Christmas Recipes

Apricot Hazelnut Pound Cake. A favourite old fashioned pound cake recipe gets a delicious update with the addition of crunchy toasted hazelnuts and sweet dried apricots.

Cream Cheese Cookies with Cherries and Pecans. An easy to make drop cookie that takes its inspiration from an old family recipe for a favourite pound cake.

Newfoundland Molasses Raisin Bread. A classic Newfoundland recipe that everyone’s Mom or Nan made back in the day. It’s often enjoyed at the Holidays and is a favourite for morning toast with gobs of melting butter.

Auntie Crae’s Plantation Chews. Soft, chewy, crispy, nutty, caramel-y delicious! These flourless cookies are also easy to make gluten free!

Newfoundland Cherry Cake. A big local favourite especially during the Holidays. The secret in this recipe is undiluted evaporated milk for added richness.

Homemade Jammie Dodgers. A homemade version of the United Kingdom’s favourite cookie. Your favourite flavour of any good quality or homemade jam can be used in this recipe. Raspberry, apricot and plum are some delicious choices.

Best Loaf Cakes. Sometimes a smaller cake serves your needs better than a full sized dessert. These are great for weekday dessert, snacks, packed lunches or gift giving at any time of year.

Foolproof Chocolate Crackle Cookies. Super chocolatey cookies with a white crackled exterior appearance. Great for lunchboxes, after school snacks or a very pretty addition to afternoon tea. 

Strawberry Lamingtons, a.k.a. Strawberry Coconut Cake Squares, moist cubes of homemade vanilla cake get soaked in a combination of strawberry jello and jam and then rolled in coconut. An easy, pretty and very tasty treat that kids will love.

Chocolate Coconut Cake Squares a.k.a. Lamingtons, homemade white cake dipped in a decadent chocolate syrup and then rolled in coconut. An Australian fave!