The last day of school in our neighbourhood means the Dawson’s annual summer launch party where guests are welcomed by Joan, Jinji and Lilli, three very gracious hostesses. It’s always a fun time for the kids with water slides, trampolines and a bouncy castle all crowded into their beautiful back yard in the center of the city. Parents are …
Strawberry Chocolate Buttercream Cake. Chocolate cake filled with fresh strawberries and covered in melt in you mouth Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. A good chocolate buttercream icing is a dangerous thing. After a single serving, I can resist most of the goodies created here but this stuff calls out to me if there are any leftovers at …
Chocolate Kahlua Tiramisu Cake Well it’s certainly been a busy month for me with schoolwork but I’m back to the blog this morning with a great and pretty easy dessert recipe. I served this last night at a dinner party to celebrate a friend’s birthday and it was a big hit. A simple chocolate scratch cake …
The Best Homemade Old Fashioned Sponge Cake. A simple, basic, yet versatile sponge cake recipe that can become the basis of many different desserts, trifles or dessert cakes.
Chocolate Raspberry Cake with Silky Buttercream Frosting. Alternating layers of homemade chocolate cake, raspberry compote and the silky-smoothest chocolate buttercream frosting imaginable; a true celebration cake. Happy Birthday to me!! Today’s my birthday and this chocolate raspberry cake was my birthday cake of choice for 2009, simply because I can’t get enough of anything chocolate and …
Chocolate Marshmallow Whoopie Pies. A kid favourite for lunch boxes, after school snacks and birthday parties. Everyone loves the marshmallow frosting inside! Originally published Nov 2009. There are a couple of other whoopie pie recipes on this blog and this one is just a different version of the classic chocolate whoopie pie. It uses the …
Easy Raspberry White Chocolate Tarts. Frozen puff pastry & a simple white chocolate whipped cream filling make these luscious tarts a cinch to put together.
Apple Blossoms. Whole cored apples are stuffed with cinnamon sugar and wrapped in pastry before being baked to golden perfection. This apple blossoms recipe is a pretty simple dessert and is ideal for sharing. It’s also one of those desserts I like to serve at dinner parties; mostly because it can be made well ahead …
Ginger Bundt Cake with Chocolate Nutmeg Ganache Glaze. With three different ginger additions this is a cake for true gingerbread lovers.
Raspberry Chocolate Vanilla Custard Tart. A chocolate pastry crust gets filled with creamy vanilla custard and topped with a slightly tart raspberry compote before being garnished with melted chocolate. This one was the result of cleaning out the fridge. The pastry was already in the freezer and so was the raspberry sauce which was leftover …