Dessert Recipes

Double Chocolate Black Forest Cake. An ideal celebration cake! Chocolate fudge cake filled with layers of whipped chocolate ganache, fresh sweet cherries and vanilla whipped cream.

Using day old or leftover cinnamon rolls in cinnamon roll bread pudding results in one of the easiest and best versions of this classic comfort food dessert that you will ever try. Make it extra special with a generous drizzle of homemade caramel sauce.

Strawberry Buttercream Chocolate Roll. This very summery looking chocolate roll cake is filled with very easy to make strawberry frosting and chunks of fresh strawberries. No artificial colouring.

May West Cake. Based on the classic Canadian snack cake. A light moist white cake filled with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting and covered in a thin layer of chocolate. I cannot remember a time when Vachon brand, May West snack cakes were not on the store shelves here in Canada. They have been a favourite …

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Truffle Dipped Strawberries. An easy one-bowl chocolate cake recipe covered in fudge frosting & topped with luscious chocolate truffle dipped berries!

Jam Filled Vanilla Buttercream Cupcakes. Beautifully tender vanilla cupcakes with jam filled centres and topped with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting.

Brioche Toutons with Blueberry Honey Sauce. Just 3 simple ingredients make this quick and easy blueberry honey sauce to top warm brioche toutons for brunch or atop good vanilla ice cream for dessert. Originally published August 2010. Here’s a very successful experiment that I tried last week when making brioche for a bread pudding I …

Cinnamon Palmiers with Raspberry Compote. Frozen store-bought puff pastry makes these simple, elegant, little pastry treats so easy to make. Originally published March 2011 Today’s recipe is a simple to make last minute dessert idea using ready made frozen puff pastry. These Palmiers, or Palm Leaves are also known casually as Elephant ears. or French hearts. …

Orange Creamsicle Pie. A very easy to make pie with a no churn ice-cream-like filling on a cookie crumb crust. A perfect, refreshing, summer barbecue dessert.

Cinnamon Roll Cake. An old fashioned, easy to prepare, moist and delicious cake for coffee breaks, weekday dessert, packed lunches or weekend brunch.