The Perfect Celebration Cake I keep a large Pinterest board full of cake recipes that I save for special occasions. That’s not a surprise, I guess, since that is entirely the purpose of such a Pinterest recipe board. What is surprising is that I hadn’t yet found a special occasion…
Desserts That Stand the Test of Time It’s interesting how a dish passed on from one generation to the next can make you feel closer to the people that made them. This Peanut Butter Ice Cream Dessert was my introduction to the Kyle side of my husband’s family and in…
Last week was a blessed, blessed reprieve from the unnaturally hot summer that we have been having here in Alberta and on much of the prairies. It felt so good to throw all the windows open early in the morning and not have to worry about running around and closing…
Every year, not long after my birthday, hubby also turns another year older. This year his 40th birthday landed on a Thursday and on one of the busiest days that I’ve had in a long while. The poor guy almost didn’t have a cake at all, which is a bloody…
Reduce Reuse Recycle I come from a long line of people who like to save useful things. Please don’t ever call us ‘packrats’ because everything we save has an intended purpose and we’ll use it…someday. There was a point in time when I would just shake my head at the…
Eating Locally and Seasonally What to do with a 5 lb bag of beets from the farmer’s market? Roasted beet salad…check; Harvard beets…check; Beet, Red Cabbage and Potato Hash…check! Today there were two more experiments on the board: One Ultimate Chocolate Beet Cake courtesy of Nigel Slater and another ‘something’ to…
Without Cake a Birthday Party is Just a Meeting Oh gosh! It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve made a cake…much too long in fact. Every celebration deserves a cake in my opinion and today is no exception…Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen turns two today! I am constantly amazed at…
A while back I thought I’d turn over a new leaf and enjoy the health benefits of Matcha tea. The shopkeeper had me convinced that making a cup was easy, healthy and delicious so I bought a tin. Two weeks later I found a beautiful matcha cup and whisk then…
Lamingtons are an Australian classic cake treat consisting of a basic vanilla sponge cake smothered in a rich chocolate ganache and rolled in sweet coconut. A Taste of Home When we lived in Western Australia, we mourned the absence of perogies. I ended up making a few batches to eat when we…