Culinary Adventures with Camilla

A little marzipan-covered cake that I made for my mom's 70th birthday in October 2020 What a year this has been! Between the coronavirus pandemic and being sheltered in place since March to a tumultuous political arena and a ridiculous parade of celebrations that we missed, I am happy to have 2020 in the rear view mirror. But one of the bright spots of each month was waking up on the 20th day to see all of the cakes posted by my fellow Cake Slice Bakers. Being part of the group has definitely bolstered by cake baking skills. I still have a long way to go in terms of decorating, but I can bake a delicious cake almost every 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 ...

  Here we are the December edition of the Cake Slice Bakers. For 2020, we have been baking from  The New Way to Cake: Simple Recipes with Exceptional Flavor  by Benjamina Ebuehi.* I can't believe this year is almost over. I have really enjoyed this book and can't wait to see which book is selected for 2021. 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 a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail d...

Happy Sunday. Do you know what that means? It means that the #SundayFunday bloggers are sharing recipes today. It's low stress, just a great group of gals that I am happy to blog alongside. 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.   Today I am hosting and I gave the bloggers the prompt of making holiday cheese boards. Cheese boards are simple to put together but have a high wow factor. And they are undeniably one of the easiest appetizers you can assemble. You just need to offer a variety of colors, textures, and tastes. So, for today's #SundayFunday event, I invited the bloggers to join me in sharing recipes or tips for making holiday cheese boards.  I love the surprise details that might be phyllo-wrapped baked cheeses, pickle relishes, homemade crackers, spiced nuts, and more. I told the group that anything you would put o...

Here we are at the final Soup Saturday Swappers event of 2020. Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  started this event and, every month, I get a new array of soup recipes to put in my to-try pile. This month, Sue of Palatable Pastime  is hosting as we explore cabbage soups. She urged us to "Create a soup or stew using any type of cabbage and post with us on reveal day. All types of cabbage can be used: green, white, red, purple, savoy, napa, bok choy, choy sum, etc. You may also use fermented cabbages such as sauerkraut and/or kimchi if you so choose as your cabbage ingredient." Here's the line-up of cabbage soup recipes from the #SoupSwappers... Cabbage Roll Soup by Making Miracles Caldo Verde (Portuguese Cabbage Soup) by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Chicken and Rice Soup with Cabbage by Karen's Kitchen Stories Cream of Cabbage Soup by Pandemonium Noshery Oil & Gluten Free, Vegan Cabbage Soup by Sneha's Recipe Stuffed Cabba...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Résonance Wines  in conjunction with the  December 2020 Tied Houses  #Winophiles  event.  Complimentary wine was provided for this post  though no other compensation was received. This page may contain affiliate links. L.M. Archer is hosting the December French Winophiles event. You can read her invitation:  here . She also arranged for several bloggers in the group to receive samples. I received a bottle of 2017 Résonance Pinot Noir. More on that soon. In the meantime, these posts will go live before Saturday, December 19th. That morning, we will be live on Twitter if you would like to chat with us about  Oregon and Bourgogne Tied Houses. Join us at 8am Saturday, December 19th. Just follow the hashtag #Winophiles; we will also be using #RésonanceWines #DomaineDrouhinOregon for our sponsors. So be sure to add those to anything you tweet so we can see it! Wendy at A Day in the Life on the F...