I guess I’m in a little bit of a baking rut. I haven’t felt motivated to try any new recipes, other than what Claire posts every Thursday on her show. I know summer fruit season is coming soon, so hopefully I’ll feel a bit more excited about being in the kitchen again. While I wait......
Long ago, in a galaxy far away (i.e. pre-COVID Fall 2019) we had an auction at work to raise money for the foundation where I work. I contributed two things: a custom 8″ celebration cake and two dozen custom cupcakes. My co-worker who had the winning bid for the cupcakes was so excited to order......
I started brainstorming for a Valentine’s Day Treat Box as soon as Christmas was over. I loved my Christmas boxes so much, so I wanted to do a version with various heart shaped/pink/red treats to spread a little love. I’ve always loved baking for Valentine’s Day, because there’s none of the pressure or urgency of......
Even though I declared last year that my Champagne & Cookies party had come to an end, I found myself missing it this year. I guess that’s the difference between making a decision yourself versus having a global pandemic make it for you. Normally I would have spent the month of November in cookie brainstorming......
As if I would let a pandemic stop me from making myself a birthday cake! I look forward to this all year, and I didn’t care that I had nowhere to bring the leftovers. I also knew exactly what I wanted to make myself this year. I was a little bit burnt out on layer......
I’m really excited to finally put this recipe in the spotlight today! This is the chocolate cake recipe that I’ve been using exclusively for at least the last five years, and it’s definitely time to document it and elevate it to MY FAVOURITE status. There are two primary reasons why this is the best and most......
My toughest customer, Francis Levi, turns 4 today, and this year he asked for a “scary but cute purple T-Rex cake with rainbow surprises inside”. Copy that! As always, Nicole and I first did some Google image searches to see what we could find for inspiration. 99.9% of the cakes that show up are insane......
Today we’re celebrating the end of an era: it’s the last recipe in Baked Sunday Mornings! This has been a 10 year journey through four cookbooks, and has been a joy and light in my life. It’s meant so much to me to find this community of bakers who like to nerd out just as......
[Note: I made this cake/wrote this post back in February, pre-quarantine times] Our Baked Sunday Mornings assignment for this week was a Flourless Chocolate Cake. Now, I’m pro-flour and pro-gluten, so I don’t have much need for this in my life, but I was still excited to make it for my co-worker for her birthday.......
How have I owned the first Baked Cookbook for over 10 years without ever making this recipe? S’mores are one of my favourite things on earth, so I’m not quite sure how this oversight occurred. Well, maybe two small reasons: 1) there’s no photo of these in the book 2) it calls for peanuts, which......