nurturing hope, creativity, family
I wanted to wish a friend Happy Birthday last week and a lavender lemon cake sounded summery and fresh. I used a mini bundt pan for a small cake. Once I’d baked it, however, I wanted to make the presentation whimsical and fun.
I made a little banner to hang across the cake. I think it did the trick. Who wouldn’t love to get a cake with it’s own birthday banner?
Whatever you’re doing today, make it a happy day!
Jennifer
Every year I try to do some fun little thing with food as part of our celebration. Check out my post here about what we did this year at the beach.
Jennifer
A friend shared this recipe a few weeks ago and I can’t count how often we’ve made these smoothies since. They’re easy to make and so refreshing!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups ice cubes 2 cups chopped watermelon 1 pint strawberries 1/3 cup sugar juice of half a lemon 1 cup water Place ingredients in blender and mix until smooth. My son started adding 1 tablespoon lavender to the mix as well and it’s actually quite good.
Served in my favorite juice glasses for the 4th of July makes them even better. (Glasses from IKEA on clearance last year) 
I hope you’ll try these refreshing summer smoothies!
Jennifer