Mixed Berry Apple Jam!! Its jammed full of goodness.

Making jam is something I became addicted to.  I love how each jam recipe turns out different and how many different ways I can use jam. I’ve used homemade jams on toast, baking and as gifts but there are so many other ways to use it as well. The nice thing with homemade jam is…

Coconut Rum Cupcakes

This is a must have for coconut lovers!! Coconut rum brings another level to the coconut flavour.  Choose your favourite coconut rum and bake away! Begin by beating softened butter and slowly adding brown sugar.  You want to combine the brown sugar until it becomes a light brown and the majority of the sugar has…

Rock that Almond Roca!!

Warning!!!  After reading this post, you may not want to eat Almond Roca ever again (ok well you may not want to eat the whole batch of Almond Roca).  Almond Roca basically consists of sugar and butter with a little bit of almond and chocolate. Almond Roca can be a bit tricky to do on…

Yummy Flourless Cupcakes!!

My aunt has celiac disease, a disease that affects the small intestine.  Gluten damages the small intestines and that is why celiacs go on a gluten-free diet.  A couple of years ago, when my aunt discovered she was celiac, her life changed.  She had to restrict many things out of her diet such as cakes,…

To Apple Jam or To Apple Butter?

I got a slight addiction to jamming.  I love the experimentation, the flavours and the canning process.  As I was googling recipes to try I discovered something called Apple Butter.  What is apple butter?? Its apples cooked so long that it becomes the consistency of butter.  This recipe is great when you have lots of…

Celebrate Pi Day with Fake Apple Pie

Happy Belated Pi Day!! March 14 to some is Pi day (3/14 or 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679…).  Pi is an irrational number or a number that has digits that never repeat.  To celebrate Pi day we eat pie. Of course…

What to do I do with leftover buttermilk??? Make Buttermilk Scones!!!

What do you do with leftover buttermilk???  Sometimes you’re left with too much buttermilk when you bake.  If you don’t have a use for it you can always freeze it and use it later.  I got into the habit of making things for breakfast.  I’ve made buns for breakfast (bear buns from a previous post)…

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red velvet cake has become a very popular cake.  Red velvet is a basic buttermilk cake with red food colouring.  No one knows the exact origins of the cake and some believe cocoa in the cake turns a reddish colour when mixed with vinegar.  I have not proven this to be true but I believe…

Chinese New Year

Sticky Cakes for Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year was always a time to get together and eat delicious foods.  Usually we will have dumplings, Taro cake, and Sticky cake (Nian Gao). My family would always get together to have a big feast. There are many traditions around Chinese New Year and one of them…

Eat like a Hobbit

Have you ever wondered…. “If I was a hobbit what would I eat??”  Of course after watching The Hobbit in theatres who wouldn’t.  The table was filled with lots of harvested vegetables, breads, meats and fish.   I decided this was going to be the theme of our next dinner!!  After doing some research online,…