Happy Tuesday, dear friends.
Did you know that today is National Carrot Cake Day? Oh yum! What I wouldn't give to have a large slice of carrot cake dripping with cream cheese icing right now. Hee! Hee! Last year , I shared my Carrot Cake recipe which I always prepare for Easter. It is a family favorite.
Of all my cake pans, the carrot cake always seems to bake the best in my Nanny's old Bundt pan; I believe it is a magical cake pan blessed by my Nanny. 🤗
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I have many fond memories of her baking Lemon Bundt cakes using this pan. Her icing was always homemade and lip smacking good. I have yet to find her recipe, but I will continue the search through her recipe collection.
Do you have a family favorite cake recipe?
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| From the Graphic Fairy |
Today is "Tiny Tuesday " stitching day for me. My dear friend, Christina on Instagram started this years ago, and I have stitched teeny pieces ever since. Hi, Christina! 😘❤
I will begin my March Tiny House. But first let me show you February's "Tiny Love House".
Tiny Love House is a little pink House surrounded by hearts- so simple, but so cute- well at least in my eyes.
Tiny Love House has the same border as my January's "Tiny Winter's Day House. "
My goal is to stitch 12 houses. They will all have the same border in the same color which is DMC 898. All of my "tiny houses" will be finished the same with a bit of fabric and lace. I shared a finishing tutorial in my January 13th post along with the Tiny Winter Day House.
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| Supplies gathered for finishing |
If you are interested in stitching this piece, just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends.
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Hopefully by the year's end, I will have a dough bowl full of teeny, tiny, seasonal houses- that's the goal at least.
Well, I better pick up my needle and thread and get to work. Do you have any special projects in the works today?
Remember to take a little time for yourself and do something that you love . You deserve it! 🤗
Warm Winter Wishes and lots of hugs and ...
Happy Stitching and Quilting,
y'all
Melisa
"A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built of love and dreams. "- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤
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I popped in to get the chart for the January Little House - yes, I'm already behind. LOL Lo and behold you've posted the February Little House and it's adorable. Guess what I'll be stitching tomorrow after I do a few chores. Seriously, they are both wonderful, beautiful, cute, adorable, etc. Take good care! Hugs, DarleneJ
ReplyDeleteI am currently stitching your latest Winter Saltbox design and told myself NOT to start with these little houses, but you make it soo difficult for me !!
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day !
Love your tiny houses and admire your creativity. My favoriete cakes are orangecake and applicatie. Have a wonderfull day!
ReplyDeleteYour tiny love house is absolutely adorable 🩷❤️ Thanks for the pattern. K from NY
ReplyDeleteOur family has never been big on cake though I do love a good cake. Now, brownies.....YUM! Your Tiny houses are so cute - "if you create them, we will come" LOL! I'm hoping to stitch them all together and make them a wall hanging - 3 across 4 down. Similar to your seasonal stamps. May I? Blessings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little house! Did I miss you coming back home, or are you still camping? Your Nanny's Bundt pan looks wonderful, I bet her cakes were so good. Mom always made yellow cake with chocolate frosting for my birthday, so that is my sentimental favorite. The best cake I ever had (other than Mom's) was Southern Living's Chocolate Velvet Cake with Butter Pecan frosting. A preacher's wife made it for a church luncheon in 2005, and it was insanely good. You can see I'm still thinking about it 20 years later!
ReplyDeleteOh Melisa, this is adorable!! Thanks so much for this Tiny Love House! Have a great week and stay safe. Hugs, B
ReplyDeletePS: My Mama always made Lemon Supreme Pound Cakes for my dad. He loved them. They were good, but my favorite she made was at Christmas when she would make a fresh coconut cake and a Lane Cake. I had no idea (and maybe she didn't add liquor?? but when I looked up the recipe this is what I found: "Lane cake is a traditional Southern dessert featuring white cake layers with a rich, bourbon-spiked filling of raisins, pecans, and coconut, topped with a fluffy frosting, and is the official state dessert of Alabama." I just remember it was good!
DeleteThat carrot cake recipe looks so yummy...[my Grand-mere's specialty was pies--all kinds--her crust was sooo flakey and delicious. These days I buy Pillsbury as my crusts never seem to come out right!! I think her secret was lard for shortening..??? But I digress--again ] Anyway--she made a wonderful apple cake that I really loved. Like apple pie in cake form--yummeee..
ReplyDeleteHugs, Julierose
What a darling tiny house, Melisa!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta tu casita ❤️ ¡qué lindo detalle!
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Very cute little house. That's going to be such a fun series this year. The family favorite cake in my family is chocolate Coke A Cola cake with cocoa flavored icing. It's My Girl's favorite birthday cake.
ReplyDeletegood morning Kate.
Deleteyour chocolate coke a cola cake sounds awesome. do you mind sharing the recipe? i love carrot cake, but my husband is a true chocolate cake lover thru and thru.
thank you so much.
have a wonderful, blessed day.
Debra Broyles
I can't resist carrot cake!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorites, although at home chocolate cake is king!
I'm loving this beautiful collection of little houses.
Hugs
A carrot cake sounds wonderful! I'll have to find a recipe to make one. Your tiny house is adorable, Melisa. A bowl full of these is a cute idea.
ReplyDeletegood morning lovely Melisa.
ReplyDeletei have missed you so. i am so happy you are back. i have been watching your travels and longing to be with you experiencing the great United States of America. we have the best country with so much to explore. so much history. i love our country. i would omit the day you had your encounter with the cactus bush, however. no thank you. i don't want any prickly things any where near me. ugh!!!
thank you so much for the tiny houses cross stitch patterns. i have printed the houses and the finishing instruction. i am going to have such cute, cute, cute little house pillows everywhere in the house. why not? quilts are everywhere why not add to the chaos of my crafty things.
thanks again for the carrot cake recipe. i have printed two. one in my forever stack of recipes and one in my husband's "different way to make beans" stack of recipes. i'll be sure to find it when needed. i am going to the market today and i am going to pickup the ingredients to make the cake. i cannot wait. um um good.
i hope you had a marvelous time exploring with Mr. Pinker in the great out of doors. wowza!!! i am so jealous that i can't get out and go travelling. some day perhaps. i can always dream though. dreams are almost like reality. it's what you dream about that counts. right?
have a wonderful, blessed day sweet lady.
blessings and love are coming your way. i hope the family is doing awesome. how are the grandbabies doing with school being back in session after the Christmas break? isn't your grandson about ready to go to middle school? time sure does fly!!!
hugs beautiful lady.
Debra Broyles
Dear Melisa--love the tiny houses and am glad to see Februarys is out--my little blue house is lonely--but soon will have a Friend!!! If you are where you can read blogsites--I posted one on Sunday and showed how I am going to display my tiny houses!! Just hung up last years embroidery--and somehow I had missed this years embroidery designs--yesterday I got both of them printed off--now to decide how to make them!!! My favorite birthday cake my Mom always made me was a German Chocolate cake with the coconut-pecan topping--all homemade--and one of my other favorite cakes is Boston Cream pie cake--when I had an oven and baked my favorite one to bake was Never Fail chocolate cake--you just put all the ingredients in a bowl--mixed it all up and put in a cake pan and baked it!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell--where you are--stay safe and warm--my goodness--here mid Florida we had the last couple nights get down to 26 degrees--unheard of here--I am so cold!!! Hugs, di
Carrot Cake definitely does sound yummy - I didn't know there was a special day for it! Really, it sounds good all year. My family's favorite cake is a chocolate sheet cake - now I'm craving that, too! Your tiny house is adorable - what a fun stitch!
ReplyDeleteTIny Love House is adorable as is everything else you share. Carrot Cake is a favourite here too and who doesn't love the idea of cake being good for you...all the carrots I mean. Thank you for sharing your sweet patterns with us, Melisa.
ReplyDeleteThe Little lady with the sled of chickens, is that available? That is the sweetest and cutest Lil thing, sooo very sweet. I enjoy your blog so much, you make beautiful things, you're so kind to share, thankyou so much.
ReplyDeleteThere is a link to the pattern on “A Chilly Parade of Winter Stitches 2025” post which is listed above under “Other Posts That Might Strike Your Fancy”.
DeleteI remember that Carrot cake because I made it. Absolutely Yum! I have an old recipe of a grandma type lady that babysat me when I was a little girl that has become a go to recipe often. It is a fresh apple cake with a hard sauce drizzled over it. The newest Tiny house for this Valentine month is so sweet and so perfect. Thank you, dear Melisa.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness what an adorable house!! Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI love most kinds of cake, but chocolate is my absolute favorite. Carrot cake is a favorite for Easter. Last year I made your recipe and it was delicious - I plan to make it again this year. The tiny houses are fabulous - I love both and can't wait to stitch them. Currently, I am stitching Snowflakes, Sledding, and Chickens; it is such a cute design. Thanks for sharing your designs. Have a great week. Alicia
ReplyDeleteThat tiny house is just the cutest yet! How you come up with those extra special designs is pure genius!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
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