Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles are fun cookies to make and to eat. They are a type of drop cookie that is rolled in cinnamon and sugar. I tried this for the first time and now its one of my favourites. First mix the sugar and butter. When the butter and sugar mixture has turned a nice golden colour,…

Tiramisu + Cheesecake = Heaven

Ever wanted to have cheesecake and Tiramisu together?  Well now you can!  This all started when I was going to make a Tiramisu but I was unaware of how many people were showing up to the party.  Definitely one recipe of Tiramisu was not going to be enough.  I looked and looked online for a…

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…

Too much buttermilk. Why oh why?…. Let’s make Fan-tans

We love buttermilk in baking, but there are times when you go to the grocery store and they are out of the smallest size of buttermilk.  You end up leaving the store with a 1 L carton of buttermilk. There are various things that you can make with leftover buttermilk like Fan-Tans (buttermilk rolls).  Not…

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…

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…