Cakes, Pies, and Tarts

Best Apple Recipes. NEW RECIPE COLLECTION. Our very fan favourite best sweet or savoury recipes from the past 15 years online.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake. A special method yields an intensely flavoured apple topping on a silky baked vanilla cheesecake, then pour on the best homemade caramel sauce.

This lime velvet cake is the latest in our series of successful variations on this recipe and packs plenty of citrus flavour punch in the cake and frosting.

Coconut Lime Marshmallow Cake. A fantastic combination of flavours and textures including a light lime sponge cake, a tangy lime curd, fluffy marshmallow frosting and a generous coating of toasted coconut. My sister and her kids are visiting from Alberta this month and were coming for dinner one night last week so once again, I …

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Easy Fudge Frosting. A homemade, old fashioned, easy to make one-bowl chocolate cake covered in an easy fudge frosting that’s made from chocolate chips.

Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake. An ultimate strawberry dessert! A baked vanilla cheesecake sits atop a light buttery cake then topped with a strawberry filling and whipped cream.

The Best Classic Canadian Butter Tarts. There’s a reason why we have a national obsession with these sweet, buttery, caramel-y tarts. I’ve sampled them in many places across the country and this thick pastry version is my favourite. Don’t do the raisin debate,  just leave them out if they are not your thing. Everyone should be able to enjoy them as they like them.

Strawberry Vanilla Sponge Cake. A simple but delicious vanilla sponge cake filled with roasted strawberry jam and topped with an uncomplicated vanilla glaze. Makes a simple elegant birthday cake.

You’ll taste the difference in this no-bake cherry cheesecake pie that doesn’t use preservative filled canned pie filling or packaged dessert topping.

Ragged Rock Chocolate Rum Mousse Cake. Dark chocolate scratch cake topped with a silky smooth chocolate mousse and dollops of freshly whipped cream.