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Category Archives: Desserts
Pumpkin – love baking it just the way it is – or pumpkin bread
It is the beginning of the season for pumpkins and for some reason ours are ripe already! So today baked them in the oven and are making pumpkin bread. A great recipe. We do not like allspice ( unless it … Continue reading
A delicious Salvadorean, Mexican, Bolivian and Argentinian treat! Enjoy!
Two of our Little Farm Staff, and four of our extended part time staff come from El Salvador. They introduced us to the most delicious of all treats – ALFAJORES~ You will love these – and they are not difficult … Continue reading
A grandson’s 9th birthday – By request I made two Star Wars Cakes – What a job! But worth it!
I think our nine year old grandson loved his cakes — what do you think? And here is the Darth Vader cake – with the little spears in it! And the Storm Trouper from Star Wars – with Darth Vader … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged birthday, brothers, cake, family, fun, Grandma, grandparents, grandsons, happiness, parties, togetherness
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Wonderful times on a friend’s yacht in the Caribbean celebrating our 47th Anniversary – a gift from them to the Committee of 200 Foundation
Due to the generosity of our wonderful Mexican friends we spent an idyllic four days on their yacht in the Caribbean – and to our great surprise we were presented with a glorious bouquet of flowers for our anniversary – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats
Tagged Fine Cuisine, Friends, Generosity of friends, gourmet cuisine, Mexico, The Committee of 200, yachting
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Birthday cake – a rainbow one – ended up making 12 individual layers – whew what a job! But lots of joy
Our grandson Jonah is very particular in his tastes and he requested a 7th birthday cake in the colors of the rainbow with blue frosting and M&Ms – so I made one – and then realised that it was not … Continue reading
Persimmons are so tasty any style! They are weighing down our trees right now – and we love them! And a super family photo
Persimmons are great in fruit salad, eaten on their own, in persimmon pudding or persimmon bread. Here is a great recipe – enjoy Persimmon Pudding Ingredients Ripe persimmons enough to make two cups of pulp 3 cups of milk 1.5 … Continue reading
Persimmon Bread – we have a huge crop this year so we make and freeze this to enjoy all year long
This is adapted from a James Beard Recipe. Higher amounts of sugar make the bread more moist. I left out the walnuts and the liquor since we prefer our bread without both. Persimmon Bread Little Farm Style Ingredients 3½ cups … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fruit, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, fruit, James Beard, Little farm, Persimmons, raisins, seasonal fruit, winter fruits
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Trifle – South African Little Farm Style – yum!
A dessert that is easy but fabulous is English Trifle. But our South African version with some Little Farm Additions is quite unique. So toss whatever recipe you have seen in the past and use this one! Note this is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Jams, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Amaretto cookies, Amaretto liquor, Birds Custard, BIscotti cookies, cooking with kids, cream, custard, English Trifle, Kiwis, Little farm trifle, Nuts grandma, South AFrican trifle, strawberries, sugar, Trifle, Whipping Cream
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Apple Mincemeat Crumble – a very English dessert
Apple and mincemeat crumble (4- 6) This is an English Recipe from my sister so I have kept the UK measurements and put the USA ones next to them. Ingredients: 500 g sliced cooking apples ( 1.1 lbs) 150 g … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged apples, butter, cooking with kids, crumble, English Desserts, flour, grandma cooking, lemon rind, Mincemeat, raisins, sugar
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I promised the grandkids that I would bake each of them a cake – what fun we had! Paw Patrol, Spiderman, Batman & Ninjas!
The Segil Bakeoff! A sugar high for about 3 days! WHOOPIE! You can see that much of the chocolate frosting missed the cake and went into little mouths. But that is what being at Grandma’s house is all about right?? … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Other wonderful treats, Raising Children, Snacks
Tagged Batman cakes, chocolate frosting, cooking, cooking with kids, cupcakes, family, Funfetti Frosting, grandchildren, Grandma, grandsons, love of family, Paw Patrol Cakes, Spiderman cakes, Thanksgiving, togetherness
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Its Banana Time at The Little Farm! YAY~
We grow our own bananas – and make banana bread. I have also adapted the recipe for banana bread to make papaya bread, and persimmon bread and banana date bread and more – and we do not like nuts in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family
Tagged banana bread, bananas, cooking with kids, family, fruit, Little farm, organic, produce
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Recipes for Ice Cream Cake – Carol’s best dessert – yum!
My good friend Carol makes a divine ice cream cake. It takes time which is the only little problem -but it is divine – and so – it is worth it! Enjoy! Carol’s Ice Cream Cake Ingredients: Oreo’s with cream inside – … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blog, Desserts
Tagged chocolate ice cream, delicious, desserts, Easy recipes, family, fun, ice cream, Ice cream cake, oreo with cream, oreos cookies, vanilla ice cream
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Making Dulce De Leche Cheesecake – yum! HIGH calorie but SOOO good!
This was absolutely delicious. Truly amazing. SOOO many calories ( about 450 a slice) but so worth it. For a special occasion to be sure. I used Keebler’s ready made Shortbread Pie Crust. Short cut to be sure – and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Desserts, Family, Leftovers, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking with kids, brown sugar, caramel, Cheesecake, closeness, cooking with kids, cream, cream cheese, Dulce De Leche, Dulce De Leche Cheesecake, family, Grandma, happiness, love, sugar, sweetened condensed milk
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Baking with my grandsons – we made a Rainbow Cake – from a Betty Crocker Recipe ( take you back a few years?)
My middle grandson Jonah loves baking. So that is what we do when he comes to visit. This cake – although a Christmas one – took his fancy and so we made it! We found the recipe on the Betty … Continue reading
Making fun with food! Individual pies for kids – cooking with kids
Individual Berry Pies You can make the filling ahead and refrigerate it for up to five days; bring it to room temperature before using. Serves 12 (serving size: 1 pie) Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged blueberries, cooking with kids, fun food, individual berry pies, pies, rasberries
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Slow cooker heaven – have you made desserts in one? YUMMY!
Here is a summer slow cooker recipe. For dessert. Its so delicious – enjoy! Slow Cooker Caramel pie INGREDIENTS 2(14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk 1graham cracker crust (9 inch) 1(8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 1(1 1/2 ounce) English toffee-flavored … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged caramel, cooking with kids, crockpot, desserts, Grandma, slow cooker
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Sleepover and Cupcakes – great combination for grandkids!
The first time all four boys slept over – in the same room! So much fun! Of course baking is always part of the fun – and tasting the cupcake mixture too! Jumping into our bed in the morning (early……) … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, cooking with kids, cupcakes, family, Fathers Day, grandkids, Grandma, Sleepover, summer
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Slow Cooker Heaven – try this one! It is fast and easy – especially when cooking with kids
This is a good dish to serve with chicken or even as a dessert! I like it less spicy as an accompaniment and more spicy as dessert. Cabbage Pear Apple Slow Cooker Casserole Ingredients: 2 lbs red cabbage, shredded finely 4 large onions, peeled … Continue reading
Blueberry Jam
It is that season again – and our Little Farm is bursting with blueberries. There is nothing as tasty as picking and eating them right from the bush. We are completely organic and it is amazing to taste the flavor … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Gluten Free, Jams, Little farm products, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged blueberries, blueberry jam, fruit, Grandma, healthy, Little farm, organic
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Passion fruit pudding – extra yum!
Another passion fruit recipe – pudding this time! Try it – its easy! Passion Fruit Pudding Ingredients: 1 box (3 ounces) vanilla instant pudding 2 cup of milk ( we use 2%) 1 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged buttermilk, passion fruit, pound cake, self rising flour, tips
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