Musings of a wife and mother, born and raised in Hawaii. Far away from home now, but creating and discovering bits of sunshine and paradise in everyday life.
Posts tagged "vanilla"
Sweet Potato Gingerbread Girls with Vanilla Bean Linen Aprons

Sweet Potato Gingerbread Girls with Vanilla Bean Linen Aprons

Sugar and spice and all things nice include sweet potatoes too, and rows and rows of these sweet girls. I used mashed sweet potatoes to take place of part of the fat in these gingerbread cookies, and to give them some added nutrition. Both the orange fleshed and the yellow fleshed sweet potatoes may be...
Vanilla Almond Spongecakes

Vanilla Almond Spongecakes

I’ve been tinkering around in the kitchen again, and made these sweet little sponge cakes. The fragrance of vanilla bean paste and almonds swirled delightfully in the air.   I had been admiring another one of Quill’s drawings she made for me this past Mother’s Day. She told me that when she was drawing this,...
Time for some Maple Vanilla Sweet Potatoes

Time for some Maple Vanilla Sweet Potatoes

I first made my Maple Vanilla Sweet Potatoes last year, and stuffed them into roasted mini pumpkins. Fall seems to be the perfect time of year to make these. They’re so easy to pipe into custard cups if you don’t want to mess with the mini pumpkins. I’m thinking they’d be even easier just spooned into one...