I'm not offering a full flower tutorial here (yet!!), since I'm still such a newbie. But I watched a lot of youtube videos, practiced a lot, and just scraped the ones I didn't like back into the bowl of frosting. Win! Seriously, pipe a bunch onto parchment, and just redo them as you find a technique that works for you. The hardest part is keeping your frosting at the right consistency, so doing this on a super hot day is a no no unless you have A/C! (Or unless you're a late night baker like I am...haha!). If you're frosting starts losing shape, then simply pop it back in the fridge to firm up a bit.

cake, dessert, food, summerKelsey SiemensSeptember 11, 2018food, dessert, cake, cupcakes, strawberries, roasted strawberries Comment

strawberry rhubarb tart

Helloooo Summer tart! Sweet strawberries, tart rhubarb, and the butteriest short bread crust come together in a heavenly combo to make your tastebuds so so happy. It's a melt in your mouth crust with a sweet tart curd filling. Definitely recommend!

And yes, if it isn't 100% obvious by now, strawberry rhubarb continues to be my ultimate favourite flavour combo.

See this cheesecake, this ice cream, or this pie for proof.

dessert, food, tartKelsey SiemensAugust 21, 2018dessert, tart, strawberry rhubarb, strawberries, rhubarb, summer, shortbread, crustComment

peach blackberry pie

Say hello to your new favourite Summer pie! Peaches and blackberries are a match made in heaven. Sweet peaches are made even better by the pop of flavour that tart blackberries bring (I'm a huge fan of tart things!), and be sure to add a scoop of ice cream on top to really take this pie to the next level.

Now, social media is sometimes the worst....but sometimes it's the absolute best. I had followed Kristie from The Sweet and Simple Kitchen on instagram for a while now, and a couple weeks ago she messaged me asking to have a baking date! It was reminiscent of my very first insta-friend meet-up with my now good friend Amy, minus the sleepover that Amy and I had. Ha!

dessert, pie, foodKelsey SiemensAugust 11, 2018pie, dessert, peaches, peach, blackberry, berry, summer, pastry, latticeComment

roasted strawberry rhubarb ice cream

Can you tell that strawberry rhubarb is a big deal over here? Seriously one of the best flavour combos of all time, especially when they're roasted together to really bring out their flavours. Although I must say that I'm not a huge fan of roasting strawberries unless they're local ones....the California ones the grocery stores carry the rest of the year just aren't the same! Honestly they just taste like disappointment. Ha! Which is why I go a bit strawberry crazy for a very short period of time.

dessert, ice creamKelsey SiemensJuly 31, 2018roasted strawberries, roasted rhubarb, rhubarb, strawberries, summer, ice cream, dessertComment

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