Lemon Berry Bread with Pecan Streusel Topping

One of the things that I served on my Easter brunch table was a Lemon Berry Quickbread with a Pecan Streusel Topping.  My gluten-eating BIL had such high praise for it, that I thought I should share it on my blog.

I had baked this a week ahead, froze it, pulled it out to thaw the night before, and warmed it up for the brunch table.  I started by whisking together 2/3 cups brown rice flour, 2/3 cup sorghum flour, 2/3 cup coconut flour, 1/2 cup Tapioca Flour, 1/2 cup potato starch, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 2 tsps baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt.

In my stand mixer, I beat together 1 stick of melted butter and 1/3 cup turbinado sugar.

I beat in 2 eggs one at a time, then added 1 cup almond milk and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.

I added the dry ingredients and beat them together until the batter was smooth.

I folded in 1 tablespoon of lemon zest and 1 cup frozen mixed berries.  I had originally planned on making this a lemon blueberry bread, but it turned out that I didn't have the blueberries in my freezer so I went with mixed berries.  Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.  My loaf pan is silicone, but use what you have.  Top with 1/2 cup pecans, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup sweet rice flour, and 1 tbsp butter pulsed in your mini chopper.  Dot the top with 1 tbsp butter.

Bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.

Let cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool further.  This bread is especially good served warm.

Thanks for popping in and baking with me. I'm linking up to Balancing Beauty with Bedlam's Tasty Tuesdays,  All the Small Stuff's Tuesdays at the Table, and Gluten-Free Homemaker's Gluten-Free Wednesdays.

Sunburst Silverware Clock

Hope everyone had a nice Easter/Passover/weekend.  It was a fantastic weekend of both friends and family, and after the last guest left I took a great big nap.  Coffee & chocolate can only take you so far.  I had had big plans to pre-write some posts to launch this weekend while I ran around for the last 3 days, but it just never happened.  I'll be playing catchup with responding to e-mails and comments tomorrow morning.  I had a couple of guests ask how I make duck without it being greasy, so I plan on posting that sometime this week as well as a recipe for a streusel topped lemon berry quickbread that my BIL really enjoyed.  But for now, I'm sharing this Sunburst Silverware Clock that I made last week in between all the baking and prep for Easter.

Remember that big box of silverware my MIL gave me back in February?

I had such a good time going through it.  I picked out a couple of monogrammed spoons to go on my new picture ledges.

Some of the pieces, like cake servers and grapefruit spoons, went into my kitchen drawers.  There were a large number of knives and forks from one pattern, but oddly enough only 3 spoons from that pattern.  I loved the look of them and didn't know what to do with them until I saw this Sunburst Mirror that Flamingo Toes shared at Blue Cricket Designs.  Gorgeous, right?

I didn't need a mirror in my dining room as I had just framed up the needlepoint seat covers for over the sideboard, but I could use a clock in the room.  I had this clock with grape leaves surrounding it that I had bought a decade ago when I was doing a tuscan thing.  It seemed ripe for a redo.

I took it apart, removed the grape vine exterior ring, and painted the remaining rim silver.

I grabbed 10 knives and 10 forks from the box.  They were heavily tarnished.

I gave them a vigorous rubdown with some Rokeach Silver Polish and, not wanting to have to polish the silver while on the wall, several coats of Minwax Spray Lacquer.  I only bothered polishing and spraying the fronts of the silverware.

I arranged the silverware on the back of the clock using a large frame and whatever was handy to keep the silver supported around the clock.

I mixed together small batches of J-B Weld epoxy.  I was afraid to use the hot glue that Flamingo Toes used in her tutorial, because the silver was so heavy.  The epoxy holds really well.

I glued the silverware to the clock, moving, gluing, and placing, each piece before moving onto the next to keep the spacing even.

I love how it turned out and think it's such a fun piece for my dining room wall.

Thanks for popping in and DIYing with me.  I'm linking up to Between Naps on the Porch's Metamorphosis Monday and Centsational Girl's Paint Party.