My baking soulmate (Danielle) and I get a good laugh out of our friends/family/customer cake requests. So many orders for plain vanilla or chocolate cakes. Even when we share a bunch of fun ideas, they still come back to just wanting the classics. I guess they’re classics for a reason though. Today’s cake is a......
I love cornbread and don’t make it nearly enough. I have a go-to recipe (that I should actually elevate to My Favourite status here), and I tried Alison Roman’s version at some point during the pandemic. Both of those recipes are the style that I like: plain. Claire’s recipe for Loaded Cornbread is pretty much......
I had a day off last week, so I thought it would be a fun project to tackle Claire’s Walnut Maple Sticky Buns. While I’ve made Cinnamon Buns a couple of times over the years, I’ve never made Sticky Buns. I just don’t gravitate towards treats with nuts in them, so this isn’t really something......
It was a pretty quiet month here, but I did have a very important cake to work on, and an extra special delivery to make. Here’s more: I think I mentioned in another monthly recap that I’m making a wedding cake this August! It was the bride-to-be’s birthday this month, so I thought the timing......
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......
I remember thinking last year that it was such a strange and sad Mother’s Day. It was a rainy day and I dropped off this cake and a card on my Mom’s doorstep, and then we had a quick driveway visit before I went back home and watched Netflix movies all afternoon. This year was......
I love a carby breakfast baked good, and Claire’s got one for us that you can actually feel pretty good about eating. Her Seedy Maple Breakfast Muffins are full of healthy ingredients like whole-wheat flour, greek yogurt, coconut oil, ground flax and blueberries. This is a really simple recipe to mix up, and you just......
I got a lot of joy out of doing some birthday baking drop-offs this month, and I also GOT VACCINATED at the end of the month! Here’s what was happening in the kitchen: April kicked off with Easter! I had a small Easter dinner with my parents, and my contributions were My Favourite Mashed Potatoes......
Bakers Against Racism activated once again in April, to stand against Asian Hate in light of recent hate crimes against the AAPI community. I knew I wanted to participate right away, and launched a Spring Treat Box with all proceeds going to the Chinese Canadian Council for Social Justice. I also matched all treat box......
Brownies might be one of the quickest and most straightforward treats to make at home, but I have a lot of opinions about them for something so simple. It turns out that Claire and I are on the exact same page when it comes to brownies. I think I shouted “ME TOO!” no fewer than......