But delicious cake! What a week it's been. Between my "What's for Dinner" day and evening classes and my personal engagements, there was very little time to do a blog last week. So, here's what I did work on in my spare time. One of my loyal customers wanted 2 birthday cakes to celebrate a [...]
My apologies for not posting last week, a wonderful person succumbed to cancer and though he will be dearly missed by anyone who ever met him, his genuine warmth and sense of humor is indelibly etched in all our memories. Taken much too young. But that is life my friends and we must persevere and move forward. So I'm [...]
We were all excited yesterday – going to go apple picking! It really is one of my favorite memories of cool fall Saturdays with the kids and their friends. I always came home with a couple of bags of apples – the crispness of apples just off the tree, the sweet tartiness of that first [...]
I have a friend who loves lemon in all desserts. Every time I do an engagement at his place, he has to have the taste of lemons in his dessert. I have this dessert – I think the secret to the extra lemony taste is the lemon zest in the crust. The crust itself is [...]
Yes… you can make these delicious cookies using the BKM – again, I cannot emphasize enough – 1 container to clean up convenience. I made two sizes – only because I had a helper and one ice cream scoop, so I used the spoon method. This was a Sunday night experiment and the more familiar [...]
Recently, my morning routine has evolved into stopping off at the local coffee shop to pick up my coffee before going to see my dad. I normally don't have cravings for sweet things - no it's true, for me if you are going to have a treat, make it spicy. But this morning I couldn't help [...]
Many recipes call for the use of just the yolks or whites of an egg. With good reason, they are tried and true classics that yield great results. Many people I speak with shy away from these recipes as they don't know what to do with the other part of the egg. Well here's a [...]
It's Wednesday and time for a treat! This is an easy version of a classic sweet Doodh Peda--the Indian version of Canadian Fudge. Simple ingredients you probably already have at home and if not, easy enough to get from the local grocery store. It took less than 1 hour to make, hard to believe given the [...]
Earlier this month, my daughter returned from her vacation in Portugal. Absolutely loved it. From the pictures she has seen of Goa (she hasn't been there yet), she could definitely see the Portuguese influence in the architecture, the colours and the food. One of her emails from Portugal said "Dad, we tried these Pasteis de Nata, [...]
Here's a recipe from one of my all time favorite Chef's Ina Garten aka the Barefoot Contessa. I adapted the recipe to reduce the amount of fat in the Brownie. My goodness, if they tasted this good with the reduced fat recipe, can you just imagine how good they would be with the regular recipe, [...]
