Alana This past weekend was Stephen’s bachelor party, and unfortunately Theresa and I were not able to attend. Stephen and his buddies road tripped it out to Panorama for some skiing and chilling in the mountains. Road trips mean snacks, so Theresa and I decided to whip up a few things for Stephen and company … More Bachelor Party Part I: Cheddar and Caramelized White Chocolate Scones
Alana As I mentioned in my post on creme brulee, I made a batch of swiss meringue buttercream with Theresa to do another test-run for Stephen and Ashlea’s wedding cake. The way I see it, there are two big things we need to do before we bake the cake for the big day: 1) try … More Wedding Cake Part II
Alana A while ago I made creme brulee for a French themed food night with the nurses. I wanted to give this recipe another go because, as I mentioned in my previous post, the creme brulee didn’t set properly. Earlier this week Theresa and I made a batch of swiss meringue buttercream because we plan … More Creme Brulee II
Alana My friend Stephen is getting married this December, and I am SO excited for his wedding! Firstly, I think it’s going to be ridiculously fun, secondly because Stephen and Ashlea (his fiance) have asked Theresa and I to bake their wedding cake 🙂 Theresa and I have known for a while that Ash wanted … More Wedding Cake! (aka Orange Spice & Grand Marnier Pound Cake)
Alana For Halloween, The Tea Girl hosted a customer appreciation event aka Halloween party. As very loyal customers, the nursing crew and I scored ourselves invites. This year’s theme is dead celebrities; unfortunately I do not look like anybody who is both dead and famous. Theresa, Katherine and I tossed around a few fictional ideas … More Pumpkin Cupcakes with Betty Crocker
Alana For Stephen’s birthday (back at the end of August), Theresa, Roopa and I all got together to bake him a birthday cake. When I say that we baked a cake, I actually mean that we all got together at Theresa’s place, and while Theresa chipped in for the baking bit, Roopa bummed around on … More Lemon Blueberry Birthday Cake
Alana Panna cotta is an Italian dessert that is essentially a creamy jello. It doesn’t sound very appetizing in words, but it’s actually quite good (especially when extra flavours are involved). When all of the nursing peeps and I were finishing (yay!) our final preceptorships (aka clinical practicums) we decided to celebrate! A few of … More White Chocolate Raspberry Panna Cotta
Alana For my last day of preceptorship, aka my final nursing practicum (which I was done in July might I add), I brought in cookies for all of the unit staff. Normally I would have spent some more time on a baking project, but I didn’t have time to make anything prior to the night … More White Chocolate Blueberry Cookies
Alana Anybody who knows me knows that I’m a fan of peanut butter. And when I say fan of peanut butter, you can automatically translate that to an almost unhealthy addiction to peanut butter. Roopa and I once had a serious discussion about relationship deal breakers, and dislike of peanut butter or an allergy would … More Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Alana Over May long weekend was Theresa’s birthday! Our friend Katherine hosted a surprise dinner for her, because Theresa is always super on-top of other people’s birthdays and has the best ideas when it comes to that sort of stuff. I was disappointed I couldn’t be there (I had already made other commitments), but I … More Chocolate Raspberry Birthday Cake
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