Slices on Chunky Lemon Cornmeal Cake on a black serving tray.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chunky Lemon Cornmeal Cake from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Chunky Lemon Cornmeal Cake was the perfect way to ease back into real life and baking after the holidays and I whipped this up between naps on the weekend (hellp jet lag!). Because it’s been a fortnight of lots of treats and we brought … Read more

12 Days of Holiday Treats: Iced Mocha Financier Bars (gluten-free)

Scroll to the bottom of the post to get ALL the “12 Days” recipes from 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022! Welcome to Day 8 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes … Read more

Two mini Mulled Apple Pies from Dorie Greenspan's Baking with Dorie on a quarter sheet pan tray.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Mulled Butter Apple Pie from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Mulled Butter Apple Pie is basically an apple pie made with all-butter pastry, filled with apples mixed with browned butter that has been cooked with some “mulling” spices (cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, ginger, peppercorns and a strip of orange zest).  A touch of sugar … Read more

Cook the Book Fridays: Chocolate-Covered (not Chai) Mocha Bars from Everyday Dorie

This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and it’s one I wasn’t sure about making since I am not really a “tea person”. I don’t like tea-flavoured things and I am not a fan of chai (note: Did you know that “chai” means “tea” in Hindi? Here’s … Read more

A mini version of Dorie Greenspan's The Everything Cake on a white plate on a wooden background.

Tuesdays with Dorie: The Everything Cake from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. The Everything Cake is the sort of cake you need in your back pocket – much like a pound cake or a French yoghurt cake (I have recipes in both In the French kitchen with kids and French Food for Everyone: le goûter), it … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Devil’s Thumbprints from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Devil’s Thumbprints are fudgey and delicious and packed with chocolatey flavour! Dorie says: I’m often asked if I ever make a mistake in a recipe and end up with something good. These cookies were that kind of a lucky accident. I must not have … Read more