Happy December Peeps! Can you believe it’s already here? I can’t.. Still so much I want to do in the next three weeks before the holidays. Thankfully the gifts are bought and wrapped, the tree is up, the stocking have been knit and hung by the fire with care… but there are still cards to…
Cakes & Cupcakes
Apple & Cinnamon Cupcakes
The latest edition in our round-up of fall desserts. Apple and Cinnamon Cupcakes. Basically apple pie, in cupcake form. I think we should aspire to transform more desserts into cupcakes. What do you think? They’re perfect individual portions. Nothing to slice, just a simple grab and go. Great for parties and definitely kid approved. Not…
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake with 2-Ingredient Fudge Frosting
Gluten-free, refined sugar-free cake with 2-ingredient frosting… are you intrigued?? This recipe came about as a birthday cake for my dad, who is diabetic and can’t have large amounts of refined sugar. Of course it’s also gluten-free and vegan, because what’s the point in making a cake that I can’t eat. Especially chocolate cake. Seriously,…
Strawberries & Cream Cupcakes
I made these cute little guys for my godmother’s b-day last week and I was really pleased with the way the recipe turned out so I figured I’d share it. Her favorite cake is strawberry shortcake hence my decision to make a strawberry flavored treat.
Pumpkin Cake with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Pecans
It’s hard to resist pumpkin desserts this time of year. Starting off with Canadian Thanksgiving, followed by Halloween, and American Thanksgiving pumpkin and pumpkin spice goods are everywhere. When looking for a dessert to bring to a dinner party, the temptation to make something pumpkin-y was overwhelming. I caved and surrendered myself to the cliché…
Easy Peasy Carrot Cake
Although a cake with cream cheese frosting seems appropriate all year round, carrot cake, with its warm spices seems all the more appropriate as the cooler weather arrives. Most carrot cakes I’ve come across have thick layers of dense, and sometimes dry cake, with a thin almost nonexistent layer of frosting in between them. Not…
Millionaire’s Layer Cake
A couple weeks back I was looking for birthday cake ideas for the hubby’s B-Day. Every year I have uncontrollable urge to surpass the previous year’s cake. Last Year I whipped up a an easy, but delicious chocolate cake, with peanut butter frosting and a layer of peanut butter caramel in the center. A recipe…