This lovely and distinctive cake is delicious and tart but not sour; for one, there are plenty of other flavours in the sugar and vanilla that help balance out the sourness, and for another, pink grapefruits are not nearly as sour as their white counterparts. This particular recipe is dairy-free, but there’s no reason you…
Category: Cake/Cupcakes
Recipe Post: Dairy Free Lemon Meringue Cake
I made this cake for a good friend who cannot have dairy in any form. As it was her birthday, I felt it was important to make her a special celebration cake she would really enjoy, without having to worry about being inadvertently exposed to her allergen. The texture of this cake is tender and…
Spotlight on Summer Produce: Strawberries
With late spring/early summer comes my region’s first strawberry harvest, and I’m so excited to have received my first flat (6 quarts) of organic, local strawberries. So I think it’s high time to discuss these little delicious jewels of happiness and some of the many recipes that can be made from them. The garden strawberry is…
Recipe Post: Mango Swirl Cheesecake
From the Archives: In my honest opinion, there are few foods in this world that can take a person back to the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer as effectively as a delicious, fruit-filled cheesecake. I baked a beautiful mango cheesecake one summer using puree I made from fresh mangoes (would that make it mangoo?…
Back to Basics: Pantry Staples – Tinned Fruit
Now we’ve been dealing with the Virus That Shall Not Be Named for over a year now, I feel like I may be somewhat late to the table with this advice. However, I feel that there may be a few people out there who have decided the drive-through and Uber Eats Lyfe is no longer…
Recipe Roundup: Bell Peppers
With global food logistics and the expansion of greenhouses in shorter harvest growing regions making it so much easier to have fresh produce year-round, it’s not too difficult for most consumers to acquire, say, bananas or citrus fruit in February. But there’s something to be said for a fresh, locally-grown, juicy and flavourful garden harvest,…
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