The summer has arrived in Toronto, and with it, the humidity. Whenever I step outside of my air-conditioned workplace, I’m hit with a wall of humid heat. Same goes for stepping outside of my condo; even going out into the hallway to do some recycling, the temperature is tangibly humid. Which is when the DH and I…
Desserts Not Otherwise Categorized
Of Comfort Food & Waistlines: Rice Pudding & Spiced Hibiscus Syrup
This week, my online bake-a-long group is making the Rice Pudding with Spiced Hibiscus Syrup from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. I have a lot meals out and celebrations planned this week, so I didn’t want to make a full batch of rice pudding (I mean, I did, but I thought of my waistline…
Baby Bunnies! In Mini Cupcake Form. Enough Said!
I’ve been seeing a lot of bunny type cupcakes on some of the cupcake and cake FB groups that I belong to, and I decided I’d like to make up my own version of them. So yesterday I whipped up 40 of these babies to send to work with the DH this morning. The recipe…
Oreo ‘Surprise Inside’ Mini Cupcakes: Deliciousness in an Indulgent Bite!
Guess what I made this week? Cupcakes! But not just any ol’ cupcake…I made Oreo ‘Surprise Inside’ Mini Cupcakes! OMG so good! Take a chocolate cupcake, and make some Oreo buttercream to mound on top, then pop a mini Oreo cookie on top of it all. Pausing to visualize and drool? Well, stop drooling and start…
Healthier-For-You Peanut Butter Cups & Wine Bonbons
When I was but a youngster (to differentiate from my advanced years now?!?) I belonged to the Girl Guides of Canada and during one of the meetings, we learned how to make peanut butter cups. It was something like 25 years ago , but what I remember is that it was really easy. Mix icing…