Tag: Cake

Baking and Sweet Endings

Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake

An easy to make cake that is moist, light and full of the fall spices we all love so much! In my books, if it’s made with buttermilk then I’m sold! Makes A 9” Square Pan 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cup tinned pumpkin or homemade puree** ½ each vegetable oil & […]

Baking and Sweet Endings

Zucchini Coffee Cake

You’d hardly know it’s zucchini season if you looked in our kitchen!  Joking!  I have to admit there’s a whole lot of things being make using zucchini these days!  And this moist, spicy, quick to make, cake is one of them.   It’s great with not only coffee but we’ve had it for breakfast too! It […]

Baking and Sweet Endings

Victoria Sponge Cake

I made this quintessential English cake for my birthday last year…it’s the bomb and from now on “The Birthday Cake.” It’s not difficult to make and just plain awesome!  This version of Victoria Sponge comes from Mary Berry. For the Cake: 8 oz. butter, room temperature 8 oz. berry sugar (Rogers make it) also known […]

Winter Comforts

What’s Been Cooking Lately…

  Well, the push is on!  Phyllis, the elf, has been baking up a storm, menu planning for Christmas and New Years, making lists, inviting guests, accepting invitations, putting up  the decorations and last and perhaps not the most fun, cleaning the house!  Just a few stocking stuffers left to get and the gifts are ready […]

Fall Harvest

Autumn Menus

I know that this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and we are all geared up for our Thanksgiving dinner event whether it be a beautifully browned roasted turkey or in our case a loin of pork with gingersnap sauce ( the recipe to be posted next week).  My mom made the best pumpkin pie, if you […]

Baking and Sweet Endings

Gilded Pumpkin Cake

This is one terrific Bundt cake!  My Dad loved spice cakes of any kind, so we always baked a spice cake for his birthday.  It was always popular when I made it at work, usually for a corporate luncheon around the end of October.  Back in the day, I used my own cooked pumpkin and […]