Apple Ricotta Cake is a delicious way to celebrate apple season. Although lemon is the traditional flavour for a ricotta cake, the apples worked beautifully. This cake is moist and tender, and not too sweet, with loads of apple flavour. What is Ricotta Cake? A ricotta cake is an Italian dessert, usually made with semolinaRead more
Apple Walnut Spice Cake is a sweet and delicious way to celebrate apple season. At this time of year, I love to make use of fresh, local apples, like in this Apple Chicken Stew, or Roasted Beet & Apple Salad, but baking with apples is my favourite. Last season, I made Apple Cheddar Muffins with Rosemary, which was amazing.Read more
This Mandarin Pomegranate cheesecake is a combo of two seasonal fruits that are perfect or the holidays. I love cheesecake, both the eating and the making of it. You can use so many different flavours, from the crust to the topping. With this one, I wanted to make something festive to bring to a holidayRead more
I made this Matcha Sesame Cheesecake so that I could experiment with using matcha in a recipe. I’m a fan of Matcha tea. I love the mellow, long-lasting caffeine kick that I get from it, which unlike coffee, doesn’t leave me jittery. My favourite way to enjoy matcha lately with the hot weather is onRead more
Lavender is blooming everywhere on our property and most of the neighbouring ones, too. And it is, of course, the inspiration for this lavender yogurt cake. I love the gorgeous scent of real lavender. Every time I walk past one of the beautiful purple shrubs, I can’t resist pinching off a bloom and rubbing it betweenRead more
Strawberry cake has been on my mind ever since the first berries started to ripen in my garden. There is nothing like the taste of a just-picked, perfectly ripe strawberry, warm from the sun. Especially after having to make do with imported berries over the winter. Fresh local berries make you remember the way strawberriesRead more