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
Category Archives: Cakes
Another wonderful recipe from the Cordon Bleu Cookery School that I attended in London! Polish Curd Cake is a typical European dessert, not too sweet, but with a subtle delicious flavour. Polish Curd Cake calls for curd cheese, which is … Continue reading
According to Wikipedia, in Canada, Red Velvet Cake was a well-known dessert in the restaurants and bakeries of Eaton’s department store chain in the 1940s and 1950s. The reddish colour in Red Velvet Cupcakes is achieved using beetroot or red … Continue reading
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
Lumberjack Cake is an old fashioned apple and date cake with a broiled butter/coconut/brown sugar topping….great for dessert or lunch boxes. I used to find that the hardest part of making this cake was chopping the dates. In frustration one … Continue reading
An old fashioned quick cake, Tomato Soup Cake is a spice cake, which is topped with applesauce and finished with a baked meringue. A favourite recipe of my Mom, we were always sworn to secrecy not to reveal the secret … Continue reading
There are many variations of German Plum Cake, but I like this one the best. It uses enough Italian prune plums to cover the top and then you add a crunchy sugar and cinnamon topping. What a delicious, moist and … Continue reading
I am amazed at how long the fresh peach season seems to last. There are still free stone varieties available at the Farmer’s Market. You may also be able to buy fresh blueberries there as well. Certainly the grocery seems … Continue reading
According to General Mills, Bisquick is one of General Mills’ most enduring favorites among consumers. Developed in 1930, Bisquick, a convenience baking mix, remains a household word. It has been used by cooks to make an ever-changing and growing variety … Continue reading