Toaster Cake

This cake is made within a few minutes in the toaster. It is a soft delicious cake to have at tea time. This recipe makes just over a dozen small cakes.

Walnut Greek Cookies

These soft cookies are made with walnuts and coated in confectioners' sugar. The baked cookies will stay well in an airtight container for up to 1 week. 

Apple blueberry crisp

This delicious crisp is made with a combination of fresh apples and frozen blueberries.

Ribbon Cake

This colourful ribbon cake with a delicious layer of buttercream icing is easy to make and perfect for any occasion. 

Lemon poppy seed muffins

This recipe makes 12 flavourful lemon poppy seed muffins.

Orange Flavoured Cake

This is a flavourful moist orange cake made using oil and yogurt. 

Love Cake

This Sri Lankan love cake inspired by Portuguese colonial influence is made without flour or any baking agents. This semolina based flavourful cake is filled with spices and cashews, perfect to serve as dessert or tea time snack. 

Apple Pie

This apple pie is a labour of love and has become a fall favourite dessert in our home.

Pan Cookies made on the stove

I have seen many variations of baking pan cookies that starts off on the stove but is baked. However, this recipe from Nadiya's Netflix show is completely done on the Stovetop. We have made this recipe a few times and love it. These cookies also known as skillet cookies or Pizookie are prepared and cooked on the stove  in low heat for 20 minutes.

Quick Easy Dairy and Egg Free Chocolate Cake

This quick and easy chocolate cake made without milk, butter, and eggs from here is easy to bake and delicious to serve anytime. We have baked this cake many times and enjoy it topped it with a light frosting.

Coconut Cake

This delicious coconut cake is easy to whip up perfect for tea time! We like how moist and delicious it is. This recipe is from here. 

Vietnamese Caramel Flan

Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen: Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers by Kim Thuy is written like a story book, which is fun to read. It gives insight into the culture that expresses love through food.

Almond Rice pudding

This almond and rice pudding or kheer is easy to prepare within about half an hour and it tastes delicious. It can be enjoyed warm or cold.

Spiced Pumpkin Quinoa Muffin and Oven to Table Cookbook Giveaway

Oven to Table by Jan Scott has over 100 recipes using one of six cooking vessels including a skillet, sheet pan, Dutch oven, baking pan, roasting pan, and casserole dish. Jan has developed recipes that focus on the importance of a stress-free, mess-free, and no fuss cooking attitude in the kitchen.

Greek Honey Cookies

We enjoy making these Greek Honey Cookies known as Melomakarona, which were introduced to us by our neighbours. These Greek holiday cookies do not contain alcohol, the recipe is adapted from this site. I have kept the measurements in grams as I use a measuring scale to measure all the ingredients. 

Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

We enjoyed making a variety of desserts with the MagicalButter compound dark and milk chocolate. This creamy Belgian Chocolate has ethically traded ingredients, and it is made in the USA.

Dulce de leche cake

We really enjoyed this Dulce de leche cake which can be made ahead of time and left in the fridge.

Fried Doughnuts

These yeast raised, fried doughnuts are easy to make. It would make a delicious evening snack. 

Versatile Copper Mugs and Dragon fruit Beverage

A small business based in Vancouver, Canada sells beautiful handcrafted copper mugs that we can use for cocktails, mocktails, and as decorative organizers. These copper mugs are made using traditional methods of hammering by hand to create the unique texture on the exterior. I like the rustic imperfections that add character to these mugs, making each of these copper mugs unique. The brass handles are welded, which leaves it intact on the inside, and keeps it water tight and leak free. We love that the rim is smooth, making it our go to mugs for chilled beverages. We love that it is comfortable to hold and enjoy.  

Carrot cake with Icing

This recipe for carrot cake is easy to make and tastes fabulous with cream cheese icing.