Today would have been my mum’s 82nd birthday. Sadly, this is the first birthday she’s not with us to celebrate and I’d be lying if I said it isn’t a hard day for us all. Mum was the baker, the cook in the family and she relished this role. It wasn’t a chore to cook … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Jelly Roll Cake is a recipe I love to eat but don’t tend to make often because it’s little bit fussy – or so I thought! This recipe might have changed my mind! I have made a couple of “Swiss Rolls” in the past (notably … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Strawberry-Rhubarb Squares was the perfect late Sunday afternoon bake this week as Ontario strawberries and rhubarb have just made their way into our stores. This is a simple cake (with a touch of honey and buttermilk so it’s not too sweet) made special with … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Double-Decker Salted Caramel Cake wasn’t one I was particularly fussed about (especially a whole cake serving 10) but it turns out that I had a recipe to test for Leite’s Culinaria that went perfectly with this – a salted caramel frosting, slightly different from Dorie’s … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Breakfast in Rome Lemon Cake is based on a cake that Dorie discovered when she was in Rome and: scanned the bar and was stopped by a cake as yellow as a child’s drawing of the sun. It was tall and simple and made … Read more
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