Recipe Post: Candy Cane Meringue Kisses

A great, easy to make little “cookie” that is totally gluten-, dairy-, and fat-free, meringue kisses should definitely be in your baking repertoire for when you need a pretty, classy little hostess gift that looks a lot more challenging to make than it is. The hardest thing about these little cuties is activating your patience;…

Top Ten List: Introduction to Chai (8th of 10)

Since a Top Ten list would make this blog post too long, I’m splitting the posts up into ten individual posts, showcasing one spice at a time. I will keep the intro below for each post to maintain continuity. Everyone has their own favourite spices that they tend to use almost exclusively in all of…

Recipe Post: Très Leches Cake

(As previously posted in my blog post: “Tips for Better Baking: Dairy Products and other Liquids“) I made this recipe for a cake commission some time ago; it was actually one of my first cake commissions (ever), and while I was still in Culinary School.  A South American coworker had asked if I could find…

Recipe Post: Sea Salt and Thyme Focaccia

Of all the bread products I love to bake myself and eat in equal measure, my favourite would be focaccia. I’d say croissants, but those are far less fun and take far more time and effort to make than to eat, and I’m just not *that* masochistic. Never mind that I justified purchasing my pricy…

Recipe Post: Dairy Free Pie Crust

I’ve posted previously on a delicious pie crust recipe for my Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie, but times change and many people I know are looking for dairy free options these days. So I’ve developed this recipe based on one of my classic pie crusts, but tweaked to not only be dairy-free but also spiced to…

Recipe Post: Soft Dinner Rolls

These rolls are the softest, fluffiest, most delicious bread product I have ever made…and I have made a LOT of bread over the years! Slathered with softened salted butter, it was extremely difficult to stop myself from eating them one after the other until they were gone. I baked these off in a glass baking…