Great Grandma’s Soft Ginger Cake is a light and delicately spiced cake. The cinnamon and ground cloves make it more than just a ginger cake. This moist and flavourful cake is the perfect dessert for fall and winter. Frost it … Continue reading
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Apple Coffee Cake is an old fashioned coffee cake made with basic ingredients from your larder and topped with an apple cinnamon layer. The Farmer’s market has now closed and will re-open in the spring There was a real flurry … Continue reading
Cinnamon Sugar Pear Cake is a lovely fresh pear cake that is great for dessert or can be served as a breakfast bread. It can be served warm or at room temperature. It will keep covered on the counter for … Continue reading
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day! Pumpkin Pie is a dessert that just evokes Thanksgiving. This recipe, handed down to me from my Mom, uses pure pumpkin (not a pie filler) and a combination of spices that results in an amazing flavour. … Continue reading
Now Canadian Thanksgiving is on Monday and I am sure that many ovens will be filled with the aroma of cooking turkey, but I like to start a few days before with a Ginger Crisp cookie that is shaped like … Continue reading
Apple Tart is a wonderful dessert to celebrate the harvest of the fresh apple crop. When I made it this time, I used fresh Cortland apples, but you could use any favourite cooking apple. Cortland apples are versatile…… crisp and … Continue reading
Evenings have taken on a slight coolness as autumn creeps slowly in. So our thoughts turn to comfort foods and harvest. Apple and Pear Bread Pudding is a delicious recipe that contains carmelized apples and pears which have been spiced … Continue reading
Cinnamon and cayenne pepper seem unlikely companions, but work really well when working with sweet potatoes. Sweet Potato Rounds are coated with an olive oil, cinnamon and cayenne pepper mixture and then grilled on a griddle or in a frying … Continue reading
I cannot believe that we are approaching Labour Day weekend. It is time to start thinking of food for the fall and the back to school crowd. Old Fashioned Raisin Spice Cake is a moist, spicy everyday cake…good for dessert, … Continue reading
Bread pudding is a dish that has been around for centuries. Cooks have always wanted to devise ways to use stale bread. As a basic principle, bread puddings consist of bread slices that may be used whole or may be … Continue reading