Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Last year I saw a post from one of my favorite bloggers - Wendy at  A Day in the Life on the Farm  - and I realized that they've been having a muffin party for years without me. LOL. I emailed the host, Stacy of  Food Lust People Love  and got the scoop: "...last Monday of the month and no themes. We've been baking together since August 2015! Only one rule, you must use the muffin method (folding wet ingredients with dry - no creaming butter and sugar, etc.) to bake muffins."  I wasn't very good about joining in this year, but this month, I couldn't resist. This is the December #MuffinMonday line-up... Blueberry Orange Muffins from Food Lust People Love Chocolate Clementine Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm Cranberry Apple Muffins from Zesty South Indian Kitchen Cranberry Gingerbread Muffins from Jolene's Recipe Journal Egg Nog Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories Samosa Muffins from Magical Ingredients 'Tis the Season Muffin...

Here we are the November 2021 edition of the Cake Slice Bakers. For 2021; we are baking from  Little Everyday Cakes: 50+ Perfectly Proportioned Confections to Enjoy Any Day of the Week  by Candace Floyd.  I can't believe that we're already almost through the year. In many ways 2020 dragged on as the shelter-in-place orders continued month after month; on the other hand, it was a completely blur because there weren't milestones to mark the passage of time. In this group, we are given a selection of three cake recipes. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes! Follow our  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Pinterest   pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes....

If you have been following my blog recently, you'll know that I am making my way through a series of books by Laura Bradbury. The third book in the line-up is My Grape Christmas. * In this book, Laura and Franck are back in Burgundy to celebrate the Christmas holidays with his family. This book included more French wine, lavish holiday meals, and some drama as Franck's mother seems determined for Franck to reunite with his French ex-girlfriend. As as jetlag and constant motion collide, Laura drinks a lot of coffee. I smiled when I read this... "The espresso was quickly served to me in a tiny ceramic cup with 'Illy' emblazoned on the side—the name of a well-known Italian espresso company that I’d seen used in bars and cafés all over France" (pg. 2). Seeing that always make my little espresso-loving heart sing, too. I found this at a hot dog stand in Pacific Grove and was so excited! It's been a favorite brand of mine since before I lived in Italy.          ...

Today the Sunday Funday group is writing about and sharing ginger recipes. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group. This week, Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds is hosting. Here's the line-up... Chukku Malli Kashayam (Dry Ginger tea) by Sizzling Tastebuds Ginger & Lemongrass Tea by Mayuri's Jikoni Ginger Snaps by Amy's Cooking Adventures Ginger Spiced Pickled Figs by Palatable Pastime Green Masala Potato & Egg Curry by Sneha's Recipe Ground Beef Stir Fry by A Day in the Life on the Farm Homemade Ginger Ale by Food Lust People Love Hot and Sour Soup with Pork by Karen's Kitchen Stories Mrs. Coughran's Southern Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce by Culinary Adventures with Camilla I love ginger. Fresh ginger, dried ginger, candied ginger. It all adds a beautiful flavor and spice to wha...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Quail & Olive . Complimentary product was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. I have been making this upside-down pear gingerbread cake for years! Probably seventeen years. But this is the first time they asked if I could stack them. And add some cream cheese frosting. Ummm...okay. I only had mascarpone in my fridge, so I used that. This cake is made moist with the addition of olive oil and sour cream. For this version, I opted to use the  Taggiasca Olive Oil   from The Quail & Olive*. The Taggiasca olive comes, originally, from the Liguria region of Italy. That was an area I never visited in the thirteen months I lived in Italy; I will have to remedy that  if  when the world ever opens back up. But it was the hint of spice in the oil - cinnamon really - that made me think of adding it to a gingerbread cake. And I polishe...

Earlier in the year I saw a post from one of my favorite bloggers - Wendy at  A Day in the Life on the Farm  - and I realized that they've been having a muffin party for years without me. LOL. I emailed the host, Stacy of  Food Lust People Love  and got the scoop: "...last Monday of the month and no themes. We've been baking together since August 2015! Only one rule, you must use the muffin method (folding wet ingredients with dry - no creaming butter and sugar, etc.) to bake muffins." I've been happily joining in for months now. This month is the penultimate Muffin Monday of 2020! Here's the muffin line-up... Banana Nutella Muffins  from A Day in the Life on the Farm Cranberry Orange Muffins  from Karen's Kitchen Stories Dutch Apple Pie Muffins  from Making Miracles Olive Oil Gingerbread Muffins from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Sourdough Gingerbread Muffins  from Zesty South Indian Kitchen Sugarplum Muffins  from Palatable Pastime ...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Quail & Olive . Complimentary product was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. Colder weather and upcoming holidays always puts me in a baking frame of mind. And I had just picked up a mini bundt pan at  The Quail & Olive *, so I wanted to think of something to bake in that. My first thought for holiday cakes is always gingerbread!   Seriously, I love gingerbread in every form. You might say I'm slightly obsessed with that flavor profile. My Gingerbread Obsession I am not joking when I say that I have gingerbread obsession. Really. Gingerbread is a family favorite and we love exploring different kinds of gingerbread cookies. We've made Danish  Honningkagehjerter  and Mexican  Puerquitos  (Gingerbread Pigs); I have created a  Speculaas  recipe that's similar to what I remember from the Netherlands...it...