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.

Ribbon Cake

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

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. 

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. 

Funnel Cake

This funnel cake is the perfect carnival food to enjoy even when it is cold outside. It tastes delicious with different combination of fruit toppings you like. 

Dulce de leche cake

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

Carrot cake with Icing

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

Honey and Spice Apple Cake

I got this recipe for Honey-Glazed Apple Cake from OntarioFarmFresh pamphlet during our visit to an apple orchard. This spiced apple cake tastes delicious, and can be served warm or at room temperature for breakfast, dessert, and snack. We enjoyed the cake without the glaze. 

Cheesecake served with Dole Fruits

Dole has launched a fresh innovation for ready-to-eat fruit. We found the new Dole Resealable Fruit Pouches to be a time-saving way to enjoy fresh tasting fruit instantly. It is perfect for occasions or places where we don't have the luxury of kitchen tools, for example to take during picnics and camping, for office snacks, and sports games. 

Banana Brownie Swirl Cake

I tried the Banana Brownie Swirl Cake from the book Cake I love You, which is a hit in our home. There is plenty of inspiration in this book for beginning bakers and the experienced. The tips and techniques of the decadent, do-able recipes shared by author, Jill O'Connor are useful to get delicious end results. The recipes in this book are divided by flavours such as banana, coconut, chocolate, caramel and butterscotch, citrus, spirits and spices, and garden and orchard. 

Gingerbread Spiced Cake

This gingerbread spiced cake recipe is from the Betty Crocker cookbook. This cake can be served on its own or with sweetened whipped cream.

Red Velvet Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

The recipe for this Red Velvet Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting turned out delicious and it is from this site.

Chocolate Coated Vanilla Cake Pops

Making cake pops are easy when we use the Trudeau Cake Pop Set that comes with a mould, sticks, and a display. These cake pops are beautiful to make for any occasion. 

Orange Semolina Cake in Mini Loaf Pans

I love making mini desserts. This set of 4, white porcelain Mini Loaf Pans are useful to make mini breads, cakes, and more. I used this dishwasher, oven, and microwave safe 6 x 3.5 x 2.5" loaf pans to make this orange flavoured fragrant semolina cake. To make this cake you will need

Star Wars Inspired BB8 Birthday Cake

I made this birthday cake for my son's 7th birthday. I have made this chocolate cake before and like it because it is moist and an easy one bowl method cake.  

Cheesecake Crunch in a Jar with Seasonal Fruit using All Bran Cereal

I enjoy using cereal to make desserts. Recently, I followed the recipe for All Bran Cheesecake Crunch in a Jar with Seasonal Fruit by Calgary Chef Connie DeSousa. My family enjoyed this no bake whipped cheesecake that I made using Kellogg’s All-Bran. 

Middle Eastern Semolina Cake Basbousa

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year.

This Middle Eastern Semolina Cake known as Basbousa has many different versions of making, and this is a simple delicious recipe I like to make.

For the sugar syrup

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups water

1/4 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp orange blossom water or rose water

Carrot, Coconut, Apple Muffins and Giveaway

Wishing all of you celebrating Eid a blessed Eid.

Eid Mubarak.

I had the opportunity to taste the creamy new Gay Lea's Coconut Whipped Cream made with pure coconut cream. This non-dairy and lactose free whipped cream is perfect for vegans, and those who are lactose intolerant. Gay Lea's Coconut Whipped Cream is cholesterol free and has 13% fat. It taste just like the regular whipped cream that my family and I are used to, and is fabulous served with fruit, dessert, and hot beverages.