Cakes, Pies, and Tarts

The Best Crème Brulée. An all cream version of the classic French dessert for the richest, smoothest, most velvety baked custard you have ever tasted.

Maple Pecan Carrot Cake with Maple Buttercream Frosting. A delicious new twist on a traditional carrot cake with maple syrup and plenty of crunchy toasted pecans in the cake, topped off  by a creamy maple frosting.

Maple Butter Tarts. A delicious twist on a Canadian favourite, using a new method to intensify the maple flavour. This is Butter Tarts 2.0!

The best vanilla pound cake recipe can be an elusive thing to chase. I’ve tried many recipes over the years and have tried to develop my own recipe several times to get the exact balance of elements that make  for a perfect pound cake.

This Triple Chocolate Cheesecake has a chocolate cookie crumb base and a lusciously creamy chocolate cheesecake layer topped with swirls of decadent chocolate ganache. A chocolate lovers fantasy. Make it a Quadruple Chocolate Cheesecake with the addition of some chocolate truffle whipped cream.

Gluten Free Chocolate Souffle Cake with Raspberry Fool. Forget that this luscious dessert cake is gluten free: the melt in your mouth texture and amazing chocolate flavour are what it’s all about. Originally published Sept 11. 2013. We had our nieces, Terrie and Stacy over for dinner last night along with Stacy’s boyfriend, Nick. Since …

This black and white cheesecake is inspired by the famous cookie. I think it looks so much more elegant than marbling the chocolate and vanilla together.

Sticky Toffee Apple Cake – this recipe is a warm apple spice cake version of a sticky toffee pudding. Rich, moist and densely textured, this would make an ideal brunch cake or decadent dessert any time. Can an Autumn dessert get better than this?

Best Chocolate Chip Recipes. Our very best, most popular chocolate chip baking recipes from our past 16 years online!

Chocolate Cake with Italian Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. The easiest & best chocolate scratch cake covered in melt-in-your-mouth, luscious Italian chocolate buttercream frosting. Just outstanding!