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It may be snowing outside but inside I'm creating recipes for spring! This mini sponge cake was inspired by Flora the Goddeas of Flowers and was made with edible foraged blossoms ( yes even the roses were still blooming) - now all is frozen and blanketed in white. C'est la vie. #spring #spongecake #pansy #prinrose #viola #violet #springwillcome #flora #edibleflowers #forage Honouring & releasing the old and welcoming and opening to the new year and new decade. Heres to more peace & joy & possibility for us all. Blessings & Happy New Year! I've just finished making another Baba Yaga Honey Cake for New Years Eve. Sour cream filling (made with hawthorn & rosehip infused honey) is layered between slabs of spiced honey cake and topped with wild berry frosting, forest spices and rose sugar. So festive! Recipe is part of the winter holiday collection at Gather Victoria Patreon. #honey #delectable #wildfood #holidaybaking #honeycake #babayaga #fairytalefoods #foodmagic #wildfoodlove Minty and zesty, my Wintergreen Cocktail turned out magnificently. Its evergreen flavour reminds me of the pure freshness of a sunny winter day - making it an appropriate start for the new year & decade. Magically wintergreen clears out old negative energy, breaks hexes and invites in prosperity, luck, healing and good sexy juju. Now, who doesn’t need a little of that? Recipe is up for Gather Victoria Patrons now. #cocktails #newyearseve #magical #wintergreen #juniper #grandfir #wildcraft #gathervictoriapatreon Botanical cocktail ingredient No# 2. Infusing dried linden blossoms in simple sugar syrup, next will be adding lemon zest, splash of orange blossom extract & a pinch of cardamom. To be mixed with prosecco for a sparkly New Year Eve libation. #newyearseve #cocktail #linden #festive #botanical #prosecco #healingherbs #celebrate So I'm creating my botanical infusions & syrups for New Year Cocktails! First up a vodka infused with the clean sharp minty flavour of wintergreen (along with a few juniper berries and grand fir needles) which I’ll let sit for 24hrs. Tomorrow I’ll make a simple syrup infused with the same ingredients then combine the flavoured vodka with syrup, and add sparkling water or maybe prosecco - we’ll see! This small ground loving plant grows wild across northeastern Canada and the US - but I got mine from the local garden store where it looked so gleaming and festive with its evergreen foliage and round red berries I had to take one home! #cocktail #botanical #herbal #wintergreen #newyearseve #wildcraft This gluten-free golden cake (with a dash of spirit) is a Witches Cake baked on Epiphany Eve (Jan 5th) as an offering to “La Befana". According to legend, Befana is an old Italian witch who flies through the night delivering presents to children. And as they lie asleep in their beds, she comes down the chimney and puts gifts and candies in stockings hung by the fireplace. So just as we leave cookies for Santa, in Italy putting out special cakes and cookies out for La Befana is a centuries-old tradition! Find the recipe on gathervictoria.com (Also check out the video on IGTV for more info) #winterwitch #epiphany #glutenfree #holidayseason #cakesofinstagram #12daysofchristmas #yule #pagan #12thnight #folklore #italian #holidaycakes Super simple desserts for Christmas Eve. I always have plenty of grand-fir infused honey for the holidays as it adds such a festive touch to practically everything - like these Grand-Fir Possets. Just three ingredients, grand fir honey, grand fir infused cream, and lemon (and a little peppermint for the garnish!) but tastes sooo special. You could use spruce too. Recipe in the Gather Victoria ECookery Book (for Patrons). #grandfir #conifer #festive #dessert #wildfood #posset #yule #winter #merry #feast Merry Christmas To Y'all! Eat Well & Be Merry! xoxox Cranberry Apple Peppermint Honey Cake - an offering for The Mothers, a trio of female divinities honored across Europe on Christmas Eve - once known as Mother's Night. These were the ancestral mothers of the clans and the great mothers of the rivers, mountains and lands. Though traditions differed regionally, Mother’s Night revolved around leaving offerings, making prayers, giving thanks, topping a tree with a star or light, gift-giving, feasting and drinking. Plenty of magical fruit and honey cakes were blessed, offered and eaten - ensuring fecundity and fruitfulness in the coming New Year! Find the recipe on gathervictoria.com #Sacred #Divinefeminine #Mothers #Yule #ancestor #christmaseve  #holidaybaking #cranberry #peppermint #christmascake #pagansofinstagram #goddess #yuletide Check out my Baba Yaga Wild Spice Mix post on gathervictoria.com. It was over a month in the making because ever I since I called upon Baba Yaga to be my winter baking muse - I’ve had nothing but trouble. Which should have been no surprise, Baba Yaga is renowned for testing your mettle which will determine whether she will help you- or hinder you - according to her liking! #spice #yule #babayaga #wisewoman #cookie #gingerbread #forestspice #juniper #witch #mortalpestle #pagansofinstagram #wildfood #forage Juniper Berry is simply divine. For those who have never encountered the juniper berry, imagine the spicy exotic notes of eastern spices like nutmeg and allspice, and the scent of fresh-cut evergreen branches combined. Just the perfect spice for a buttery cookie. I tried three variations, and all had their virtues. The chocolate was deep, dark and delicious, the gingerbread spicy, but it was the simple butter base of the sugar cookie that allowed junipers unique enchanting flavour to truly shine. And the espresso juniper glaze was YUM. For recipe search Juniper Sugar Stars on gathervictoria.com - https://gathervictoria.com/2017/12/04/festive-conifer-cookies-aromatic-juniper-berry-sugar-stars/ #juniper #juniperberry #holidaycookie #festive #holidaybaking #sugarcookie #spice #sugar #divine #digestive

Blog Posts

  • Imbolc Lavender & Rosemary Seed Cake
  • La Befana Cake: Honouring The Old Witch of Winter
  • Dutch Puff Pancake with Lemon Curd & Primrose Cream
  • Rosemary Oat Bannock For Imbolc
  • Gather’s Guide For Celebrating The Midwinter Festival Of Lights
  • Imbolc & The Rites of Women: The Midwinter Festival of Lights
  • Doe, A Deer, A Female Reindeer: The Spirit of Mother Christmas
  • The Magical Herstory of Food
  • Lavender Tea Milk Punch: A Libation to Toast the Returning Light
  • Rosemary & Lavender Lemon Curd “Tassies”: Here Comes The Sun!
  • Infused Wassail Cider: A Recipe For Blessing The Earth (and Ourselves)
  • Winter Woodland Medicine: Delicious & Warming Tonic Syrups
  • Protectors Of The Earth: The Radical Legacy Of The Witch
  • Fudgey Burdock & Rose Brownie Cake
  • Feast of Light: Reviving the Magical Foods of Imbolc
  • Cranberry & Peppermint Honey Cake: Hail To The Mothers!
  • A Guide To Conifer Magic
  • Baba Yaga’s Wild Spiced Honey Cookies
  • Strawberry Tree Crumble Cake…The Magical Forgotten Fruit!
  • Cake For The Priestesses Of The Dead
  • Wild Mustard Tart w/ Potato & Gruyere Cheese (drizzled with Coastal Mugwort Honey)
  • Wild Cakes for Camossung: A Prayer For Restoring The Garden
  • Staghorn Sumac Sugar Fritters
  • Wood Sorrel Mini-Cream Tarts: Wild Food Treats
  • Chunky Rose Petal Pesto: Summer Savour
  • Rhubarb-Rose Pannacotta Squares: Keto Darlings!
  • The Goddess Feasts: The Magic of Gratitude, Pleasure and Plenty
  • Drinking in Spring Blossoms: Red Flowering Currant Elixir
  • Spring Cleaning! The Magical Besom
  • Foraging & Cooking with Ornamental Purple Plum Blossom: Spring Floral Confections!
  • Golden & Sunny Fornacalia Bread: Goddess Magic for The Feast of The Ovens
  • Dark Chocolate Cheesecake: An Offering For Hecate’s Night
  • Sticky Toffee Acorn Bundt Cake: A Prize Winning Recipe!
  • Crabapple & Rosemary Hand Pies: Ancestral Offerings
  • Dandelion Blossom Gnocchi: Golden Dumplings in Garlic Cream Sauce
  • Diana’s Apple Pear Cake w/Queen Anne Lace: Fit for a Goddess!
  • Mahonia & Lavender Oat Bars: Berry Delicious!
  • Fragrant Linden Blossom Sun Cake: A Magical Midsummer Treat
  • Celebrate The Magic of MidSummer with Fragrant Floral Extracts
  • Lilac Madeleine Cookies: Remembrance of Fragrances Past
  • Spellbinding Sweet Woodruff Cake: Prosperity Magic
  • Dandelion Root Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars: Gather Diary Sneak Peek
  • Lemon Balm & Juniper Berry Sugar Cookies: A Gather Diary Sneak Peek
  • The First Pizza? Great Goddess Herbed Cheese: Reviving The Spring Offering Of Moretum
  • Garlic Mustard & Olive Oil Bread Dip
  • Artemisia Moontime Elixir:  A Recipe For Dream Magic
  • Pinterest: Regressive Feminist Scourge or Virtual Woman’s Temple?
  • Purple Plum Blossom & Wild Violets: White Chocolate Truffles!
  • A Bounty of Spring Recipes: A Gathering Diary Preview!
  • Hot Cross Buns: Cakes for The Moon Goddess!
  • Primrose and Pansy Coconut-Oat Balls: Pretty & Good for You Too!
  • Celebrate Spring! The Ancient Magical Language of Eggs
  • Wild Spring Green Tabouli: Super Nutritious & Super Delicious
  • Cookbook Preview: Plum Blossom Honey Panna Cotta, Wild Spring Dumplings & Staghorn Sumac Jellie…
  • The Lost Superfoods of Spring: Wild Green Cuisine!
  • Dried Rose Extravaganza! A Gather Diary Sneak Peek
  • Nettle & Wild Onion Rice Balls: Savouring Spring!
  • Purify & Protect: Angelica, Sage, Rosemary & Bay Laurel Cordial
  • Crafting “Magic-Ceutical” Syrups: A Gather Diary Sneak Peek
  • Introducing my GATHERING DIARY
  • Tea & Bourbon Barmbrack: A Recipe to Encourage the Returning Sun
  • Finding A Way Towards Ethical & Sustainable Wildcrafting: Community Supported Foraging
  • Help Gather Serve You Better!
  • Pour some sugar on me: A candied flower tutorial
  • Wild Green Greek Pies: Savoury Spring!
  • On the Good Chip Urtica Dioica: A Nettle Crisp Recipe
  • Plum Blossom Chocolate Truffles: A Taste of Heaven
  • Wild Violet Ardor: Whipped Honey Butter
  • Spicy & Sweet Hawthorn Ketchup: Reviving a Traditional Recipe
  • Stewards or Profiteers: Selling The Wild
  • Queen of The May: Enchanting Hawthorn Blossom Cordial
  • The Why of Spring Nettle Pie
  • Woodland Shortbread: Evergreen Biscuits Three Ways
  • Citrusy Spruce Glazed Shortbread: Flavour Of The Forest
  • Aromatic & Spicy Juniper Berry Sugar Stars
  • Remembering The Deer Mother Of Winter Solstice
  • Ecofeminism & Ancestral Skills & The Reclamation of Food Magic
  • Deeply Nourishing Seasonal Medicine: Delectable Dandelion Root Treats!
  • The Magic of Conifers: A Video
  • Foraging & Cooking with Coastal Mugwort: A Salt, A Honey & Vinegar
  • Rowan Berry Kitchen Witchery: Two Recipes
  • “Soul Cakes” for an Old-Fashioned All Hallows Eve
  • Double Chocolate Curly Dock Seed Cake: A Healthy, Decadent Delight!
  • Wildcrafted “Boursin”: A Tangy, Garlicky, Yogurt Cheese
  • Wild Soda for the Autumn Equinox
  • Wild Green Custard & Chanterelle Tart
  • Lavender & Lovage Oatmeal Digestive Biscuits: A Calming & Relaxing Treat
  • Pineapple Weed Comfort Cookies: A Wildly Loving Treat
  • Herbalicious Lammas Loaf Biscuits: Celebrating The Tradition of Common Ground
  • Nettle Seed & Dandelion Blossom Bars: Superfood!
  • Calming, Cleansing And Rejuvenating Herbal Treats For Yoga (or just anytime!)
  • Woodland Shortbread: Evergreen Biscuits Three Ways
  • Grand Fir Dark Nougat: Winter Solstice Sweets
  • “Soul Cakes” for an Old-Fashioned All Hallows Eve
  • Chestnuts, Neruda & A Recipe For Crème de Marrons
  • Beautiful Venus Vinegar: Autumn Medicine & Magic
  • Cornucopia Magic: Invoking The Horn of Plenty
  • Boozy Preserves: Wildcrafted Berry Compote
  • Summer Heat: Nasturtium & Sumac Hot Sauce
  • Sweet Magic: Summer Solstice Honey Cookies
  • Wildcrafting the Shrub: Osoberry Delight
  • Dandelion & Calendula Breakfast Egg Cups: The Perfect Marriage of Health & Flavour
  • A Super Easy Old-Fashioned Creamy Dessert: Honey Lilac Posset (Or Rose, Elderflower, Lavender…)

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