Trout Lily Cafe

Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
Photo by Carla Wells

Yellow Trout Lily is an early spring blooming wildflower native to Wisconsin. It grows to a height of five to ten inches and has nodding yellow flowers. Each flower is an inch wide and has six backward curving tepals (3 pedals and 3 similar sepals).The plant has mottled foliage that resembles the markings of a brook trout. The leaves are eight inches long, elliptical, pointed, and basal. It thrives in shady woodlands with moist, well-drained, and organically rich soils, typically under deciduous trees.

La Befana Cake: Honouring The Old Witch of Winter Inspired by the many Italian cakes baked on Epiphany Eve as offerings to “La Befana”, this fruity golden cake (with a dash of spirit) is a Witches Cake. According to legend, Befana is an old witch …