This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Biscuits Roses (de Reims) are something i have had a fair number of times when in France but never made before so I was excited to give them a try! What are Biscuits Roses? You can read all about it in The Quest for … Read more
LAST week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. I’m a week late making Brioche Sandwich Buns because I was taken down by a nasty bout of Norovirus when this was on my baking schedule. Thankfully I’m feeling much better and managed to get these done over the weekend so here we are. Brioche … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, Les Petits Chefs baking club ventured into working with choux pastry (some of them for the first time!). Choux pastry is the base for cream puffs (profiteroles), éclairs and cheese puffs (gougères), and many people find it intimidating, but actually, it couldn’t be easier! For this session, we worked with … Read more
(you know your cupcakes are the right choice for an OSPCA fundraiser when they get a reception like this from your resident feline 😉 ) Did you know – today, February 24th, is Canada’s Cupcake Day – raising money for the Ontario SPCA. That’s right – today is all about cupcakes – and raising money … Read more
This post is produced in partnership with Derlea Foods . Many long-time readers will know that I’ve been cooking and baking for most of my life and that my inspiration was my mum. Mum was always baking or cooking something when I was growing up and I spent a lot of my time in the … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, Les Petits Chefs baking club worked with sweet shortcrust pastry – always a popular item to work with because “it’s just like Play Doh, only tastier” 😉 Lots of people are intimidated by pastry but it’s actually much easier than you think and kids, particularly, are fearless, so they just … Read more