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October 27, 2024
Analog Dreams
Hello, happy Sunday! I hope you’re well. Personally, I’m enjoying the dropping temperatures and the feeling that this year will soon be over. My current anthem is “This Year” by The Mountain Goats, and it feels true: I will make it through this year if it kills me. I’m ready for colder temperatures and socially acceptable hibernation.
Can I share one of my most vivid fantasies with y’all? We’re friends, right?
Let It Be Sunday, 489!
Hello, happy Sunday! I hope you’re well. Personally, I’m enjoying the dropping temperatures and the feeling that this year will soon be over. My current anthem is “This Year” by The Mountain Goats, and it feels true: I will make it through this year if it kills me. I’m ready for colder temperatures and socially acceptable hibernation.
Can I share one of my most vivid fantasies with y’all? We’re friends, right?
October 24, 2024
A Classic Pineapple Upside Down Cake with a Secret Ingredient
Let’s put a playful spin on pineapple upside down cake with a surprising secret ingredient that makes each bite extra moist and tender—Duke’s Mayo! Don’t worry; you won’t taste it, but it brings a bakery-quality richness that’ll keep everyone guessing.
Friends, I’d tell you to buckle up, but you know how we do around here. You know we like to sneak mayonnaise into our best cake recipes (see: Classic Hummingbird Cake made with Duke’s Mayo).
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October 20, 2024
The Pile-on
Hi, friends, and good Sunday to you.
Can I be honest with y’all? Struggling is not the word I would use to describe life at the moment. I know everyone is feeling it but my goodness – it feels like I’m already on the ground, and can you please stop kicking me?? If you read poetry, Kate J. Baer describes the chaotic throes of life pretty well, in case you need a literary outlet.
Let It Be Sunday, 488!
Hi, friends, and good Sunday to you.
Can I be honest with y’all? Struggling is not the word I would use to describe life at the moment. I know everyone is feeling it but my goodness – it feels like I’m already on the ground, and can you please stop kicking me?? If you read poetry, Kate J. Baer describes the chaotic throes of life pretty well, in case you need a literary outlet.
October 18, 2024
Brown Butter Pumpkin Texas Sheet Cake
Get ready for Pumpkin Texas Sheet Cake—the fall twist you didn’t know you needed. It’s the classic chocolate sheet cake we love in Texas, with a cozy brown butter and pumpkin spice twist. Trust me, your sheet pan is ready for this!
If you’re in the Wilson family, you know that Texas Sheet Cake is basically a non-negotiable at every family gathering. Birthdays, church gatherings, holidays—if we’re together, there’s this chocolate cake.
Continue reading Brown Butter Pumpkin Texas Sheet Cake at Joy the Baker.
October 13, 2024
Land’s End is Self Care
Good morning, friends! This week is the Austin County Fair, and let me tell you—small-town Texas is truly where my heart is. The boots, the rodeo, the parade—it’s such a fun way to usher in the change of seasons. Between that and the fact that Thanksgiving is right around the corner (seriously, if we blink, it’ll be here tomorrow), I’m trying to soak up the moment while also prepping my house for a full-family visit.
Let It Be Sunday, 487!
Good morning, friends! This week is the Austin County Fair, and let me tell you—small-town Texas is truly where my heart is. The boots, the rodeo, the parade—it’s such a fun way to usher in the change of seasons. Between that and the fact that Thanksgiving is right around the corner (seriously, if we blink, it’ll be here tomorrow), I’m trying to soak up the moment while also prepping my house for a full-family visit.
October 10, 2024
October-Coded Must-Make Recipes
October is that awkward in-between season, isn’t it? The calendar says fall, but Texas is still serving up swimming pool weather. (I’ve probably just jinxed us—watch the temperature drop as soon as I post this.) Even so, my kitchen is starting to shift into cozy mode, and these are the recipes I’m leaning into right now. Maybe you’re ready to embrace pumpkin everything (cut to me making my own pumpkin coffee creamer) or just need some comfort food – these dishes are giving all the fall feels, even if we’re still wearing or Birkenstocks (without socks).
Continue reading October-Coded Must-Make Recipes at Joy the Baker.
October 6, 2024
Will Things Ever Just Be Precedented?
Friends, hi good morning and a very chill Sunday to you!
I was walking Graham this morning (sidenote: October is National Adopt a Dog month so if you’re on the fence… you know what to do) and thought back to 2020 when we all classified the times were were living in as UNPRECEDENTED. Remember that word? I think we wore it out and yet, my word, it’s still all very very unprecedented, right?
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