Julia's Home Baking and Rustic Cooking

06/02/2017

A new culinary project currently in the works! Estimated debut: September 2017!

05/15/2017

Champagne cake, lemon icing inside, champagne icing outside. Serves 30+

12/26/2016

Anjou Pear and Frangipane tart for my lovely Christmas Eve!

11/24/2016

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Apple pie with PA Granny Smiths and Honeycrisps!

11/06/2016

RAWWRRR! (

10/19/2016

Hey y'all! BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
I have decided that from now until January 8th 2017 all proceeds from EVERY order will go to help a dear friend of mine embark on her 2nd missions trip with her church.
{ THIS IS MY FIRST FUNDRAISER! }
She will be heading to Costa Rica for a week to help build another safe house for victims of human trafficking. So essentially, help me help her to help others!
Check out the blog below for more information. You can also choose to donate to her fund directly through the site attached.

She herself has also decided that all proceeds of photo shoots booked with her from now until then will go to her fund as well. Need family photos? Just for fun? Engagement? Check out A. Laura Photography to book.

God Bless,
Xoxo
Julia

https://gtaog.managedmissions.com/MyTrip/alexandramarshall2

We are strategically partnering again with the Perez family in Costa Rica as they continue to work with the Rehab Foundation to build a remote Safe House Restoration Center for victims of human trafficking. Our Global Team in January of 2016 was able to see this fantastic ministry and were stirred t...

10/11/2016

Has such a busy week last week and still managed to pull off a cake before I left town for the weekend. Supplied the flowers and cake, then turned my aunt into sous cake decorator to make sure those flowers would still be super fresh for her friend's 50th birthday party.

Vanilla cake with maple buttercream inside. Vanilla buttercream outside. Sunflowers, orange spray roses, soliage, rosemary, and some really interesting wooden accents.
Serves 15+

10/02/2016

I want to thank my beautiful friends for allowing me to give them a special gift on their big day! Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Bottom tier: double dark chocolate cake and chocolate icing.

Top: dark chocolate cake with peanut butter icing.

Covered in vanilla buttercream.

08/07/2016

Blackberry Lemon & Blueberry French Toast Cupcakes! ☀️

08/03/2016

Remember that that was all over Facebook? Well, tonight I made it. Spaghetti Squash Chicken Parm! /// Just because I love cooking and being creative doesn't always mean I am original. Sometimes I like to put things to the test. Is the Tasty video as easy as the 30 second clip succession shows it to be? I would say yes! I took a few extra steps to "make it mine". When I realized I didn't have a can of crushed tomatoes in the house ( I'm officially a jarred sauce snob...I WILL NEVER!) I took the extra steps to grab tomatoes from my garden that my grandfather lovingly tends everyday....roasted them in the oven with garlic and olive oil, then blended them after they had some good color on them. { Over Achiever Status: Level 5,000} THEN... I also decided my cast iron skillet needed to be tested in // THINGS FRIED// and fried up my chicken breasts. Duh....no pasta = a little wiggle room to cheat. LESSON LEARNED: After you roast the squash halves upside down for about 30-40 mins at 400• turn them over, use a fork and pull all the pretty spaghetti-like flesh....then return to the oven for another 10 mins! This will eliminate the liquid you see all over my plate! I am far from perfect, even when it comes to cooking and baking 😜 SOOO, I'll take this note, commit it to memory, and give it a go again in the future. Remember, just get in the kitchen and try. Chances are no matter what you do, you'll still have something edible at the end.

Love,
J

07/30/2016

Double dark chocolate cake
Dark chocolate buttercream

Sheet cake serves 40+

07/17/2016

Summer at the cabin!
My uncles home grown beans and beets put to good use!

Thyme roasted beets drizzled with raw honey topped with Gorgonzola cheese.

Beans simply dressed in brown butter, salt, and lemon juice

Salmon with whole grain mustard, dill, and lemon, foil wrapped and cooked over the campfire.

Capped the night with fresh peaches drizzled with honey and brown sugar over the fire as well. Ate them before I could snap a pic! SO. GOOD.

You can never "mess up food". You burn, you learn. Get out there and put Summer's bounty on the plate!