Sweets

Spiced Carrot Cupcakes

Happy Holidays from my kitchen to yours! As we gather around the table with loved ones, I am thrilled to share this delightful recipe that has been passed down through generations, originating from my Grandmother’s cherished cookbook. With a few creative touches and added embellishments from my own culinary adventures, this recipe truly feels like…

Spiced Apple Bourbon Cake

This delicious cake combines the rich flavors of Brother’s Bond Bourbon with the comforting spices of apple and brown sugar. Every year when autumn sweeps in, I find myself craving warm, crisp flavours that compliment the nostalgia of the colourful falling leaves and enchanting traditions. If you’re a bourbon connoisseur, this cake will be the…

Sucanat Cinnamon Crunch Knots

These doughy knots of cinnamon-sugary goodness taste fantastic and are very simple to make. The recipe calls for only a handful of ingredients and takes little time in the oven.

Peanut Butter Bars

I’m beginning to suspect that peanut butter might just be one of my favourite foods. Be it ever so deliciously swirled into ice cream, melted on toasted bread, or drizzled over breakfast porridge, peanut butter continues to captivate my taste buds … and at this point … my heart as well. There was a time…

Vianne’s Chocolate Cake (Gluten-Free)

One of my favourite cakes to whip up in the kitchen comes from a beloved film I watched many years ago: Chocolat. As soon as I watched Vianne began the magic of making ganache, tempering chocolate, and wrapping up sweets, I knew that I must bake my own chocolate creation that could sit with the…

Summer Citrus Loaf

This summer, my kitchen looks a bit different as I’ve begun to incorporate eggs and dairy back into some of my recipes. Hosting company means expanding past my good ol’ favourites and trying some new bakes for my guests.

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies

I’ve been baking these cookies for nearly eight years. They’re chewy, moist, and chock full of flavour. This is one of those recipes where you can toss different ingredients into the mixture each time and still have delicious cookies. Dark chocolate, white chocolate, pecans, walnuts — add them all or choose your favourite. Either way,…

Strawberry Cake

Would you like to know a secret? Chocolate isn’t my favourite flavour of cake. *gasp* I know, I know. There’s a gazillion posts on my blog involving chocolate in some sort of way. Don’t get me wrong, I adore the stuff. In fact, I had chocolate quinoa this morning. However, when it comes down to it,…

Apple Crumble

Let me tell you a story… Once upon a day in college, something in the air snapped. There was a chilly breeze, changing leaves, and the crisp smell of fall settled on campus. Students were suddenly pulling out their sweaters, having picnics on the quad, and sipping pumpkin spice lattes.As I watched a movie-like scenario of autumn unfold…

Orange Sweet Rolls

As you probably know, I have food allergies. And that for me, it’s hard to cope with those allergies sometimes. Okay, not sometimes. ALL THE TIME. I think it’s just the fact that I can’t have something I want and the feeling of no control really stresses me out. I’m a bit of a control freak, so food…