Category Archives: Baking

Blueberry Pie

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This Weekend we picked just shy of 18 pounds of really nice blueberries and that means many bags of blueberries went into the freezer for use though out the coming year. I saved out enough fresh ones for a pie. … Continue reading →

Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Raspberry Spice Cake 1 Cup Sugar 1/2 Cup of Butter 2 large eggs 1 tbsp. of molasses 1 cup whole milk (sheep in my case) 2 cups of raspberries (This will give a very moist cake, if you want … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Baking | Tagged Fresh Raspberries on the homestead, Raspberries in your garden, raspberry, Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe | 1 Comment

Pie Pastry Recipes

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is a old post from 2011 and I am bringing the whole post back as it such a good one. I should of course break each recipe down into its own post with its own photos. At the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Peach Pie, Pie dough, Pie Dough Recipes | 6 Comments

Chocolate Rhubarb Cake Recipe

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Chocolate Rhubarb Cake Recipe 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoons baking soda 1 cups sugar 1/4 cup, generously rounded, cocoa 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 cups finely diced fresh rhubarb 2 eggs 1/2 cup butter just melted … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking | Tagged cake recipes, Chocolate rhubarb cake, hot water cake recipe, rhubarb | 14 Comments

Sour Dough Nettle Bread

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is such a free form bread to me.. I had to write things down to make sure I could present this recipe in a format that other would get good results. I am assuming you know how to make … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Baking, Bread | Tagged 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Different ways to eat nettle greens, dried nettle, eating nettle, sour dough nettle bread | 7 Comments

Sticky Cinnamon Bun Recipe

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Cinnamon Buns are truly a amazing treat an they should be very much considered that as they are calorie heavy but they are amazing! I almost always make mine with bread dough but I find milk bread dough to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Bread | Tagged baking treats, cinnamn buns, cinnamon buns, Milk Bread recipe, sticky cinnamon buns | 1 Comment

12 Ways to Use Rhubarb with Recipes

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Spring is coming and that means the Rhubarb is up! I drooled over thekitchengardens post with her stunning photos, we may be the same zone but her garden weeks ahead of mine already. If you have somehow missed reading her … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Canning, Garden | Tagged 12 rhubarb recipes, Carrot Ginger rhubarb flowers Soup, Orange Rhubarb BBQ Sauce Recipe, Rhubarb Apple mint and Spruce Tip Crisp, Rhubarb Cake with Ginger, Rhubarb Crisp Recipe, Rhubarb Dumpling Recipe, Rhubarb Nettle Iced Tea Recipe, Rhubarb on a cloud pie recipe, Rhubarb Relish Recipe, Rhubarb Saskatoon Pie recipe, Spring Rhubarb, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie | 13 Comments

Chocolate Cake with a Marmalade Glaze Icing Recipe

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Sweet Orange Marmalade Glazed Chocolate Cake One Bowl Chocolate Cake Recipe (from my mom’s Red Cookbook) One cup Butter Two Cups of sugar 2 Large Eggs or 3 Med Eggs 1 cup of milk Mix all the wet together in … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking | Tagged chocolate cake, Glazing a hot Cake, Marmade Glaze Icing, Marmalade and Chocolate go together, One Bowl Chocolate Cake Recipe | 2 Comments

Some Days go as planned.. others.. not so much..

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

So I had a plan for the day and then it changed.. It happens.. I was to have a quiet relaxed day with a big old Chinese meal for supper.. It sounded nice when it was planned.. We did sleep … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Baking | Tagged First Pullet Egg, rolling with it, Spring Pullet Eggs, staying flexable | 10 Comments

Using your Canning Storage- Canned Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

It was requested that I make a Rhubarb Crisp for Christmas and I nodded yes, and then I started looking for frozen rhubarb.. and I looked and looked and shook my head.. how could we have used it all up.. … Continue reading →