An Autumn Tea For One

A little tea and a treat to celebrate this wonderful new season!

An oolong, some flowers from my garden in a tiny Lenox vase, and Frosted Pumpkin Cranberry Bars (recipe at the end of the post).

An English Haddon Arthur Wood teapot found in an estate sale.

A bone china Paragon tea cup found in a Hospice Shop.  The chrysanthemums are perfect for a little Autumn Tea for one.

Frosted Pumpkin Cranberry Bars

Recipe Below

Sweet thick linen tablecloth made by a long ago needlewoman and found at an antiques store.  Such lovely work!

Just click on the recipe to enlarge and copy it to your computer.  Enjoy!

Yummy Cake

I was so pleased to be asked to make my godchild Jordan's 11 birthday cake recently. She asked for a white cake with cream cheese icing and fruit. I used vanilla and almond flavorings in the batter for the cake and a jar of seedless raspberry spreadable fruit as the filling. I made a large batch of cream cheese frosting flavored with more vanilla and almond extracts. The frosting is easy and delicious.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 whole 8 oz. pkg. reg. cream cheese, softened

1 and 3/4 boxes 10X confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)

small amount of milk

1 teaspoon each vanilla and almond extracts

Beat sugar into softened cheese, adding a little milk (1 teaspoon at a time) until just shy of desired consistency. Beat in extracts and more milk (if needed) for spreading.

My mother requested an orange and strawberry cake for her 80th birthday. I substitued the grated peel of a navel orange for the almond flavoring (but left in the vanilla). It tasted like a Dreamcicle (orange/vanilla popcicle). It made me happy to make my mother happy!