Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Monday, March 16, 2026
Monday, March 10, 2025
Monday, March 11, 2024
Monday, March 13, 2023
Green Velvet Cupcakes
I'm sharing a recipe for Green Velvet cupcakes today with some Irish Breakfast tea.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Irish Apple Raisin Scones and Shrimp Scampi
My St. Patrick's Day table is set and I've made us some delicious scones.
Monday, March 14, 2022
Monday, March 7, 2022
Irish Soda Scones
My home is decorated for St. Patrick's Day, and I'm serving some Irish Soda Scones.
Monday, March 8, 2021
Irish Apple Cake
In anticipation of St. Patrick's Day, I've prepared us an Irish Apple Cake that I've been wanting to make, that comes from Mary's blog Home Is Where The Boat Is. My quilt topper was made years ago, and it's fun to pull out for St. Paddy's Day. My new heart shaped cake stand is a birthday gift from my forever friend, Joy, who knows me so well.
My late beloved mom gave me these kissing leprechauns years ago. She always thought of my hubby and I.
This Johnson Brothers teacup called Roland is a beautiful vintage pattern.
This thrifted teapot was made in Cork County, Ireland, where my great grandmother, Hannah, was born.
Another memento is this pair of candle holders that my mom gave me, that belonged to my maternal grandmother. I love family treasures!
Let's have a cup of Irish Breakfast tea and a slice of cake together, shall we?
I had a birthday celebration with these two granddaughters and my son, Tim, and DIL, Julie.
I celebrated with the rest of my family, Molly and Eric, Kristen and Kevin, and the rest of my grandchildren, except for Connor, who's in the Marines.
Yield: 1- 9" springform cake or 1 -7" springform cake and 3 mini loaves
Irish Apple Cake
Ingredients
- Cake
- 2 large cooking apples, such as Granny Smith
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (the next time I'm going to add a little bit of cloves)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar (or same amount of granulated sugar processed in a food processor for 1 minute)
- 2 eggs (I use room temperature eggs or put the uncracked eggs into a bowl of warm-hot water for 5 minutes)
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- confectioners’ sugar for dusting
- Streusel:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (Mary's suggestion)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9- inch round springform pan with cooking spray.
- To make the streusel topping, sift flour and cinnamon into a bowl (I use a whisk instead of sifting) and cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in sugar and put aside.
- Peel, core, and thinly slice apples (I used my apple-peeler-correr-slicer). Set the apples aside.
- To make the cake, sift the flour into a bowl with the baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Place the butter and superfine sugar in a separate bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. I used my mixer for this. Gradually beat in eggs, adding a little flour mixture with the last addition of egg. Gently fold in half of the remaining flour mixture, then fold in the rest with the milk.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top (an off set spatula works great for this this batter). Cover with the sliced apples and sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the top. Bake for 1 hour or until browned and firm to the touch. Let cool in pan before removing the sides. Dust cake with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
- Best served warm from the oven or reheated in the microwave.
Notes:
Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream is a nice accompaniment.
I baked the mini loaves for 45 minutes and the 7" cake for 50 minutes.
Thank you for your visit! xo
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Monday, March 16, 2020
Pretzel Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day
Please join me for a cup of Irish Tea and some quick and easy shamrock pretzel treats. It's still a little chilly and damp here, so we will sit by the fire.
You can choose this Belleek teacup....
....or maybe you'd like this very old Johnson Bros Rolland teacup, which has Celtic knots?
My beloved mom gave this kissing leprechaun couple so many years ago.
My late beloved hubby posed by this knight in shining armor, when we were on our trip to Ireland in 2009, because he was my Knight!
I had the pleasure of keeping my two youngest granddaughters a week ago while my youngest son planted 146 shrubs/plants in his backyard. Even little Hayden wanted a cup of tea in her "yellow" cup.
Harper loves projects and here she is making our easy pretzel treats.
Didn't the shamrocks turn out so cute?? My friend, Joy, sent me a picture of these because she knows that I like to do fun things with my grands. Thanks, Joy! All you do is place the three pretzels and the stick pretzel together on parchment paper, place a Rolo in the center and put them in a 250 degree oven for 3-5 minutes. Mine did better with 5 minutes. When they come out, you place a green M&M in the middle and press to "glue" the pieces together. You can then stick the tray in the freezer to harden quickly.
Here is sweet Hayden.
Here is sweet Harper.
I hope all of you will have a Happy St. Patrick's Day, and remain healthy and happy in the midst of all that's going on in the world. Let's pray for an end to the coronavirus.
Monday, March 11, 2019
Irish Brown Bread
I made some bread over the weekend to remind me of my dream vacation to Ireland that my late beloved and I took back in September, 2009. Let's have a slice and some Irish tea, shall we?
Of course, we must use some Kerrygold butter on our bread. The teacup's design reminds me of Celtic knots. The little harp vase was gifted to me several years ago.
My County Cork, Ireland teapot was a $1.50 thrifty find, and I think of my Great Grandmother Hannah that was born in that county. Aren't my shamrock lights from the Dollar Tree a fun decor piece?
My scruffy leprechaun was sent to me by my sister several years ago. He has his pot of gold and a lucky bird by his side. Maybe he was out and about harvesting potatoes? My shamrock plant made it through the winter, a little unkempt, but will perk up soon.
Here are my mini loaves of Irish Brown Bread fresh from the oven. When I worked at Frito-Lay years ago, I would bring loaves of my homemade bread that is made from a starter to my co-workers, on a rotating basis. Sometimes I would send home a loaf to my friend, and co-worker, Cindy's mom, who dearly loved the bread. One Christmas, her mom bought me these darling loaf pans that I use so often. I always think of Cindy and her late mom whenever I use them.
Yield: 1 9 x 5" loaf, or 4 mini loaves
Irish Brown Bread
When my late beloved and I visited Ireland, the most delicious brown bread was served in tearooms, and restaurants. I've tried and tried to find the perfect recipe, and FINALLY stumbled upon The Barefoot Contessa's recipe. It is SO GOOD, full of hardy flavor, and has a moist texture. It took me back to memories of our dream vacation. I don't think I'll ever serve Irish Soda Bread again, after finding this recipe. I hope you try it!
ingredients:
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats (not instant), plus extra for sprinkling ( I used old fashioned oats and pulsed them in the food processor a bit)
- 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (I used light brown because that's what I had), lightly packed
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 (11- to 12-ounce) bottle Guinness extra stout beer, at room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk, shaken (I used 4 T. powdered buttermilk + 1 cup water )
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (I added the dry buttermilk powder at this point). In a separate bowl, whisk together the beer, buttermilk ( I added the water), melted butter, and vanilla. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour the wet ingredients into the well. Stir the batter from the middle of the bowl to the outside, until it's well mixed. It will look more like cake batter than bread dough.
- Brush a 9 x 5 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pan, or 4 mini loaf pans, with melted butter, or use a cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle the top with oats. Put the bread in the oven, immediately turn the temperature down to 400 degrees, and bake for 45 minutes, or 30 minutes for the mini loaves, until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn the bread out onto a baking rack and allow to cool completely. Slice and serve with salted butter. You will be in Irish heaven!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Monday, March 14, 2016
St. Patrick's Day Tea
Kathleen, from Cuisine Kathleen is having her annual St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl on Wednesday, March 16th, and it's always a lot of fun! This year I had the pleasure of receiving the special Traveling Shamrock Tablecloth from Sarah, at Hyacinths For The Soul, who had it last year. The Traveling Shamrock Tablecloth was started by Marigene @ In The Middle of Nowhere, who sent it to Kathleen @ Cuisine Kathleen, with the stipulation that it be passed on to another blogger for the following year. Kathleen passed it to Rett @ The Gazebo House , who sent it to Mary @ Home Is Where The Boat Is, who then sent it to Sarah @ Hyacinths For The Soul. It's always a surprise who receives it for the following year.
I'm using by Belleek teacup for tea and the pretty teapot that my daughter bought me years ago. The little Annalee leprechaun has joined us for some fun.
When my late beloved hubby and I visited Ireland back in September of 2009, we found my maiden name's shield of honor.
I love to do counted cross stitch and made a pillow for some St. Paddy's Day decor.
Can you join me for a simple tea of cheese and crackers, and some Irish Breakfast Tea? You can look at my journal of our trip, if you'd like. I found the shamrock shaped cheese at Costco. Isn't it pretty on the plate, that my daughter gave me. It matches the pitcher that she gave me, too. My mom gave me the darling kissing leprechaun couple, and also the shamrock shaped candle holder, that are so vintage.
We stayed in Cabra Castle, in Ireland, as part of our tour. Of course, I had to have a cup of tea in our room.
I always thought this was so cute of my hubby, when he stood by the Knight-in-Shining-Armor, since he was always my very own Knight. You'll never know how much I miss him.
I'll leave you with our photo book of our dream vacation to Ireland. The clovers were ones that I found while there and pressed into my Irish Blessings Journal.
Slainte'
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Cottage Pie
How about joining me for some Irish Cottage Pie at my kitchen table today? We'll even have some Irish tea, too.
My sweet lady vase, named Jade, has filled her hat with some gold mini daffodils from Trader Joe's. I made the big star quilt several years ago with some fun fabrics for St. Patrick's Day. A yummy candle in Irish Cream scent, from Yankee Candles, is gracing my table.
Isn't this a pretty teacup...such an old, vintage pattern from Johnson Brothers, named Rolland? It looks like a Celtic design, twirling around the saucer and the rim of the teacup.
Please stay and enjoy some Irish Cottage Pie, which I whipped up with some leftovers. Some people call this Shepherd's Pie, but it's my understanding that if you use lamb, it's Shepherd's Pie, and if using beef, then it's Cottage Pie. Here's how I made this easy, frugal version:
Irish Cottage Pie
Leftover Pot Roast, cut up in small pieces
Leftover gravy from the pot roast
1 can green beans, drained
Mashed Potatoes
Grated cheese
Mix the leftover pot roast, gravy and drained green beans together and pour into a greased baking dish. Top this mixture with your mashed potatoes. Bake in a 350 degree oven until nice and bubbly, about 25 minutes. Add some grated cheese on top and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
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