Roopa Finally, a post! I’ve been travelling around Springfield, Charleston, and Lockport for the last weeks, so the baking time has been scarce. I’ve missed my kitchen! My coworker Praise’s birthday was a few weeks ago, and she mentioned a few different things that she liked. I decided to try combine them all into one: … More White Chocolate Mousse Cake
Alana The next recipe I tried out at home from the Tea Time Treats class that Theresa and I took was the recipe for madeleines. I picked up a sea shell pan and went to work. I picked a variation of the recipe for gingerbread madeleines, because the Christmas season is right around the corner! … More Gingerbread Madeleines
Alana I had a bunch of left over egg yolks from baking financiers, so I decided it was a good opportunity to try a variation on a pudding recipe I posted a while ago. Earl Grey Pudding Adapted from Martha Stewart.com Ingredients 3 earl grey tea bags 2 ½ cups (625 ml) milk 2/3 cup … More Earl Grey Pudding
Alana Another tea cake that Theresa and I learned how to bake at Tea Time Treats is the financier. I find these to be more dense than madeleines, and nuttier in flavour. We didn’t actually get to make these ourselves in class, so it was the first recipe that I tried out at home. I … More Blueberry Walnut Financiers
Alana The first recipe that we went through at Tea Time Treats was for madeleines, which are small spongy cakes. According to Wikipedia they originated a looong time ago in France, but there is some controversy in regards to the exact circumstances of their inception. No word on why we bake madeleines in sea shell … More Vanilla Madeleines
Alana Earlier this year Duchess bake shop announced that they were planning to expand! Best news ever! This expansion would take their Provisions store into a larger location, as well as open a breakfast/brunch restaurant and teaching kitchen. As soon as I heard that there would be baking classes available I knew I had to … More Duchess Baking Classes?!
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
Alana I was reading a little bit about making pumpkin pie from scratch, and came across a recipe for this pie. Apparently pumpkin flesh is quite watery, making pies make from scratch quite inconsistent. Butternut squash on the other hand contains less water, making the flesh more consistent for baking. Neat! We had a butternut … More Butternut Squash Pie
Roopa It’s Halloween!!! Sadly, because of work and school and general adulting, I didn’t do anything terribly exciting this year. That said, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to bake Halloween themed cupcakes! I wanted an orange and green colour scheme, so I went with a vanilla base and a matcha icing. My friend’s 6 year … More Halloween Skull Cupcakes
Alana For my birthday in June, Roopa got me a cake recipe book written by the author of this blog. I haven’t really baked cake in a while, so I’ve had no need to pull it off the shelf… Until it was my Dad’s birthday! He likes carrot cake so I searched through Layered and … More Rainbow Apricot Carrot Cake
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