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Recent Posts Tagged With 'baking and pastry'

Aug 14

Flourless Chocolate Cakes with Chocolate Glaze & Sugared Berries

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend and the beautiful weather.  I can’t believe summer is almost coming to an end and the kids will be back to school soon.  The winter months always seem to drag on yet summer seems to just fly by. I mentio (read full article)

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Aug 13

Donna Hay’s Quick and Easy Iced Butter Cake

The wedding has passed, my family has returned home and I can honestly say I can’t remember when I felt this exhausted.  I loved having my family here, they have only been gone a couple of days and I miss them so much already.  I haven’ (read full article)

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Aug 11

Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake – Oh So Delicious!

What a fantastic weekend!  My niece, V, was married on Saturday.  The wedding was amazing and V looked absolutely stunning!  I think I cried throughout the entire ceremony (thank goodness I brought a few packages of kleenex). It was a crazy busy (read full article)

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Jul 30

Baked Grand Marnier and Raspberry, Vanilla Custard Cups

Lately I’ve been on a Donna Hay kick.  She was one of the judges on MasterChef Australia this year and I’ve come to really like her and her philosophy on food.  She is a beautiful food stylist, I think she could make any dish look spect (read full article)

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Jul 28

Craving Chocolate? Quick and Easy 3 Minute Sweet Cake In A Mug

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I am a big food photography fan and you can usually find me drooling all over the food pics at FoodGawker. It’s amazing how many talented cooks and bakers there are out there. Last week a couple of pics stood out to (read full article)

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Jul 26

White Chocolate Brownies with Dark Chocolate Chips

The countdown is on, less than two weeks to go to my niece’s wedding.  V and her fiance were in town for the weekend and they popped by for a long, overdue visit.  It was great to see them both.  I have yet to meet a couple that were as calm (read full article)

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Jul 21

Oreo Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes

I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t like Oreo cookies.  Who could resist cream-filled, chocolate sandwich cookies?  Not Me!  Especially the double-stuffed Oreo cookie, it’s one of the best cookies for dunking into a cold glass of m (read full article)

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Jul 19

Devil’s Food Cupcakes

Thank goodness, the weekend is over!  You won’t hear me say that very often but I really felt out of sorts this weekend with my son, Matt, off to Toronto.  He made a comment just before leaving and it sat with me the entire time he was gone. (read full article)

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Jul 18

Double-Chocolate Chunk Cookies

What a quiet weekend!  My son, Matthew, is away for the weekend and my daughter, Liana, has been hiding in the living room, engrossed in a 1000-piece puzzle that she can’t seem to tear herself away from. The house feels so empty and it is extr (read full article)

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Jul 16

Want To Learn How To Make Gordon Ramsay’s Favourite Dessert? – Hot Chocolate Fondant

Gordon Ramsay and his thoughts on Hot Chocolate Fondant – “Whenever I’m asked for my favourite recipe, this is the one.  It has a divine melting texture and the liquid centre is sublime.” My thoughts on Gordon’s Favour (read full article)

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Jul 09

Brownie Hearts – Chocolate Goodness

Obviously the mad confusion of yesterday has spilt on to today.  Hope you enjoy the Raspberry, Blueberry, Cream Cheese and Mascarpone Pound Cakes I shared with you earlier today but I completely forgot to share my other delicious treat with you. Did (read full article)

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Jul 09

Raspberry, Blueberry, Cream Cheese and Mascarpone Pound Cake

To say the least this will be a week I will never forget and will take with me forever through my blogging journey.  Although it’s been tough, almost to the point of wanting to throw in the towel, and more than a few tears shed I’ve rea (read full article)

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