Plum & Peach Crumble
Our local farmer's market has a good selection of early plums, and I snagged some Early Goldens and Damsons, both of...
Cream Cheese Pastry
Used in place of shortcrust pastry, Cream Cheese Pastry crust takes the flavour profile up a notch or two. It’s not...
Dancing Hares Cake
It usually starts with a plate; I can't count the number of times a pattern has inspired a coordinating baked good,...
Watermelon Popsicles
It wouldn’t be summer without popsicles. As a child, I was all over the luridly-coloured, artificially-flavoured...
Ginger Rhubarb Coffee Cake
It's late spring, and with spring comes rhubarb. Alleluia! The trick with rhubarb is to cook it with sufficient sugar...
Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberries
An intensely moist and fudgy cake filled with chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries smothered in rich chocolate...
Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
Zesty lemony, buttery cake studded with tangy blueberries—a perfect afternoon pick-me-up or dessert. It could even...
Lemon Soufflé Pudding
A silky smooth, tangy lemon sauce sits below a light-as-air soufflé. What could be more delightful? Easy to make, this...
Cranberry Oat Bars
Cranberries and Christmas are practically synonymous. These buttery, crunchy, nutty bars showcase the tart flavour of...
Hazelnut Biscotti with Chocolate Drizzle
A traditional Italian pastry, biscotti owe their dry, crunchy texture to the twice-baked method. First, the dough is...
Vanilla Cupcakes
As a child, when offered the choice between a chocolate and a vanilla cupcake, I'd always go for chocolate. I thought...
Classic Carrot Cake
This version of Classic Carrot Cake is moist and perfectly spiced. Its light texture and fine crumb come from...
White Chocolate Cranberry Orange Cheesecake
What could be more suitable for the holidays than a creamy, rich cheesecake with a crisp gingersnap crust and a tangy...
Pumpkin Roll
Tins of puréed pumpkin are a staple in our house, right up there with San Marzano Italian tomatoes. But in the fall,...
Golden Cupcakes with Poppycock
A good basic yellow cake is a must in any baker's repertoire. But getting the right combination of flavour, texture,...
Homemade Poppycock
As a child, the approach of Christmas heralded the arrival of several treats in our house: Quality Street Chocolates,...
Reverse Chocolate Chip Cookies
Traditional Chocolate Chip Cookies rank first among the top five best-loved cookies, according to a recent survey. The...
Apple Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
When we think of making cakes or cupcakes for fall, pumpkin and apple most frequently come to mind. For Thanksgiving...
Gingerbread Loaves
It's no secret that I adore gingerbread. While I'm very partial to crisp gingersnaps, my real favourite is the spicy,...
Ginger Spiced Plum Streusel Pie
Plums are the perfect fruit pie filling with their firm, tart flesh, easily separated from the delightfully small pit....
Chocolate Chocolate Cake
Some occasions demand the chocolatiest of chocolate. Like birthdays, special celebrations, and those days where...
Strawberry Shortcake
The scrumptious combination of strawberries and cream was originally brought to us from a very surprising source: His...
Mixed Berry Tart with Lattice and Flower Crust
Fresh, local summer fruit is beginning to appear at the farmer's markets, but not fast enough to furnish a fruit pie,...
Cherry Biscuit Cobbler
Summer is approaching and with it, we will soon see cherries, cherries everywhere! What to do with all that abundance?...
Sugar Transfer Cookies
Buttery, crisp sugar cookies are welcome at any time of year. Fail-safe and endlessly adaptable, here they are...
Lemon Squares
If you love lemon meringue pie and lemon curd, you'll adore lemon squares. They're a cinch to make, but don't neglect...
Better-Than-Crack-Brownie Cake
Another joint birthday has come and gone. My youngest daughter, Lauren, and I both have birthdays in February, only...
Raspberry and White Chocolate Scones
Raspberries are intensely flavourful, but their fragility makes them a tricky fruit to employ in baking scones, Too...
Classic Sticky Gingerbread
Moist and spicy, this toothsome concoction is a wintertime delight. Enjoy it sitting by the fire with a hot cup of tea...
A Dreamy Wedgwood-Style Fruitcake
A few years ago, visiting the Chatsworth Farm Shop during the Christmas Market reignited my love affair with...
Lemon Chiffon Cake
This light, velvety chiffon cake is a delectable marriage of a buttery yellow cake and lofty-light angel food cake....
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Swiss Meringue Buttercream is a fabulous and less-sweet alternative to American Buttercream. It stays silky smooth and...
Cherry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal lends virtue to anything that contains it. On its own, it's a delicious and nutritious breakfast. But gussy it...
Mixed Berry Curd Tart
I'm always eager to use up the excess egg yolks that are the inevitable byproduct of making Swiss Meringue Buttercream...
Ice Cream Sandwiches
How much fun is it to make your own ice-cream sandwiches? A lot more fun than I anticipated! When I was home in Canada...
Cherry Filled Baked Doughnuts
Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme are the places to go for doughnuts in the USA. In Canada, it's Tim Horton's (or...
Rhubarb Tartan Cake
I’ve been intrigued with the idea of decorating a cake with thin strips of rhubarb since I saw Heather Baird’s...
A Valentine’s Day Table with Chocolate Raspberry Heart Cakes
Chocolate and roses are traditional Valentine's Day fare. Combining them in a cake is the best of all possible worlds...
Cranberry, Pistachio & Orange Biscotti
Our virtual baking session just before Christmas produced more than Orange Chocolate Cake. My friend Leanne had...
A Festive Chocolate Orange Cake
This cake is the result of a happy collision of ideas. First, the plates (as so often happens around here). They're...
Gingerbread Village Spice Cake
When I was little, a crisp, spicy gingerbread cookie adorned with crunchy icing was the tantalizing reward to...
Chocolate Cupcakes with Silky Peanut Butter Frosting
I had completely forgotten about the package of Halloween cupcake liners and toppers that had followed me home last...
Peach Cornbread Skillet Cobbler
Six luscious peaches beckoned from the kitchen counter early one morning, on a day that threatened imminent rain....
A Jewel-Toned Table with Roasted Plum Tart
"Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums, tell me when your birthday comes!" Does anyone else remember jumping rope to...
Can She Make A Cherry Pie, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife,...
Dried Cherry Panettone
I"m a glutton for slightly sweet bread. Not the super-sweet-sticky stuff like iced cinnamon rolls, but scones, date...
Lemon Honeycomb Cake
The honeycomb pan for this cake has been lurking in my cake pan cupboard for a couple of years, waiting for its debut....
Sugar Cookies
We have Heather Baird at SprinkleBakes to thank for this excellent recipe. It's perfect for cut-out cookies as the...
Cherry Blossom Cake
Our neighbour's flowering cherry tree is just breaking into bloom. For a few glorious days, its graceful branches...
Baklava Pull-Apart Bread
Baking is a very soothing activity. Baking bread with scads of butter, sugar, cinnamon, and nuts is the epitome of...
Poached Pear Pistachio Tart
Earlier this month, we invited some friends over for dinner at the Cape, and I wanted to make a dessert that was...
Winter White Cupcake Wreath
Ever since I laid my hands on "Hello, Cupcake!", Irresistibly playful creations anyone can make, by Karen Tack...
Sticky Toffee Trifle
I've always been a fan of Sticky Toffee Pudding with its dense cake and luscious caramel sauce, so I was eager to try...
Pumpkin Cake with Pineapple Flowers
Taking a cue from Claire's recommendations on cake decorating from Bon Appetit's website, I was excited to come...
Monkey Bread
When I was planning the table setting Monkeying Around, I discovered Monkey Bread. Where has it been all my life? It's...
Deconstructed Black Forest Cake
Birthday cakes don't always have to be in cake form. Our son, Adam, has a great fondness for Black Forest cake which...
Blackberry Orange Mousse Cake
This seems to be the year of the blackberry. We are enjoying Blackberry Mojitos, Blackberry Champagne Cocktails and...
Honeycomb Cake with Sponge Toffee Garnish
When searching for a suitable dessert to pair with my Sadek Blue Bees, I came across this gorgeous, but somewhat...
Mixed Berry Scones
This recipe, very slightly adapted from Cook's Country, is a winner. The tartness of the berries is offset beautifully...
A Scottish Themed Tea with Paisley and Spode
For the Scots, Hogmanay, or New Year, is a much bigger celebration than Christmas and is marked by much feasting,...
Spicy Orange Ginger Cookies
We have my friend Leanne of the Apple Bundt Cake to thank for this recipe. It's adapted from Laurel Kreuger's recipe...
Apple Pie with Oatmeal-Almond Crumble
This dessert is the perfect answer to that apple season conundrum: should I make an apple pie or a crumble? You can...
Whoopie Pies
These densely chocolate hand-held cakes make a fun change from cupcakes. Traditionally a New England or Pennsylvania...
Pumpkin Tarts with Salted Caramel Nuts
If you love all things pumpkin, add these elegant tarts to your baking repertoire. The crisp pastry shell contains a...
Gingerbread Muffins
Spicy gingerbread meets breakfast fare; a moist, flavorful muffin that warms the cockles of your tummy. [gallery...
Flowers & Cupcakes – Behind the Scenes at a Fall Wedding
A floral and pastry extravaganza. Twelve centrepieces, ninety-six cupcakes and one Naked Carrot Cake Wedding Topper....
Sweet Bread with Raisins & Candied Citrus
I have a terrible weakness for sweet bread. Not the sticky-sweet-cinnamon-roll kind, but the yeasty, nectarous...
Apple Cinnamon Scones with Fresh Apple and Golden Raisins
The smell of cinnamon and baking apples is pure heaven on a crisp fall day, especially when scones are in the offing....
Strawberry Trifle with Chocolate Mousse
This scrumptious trifle combines the intensity of rich chocolate cake and chocolate mousse with the creamy lightness...
Afternoon Tea with Scones
Scones can be a divisive food. To start with, there is the pronunciation. I say scone (like gone), you say scone (like...
Strawberry Rhubarb Torte
Strawberries and rhubarb are a classic combination for good reason. When strawberries are at their peak, their sweet...
Sultana Tea Bread
I spotted the picture for this recipe in Tea Time Magazine, and just had to try it. More cake than bread-like, it has...
Raspberry Cranachan Parfaits
Raspberry Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert, though I would imagine it was made with bottled or preserved...
Scottish Tart
A delicious whisky laced, dried fruit and nut filled flan. It's kind of like the best possible buttertart-fruitcake...
Pumpkin Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Icing
This glorious pumpkin cake features several layers of flavour: a delicately crumbed cake with nutty undertones of...
Small Gingerbread Houses Made Easy
Christmas baking is a time honoured tradition, even among the culinary-wary. People who normally would not be caught...
Chocolate Clementine Bars
Holiday baking is one of the joys of the season. It's also an exercise in selectivity - in terms of caloric budget and...
Apple Sponge Cake With Custard
When I was growing up, Sunday dinner was invariably a roast of some sort. If we were very lucky, it was roast pork...
Gingerbread Leaves
Earlier this year when my friend Leanne (of the Leanne's Apple Bundt Cake with Apple Butter Bourbon Glaze) was...
Lemon Curd
My daughter Kirsten and her husband Mike had invited us over for dinner one evening, and I decided to bring a Tarte au...
