Dessert Recipes

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.

This experimental little cheesecake taste and calorie “bomb” was the result of a frozen leftover cheesecake that needed a little dressing up. The concept of an entire “leftover” cheesecake may be a little strange to most readers but the truth is that I made ten White Chocolate Cheesecakes the day before Christmas Eve to give to …

Raspberry Chocolate Buttercream Napoleons. Frozen puff pastry makes this a much easier dessert to prepare while thoroughly impressing your guests. Originally published Nov. 2009. This is another of what I call a fridge cleaner recipe. That’s because it started with leftover puff pastry and buttercream frosting that I had in my refrigerator at the time. …

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 …

Strawberry Shortcake Sundaes. The perfect summer dessert for backyard barbecue season or for birthday parties, picnics or any time!

Chocolate Marshmallow Whoopie Pies – a kid favourite for lunch boxes, after school snacks and birthday parties. Everyone loves the marshmallow frosting inside! 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, using the marshmallow type frosting that …

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 …

Warm Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce & Toasted Walnuts. An amazing comfort food dessert for a Fall dinner or even a weekend brunch… and oh that caramel sauce!

These chocolate orange brownies are super soft and fudgy with a hint of orange flavour throughout, just like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange. They freeze well too!