Daily Unadventures in Cooking

A carrot cake cupcake recipe which is not only a delicious sweet treat, but with whole wheat flour and carrots it’s good for you too!

You will never look at a banana the same way after you have tried this. When I looked at bananas I used to see a conduit to peanut butter or a natural oatmeal sweetener, now I see ice cream.

These are my Mum’s brownies, otherwise known as the best brownies ever. Leftover’s do not last long and they will satisfy any chocolate lover. The key is a high icing to brownie ratio and the little bit of coffee in the icing enhances the cocoa flavour.    Bring these to your next holiday party.

Who doesn’t love the seasonal pumpkin flavour that appears in the Fall?  Pumpkin flavour is generally associated with Pumpkin Pie Spice, a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.  The pumpkin itself complements those spices but has quite a mild flavour.  These flavours are the basis for the pumpkin cupcake recipe which I found on [...]

A crisp or crumble is always a good dessert to make if you have too much fruit around, but it is also a favorite of mine because it so rustic and comforting. This crisp uses pears, cranberries and apples to take advantage of what is currently in season. The tartness of the cranberries are [...]

Because I have just discovered that I like pears, I have never done any baking with them at all. When we saw these beautiful ones at the market for 50 cents each, I brought home a bunch, then realized I would need to bake something. Excellent.

Is a cupcake a cupcake without icing? Personally I think that a cake or a cupcake, is still a cake even if it isn’t frosted. Unfortunately my friends do not, so these have currently been dubbed “muffcakes” until I make them again and frost them.

This raspberry coulis or sauce may be the easiest thing you will ever make, perfect to serve with spongecake, cheesecake or lemon tart.

Farmers markets are a great test to my self control, a test which I generally fail. Two weeks ago I hit up the Kitsilano Farmers Market and came out with peas, kale, 2lbs of cherries, zucchini, strawberries, raspberries, garlic scapes and one lone bay plant. Realizing how much fruit I had I was [...]

On Saturday, when I saw a local farm stand selling both rhubarb and strawberries, I offered J a deal. Basically, I would make him, his all time favorite treat, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie – if he did all the dishes. It may have been the quickest exchange of chores in our whole relationship. I have never [...]

Ever since I discovered the Frozen Yogourt recipe from The Perfect Scoop I just can’t get enough. I turned it into Blackberry Frozen Yogourt last year and now Rhubarb. It is so easy (no friggin custard, thanks), better for you and tastes great.

A few weeks ago I really wanted to make these cookies everyone in the blog world was talking about – Dreena Burton’s Super Charge Me Cookies. Despite 30 minutes worth of googling I couldn’t find the recipe anywhere on the web and instead put a request in for the book at the library. Last week [...]

A few years ago, I had a really yummy rhubarb and ginger sorbet at a restaurant and I have wanted to replicate it ever since. Unfortunately, my ice cream maker is currently at the cabin, but, I thought I could make something with similar flavors. I love having fresh fruit to put on [...]

Dates, dried pineapple, vanilla, coconut and raw almonds make the base of these donuts, a raw dessert treat!

This is such an easy thing to make. I am sure it would be even easier if you had an apple corer, but I don’t actually know that. I have made the original version I picked up here once before and it was excellent. However since I was out of both nutmeg and brown [...]

This month the Daring Bakers were given the arduous task of making Eclairs by our hosts Tony Tahhan and MeetaK. Either I am getting more used to these challenges or they are getting easier because this challenge ended with no disasters. For one thing I only halved the recipe this time, eating 12 [...]

First let me just say I really liked this challenge of the Danish Braid. At first I was afraid it would be too daunting but in the end I had such a good time. The ingredients weren’t too expensive and we both gobbled it up. The only gotcha for me was completely my fault. After [...]

This month’s Daring Baker challenge was something I hadn’t even heard of before. Opera Cake. This is a serious cake to make for someone whose dessert baking is generally brownies or cookies. I liked what a marathon it was but as a disclaimer I am really more of a bread baker. In [...]

We have all experienced this in social situations: The group of cool kids who sit at the better table, get away with more and seem to have generally happier lives. They are a group which always seems unattainable and snobby from the outside but which we all secretly want to be part of anyways. [...]

After a few years of doing this I am excited to finally be hosting a blogging event! I didn’t start my own but rather have the opportunity to host Kalyn’s Weekend Herb Blogging this weekend. I am even luckier because this is the 100th event of WHB. Myriam from Once Upon a Tart was [...]