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Gooey cranberry chocolate squares from the 2012 100% Canadian Milk calendar

By on December 19, 2011 in 100% Canadian Milk Calendar, baked goods, baking, Dairy Farmers of Canada

Happy 35th Birthday to the Dairy Farmers of Canada 100% Canadian Milk Calendar 🙂 I was very pleased to be contacted by Beatrice from Trillium PR recently asking whether I would be interested in a basket of baked goods featuring recipes from the 2012 Milk Calendar.  Without even needing to think about it, I agreed […]

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Plum cake like Nana used to make for August Baketogether!

By on August 3, 2011 in baked goods, baketogether, baking, cake

The theme of this month’s #baketogether with Abby Dodge was Summer Fruit Cake.  Surrounded by so much fruit in Paris, I had, as they say here “l’embarras du choix” (so much to choose from) in terms of fruit but I couldn’t get out of my head the plum cake my Nana used to make using […]

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Daring Bakers January: Entremets (dessert)

By on January 27, 2011 in baked goods, baking, cake, Daring Bakers, dessert

The January 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Astheroshe of the blog accro. She chose to challenge everyone to make a biscuit joconde imprimĂ© to wrap around an entremets dessert. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you will know that generally speaking I make tiny tiny amounts of the Daring Bakers’ […]

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Pumpkin lamingtons for Australia Day

By on January 26, 2011 in Australia, baked goods, baking, lamingtons, pumpkin

No, it’s not quite as exciting as last year’s “Macingtons” but this year, my Australia Day lamingtons are a nod to the food culture of North America and the love of pumpkin. I originally made and posted these for Project Food Blog (the entry that got me eliminated – boo) and a lot of people […]

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Frosting for the Cause: Faux-vo biscuits

By on January 11, 2011 in Australia, baked goods, baking, biscuits, cookies, Frosting for the Cause

I am thrilled to be participating in Paula of Vanilla Bean Bake’s Frosting for the Cause project.  “What is that?” you ask: Beginning January 1, 2011 a total of 365 sugar cookie & cupcake bakers/decorators and bloggers from across Canada and the United States will take turns doing a guest post at Frosting for the […]

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Celebrate with Caramilk

By on December 29, 2010 in baked goods, baking, chocolate, dessert, eat, liqueur, muffins, recipes

I have to admit, I was curious when I received a press release about one of Independent Distillers Canada (IDC) new alcoholic beverages based on Cadbury’s Caramilk bar—Caramilk Cream Liquor. Caramilk Cream Liquor (Suggested Retail Price $27.95) is made with real cream, double distilled vodka, and fortified with brandy, offering a delicious combination of smooth […]

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