Cakes, Pies, and Tarts

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 …

Lemon Blueberry Tart – a buttery graham crumb crust gets filled with a tart & sweet lemon filling and topped with a delicious, easy to make blueberry compote.  This lemon blueberry tart recipe makes a large 10 or 11 inch tart or it can be made in a 9 or 10 inch glass pie pan. I …

Sour Cream Pastry Crust Peach Pie – this easy to make pastry is ideal for fruit pies like peach or cherry. I make a couple of different versions of peach pie but I do particularly like this simple one, made with sour cream pastry. This is a must-have dessert at our house at least a …

Bakeapple White Chocolate Shortcake. Bakeapples, or cloud berries are a Newfoundland favourite but this recipe can be adapted to use any simple fruit compote or jam like raspberry, strawberry or peach.

Lime Bundt Cake. An old fashioned bundt cake with the bright citrus flavour of limes baked right in. Delicious with raspberry compote and whipped cream.

This tempting torte was thrown together for dessert a couple of nights ago based on some leftover chocolate buttercream frosting and raspberry compote that I already had on hand. A really delicious mix of flavours in this one for sure and it was well appreciated by my dinner guests and a couple of lucky friends …

 Begin by making a Golden Vanilla Cake Cream well: ¾ cup butter2 cups sugar3 tsp vanilla extract Add, one at a time 3 eggs Beat well after each addition. Sift together1 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour1 cup + 1 tbsp cake flour1 ½ tsp baking powder Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed …

I make this cake in a vanilla version without the orange flavour but the this is my preferred version. I have made it many, many times for birthdays, graduations anniversaries and even weddings. Many people who have tried it call it their favorite cake.This little loaf sized cake was made of the leftovers from making …

Blueberry Peach Phyllo Galette. A low effort, easy dessert that’s perfect for last minute entertaining. Great with vanilla ice cream. This Blueberry Peach Phyllo Galette is another impressive but low effort dessert. Frozen phyllo pastry from your supermarket freezer and some fresh peaches and blueberries are practically all that are needed to quickly throw together …