A few weeks ago, I had an excuse to bake a celebratory cake. While searching for a suitable recipe, a small side note from the “About Angel Food Cakes” section in Joy of Cooking caught my eye: it suggested that to jazz up an angel food cake, to stuff it with lemon curd. The complementary [...]
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Angel Cake with Lemon Curd and Mascarpone Frosting
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Lemon, Uncategorized, tagged angel food, Cake, cream, frosting, Lemon, lemon curd, mascarpone, mother's day, whipping cream on May 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mini Molten Chocolate Cakes
Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, tagged Bailey's, Dessert, miniature, molten chocolate cakes on April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When visiting Ontario a few weeks ago, I visited my aunt and her partner in St. Catharines. Dan is a fabulous chef – and we feasted on a tasting menu of mushroom brie puff pastry, goat cheese and golden beat salad, hand stuffed lobster ravioli, out of this world lamb, and molten chocolate cakes. The [...]
Blueberry-lemon shortcake
Posted in Baking, Berries, Cake, Dessert, Lemon, Recipe, tagged Blueberries, Dessert, Lemon, Recipe, sponge cake, whipped cream on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Berry season is over, and there’s nothing quite like fresh, fully ripe berries that have been warmed in the sun. I’m posting this for memory’s sake, because I love blueberries, and as you’ve probably already figured out, I harvested a lot of them this summer (the heading photo for our blog is proof!). I love [...]
Peach Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Peaches, tagged fresh peaches, gingersnap crust, peach cheesecake on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sitelle and I have been negligent posting as of late. She has been off camping in Northern Ontario, while I moved back to Halifax to continue writing my thesis. Now that the boxes are unpacked, my kitchen is back in full working order, so I am ready to get busy in the kitchen! Two of [...]
Carrot Cake with Cream-Cheese Frosting
Posted in Baking, Cake, Cinnamon, Classic, Dessert, Uncategorized, tagged carrot cake, Coconut, cream-cheese frosting, decadent, pineapple, silverpalate, walnutes on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmother’s carrot cake is to die for. Moist and beautifully textured with nuts and coconut, it is unsurprising that our family often requests this cake for birthdays. I only discovered a few weeks ago that her secret is to follow Silverpalate‘s carrot cake recipe. Written by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, their recipes are classic, [...]
Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, tagged birthday, Cake, Chocolate, Peanut Butter on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am a well-known peanut butter lover (case in point: as I type this, I am munching away on a peanut butter cookie). So when my friend’s birthday rolled around, I volunteered to make a birthday cake. Flipping through an old Joy of Cooking, I came across a recipe for peanut butter cupcakes. Now, I [...]
Grandma’s coffee cake with a cinnamon nut crunch
Posted in Breakfast, Cake, Canadian Food, Nuts, tagged cinnamon pecan crunch, coffee cake on May 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For as long as I can remember, my family has always enjoyed coffee cake for Christmas and Easter brunch. We would eat it at our dining room table still warm from the oven, with bacon and a selection of my mother’s homemade jams. I spent my first ever Easter away from home this year, and [...]
Happy Belated National Pineapple Up-Side Down Cake Day [USA]
Posted in Baking, Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Recipe, tagged birthday, pineapple, Recipe, travel, upside down cake on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe I missed it. The perfect day to launch my own very first completely invented recipe. It was national pineapple up-side down cake day on April 20. What was I thinking? Honestly. I am eternally grateful to a pair of savvy radio commentators for reminding me before it was all too late. I [...]
Chocolate Banana Cake
Posted in Banana, Cake, Chocolate, tagged banana, Cake, Chocolate, ganache on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When I was in my second year of undergraduate, I volunteered in Toronto’s north end, reading with a grade 2 class. The students were over 90% first- or second- generation Canadians, and they found reading an incredible challenge. They taught me the virtues of patience and perseverance: it was magical to watch their literacy skills [...]
