It’s grey and snowing and damp outside and this never ending winter is sucking my soul dry of springtime bounce. So instead of wallowing in the depression I decided to fill my kitchen with beautiful, bright and cheery lemons. I’m making my own sunshine here and it tastes amazing. This simple curd is made of… Continue reading Classic Lemon Curd Recipe
Category: Sweets
Easter Egg Nest Carrot Cake
We have been making this carrot cake bird’s nest every year for Easter for the past 5 years. It has become a family favourite and it’s something we look forward to every year! I hope you’ll enjoy it too – both for it’s simplicity and for how it tastes. This mini egg topped carrot cake… Continue reading Easter Egg Nest Carrot Cake
The BEST Chocolate Sugar Cookies Recipe
Cut out sugar cookies are a staple in our home at Christmastime. We make them every year but we’ve never made chocolate roll out cookies! When I found these fun woodland animal cutters I thought that a chocolate cookie dough would suit considering moose and squirrels are brown anyway. Oh I had… Continue reading The BEST Chocolate Sugar Cookies Recipe
Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls
If you’re looking for something new to add to your Christmas morning brunch or if you want something to take to a neighbour during the holiday season then this is it. These sweet buns taste like the holidays but are a nice alternative to the usual cinnamon and ginger flavours. They aren’t staying in my… Continue reading Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls
Shortbread cookie cups with mint chocolate filling!
So here’s the deal. Cupcakes. We’ve seen em, we’ve eaten them, we’ve cursed them. They are a pain in the rear and take forever and they are overkill most of the time. Never mind that they aren’t cheap to make if you do them well with buttercream and the whole shebang. And don’t get me… Continue reading Shortbread cookie cups with mint chocolate filling!
Pomegranate and Chocolate Scones
On my last trip to the grocery store I saw pomegranates. They’re sort of fugly on the outside, their skins are often blemished and they are usually a little bulbous in places they should be smooth and smooth in places they should be bulbous, but we don’t judge our fruit by it’s covers now do… Continue reading Pomegranate and Chocolate Scones