Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting is a simple pumpkin sheet cake topped with a fall spiced frosting. Everyone will love this cake. Baking is one of my favorite things to do. More often than not my family is unaffected by my baked goods. They are so used to having cookies, cakes, and […]

My new favorite apple pie recipe from Anna Olson. A fool-proof pie crust recipe with a secret ingredient to ensure no soggy bottoms. Perfectly spiced and scrummy. Apple Pie is my favorite kind of pie, hands down. I have been making the same apple pie recipe for almost 15 years. My friend Mary Jane brought it […]

Our yearly tradition is a cake to celebrate the new school year. This year our cake was a vanilla sprinkle cake covered Swiss Meringue Buttercream and LOTS of sprinkles.  I think that the first day of school deserves a certain amount of reverence. Starting a new school year is a big deal. When we were […]

A step-by-step recipe for Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I use this as a base for many different flavors and it colors beautifully! I make a lot of cakes. I’ve tried many, many recipes for buttercream and this one is the one that I use time and time again. It is a Swiss Meringue Buttercream. There are […]

Strawberries and Custard Cream – A deconstructed summer trifle that is a heavenly no-bake dessert. Use whatever fruits and cookies you have on hand for an easy dessert that everyone will love. Across the street from our house is a cute little strawberry stand. It’s an adorable little hut and the man that works in […]

The perfect accompaniment to summer strawberries. Diplomat Cream is creme patissiere or custard lightened with whipped cream. It is glorious on its own or used as pie fillings or in trifles. I really miss the Food Network. When we lived in the States, it was always on when I was cooking or being lazy on a […]

Lemon Bundt Cake from Canadian Living Magazine. A perfect afternoon of reading magazines in English, baking a lemon bundt cake and a little taste of home.One of the things that I miss the most from home is being able to buy magazines in English. I’ve always loved them and we can occasionally get them at […]

Passion Fruit Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze is the most delicious and moist passion fruit cake. Brushed with passion fruit syrup and drizzled with chocolate glaze.A few years ago, Wes and I went to Antigua. I had the same exact breakfast every day that we were there. Passionfruit and pineapple with a squeeze of lime […]