recipes
split pea soup
It is done. I graduated from baking school – with honours. I didn’t even fall off the stage. And for the first time in months, I’ve got time to do stuff. It has been an adjustment; I mostly sit around and make lists of stuff I should do, and then wander aimlessly doing other stuff. On…
Read Morerhubarb muffins and an open letter to my brother and sister
Dear Adopamop and Haddy, Mum broke her wrist. So, your decision to move away from Nova Scotia has officially paid off. But that’s not a surprise, is it? I mean, you knew our parents would start to… decline, and I’d be the one taking care of things. I just thought I’d have more money when…
Read Moremini cupcakes with lemon and lavender
. . . This time of year – dance recital time – is extremely stressful at the best of times. But this year? When combined with other job responsibilities, wrapping up baking school and my work term? Cripes. I actually heard my body creaking yesterday. I thought it was someone else’s lame body, and then…
Read Morebuttercream icing for a six-inch cake
Remember when I told you about that six-inch classic layer cake? How it makes the perfect amount of batter for six-inch pans? Well, this recipe is the perfect amount of icing for that same sized cake – just in case you’re too afraid to make something like German buttercream. This is a classic American buttercream. It…
Read Morecoffee cake muffins
Remember what it was like when you had time to sit down with a cup of tea? To sit down at all? Lately, those days seem few and far between. I’ve started my work term at a bakery about 45 minutes outside of the city, and my Real Job duties hit a feverish pitch at…
Read Moresix-inch classic white layer cake {and a warning about airplane toilets}
Back in 2005, I went to France for Christmas. It was awesome, except that the man sitting next to me on the plane was sucked out of the aircraft via the toilet. The man was sitting next to me when we departed from Montreal that cold December night, but once the plane had reached cruising…
Read Moreblueberry loaf
. . . The other day, I caught 2.0 trying to plug a mouse into a cd drive. Not a real mouse, bozo. Our wireless computer mouse needed a battery recharge, so I suggested that he use an old-school tailed mouse to get by for a few hours. That’s when I caught him trying to…
Read Moresalad, chicken and cruise ships
. . . I have two worst-case vacation scenarios in life: Disney World and cruise ships. I mention this because I’m on a break from school this week, and people seem disappointed that I haven’t exercised either of those options to relax. If I were taken hostage by a nefarious street gang, either of those…
Read Morecranberry mini-pies topped with walnut streusel
. . . Cranberry Mini-Pies Topped with Walnut Streusel recipe: adapted slightly from Better Homes and Gardens’ Holiday Baking Issue 2012 print and bake Yields 10 mini-pies. For the streusel: 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons rolled oats 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 3 tablespoons…
Read Moresnowball cookies
. . . How’s about a little baking school update? I’m on a new team – there are four of us. We’re basically the Spice Girls. There have been some oven mitt hive-fives and baking success all round. In the past three weeks we’ve learned to make: pain au levain, pain rustique, pain pugliese, ciabatta,…
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