While I was up visiting my sister and family this past weekend, I had the opportunity to do some baking with my sis, which I love to do. She’s a great sous-chef (very precise, measures all the ingredients out for a recipe’s mise en place, and always jumps in to assist when needed…as I said,…
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Top Ten List: Introduction to Star Anise (5 of 10)
This is a little bit of an odd Top Ten list, but I thought I’d take you through my baking cupboard (yes, I have an entire cupboard dedicated solely to baking supplies…um, and another cupboard…and a 4-tier rolling rack…but I digress). Since a Top Ten list would make this blog post too long, I’m splitting…
Top Ten List: Introduction to Nutmeg and Mace (3&4 of 10)
This is a little bit of an odd Top Ten list, but I thought I’d take you through my baking cupboard (yes, I have an entire cupboard dedicated solely to baking supplies…um, and another cupboard…and a 4-tier rolling rack…but I digress). Since a Top Ten list would make this blog post too long, I’m splitting…
Recipe and Tutorial: Double Chocolate Caramel Cake
Double Chocolate Caramel Cake…mmmmm, that just *sounds* so tasty, doesn’t it??Let me tell you, it’s even more delicious than it sounds! This cake will bring the house down when it comes to packing a flavour punch; if you have a caramel-lover in your family (even if it just you!), you simply HAVE to make this….
Recipe and Tutorial: Tropical Mango Swirl Cheesecake
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 made a mango cheesecake some years ago during the summer using fresh mangoes, but I’m convinced that the frozen fruits available in…
Recipe and Tutorial: Banana Cake with Penuche Frosting
This cake is super-delicious and so incredibly moist! I don’t usually like banana-flavoured anything, but this cake is virtually the sole exception, probably because it uses actual bananas and not that horrific artificial banana flavouring. *bleaugh* That chemical banana garbage should be thrown into the sea, but that would be cruel to marine life.When I…
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