Alana Theresa’s parents were in Edmonton last month. Her dad is Spanish, and he grew up eating flan aka creme caramel. Theresa’s mom makes some pretty amazing jam, so we cut a deal. I get a jar of jam, if I bring some flan over for dessert. Done! The recipe I used was the same … More Creme Caramel aka Spanish Flan
Alana I love cooking in my crockpot. It’s so easy to throw together a bunch of ingredients, go do an activity (because what else would I do with my time), and come home to a hot meal. I don’t bake a lot of bread, but when I saw a recipe for bread made in a … More Rosemary & Olive Oil Slow Cooker Bread
Alana It’s been pretty rainy in Edmonton lately. Before I started my dialysis training, I was spending a lot of my time knitting and hanging out at the Tea Girl. I want to start practicing my pastry school recipes more often, but wasn’t really in the mood to do anything that requires brain power, as … More Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Alana As mentioned in my Matcha Pudding post, Theresa and I had a macaron date a little while ago. Ever since we first attempted our macaron gateaux, we’ve both wanted to keep baking macarons. I think it’s going to feel really good to perfect the technique, especially since macarons are so trendy. Theresa still works … More Macarons with Dulcey Ganache
Alana Last week, Theresa and I made macarons. The duchess macaron recipe calls for 3 egg whites, meaning there will be 3 left over egg yolks to use. This isn’t quite enough for me to make a batch of my new found pudding recipe… or is it? I said screw it, and figured out the … More Matcha Pudding
Alana When I posted the list of 125 recipes that use egg yolks, I 100% intended to give a couple of them a try with the extra yolks from my Mother’s Day cake. From the extensive list of egg yolk recipes, I picked a recipe from Martha Stewart to try out. It’s a pretty basic looking … More Vanilla & Chocolate Pudding
Alana My mom wanted to make my grandmother a Mother’s Day cake, so I’m not really too shocked this task fell to me in the end. We had some cherry pie filling, so my mom was thinking black forest cake. According to Wikipedia, a black forest cake consists of chocolate cake, with cherries, and whipped … More Mother’s Day Black Forest Cake
Alana Last weekend was my Auntie Angela’s 50th birthday party. My uncle organized a big party for her; he ordered a cake from an Edmonton bakery called Kinnickinnick which specializes in gluten free and allergy-friendly foods. He wasn’t very keen on the decorating options that were offered, so we chatted and decided that he would order … More 50th Birthday Cake
Alana I always have left over egg yolks sitting in my fridge, probably because my favourite frosting recipe calls for 10 egg whites. Last weekend I made a double batch of this frosting to assemble my Auntie Angie’s 50th birthday cake (post in progress) and this weekend my mom wants to make a batch for … More 125 Recipes to Use Up Leftover Egg Yolks
Alana This is another pastry school recipe that I’ve been wanting to try out, because there is nothing better than warm brownies covered in ice cream 🙂 Last night Theresa hosted Sunday family dinner at Stephen’s house while him and Ash are away in Vernon. Theresa and Katherine had dinner covered, so I’m took care … More French Vanilla Ice Cream
Chateau Gateau 