Hello Friends,
This will be quick as I am off to see Iris shortly. But, I wanted to share with you all that I did make the French Apple Cake. Oh my! I highly suggest that everyone make this.
I did not have the rum the recipe calls for so I doubled the vanilla as the recipe suggests. YUMMY! You can find the link to the recipe on Kat's blog.
Next up, more blooms: more on the apple tree and then I noticed honeysuckle blooming again at the side of our property.
The big surprise though was that a hawk landed in our apple tree for a bit! Then it flew off only to come back to our property through our woods. We could hear him calling (Fletch says trying to scare up something - a mouse? a mole? - I think he scared everything off!). Fletch is pretty sure it is a Cooper's hawk - striped tail and slightly smaller than other hawks. Whatever it was, it was gorgeous.
Okay, time to dry my hair and get dressed and have more coffee! Have a wonderful Thursday.
Enjoy that apple cake and I hope you have a good day with Iris, too!
ReplyDeleteI love apple cake. I haven't made it yet this year but I need to. I used to bake it in the crockpot during the pandemic when I had no kitchen because of the interrupted re-model. It worked surprisingly well.
ReplyDeleteOh that cake looks yummy! It's always exciting to see a hawk in the yard!
ReplyDeleteHow delicious looking!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't going to make the cake because I don't have rum -- totally missed that could double the vanilla! I think I'm going to make apple cider donuts this weekend, but perhaps we'll do apple cake next weekend. It's certainly a good time of the year for apples!
ReplyDeleteOh Vera! That looks delicious! (and I have never put rum in... but it is really amazing with a dollop of apple brandy... just saying!) Have an amazing weekend! XO
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