PRETTY, PRETTY PRINCESS CINDERELLA BIRTHDAY CAKE Roopa My friend was making a Cinderella themed birthday cake for his daughter’s birthday and I got to help out! We used this cake recipe (minus the chocolate chips) and this icing recipe, and swapped some of the vanilla for lemon. We got it baked and decorated in about 4 hours, … More Cinderella Cake
Roopa I always thought that the correct spelling was ‘St. Patty’s Day’ because it was from St. Patrick. I recently found out that the correct spelling is actually St. Paddy’s because it’s actually from Padraig, the Gaelic spelling. Fun fact of the day! Having just come back from Ireland, I felt compelled to make some celebratory cupcakes. … More St. Paddy’s Day Cupcakes
Roopa I got to go to Ireland over spring break to visit my sister! I missed St. Patrick’s day by 2 days, but things were ramping up for the weekend. The people she was staying with were absolutely lovely and let me use their kitchen to some baking! I was lacking a lot of my … More Baileys Truffles
HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Roopa I wanted to make healthyish cookies that were low in sugar, so I adapted this recipe. I didn’t have everything – my Vancouver kitchen is not as well stocked as Edmonton – so I skipped the nutmeg, clove, and coconut. I used chopped up almonds instead of peanuts, … More Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies
VANILLA EXTRACT Roopa After procuring some vanilla beans, I decided to try actually making vanilla extract. I’m home for Christmas, so I figured that I could get it all set up now and let the beans steep for 5 months, and then it will all be ready when I’m home again! I followed this process to … More Homemade Vanilla
WHITE CHOCOLATE MOLASSES COOKIES Roopa To be perfectly honest, I didn’t really do much with these cookies. I was baking at my friend’s house and he really did most of the work. We used this recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction with a few little changes: we only chilled the dough for about an hour, and we … More White Chocolate Molasses Cookies
CHOCOLATE DIPPED COOKIES Roopa I used this cookie recipe (minus the pudding and the chips) and added 2 tablespoons of cocoa to it. After the cookies cooled, I dipped them in melted white chocolate and covered them in sprinkles. Nothing too fancy, but they were pretty delicious.
Roopa I wanted to try and make a healthy cake that was low in sugar, so I adapted a recipe for a sweet potato cake. The recipe was very similar to some brownies I had tried in the past that turned out really well. I felt that the cake turned out quite well – it was … More Gluten Free Vegan Sweet Potato Cake
Roopa I saw a picture of half and half yin-yangesque cookies, and I wanted to try and make them. It’s a little more challenging to get the actual yin-yang shape, but I was pretty content with how they turned out. It’s basically cookies and various types of chocolate, so there was really no way these … More Reverse Cookies
REESE’S COOKIES Roopa I used my go-to cookie recipe (and left out the chocolate chips and pudding), and simply stuck a Reese’s cup in each cookie immediately after pulling them out of the oven. I had wanted the cookies to be a little taller, but I had too much liquid in the dough and they flattened … More Reese’s Cookies
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