Posts tagged "cake"
Lucy Waverman's Pear Tatin Cake

Lucy Waverman’s Pear Tatin Cake

OMG. It’s been so long since I wrote a blog post that I’ve almost forgotten how to do it. All these buttons and choices and photo sizes that need to be dealt with. No wonder it’s been so long! Well, sorry. Life gets in the way, sometimes. And even with a penchant for quiet evenings...
Today's Special: June 26, 2012

Today’s Special: June 26, 2012

  Today’s Special: Mille crepe cake, Lady M Confections, New York You might have heard about this cake before. It makes many appearances on television, on the Web, and in print as a “best” thing to eat or “must try” in New York, and oh-so-ever rightly so. You cannot dismiss a dessert that’s built on...
Clippings: November 24, 2011

Clippings: November 24, 2011

The internet is a great source for all things foodie, and we’re constantly bookmarking, starring, and emailing intriguing recipes, food porn, and inspiration. Here’s a selection of clippings we think are worth checking out. Happy American Thanksgiving!  Means even MORE pumpkin… biscuits, savoury scones, a chiffon pie, and what looks to be a clear winner:...
Clippings: October 13, 2011

Clippings: October 13, 2011

  The internet is a great source for all things foodie, and we’re constantly bookmarking, starring, and emailing intriguing recipes, food porn, and inspiration. Here’s a selection of clippings we think are worth checking out. Um. Braised french onion chicken with gruyere. Enough said. It’s as good a time as any to start using up...
Clippings: September 15, 2011

Clippings: September 15, 2011

The internet is a great source for all things foodie, and we’re constantly bookmarking, starring, and emailing intriguing recipes, food porn, and inspiration. Here’s a selection of clippings we think are worth checking out. I know I’m not one for kid-friendly cakes, but something about this root beer bundt cake makes me very happy. Feeling...
Blueberry-Nectarine Buttermilk Cake

Blueberry-Nectarine Buttermilk Cake

When I returned to Vancouver after a quick trip back to Edmonton recently, summer had finally arrived. The skies have been blue, the sun warm and the living easy. Clearly time to eat summer fruit every moment you can. And when you’re not eating it, you need to be freezing it, cooking with it, turning...
Strawberry Buckle

Strawberry Buckle

Here out west, we had a late spring, which has translated into a late/non-existent summer, which has then translated into favourite summer berries being late out of the gate. They are starting to trickle in now, so it’s the perfect time to eat bowls and bowls of them as well as to make all manners...

Going gluten free: Quinoa in the cake

The first Celiacs I ever met went bun-less at McDonald’s well before Dr. Atkins made it de rigueur.  I was too young at the time to give much thought to what might happen if said Celiacs ate a cookie or a piece of birthday cake.  Fast forward 15 years to my high school bestie being...

Friends & Neighbours: Innovation trumps tradition with the easiest summer dessert

growing up in the philadelphia area, and having a birthday that falls at the beginning of summer, icebox cake was a favorite dessert in the warmer months, and a frequent request of mine for a birthday cake. both my mother and father grew up eating this easy to make treat, and thus i imagined that...

Tres leches? Très bien!

I do not question the three.  It could be two. Even one.  But, whatever. I also do not question its origins.  Just like Southern banana pudding was not created by Jell-O, I won’t believe completely that tres leches (three milk) cake was developed by the likes of Nestlé… even when considering the number of cans...

A Tale of Two Loaves: Part II

If February’s project was yeast breads, then March’s turned out to be quick breads. Having just told you that I wanted to avoid oil in my banana bread, I made an about face turn and made a loaf cake whose star player is olive oil.  From the famous olive oil gelato at Otto to an...

More Banh, Please

Vietnam still holds me.  I miss the food, I miss the weather, I miss the people, I miss the noise, I miss the energy. So when an opportunity arises for me to somehow connect back to it, I grab on.   At the last book club meeting I hosted, we were discussing a book that took...