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Tips To Help Make Your Baking a Sweet Success!
I often get asked for some top baking tips and I have been wanting to do more blog posts this year so I thought I would do a post about some tips that should help you make baking a sweet success! Properly measure ingredients: Measuring ingredients accurately is essential for baking. Use a digital kitchen scale for precise measurements, or use the correct measurements for dry and wet ingredients, using measuring cups and spoons. Ensure the oven is calibrated: A faulty oven can lead to inconsistent baking results. You can check the temperature of your oven using an oven thermometer to ensure it’s calibrated properly. Don’t skimp on prep: Preparing…
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Indulge Your Sweet Tooth: Irresistible Sweet Treats to Satisfy Your Cravings
Happy New Year, fellow baking enthusiasts! I know what you’re thinking, I ate my fill of sugary treats over the holiday season, when you are ready to fill your sugar fix these are some of my favourite recipes that will fill that void. These are a treasure trove of sweet treats that are bound to satisfy your cravings and add a touch of sweetness to your life. Whether you’re a seasoned baker or a newbie in the kitchen, these recipes are designed to make your taste buds dance with joy. Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies: Let’s kick things off with a classic that never goes out of style – chocolate chip…
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The First Time I Made Red Buttercream I Almost Cried: A Tale of Cake Decorating and a Lesson in Color Theory
Cake decorating can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a bit of a challenge, especially when it comes to getting the right color for your icing. I learned this the hard way when I was asked to make a cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday party. She wanted an Elmo cake, complete with red icing. I thought, “How hard could it be?” and agreed to take on the challenge. Little did I know, red is one of the hardest colors to achieve in icing. I started making the icing the day before the cake was due, thinking everything was going well. But as I added more…
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Start Your Day Off Right With This Morning Glory Loaf
I can’t believe it’s been so long since my last post! So much has happened since then, the cliff notes version is I left my Marketing job to go work for another company I thought would be great. Turns out it wasn’t and I left there after only two months. I am just waiting to hear my start date from another place which I”m sure will be much better, it honestly can’t be worse than the last place. Working at that new place I didn’t have time to focus on my baking so I had to put it on hold, which was fine but I had started to gain momentum…
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The Eggnog Loaf That Will Be A Holiday Hit
It wouldn’t be the holidays if there wasn’t an overabundance of eggnog. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of eggnog, or mixing any alcohol with milk products, sounds like you are asking for a disaster. This recipe had quite a few iterations, I couldn’t seem to get the loaf part tasting anything like eggnog. It seemed to either taste like plain white cake or vanilla. I think it was about the fifth time I finally got it right! I find this cake tastes better the following day once the glaze has had time to soak into the loaf. It seems to really bring out the eggnog flavour in…
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Easy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Bars That Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again.
Love or hate them, everyone’s mom used to make these. They are peanut butter bars that have fruit-flavoured mini marshmallows in them. They made an appearance only once a year, usually around the holidays, and they seem to be very much like raisins, you either love them or hate them. I decided to add them to the Christmas menu this year, Kevin and I had the debate if people would actually order these or if they would just be added and only one person would order them. I am happy to say that they were a larger hit than either Kevin or I could have imagined! There was one afternoon…
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This Apple Caramel Loaf Gives All The Fall Feels
This recipe came from a lot of trial and error. I had wanted to make a Salted Caramel Loaf and it just wasn’t working out, and not from lack of trying. This was about the 7th recipe that came from a lot of loaves either tasting like just vanilla cake, or the loaf flavours not complimenting each other well at all. This loaf has quite a few steps to it and I wouldn’t recommend making this your first loaf ever to make. I have tried to break this down into manageable steps, so hopefully, it all makes sense. I thought this loaf would be a bigger hit than it really…
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Pumpkin Loaf With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing is Perfect for Fall
For October I decided to try something new and offer a seasonal loaf that will only be available for the month. To my surprise, it was an overwhelming success! I am still blown away by the support that I receive with my baking! When I was trying to come up with this recipe I made this loaf probably about six or seven times and I always felt that it was missing something. I wasn’t sure if I should add pumpkin seeds to it or pecans but nothing was seeming to be the right fit for it. Once I added the icing to it though I felt that it was perfect!…
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Unbelievably Easy Peach Crumble
After eating our way through 2 pans of peach cobbler, we still had some peaches leftover that was well on their way to becoming overripe. I needed to make something with them instead of throwing them out, and I don’t think we could eat another cobbler. I came across this peach crumble recipe and couldn’t believe how simple it looked so I thought I would try it out. This will be the last of the peach recipes for a bit, I promise. I’m coming to the sad realization that summer is officially over and that we are well on our way to autumn. THE BEST PEACHES TO USE FOR BAKING…
