Roopa I can bake again!!!!!! There has been a notable lack of baking in my life (and subsequently on the blog). I recently had hand surgery, and while it was pretty minor, losing opposition on your dominant hand really limits the amount of baking you can do. I located a sushi place near my house … More Bourbon Pecan Pie
Roopa I made a ginormous cake for my company’s golf tournament. It was 12″ x 18″, which is a very significant amount of cake. I kept things pretty simple – just a chocolate and a vanilla layer – with a lemon icing crumb coat/filling and vanilla bean grass. I used piping gel to make the … More Golf Tournament Cake
Roopa One of my best friends Clara is visiting me! She requested something with cream cheese icing, because that’s her favourite thing that I’ve made. I thought I’d one up it by using mascarpone instead of cream cheese. And then life happened. I definitely left myself with far less time than I initially intended, and … More Chocolate Mascarpone Brownies
Roopa After a year of making other people’s birthday cakes, I finally got to make MY birthday cake. My friend Devon’s birthday is one day off of mine, and she came to visit me this weekend, so we decided to do a double birthday celebration! It actually took me a really long time to decide … More Brown Butter Cake with Nutella Swiss Meringue Icing
Roopa A whole bunch of my good friends are in town this weekend! It’s Vancouver Pride and the Festival of Lights, so we all have been meeting up for various activities. The Festival of Lights is a gigantic musical fireworks competition that has hundreds of thousands of people watching from the beach – we had the … More Giant Skillet Cookie
Roopa Let me preface this with saying these are not flavours I’m used to working with, nor are they flavours I particularly like. My friend Tim’s birthday was this past weekend, and I wanted to bake him something special. In fact, I am pretty sure I still also owe him a cheesecake. Anyways, Tim REALLY … More Matcha Cupcakes with Red Bean Icing
Roopa It’s my coworker Taryn’s birthday on Friday! I know she loves chocolate, and she always is drinking tea, so I thought I’d try make some Earl Grey flavoured brownies. I only had cocoa handy, so I adapted these cocoa based fudge brownies from Sally’s Baking Addiction (my go-to blog for fun bars and brownies). They … More Chocolate Earl Grey Brownies
Roopa I’m getting a visitor this weekend! One of my best friends is coming to stay with me tomorrow. I asked him what he wanted me to bake him and he requested salted caramel. I was pondering what sort of salted caramel thing to make, when I saw two extremely ripe bananas in my fridge. … More Salted Caramel Banana Bread
Roopa These were made almost entirely out of leftover ingredients I was trying to use up. I had extra egg yolks, buttermilk, and whipping cream from some of the previous week’s bakes. I recently bought the book Layered from the author of the blog Style Sweet CA. Fun fact: I actually bought the book for Alana’s … More Yellow Cupcakes with Whipped Topping
Roopa Last week I made these red velvet cupcakes for a coworker’s birthday. I made a big sign and put the cupcakes out…and then found out it was actually my CEO’s birthday. Oops. I tried to amend the sign for inclusion purposes, but he was very clearly an afterthought. After nicely calling me out at our … More Lemon Curd Pavlova
Chateau Gateau 