Peaches and Ice Cream sounds like such a simple dish and it is! There is no need to stew the peaches. All you need, is a small amount of sugar, which over time makes a lovely syrup to drizzle over … Continue reading
Category Archives: Desserts
While baking, Lemon Pudding Cake separates into a sponge cake topping with lemon sauce underneath. The pudding cake is baked in a water bath (i. e. the dish holding the pudding cake is set in another pan and hot water … Continue reading
Apple season has begun and there are so many different ways to use this fresh fruit in sweet and savory dishes. Apple Cheese Cake is a dessert made with fresh apples which have been baked into a cream cheese mixture, … Continue reading
Claufouti is of French origin and consists of a layer of fruit topped with a puddinglike batter. Traditionally, the recipe calls for a layer of cherries, but all seasonal fruit can be substituted. In the winter, thinly sliced apples … Continue reading
Lots of family and friends over the weekend and now I am using up what didn’t get used. I had most of a loaf of bakery Italian bread and three ripe bananas. I know, you guessed it…..Banana Bread Pudding is … Continue reading
Cherry Oatmeal Squares….remind me of Date Squares, but luscious cherry filling fills the centre instead of the date mixture. This is an easy recipe to prepare….perfect for a summer picnic. The just fresh pails of pitted cherries and liquid are … Continue reading
Strawberries Romanoff, made famous at Michael Romanoff’s restaurant on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, was actually created as “Strawberries Americaine Style” by a chef in London England. The dish consisted of strawberries in Grand Marnier, blended into whipped cream and … Continue reading
Certain flavours make good companions. Rhubarb and ginger are a good example. The ginger is combined with the rhubarb in the base of this dish, in the form of grated crystallized ginger. Ginger powder is also added to the cake … Continue reading
One of my favourite memories of when my children were little, is of our annual treks to the Pick-Your-Own Strawberry farms. We would go out into the fields, filling our baskets with red ripe strawberries, testing some of the berries … Continue reading
Many grocery stores sell fresh fruit trays with a dip. The fruit is often the same year round. The dip they provide is too sweet. Fruit, by it’s nature, is already very sweet and I like to contrast the fruit … Continue reading