Lemon Lavender Pavlova
Let’s talk about failure. Victory would mean nothing, if not for failure. Succeeding at something after failing is that much sweeter, isn’t it? Because you know what failure tasted like. Often attempting something in itself is a prize, regardless of your reasons being fear of…
Chocolate Orange Babka
Believe it or not, but chocolate babka was one of my first forays into baking. I have this tendency to take on something grand and complicated when I first start learning something. I think it makes the final accomplishment that much sweeter, the heady boost…
Mango Chiffon Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting
This recipe is adapted from the book – Joy of Cooking and Jolina’s stabilized whipped frosting recipe. I have adapted it to suit my tastes and I couldn’t resist sharing this slightly updated version with you. It is my absolute favorite cake for a special…
Banana Cream Pudding
This dessert needs no introduction. I’m sure most of you readers are my coworkers who can never have enough of this simple, yet ridiculously delicious dessert. This particular dessert vanishes from the office kitchen in record time and it almost always gets requested for office…
Sour Cream Banana Bread
Print Recipe Sour Cream Banana Bread The perfect banana bread – moist, fluffy and light. This will be the only banana bread recipe you will ever need Course Dessert Cuisine American Servings loaves Ingredients 1 cup butter cold, chopped into pieces, microwaved for 10-12 seconds1.5…
Maple Chai Vanilla Cream Donuts
Print Recipe Maple Chai Vanilla Cream Donuts Homemade chai-spiced yeast donuts filled with maple vanilla cream Course Dessert Cuisine American Servings donuts Ingredients Vanilla maple cream filling 3 egg yolks3 cups milk1/2 cup granulated sugar1/3 cup cornstarch1/4 tsp salt1 vanilla bean2 tbsp pure maple syrup…
Oven-baked vs Instant Pot Bread Pudding
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’ve been on the Instant Pot bandwagon for years now. It’s a cookware staple in my house and I rely on it heavily to do a lot of daily cooking. Technically, it has only replaced my pressure cooker but I find…
Chocolate Buttermilk cake
A few years ago, 2013 to be exact, my younger, more fearless self put up an art exhibit at a local art cafe. There was an opening night and everything. A few months after that I was invited to exhibit at a fundraiser called We…
Cranberry Orange Loaf
When I first moved to Toronto, I loathed the holiday season. My pity-party was at an all-time high during the holidays. Who were all these happy people scampering off to spend time with families! Why was everyone so frantic and bitchy at the malls? The…
Honey Rose Pistachio Cake (GF, DF)
Baklava and assorted Middle-Eastern pastries weren’t my favorite when I was growing up. It was the token sweetmeat you took to someone’s house when visiting family-friends or traveling back home. Fortunately for me, I did develop an appreciation for it once I moved to Toronto,…
Mango Tiramisu
Are you one of the fortunate kids who grew up somewhere between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn? Likely visited groves of mango trees or grew up with one in your grandparent’s backyard? My mother grew up in a small village, in a…
Ombre Citrus Sheet Cake
Do you ever think of food as therapy? Something that helps counter-balance the unbalanced bits and pieces of you, sustenance that helps compensate for something that’s missing? Maybe you don’t feel that way, but for me creating and consuming it feels so much more than…
Ginger Sea-Salt Dark Chocolate Truffles
At the risk of putting our relationship on the line, I’ll admit to something deeply personal and compromising. I don’t didn’t like chocolate. I didn’t even have a sweet tooth until a couple of years ago (which I chalk up to some desperate choices I…
Zucchini Bread
Food tends to play a remarkable role in our daily pursuit to change life a little bit. As we evolve, we tend to surround ourselves with things that add a positive note to our life – friends, nature of our work, holiday destinations, books, but…
Ginger Sea-salt Dark Chocolate Cookies
Those of you who know me well, know that I like my desserts on the savory side. This recipe is inspired from Dana (Minimalist Baker fame), who was in turn inspired to create her recipe from Joy the Baker. She says, if you like ginger, you…
Banana Bread – three ways
Moist, light and easy banana bread, measured to make a batch of three distinct decadent flavours – perfect for breakfast, snack time or dessert.