Alana Pumpkin pie season is back! Unfortunately I worked all of the Thanksgiving weekend, but thank goodness for nurses because that means potluck at work! Guess what I brought with me! I almost forgot to take a photo before mowing down on this slice! I made a second pie this week because I had a … More Pumpkin Pie (and Crust Troubleshooting)
Alana As mentioned in my first post about Katherine’s wedding cake, Theresa and I are testing red velvet cake recipes in order to find the best one. Katherine’s cake will, of course, be purple, but all that really requires is changing the colour of the dye. The first recipe wasn’t quite what we were looking for, … More Purple Velvet Cupcakes
Alana Theresa and I have a wedding cake project for another bestie! Katherine recently became engaged to her man, Brendan, while on a trip in BC. We are SO excited! Our excitement is not only because K is the first of our nursing trio to get hitched, but because Theresa and I will be in … More Katherine’s Wedding Cake! (aka Purple Velvet Cake)
Alana It has been a good long while since I’ve baked anything. I went on a trip for about 1 ½ weeks with Theresa to Ireland (10/10 would recommend), which means I had to trade away the shifts that I wasn’t able to get covered by vacation, and I moved! So between prepping for my … More Skelligs Chocolate Chip Cookies
Alana Yesterday I was sitting at Tea Girl, chatting and reviewing some nursing notes when I remembered that I had cream cheese sitting in my fridge. I didn’t want it to go bad, so I decided the best solution was to bake a cheesecake. Cruising through the recipes from pastry school brought my attention to … More German Cheesecake Part I: Quark
Alana This morning, I was cruising through Pinterest (yet again) and this recipe caught my eye. I saved it to my baking board thinking to myself “I wonder when I’ll actually end up making these”. Then I remembered that I signed up to be part of my friend’s dodge ball team, and that there is a … More Dark Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
Alana This is another recipe that I’ve had on my Pinterest board for quite a while. I’m in LOVE with peanut butter, so when I saw this I needed to try it. I’m not generally into gluten-free baking, or anything based around specific dietary omissions, because I personally eat anything and everything. As a result, … More Flourless Peanut Butter Bread
Alana It’s been a while since I initially tried this recipe for spinach muffins, so I decided to give them another shot! As I mentioned in my last post, these muffins make a great snack or quick breakfast in the morning. I used a jumbo muffin pan, so one muffin was the perfect amount of … More Sweet Spinach Muffins II
Alana Theresa and I got up to some baking before a wonderful lady date to Cafe Linnea with Katherine a couple weeks ago. There definitely wasn’t too much debate about whether sour cherry pie was the right choice! The recipe can be found in The Duchess Bake Shop Cookbook. Happy baking!
Alana I have had this avocado pound cake on my Pinterest baking board for forever, and last week I finally decided to give it a try! I think that it turned out well. I found it to be sweet without going over the top. It didn’t have the same texture as most pound cakes I’ve … More Avocado Milk Pound Cake
Chateau Gateau 