Making a childhood dream come true...a giant "Reese's" Cup

This is a giant "Reese's" cup...

This is what making a childhood dream come true can look...

This was a challenge that I was worried I might fail...

This involved making a mold by cutting and forming aluminum cake pans...

Sometimes life...or you know a co-worker...throws you a challenge.  Sometimes we bring those challenges on ourselves by let's say...

...making our self wake up before the sunrises, because we know catching a shot like this will make it worth it.

Dipping my toe into the flavors of fall...Carrot Pumpkin Cupcakes

Have you ever felt behind on life?  Like your weekends have been crazy, and between work during the week, and life there has not been enough time to even really play catch up?  Don't get my wrong, I do this to myself, I over commit, get overwhelmed and sometimes just need a week off.  I have been baking though, just not blogging.  Sometimes I don't feel like I have much to say, so I need to take it back to the basics.  Back to the food.  Over the past couple of weeks there has been...

A vegetable tart with vegetables straight from the Farmer's Market.



Cake...Lemon cake with a vanilla wafer layer in the center.  Served with home made lemon ice cream.