Welcome! We are home bakers who know a thing or two, and want to share some lifelong baking skills and recipes that will endure long after a flurry of pandemic baking.
This is my super simple, super delicious recipe for smoked salmon herbed scones. They would make a delightful addition to a brunch spread or afternoon tea, served with butter, clotted cream, or simply on their own….
My absolute favourite alcohol to bake with is bourbon. There are so many different types of bourbon available; read about the ingredients, read reviews about the flavours and have fun adding it to your bakes. I…
This is a recipe for a layer cake suitable for stacking very tall or multi-tiered cakes. The browned butter and butter vanilla emulsion gives this cake a rich nutty flavour, and the addition of almond flour…
If you don’t have a lot of time, and need to make a cake for a birthday or a potluck, this is the recipe for you. Including the filling, frosting, and decorating instructions, this chocolate cake…
Tender lemon almond cake with a creamy mousse and fresh strawberries. If you like strawberry shortcake, then you’ll love this! If you don’t have strawberries on hand, raspberries or blueberries work too, and you can experiment…
One day I found myself bored in my kitchen and so I began reading the packaging of some of my favourite crackers. So many preservatives! Surely, there must be another way! So, I began by experimenting…
This is my go-to chocolate chunk cookie recipe. These have crisp caramelized edges, are chewy in the middle, are not too sweet, but oh so indulgent, just how I like ’em! These cookies have caramel sauce…
We know why you are here, and we have the recipe for you. This sourdough recipe is pretty straightforward and makes excellent bread. I have used many recipes for sourdough, and this is my favourite one…
If you want a pastry for dessert, a fruit galette is your fastest way to get there. The pastry is very easy to make, and then you can just roll out the dough, add chopped fruit…
This is perhaps my favourite pastry. It is very quick to make, and let’s say almost foolproof (!). It takes longer to assemble the equipment on the counter and get the ingredients from the cupboard than…
