blackberry buttermilk cake

i made the most delicious cake.  it is a blackberry buttermilk cake.  my neighbor knows how much i love berries and she brought me an article from bon appetit with some lovely recipes.  i chose this one because we'd just received another 3 pints of the most amazing blackberries from our csa.

don't these look delicious? 

 

it said to wait until it was totally cool to eat... i did not wait.

this upside down blackberry cake is perfect with blackberries, butter, and sugar!

dusted with some powdered sugar.... perfection!

 hope you are eating something delicious as well!

have you seen 'delish'?

are you a magazine lover?  i am!  but now the best magazine around is online and is free! (so they don't pile up on the nightstand, coffee table, or any other horizontal area in the house... not that this happens in our house... )

it is a quarterly publication, and i wait for it soooo impatiently.  checking my link on a regular basis to see if the new issue is out yet.  and the summer issue came out just recently!  it is called delish and you can find it here:

enjoy... i know you will!

julie

handbags & frozen yogurt

on saturday, my daughter and i spent the day together.  it is always a great day when she is around!  we were able to get quite a few things done.  first we purchased fabric for some handbags we were going to make.  then she worked on an art lesson she will be teaching on monday while i whipped up some blackberry frozen yogurt made from our fresh blackberries.  while that was churning, we started working on our handbags.  we made the abby tote.  and they turned out soooo cute.  and they are reversible, too!

anna's (for a gift)...

mine (for a friend)...

and the blackberry frozen yogurt turned out, well, yummy!

i think there is still some in the freezer... gotta go...

blueberry heaven

one of my most favorite foods are blueberries.  i just love them!  i especially love a bowl of frozen blueberries on a hot summer day.  ahhhhh!  there is just nothing better.  trust me.

so, in preparation for my addiction, my husband and i went blueberry picking with his mom and her husband in wild, wonderful west virginia.  the farm is blueberry hill and is located just south of beckley.  they have 14-15 acres of blueberries.  10,000+ blueberry bushes!  the folks who run the place are so nice and friendly.  if you have a chance to go pick your own blueberries, definitely do it!  it's a great family activity.

we picked 25 pounds of blueberries!  and by the way... blueberries picked straight from the farm are WAY better than any of those ole stinkin' blueberries you get at the store! 

oh, and we are going to another farm closer to home tomorrow morning (in thornville, oh).  i would take another 25 pounds.  i need enough to get me through the winter!