No, sadly it’s not passed down from my family. Lots of Swedish tea rings and Russian wedding cakes from them but nothing pagan. Plus I’m not the most accomplished baker… I’m learning and trying so the only thing I can bake to perfection is French Bread. 
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I have an herbed bread recipe for Lughnasdah & a white bread recipe from… either my birth mother or my grandmother 
I actually had to mail copies of a few of my grandmother’s recipes & mine to my father. So 1 of them I had to find the original to give him.
I can cook & bake, but depending on what I’m baking I really have to read through it a couple of times first then go step by step or I will either miss something & do something before I’m supposed to 
Especially cheesecakes 
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I hear you about making sure you read the recipe a few times! I’ve forgotten salt in things a couple of times. I make my dinners from scratch 5-6 nights a week but I am a cook and not a chef. I can follow a recipe like a champ, but can not wing it or create something on my own.
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I’m definitely more of a cook than a chef. I usually have to call my brother for things. Oddly enough, before he went into law enforcement & then the Army for totally nothing culinary related… He actually went to a trade high school for culinary arts & aced it. 
Now he likes to cook so I guess thats good & can create things from what is at his house, but none of his career has anything to do with culinary arts
Give me a recipe & I’ll nail it even if I tweak it (as long as it’s not something baked) but if I have to come up with something… I turn it over to my husband or I’m on the phone with my brother if he’s available
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Honey, cinnamon and nutmeg- these must taste (and smell) amazing! 
And the cupcake tin idea is a great way to make serving-sized cakes- great for taking as snacks on the go 
This is awesome, @Artemisia- thank you for sharing such a tasty Sabbat recipe! 
Whoa- that’s neat! I’ve seen the AI art tools, but I don’t know much about the AI chat bot. Does it help you write anything, or is it mostly for recipes? Either way it sounds really interesting! 
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Ooh, this sounds delicious! I wasn’t sure that we would bake anything today as I hadn’t found a recipe I loved yet, but this might be what pushes me to do it. Thank you for sharing!
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Wow. These sound great!
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Made it this morning and had it for breakfast! It was delicious! I’ve never made a honey cake before so I wasn’t sure what we’d think of it but my daughter and I loved it. Only changed a the amount of the powdered sugar (less just because I like it not as sweet) but everything else stayed the same.
So good!
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Yum! It looks so good!
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It is an amazing tool, it can help write recipes, stories, and explain difficult concepts. Plus you can give it feedback to modify the results, like say you are allergic to nutmeg, you tell it and ask it to find a recipe without it. I’ve spent many an hour down that rabbit hole of having it help me write spells, witch jar recipes, chants, stories, and more.
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It was my first time making a honey cake and loved this recipe with the modification for cupcakes. The frosting was perfect! Really enjoyed baking these today.
This recipe is going into my book
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Look yummy, so glad you enjoyed it!
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I can’t have milk so I make ‘buttermilk’ with lactose free yougurt and water. It works really well.
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I have always wanted to try honey cake. Thanks for the inspiration and recipe!
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You are making me drool @Aurora_Hestia and @Artemisia- that cake and those cupcakes look amazing! 
Whoa- that’s amazing! Technology is advancing much faster than I can keep up with haha- these things keep catching me by surprise
May I ask if there is a specific site or program you like to use? I know the AI Art programs have new ones coming out every day it seems, but I wouldn’t know where to start with trying the AI chat. It’d be interesting to play around with (and maybe try to write some recipes too!) 
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Milk and vinegar
Adding vinegar to milk gives it an acidity similar to that of buttermilk. You can use various kinds of vinegar, such as apple cider or white vinegar (White Vinegar: Ingredients, Uses and Benefits), but the latter has a more neutral flavor.
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Ah! Thank you @Garnet! I love all of these helpful tips for making buttermilk! I do have vinegar too! I use it for cleaning, cleansing, natural repellents, and in recipes… so many uses for Vinegar!
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I haven’t found one that I like for the phone. They are more limited and I’m not 100% I trust the apps to be good stewards of private information. I tend to use one online - chatGPT. As so today, it is a free tool to use but I have the feeling that eventually, it will move to a subscription or fee-based service. Maybe that’s why I’ve been spending so much time playing with it now, enjoying it while the free aspect lasts.
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This is how I make vegan buttermilk with almond milk 
it has the same effect!
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It does seem like that’s how things go- if I remember correctly, some of the Art AI programs did the same. Seems like a good plan to enjoy and learn about the tool now, while it’s available to the public! 
Thank you for the recommendation- I’ll check it out! And thanks again for sharing your amazing recipe too 
Lots of love and many blessings!
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