Recipes

Well, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and Easter is just days away, so I really don't have a reasonable explanation as to why I would feel the need to create such a dark and intense de...

I hope you had a wonderful weekend filled with feasting, family, and friends. I know we certainly did! We celebrated Easter as well as our little Reese's 4th birthday. On Saturday we went to "The ...

Happy Wednesday! It dawned on me the other day that next weekend is our Canadian Victoria Day holiday, which is essentially our first, and very celebratory, long weekend of the year. For my family...

Happy Thursday! You know what's funny? That very greeting always makes me laugh at myself, but yet I can't help but write it -- "Happy Thursday!" It's so enthusiastic and peppy, yet, truthfully, w...

It's a beautiful Canadian day! Last night I was attempting to compose this second part of  my favourite-cakes-into-cupcakes post, and I was literally falling asleep sitting up, so I decided to clo...

Well, since my last post, I aged a year . . . yes, a year! I celebrated my birthday this past weekend, and, although we kept it cozy here at home, I couldn't resist baking two different cakes. The...

  I'm starting to notice that I have become a wee bit of a chocolate enthusiast these days: dark chocolate, extra-dark chocolate, and sometimes even-more-than-one-kind-at-a-time chocolate. I know ...

Hi, guys! This post might be a teaser of sorts with its iPhone-only photos, but the good news is that this recipe is one that I couldn't go another day without sharing. I had planned to do "offici...

Cake! It's been a little while since I've shared a cake with you, I just realized. But don't worry, it's not for lack of making them. I've been experimenting with red velvet layer cake for about 2...