Mud pie! Not a sludge of sandpit dirt and murky water (and greasy children’s bum-touching hand germs), I promise you. No, this is an incredibly easy ice cream pie that you can slam together for the holidays or eat with a giant spoon while watching the 1984 George C Scott version of The Christmas Carol […]
Sporty Forty + The Snack Stadium
So what does one do when they are approaching the ripe and refined age of 40? How about HAVE A CHILDREN’S STYLE BIRTHDAY PARTY!????? Yeah. I turned 40 on November 15th! An age I was anticipating with both fascination and dread. For months I was hemming and hawing over what to do. My first idea […]
Asian Bowl Cut Sugar Cookies
I made these Asian bowl cut sugar cookies forย Cynthia, to celebrate the birth of herย INSANELY CUTE new little baby boy.ย Why?? Because every Asian has a picture of themselves as a kid with some variation of an Asian bowl cut… because, stick-straight shiny black hair makes the most beautiful, perfect no-fuss bowl cut …snip snip… hehe. […]
Totoro Week! Blue Totoro Cookies
I made these cutie hilarious blue Totoro cookies for TOTORO WEEK! I love how they look like slices of crazy-eyed, stunned sky blue toast. Remember when I got really into making sugar cookies there for a hot minute, inspired by Holly, Vickie and Patti?? Yeah, they’re still the best at cookies. Then I discovered Kikko’s […]
Fuck Cancer Cake 2
Fuck cancer and the demonic horse it rode it on. It rode into my life almost two years ago now, which is hard to fathom – in a way, it took 18 months out of my life. But in another way, it gave me more reason to live, and it gave me the opportunity to […]
Molly On The Range: Chocolate Tahini Cake With Tahini Frosting!
I’m a turd. Molly has been singing, nay, operatically belting out the praises of tahini for years now. And I was still just a supermarket-homous-munching Canadian idiot with a little bit of tahini uncertainty. I loved the sound of the addition of tahini, but I hadn’t yet incorporated tahini into my desserts. So when Molly’s already-beloved […]
Earl Grey Blackberry Cake With Torched Meringue
Fragrant earl grey buttercream, tangy tart blackberry-laden vanilla cake layers and an artful swath of toasty torched swiss meringue – it’s all a beautiful mess! Inspired by pastry chef Andy Bowdy (his cakes are gorgeously gargantuan, momentous and almost human!), I’ve been wanting to try decorating a cake with the “torched meringue” look – and, […]
In Memory Of John Dumont
This cake is so bright in colour, joyful, and I loved making it, hoping it would put a smile on the recipient’s face. But now when I look at pictures of it, I can’t help but have tears in my eyes. I made it for John, on his 41st birthday, just two and a half […]
Sweet Child O Mine – Teddy’s 4th Birthday Party
Dear Teddy. It’s mama. Or mommy, or MA. You call for me in the mornings when you wake up to let me know you’re awake. Or you yell at me to come in to your room, and bleary eyed, I stumble out of bed. “Is it morning?” you ask. How did you get to be […]
Easy Chocolate Ganache Pie Recipe – OHHH YEAH!
You know my deal. Sweet and easy, casual times. This pie is that. That pie is this. Pie, pie, who am I??? No but really – easy chocolate ganache pie recipe, right here, right now. Ohhh yeah. I’m busting through a brick wall like a giant glass jug sloshing with electric pink Kool-Aid yelling “this […]
Blackberry Lemon Parfait With Oat Cookie Crumble + Whipped Mascarpone
Note to self: never layer a f*cking dessert again. Do it for food photos, but then when you want to eat it yourself – JAM IT ALL TOGETHER IN A NORMAL PERSON BOWL. You’ll still get all the elements of this beautifully easy summer blackberry lemon parfait. Cool, creamy, not-too-sweet whipped mascarpone, the tang of […]
Iced Matcha Latte With Coffee Jelly
Iced Matcha Latte I’m freaking out over this iced matcha latte with coffee jelly drink (could I just be on an insane caffeine high from drinking two of these in a row? Probably.) I don’t think I’ve ever posted a drink recipe on this blog but this is GOLDEN and will catapult your hot summery […]
Frozen Blueberry Lemon Icebox Cake
Summer is breezing by like a little flip book of dreams. Blueberry bushes are sprouting their little juicy jewels; plucked, and packed into boxes. Carried home from the store, into our homes. Baked, transformed, or sprinkled on oatmeal, or run under the cold tap for a few seconds then thrown straight into mouths. We took […]
Chocolate Caramel Drippy Cake with Summer Fruit
I just need to stare at this colourful blast of happiness for a while. Fuchsia pink swiss meringue buttercream, drips of golden salted caramel and the bounty of summer mixed with the nostalgic whimsy of sprinkles. In reality, my mind has been feeling the opposite of this pretty thing. So much sadness, fear and hate […]
Blueberry Streusel Pie Recipe with Oat Cookie Crust
We are lucky, lucky people, my little family and I. We live in a house, we have food and water, we have shelter. Sure, we live next door to a weed dealer on one side and an octogenarian escort on the other. But we have a home. We live in a neighbourhood that is colourful […]
Loaf Pan On Fleek – Mini Rainbow Party Cakes
I’ve never ever used that word before – on fleek. I remember seeing it for the first time a few years ago and being like what the fugoli does that even mean. Irritated at the teens who keep updating this foreign lexicon and even more irritated at the too-old people (like me) who tried to […]
