Happy New Year! May 2018 bring you health, wealth and happiness. Thank you, dear readers, for joining me here at Capturing the Seasons. I look forward to sharing my many coming adventures with you. Several years ago before Christmas, I was browsing through the delicatessen of a fancy department store when a man with a […]
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Blackberry Crumb Cake
Every year I more or less patiently wait for the blackberry season to start. I get excited when the first berries begin to ripen and then suddenly the whole bush explodes. This year I it hasn’t been easy keeping up with the berries. I made several jars of jam, next came a huge portion of […]
Plate to Plate: Apple Cake
This month’s Plate to Plate showcases another sweet recipe: Apple Cake. Jillian picked this month’s challenge and decided on an apple cake from the Gourmet Traveller. I was excited as apples are now in season and my husband loves a good apple cake. I was worried when I rolled out the dough that I hadn’t […]
Plum Crumble Cake
When I was a little girl, we lived in a house with a large plum tree. I remember it bursting into a million tiny white flowers in spring. In summer we could eat as many to our heart’s content. My sister and I loved the tree. Well, we hated having to pick up the rotten […]
Strawberry Shortcake
Waiting for strawberries is so hard. They are the first fruit after the winter citrus and every year it seems like it takes forever until the first ones ripen in the garden. Once the end of May/beginning of June rolls around, I start looking for the little red berries. I refuse to buy any that […]
Cheesecake with Rhubarb Compote
Every year once the tulips start blooming, we sit and watch our rhubarb plants grow. It seems like they grow overnight because before we know it, they are huge. Once the lilacs start blooming, we know it won’t be long until we can harvest the first stalks. Now that I’ve finally come to enjoy rhubarb […]