recipes
the ballerina bakeshop: white swan cupcakes
These White Swan Cupcakes are of the orange-infused sort, and they are topped with a cream cheese frosting. A bitter-sweet combination – like the story of the white swan. She finds her prince, but they – you know – die. The cupcakes have a gentle orange flavour, and are very moist. The cream cheese frosting…
Read Morethe ballerina bakeshop: black swan cupcakes
Let’s talk Black Swan Cupcakes. These cupcakes are a light chocolate cupcake with a classic chocolate buttercream frosting. I added black food colouring to the frosting to make it darker. It will turn your tongue a little blackish-blue. If you don’t like using gobs of food colouring, you can just leave ’em as is – they’ll…
Read Moremovita’s favourite shrimp
. . . Three weeks from today I will start baking school. So, I was pretty excited when I got a call from Murphy Gear this morning to say that my clogs had arrived. My steel-toed, anti-slip, anti-shock, anti-pretty SIKA safety clogs. Quite a transition in footwear from the last time I went to school. In the…
Read Morechocolate cupcakes with {awesome} chocolate frosting
. . . Three weeks of visiting with Haddy, Luke the Dog, Adopamop, Pumpkin and Turnip, have taught me an important lesson. I have learned that 4.5 million accumulated drops of happiness can be matched in sorrow the instant you have to say goodbye. Now, don’t fret. I have also learned that: chocolate cupcakes slathered…
Read Morelemon tea muffins
My brother, Adopamop, along with Pumpkin and Turnip, arrived from France just over two weeks ago. My sister, Haddy, is here too. She brought Luke the Dog with her. They are all staying with Bill and Rosie Beaucoup. And they are all wearing me out. French kids sleep in. They aren’t total a-holes like North American…
Read Morelemon sorbet and an open letter to my sister
Dear Haddy, This evening, I am picking up our wee French nieces, Pumpkin and Turnip, at the airport. Adopamop will be there too. I’m very excited to see our brother, but I’ve NEVER MET TURNIP. And she’s two years old. So, I’m about as excited as any one person can be. Now, I understand that…
Read Moreamy’s cherry crisp
That’s my Aunt Amy up there. On the left. I guess she liked standing on that side. She was my great aunt. She passed away on April 28th, at age 97, just before my 40th birthday. My 40’s will mark my first decade on this planet without her. Amy lived in Toronto for her entire…
Read Morecelebration cupcakes and the summer of woot woot
. . . It’s here! The Summer of Woot Woot! That’s what I’m calling this summer. This summer before everything changes in the fall. And when I utter scream the words: Summer of Woot Woot, I really hit the woots. I like to yell Woot Woot, and then jump into the air. I jump really high…
Read Moremackenzie’s cake {old-fashioned white cake with buttercream frosting}
I baked a cake for a Rutherford. I know. But it was for a child Rutherford. A child turning four. A child that likes pink. And just because her parents are weirdos doesn’t mean she shouldn’t get a huge, pink, sugary cake on her 4th birthday. Heck, you might feel so bad for her that…
Read Morererun: old fashioned rhubarb cake
This is the time of year for reruns. No new episodes of Modern Family to help you push through. Nope. Instead there are baseball games that go on for hours and hours. And grotesque reality dating shows. But it is also the time for So You Think You Can Dance and Masterchef. So there is…
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