Assorted cupcakes with white frosting and colorful sprinkles arranged on a white background.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Gemma Cakes from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes.  I chose this recipe because I thought it would be a great one to make to celebrate my birthday with friends and when it’s your birthday month on Tuesdays with Dorie you get to pick the recipes! Gemma Cakes are mini … Read more

Pancake topped with blueberries and raspberries, dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate with a dotted rim. A light custard or sauce sits beneath the berries.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Meringue Snackers from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Meringue Snackers sounded like a nice, easy recipe to me – that is, until I realised with one day’s notice that this post was due this week. Meringues need time more than anything and I was running out this past weekend! Cue panic in … Read more

Tuedays with Dorie: Maybe-This, Maybe-That Ham and Cheese Loaf from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes! Maybe-This, Maybe-That Ham and Cheese Loaf is the perfect Sunday bake! It’s a classic French “Cake Salé” (literally: salty cake but actually “savoury”) which is often served in small cubes with an apéro. This one is fairly flexible in terms of … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Apricot and Almond-Olive Oil Cake from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Apricot and Pistachio-Olive Oil Cake was on the “to bake” list but I riffed a little and replaced the pistachios with almonds. Here in Canada, there has been a widespread recall of pistachios and products containing pistachios over the past year and “[t]he Public … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Brioche Sticky Buns from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Brioche Sticky Buns is a recipe that requires a bit of backwards planning but there;s nothing particularly difficult about it. I planned to eat these on Sunday morning so I started the process on Saturday afternoon – the dough needs to rise a couple … Read more