Tag "Baking"
Lisa’s Letters Home: A Brief History of Birthday Cakes
I have a bit of reputation as The Baking Lady, which is entirely my fault because I post photos of my creations on Facebook. The truth is, I’m not at
Chef Notes: What’s better? All-purpose or Self-Rising Flour?
My mother and I have a running battle over which type of flour is better as a pantry staple; all purpose, or plain, or self rising. A/P flour is exactly
Victoria Sponge Cupcakes
Thanks to the Queen, we enjoyed a lovely (but very wet) four day weekend in celebration of her jubilee. I ended up being interviewed on the CBC news channel! Check
Granola Bars
A blast from the past…. C.M. One of the first posts I wrote here at SPC (do you like that? catchy? dumb?) was about processed food and how I was
Lemon Meringue Cake
What’s that big, glowing orb in the sky? IT BURNS! After several weeks of wet, wet, wet, the sun has finally returned. With sunshine comes thoughts of lemons and with…um…well,
Strawberry Rhubarb Crostata
Here’s an oldie-but-goodie from the archives. There are still gorgeous shoots of rhubarbs in the stores and this is a really easy yet impressive way to use them. Let me know
Irish Soda Bread
Going out for brunch used to be one of my favourite things to do when I lived in Montreal. I can think of at least half a dozen places around
PB&J Cookies
Esme’s got a new joke. Well, she’s actually got several. “Where does a cow go on his first date? The mooooovies! Get it? Get it, the mooooovies?” I thought that
Guest Bloggers Heidi and Maude Bake Bread
It’s more than a bit ridiculous to call today’s post a guest post since Heidi has been with SPC from the start. I’ve been wanting to try to bake my
Sugar Cookies
This might be my favorite post in my favorite week. Favorite. Cookies are my achilles heel. I can’t ever turn one down. To say the least, I was excited for Ceri and
