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My all time favorite! My Magical Forest Floor “Tea Cake”. This Lemon Balm Cake with Vanilla Bean Buttercream is the perfect dessert if you love tea or are drawn to flavors like Matcha! It’s bright, fresh, and sweet. The cake itself is a buttermilk pound cake. It is not overly sweet and pairs lovely with tea. The icing is a creamy version of traditional buttercream. The vanilla beans add a lovely depth to the sweetness that brings it all together. The cake is decorated with foraged grape hyacinths, chamomile & phlox. I made hand sculpted marzipan mushrooms in a very violet theme! The top of the cake is decorated with green colored cake crumbs to give the look of a mossy forest floor! Want the recipe? Just Swipe! Use roughly ground lemon balm for a similar color/texture as mine! #birthdaycake #lemonbalm #foragersofinstagram #cakesofinstagram #fungiphotography #fungiart #bakersgonnabake #faeriemagazine #wildfoodlove #fairycore #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking #f52community #cherrybombe #cakedesign #herbalacademy #fantasticfungi

Sugar cookies, but make them seed packets! 🌷This was by far one of the most tedious and difficult things I’ve ever made, BUT I loved every minute of it! I’ve had this idea on my list of “things to do” for over a year! For them to finally “be here” is just the best thing ever! I love hearing them shake! I’ll be posting a reel shortly of them! Swipe for the recipe for rolled sugar cookies with royal icing!🪴❤️ #cookieart #cookiedecorating #seedpackets #feedfeed #f52community #cookierecipe #cottagecoreaesthetic #thehappygardeninglife #buzzfeedfood #nytcooking #gardenersofinstagram #flowermagic #faeriemagazine

Gingerbread Wildwood Cake with marzipan mushrooms and cake crumb moss. My birthday is in less than a month! I am currently dreaming up what my cake will look like this year. I’m positive I’ll never be able to top this one I made last year. I hand sculpted each mushroom and used a muted palette reminiscent of natures perfect tones. The pink oysters feel very girly to me which was just what I was wanting. People often ask me where I find my inspiration. I find it in the most unassuming places. My inspiration for this cake was a sweet little box that held my grandmothers childhood watch. It’s white tufted outside with a pink velvet inside. It holds her little gold watch still. I’m a firm believer that if you cover anything you love in mushrooms you’ll love it even more! 🤣 Swipe for recipe! #birthdaycake #gingerbread #cakesofinstagram #fallrecipes #bakersgonnabake #faeriemagazine #wildfoodlove #fairycore #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking #f52community #cherrybombe #cakedesign #fantasticfungi #magnolia #goblincore #cakedecorating

Seed Packet Sugar Cookies 🌷If you’re a gardener then you know that amazing sound seed packets make! It’s like they’re filled with magic! I love hearing them shake! Want to make your own? The recipe for the sugar cookie dough as well as the royal icing is up on my latest static post! You’ll know it when ya see it! 🪴❤️ #cookieart #cookiedecorating #seedpackets #feedfeed #f52community #cookierecipe #cottagecoreaesthetic #thehappygardeninglife #buzzfeedfood #nytcooking #gardenersofinstagram #flowermagic #faeriemagazine

Marinated Shiitake & Gruyere Galette with Cornmeal Crust. Swipe to see how to make your very own! Please note.. you can use any mushroom you'd like in this galette! Whatever you can get your hands on at your local grocer! #galette #gruyere #shiitake #f52community #nytcooking #wildfoodlove #bakersgonnabake #tasteofthesouthmagazine #fungiart #fungus #shiitakerecipes #foragersofinstagram

This Strawberry Tart is one of my easiest recipes yet! It’s my GIANT take on everyone’s favorite breakfast tart! It’s full of fresh strawberries and homemade (or store bought) strawberry jam. Then I covered it with a strawberries and cream icing. It’s so simply delicious that It might just convert you to homemade! The official “Pop Tarts” are actually made just a few miles from my home! I’ve even toured the factory! Want the recipe? Just swipe! #strawberry #pastry #poptart #breakfastrecipes #easyrecipes #strawberryrecipes #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking #f52farmstand #f52community #bhgfood #tasteofthesouth #gardenersofinstagram #thebakefeed #magnoliatable

Tomorrow is National Pie Day and I “mush” ask you a question! 🍄😏 Do you think this pie is prettier baked or unbaked? This pie is inspired completely by one of @hello.shannon illustrations. This whimsical pie has a double crust, hand painted mushrooms, flowers, and butterflies! The filling is Strawberry and Meyer Lemon. #piesofinstagram #pieart #strawberrypie #faeriemagazine #fanstasticfungi #feedfeed #bakersofinstagram #bakersgonnabake #f52community #mycology #wildfoodlove #nytcooking #magnolia #botanicalillustration #bombesquad

I had the pleasure of developing and photographing this recipe for this Blood Orange & Rosemary upside down cake for @growforagecookferment . The recipe is easy to make with simple, whole ingredients. The blood oranges add a bright effervescence. The rosemary grounds the whole thing. Want the recipe? Head over to @growforagecookferment blog! ❤️🧡✨ #bloodorange #upsidedowncake #feedfeed #f52community #rosemary #cakesofinstagram #herbalacademy #faeriecore #faeriemagazine #orangerecipe #cakedecorating

Nana’s Potato Soup - When I think of my Nana & Papaw I think of their little red house that raised me. They yellow kitchen with white metal cabinets. I think of the pecan pies papaw would bake and set out of the “back porch” (laundry room) to cool. I think of cream of wheat with more butter than I dare say. AND I think of Nana’s Potato Soup. It’s simple and went with any season. You could make it thick and hearty in the winter and more thin and refreshing in the summer. The toppings are absolutely endless. She preferred oyster crackers, but I like green onions, bacon, and cheese. Want the recipe? Just swipe till you see it! 💛 #potatosoup #grandmothersrecipe #comfortfood #whatsfordinner #soup #souprecipe #f52byyou #potatoes #nytcooking #feedfeed #f52community #soupofinstagram #magnolia

Dreaming of the garden today. I’m making my final seed selections, too. See normally I would already have the seeds because shortly they need to be started indoors. However, this year I’m taking an entirely different route. I’m direct sowing only. 😳😳😳 if it’s something I can’t direct sow then I’ll be supporting local organic greenhouses and hobby farms. This is a first for me and I feel slightly vulnerable, but I feel led to try something new! We will also have less veggies and more flowers. I know I know. We had so many last year I haven’t even made it through a quarter of what we put away. 🤣 Tell me your garden plans this year! Also, enjoy this recipe for Chocolate Dirt Cupcakes! 🪴 Did you think they were real flowers? Well, technically they are but the dirt is delicious chocolate with a lovely chocolate buttercream! This is my take on dirt pudding! These were SO much fun to make and eat!! Make sure to only ever use safe edible flowers/herbs from your garden that you know haven’t been sprayed! Want the recipe? Just swipe! #chocolatecupcakes #edibleflowers #eattheflowers #faeriemagazine #flowermagazine #feedfeedbaking #f52community #feedfeed #thehappygardeninglife #cakedecorating

The cake that started it all! My very first mushroom cake. This “Enchanted Forest” Chocolate & Coffee Cake will forever hold a special place in my heart 🌞🌝🍄✨ The mushrooms were made using marzipan. I hand painted each to resemble their real life counterparts. The moss is simply cake crumbs. The cake is dark chocolate with a chocolate buttercream sculpted to look like tree bark. Swipe for the recipe! It’s also up on my website under “Recipes”! 🥰✨ #chocolatecake #faeriecore #goblincore #caketopia #cakesofinstagram #feedfeed #f52grams #enchantedliving #faeriemagazine #fantasticfungi #jadeitejunkie

Hibiscus Lime Bars! 🌺A super simple recipe that comes together quickly. They’re a fresh take on lemon/lime bars we all know and love. Hibiscus has been long regarded for its benefits. These benefits include improving liver health, decrease in cardiac issues, lowered blood pressure, reduced anxiety, lowered LDL cholesterol, and cold & flu prevention. Now, eating a whole plate of these bars isn’t going to make your health any better. However, I highly suggest you do your research on Hibiscus and how you can incorporate it in to your diet more often! Like in desserts, drinks, supplements, and teas! 🌺 Follow along for more Hibiscus wonder throughout the day and join us this month through our hashtags and at @plantwondercollective #plantwondercollective #pwchibiscus Meet the participants! @plantwondercollective @florasfeastbotanicals @mamalibelula @wineberryadventurescouts @theherbologyfaerie @herbalpiratealchemy @growingupherbal @lafemmeflorale @mustloveherbs @subourbonfarms @a.farm.to.keep @moonbyrdie @frolicandfare Plant Wonder Collective: Connecting you to nature through food, drink, play, garden, medicine, magic and art. #hibiscus #lime #lemonbars #dessert #healthydesserts #dessertrecipes #herbalacademy #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking #f52community #bakersgonnabake #garden #gardenfresh #wildfoodlove #apothecary