Ice cream strawberry shortcake
This ice cream strawberry shortcake is an easy recipe that’s a twist on a classic summer dessert: replace the whipped cream with vanilla bean ice cream to make your strawberry shortcakes with homemade biscuits and fresh strawberries. Everybody will love this dessert! What is a shortcake? A shortcake is usually a butter biscuit which, like […]
Raspberry shortcake
Celebrate summer berries with this easy recipe for raspberry shortcake made with homemade biscuits, vanilla bean whipped cream, and macerated raspberries. Depending on where you live, a shortcake could be a layer cake made from two round layers of vanilla cake with whipped cream and strawberries sandwiched in between. A shortcake is also […]
How to make the best ice cream at home
Making homemade ice cream is a pretty easy activity and once you get the hang of it, you’ll want to churn a batch every week. Here are the ins and outs of ice cream making with a simple custard-based vanilla bean ice cream recipe to get you started! Making ice cream is pretty simple and […]
Cardamom ice cream
You can make homemade cardamom ice cream with this easy green cardamom-infused custard-based ice cream recipe. The beauty of making ice cream at home is that you can infuse the milk in the recipe with almost any flavour: steep bags of tea to make spiced chai tea add lemon zest and lemon juice to the […]
Peach mango pie
This peach mango pie recipe has both fresh mango and fresh peaches in the filling, which is set with a little cornstarch to make a super fun summer pie that everybody will love! The pairing of peaches with mangoes is actually quite common. Growing up, we used to love drinking “orange peach mango” juice at […]
Lemon custard ice cream
Lemon custard ice cream is an egg-yolk-based ice cream, flavoured with lemon zest and lemon juice! If you can make a custard sauce, you can make this lemon ice cream. Ice cream falls into two categories: custard-based, made with egg yolks (or sometimes whole eggs)—the recipe below, as well as this cherry bourbon ice cream […]
Black currant cake
This easy black currant cake recipe is a simple almond-flavoured cake topped with fresh black currants, a crunchy sweet crumble topping, and sliced almonds before baking. The berries become jammy and thick as the fruits cook down in the oven, making the perfect simple summer berry cake. Typically, people use black currants as a garnish […]
Strawberry and red currant jam
Make homemade red currant jam with vanilla bean and strawberries for a sour-sweet jam with no pectin added, yet is till quite thick and sets firm. This strawberry and red currant jam is a fun twist on the classic jam. After going berry picking, sometimes the best course of action is to make jam. Jam […]
Red currant recipes and baking with fresh currants
Fresh currants are a category of berries that are often forgotten in North America, but they are so flavourful and bright, you should definitely bake with them! Here’s everything you need to know about fresh currants, including red currants, white currants, and black currants, and a roundup of red currant recipes. Currants come in many […]
Everything you need to know about baking pans and bakeware
If you’ve ever debated on baking a cake in a glass pan versus a metal pan, or had cookies burn on the bottom at 350 ºF within a “reasonable” amount of baking time, this post is for you! Find out everything you need to know about baking pans and bakeware, from how the material and […]
Rhubarb raspberry upside-down cake
This rhubarb raspberry upside-down cake has a few raspberries tucked into the rhubarb fruit layer to enhance the colour of pink rhubarb while also lending lots of flavour and sweetness to this dessert. What is an upside-down cake? Upside-down cakes are traditionally made with rings of canned pineapple and pink maraschino cherries to add a […]
Fruit desserts
When it comes to baked fruit desserts, there are many variations and most seem to revolve around the same theme: a fruit layer baked with a dough on top and/or on bottom. The dough can be a pie dough, a yeasted dough, a biscuit dough, or even cake batter. The naming varies by region or […]
