Alana For a few friends and family members, I decided it would be nice to give out homemade hot chocolate mix and marshmallows. What a convenient opportunity to use another Tea Time Treats recipe! I planned on giving out around 12 or 13 jars (250 ml each), so I did some math and figured out … More Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow Project Part I
Alana A little while ago there was a bake sale at the hospital and the staff bought a bunch of treats, including some caramelized popcorn twists. Holy they were addictive. We polished off the 4 or 5 bags of this stuff by the end of the shift and still had room for more! Turns out … More Caramel Popcorn Twists
Roopa Last week I made these red velvet cupcakes for a coworker’s birthday. I made a big sign and put the cupcakes out…and then found out it was actually my CEO’s birthday. Oops. I tried to amend the sign for inclusion purposes, but he was very clearly an afterthought. After nicely calling me out at our … More Lemon Curd Pavlova
VANILLA BABY DOUGHNUTS Roopa These were another attempt at these vanilla doughnuts from Sprinklebakes. I added just over 1/8 tsp. of nutmeg, used vanilla almond milk with 1 tsp. of apple cider vinegar instead of buttermilk, and only used vanilla (since I didn’t have any beans handy). I’d go a little lighter on the nutmeg next … More Vanilla Doughnuts
Roopa After book club today – the book was The Power of Habit, so I felt very inspired to exert excellent self control over my eating – my friends Gina and Alex came over to bake some mini doughnuts. We’ve been planning a baking date for ages, and I am still excessively excited about this … More Earl Grey Baby Doughnuts with Cardamom Glaze
Roopa As you may have noticed, we now own the domain of chateaugateau.ca (yay!), and that is all thanks to my friend Akos. To thank him, I promised that I would bake him something, so I thought I’d whip up some baby doughnuts to take to volleyball. I wanted to make something pretty easy since … More Chocolate Baby Doughnuts
Team Shambles There is about a week in between our pastry courses, and we really don’t get to bake together all that frequently, so we planned to tackle a couple other baking projects. Roopa recently got a mini-doughnut pan so this was the perfect opportunity to try it out! There are several doughnut recipes on … More Baby Doughnuts
Alana A week or two ago, Mike and I went browsing through the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market. It is one of many farmers’ markets in Edmonton and runs throughout the year. If you’re ever in Edmonton, you should definitely stop by there 🙂 Anyways, while we were there I picked up a container of “Chickie Dough”, … More Chickpea Cookie Dough
Roopa I’m back for the holidays and am attending my volleyball team party tonight! Technically, I’m not really on the team anymore since I live in Vancouver, but that’s irrelevant. I was feeling pretty lazy today, and all of my baking supplies have been hidden away somewhere, so I wanted to make something new, but … More Rice Krispie S’mores
Alana This project isn’t baking per say, but it is very related to baking that I mentioned in my last wedding cake post (aka Theresa and I are baking and decorating a practice cake in a couple days). Roopa found a really lovely looking cake that was decorated with dehydrated oranges, and was reminded of our … More Dehydrated Oranges
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