I'm down with it.
Vanillaness. Up there among my favorite things, it's true.
The recipes were nice, though I think even the earliest baking time was a little too long for my oven.
Cane-sugar butter-roux icing. Keep beating it. Seven minutes.
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I'm feeling a touch of it myself. . .
Oh, that looks wonderful! Blueberries+blackberries+daisies=devine. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Kellie | August 03, 2011 at 09:00 AM
so pretty and yummie-ish too! love the tiny flags!
Posted by: april | August 03, 2011 at 09:02 AM
Ooo . . . love it . . looks so yummy!!
Posted by: wasabi honey bee | August 03, 2011 at 09:07 AM
It looks so yummy in all its simpleness. I'm not as brave as you to use the oven right now with all the heat settling in. :)
Posted by: Kar | August 03, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Yumminess! Have you tried getting an oven thermometer recently? They are cheap, my oven was running almost 200 degrees too hot, no wonder I had a horrible time baking! :)
If you'd like, I wanted to invite you over to share your best recipes at my new link party, Recipe Sharing Monday. I'd love for you to join in the fun :)
Posted by: Ali | August 03, 2011 at 09:09 AM
Wow, this sure looks deliciously yummy! :-)
Posted by: tinajo | August 03, 2011 at 09:14 AM
You do make the prettiest cakes!
Posted by: Julie | August 03, 2011 at 09:32 AM
It is so nice to see your pictures this large....they are even more beautiful at this size!
Posted by: rebekka | August 03, 2011 at 09:50 AM
Lovely! And every detail in harmony. Please tell... did you snowflake fold some parchment paper and use a small hole punch for the perfectly simple yet elegant cake paper?
Posted by: Marguerite | August 03, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Those little flags in the cake - are those your I surrender to cake flags?
Posted by: Amanda | August 03, 2011 at 10:17 AM
It's a thing of beauty.
Posted by: Tracy | August 03, 2011 at 10:21 AM
yummy. pretty. delicious. eye candy.
Posted by: sharon from farm and fru fru | August 03, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I am so hungry right now!!
Posted by: jennifer w. | August 03, 2011 at 11:07 AM
i love that all the photos are bigger now!
Posted by: rhiannon | August 03, 2011 at 11:16 AM
I've been keeping a vial of vanilla bean pods in my pantry for a couple of weeks. I think this might be the recipe to finally break open that pod and try it :) Thanks for the yummy pictures :)
Posted by: Christine | August 03, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Hi Alicia,
I'm wondering if you saw Susan Branch's post about quilts today: http://www.susanbranch.com/archives/1339
I thought of you when I read it...
Posted by: Yael | August 03, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Oh Alicia, won't you invite me as a dinner guest? This looks delishious and I just love the handmade creative touches. It's so nice to read about others enjoying baking and cooking from scratch and relishing the fruits of the season. I was raised this way, and I realize now how much it has influenced the grown up me. I hope to pass this gift to my two wee ones too. Thank you for the continuing stream of inspiration (and sometimes laughter too) on your blog!
Posted by: Marsha | August 03, 2011 at 12:01 PM
I love your little flags!
Posted by: Amy Kortuem | August 03, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Lovely! That's the epitome of Summer right there, Alicia!
Posted by: hayley l. | August 03, 2011 at 12:28 PM
looks pretty and delicious
perfect :o)
jooles x
Posted by: jooles | August 03, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Oh gosh, that looks good!
Posted by: melinda ke | August 03, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Only recently discovered your place here- what fun and how beautiful! Thank you!
Posted by: annamaria potamiti | August 03, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Really lovely. :)
Posted by: Lisa | August 03, 2011 at 12:45 PM
oh, yummy. love the flags!
Posted by: Perri G | August 03, 2011 at 01:04 PM
Ooh, look at you and your new wider center blog column :-) This is much better for making me very very hungry... Looks delicious!
Posted by: Lisa Clarke | August 03, 2011 at 01:21 PM