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When I was in baking school I was pretty unfamiliar with 75% of breads that I was churning out in class, day after day. One of those breads was focaccia. I soon learned that focaccia is a large flat loaf that has a crisp top and chewy texture. It's full of garlic, herbs, and smothered …
Continue reading How to Make Focaccia — A Bread Everyone Should Try to Make
In the winter time, I was a regular vendor at a farmer's market at University of Toronto, and my best seller of this market was definitely these beautiful, two-toned, raspberry mango macarons. I never thought to do a recipe/tutorial for them because I was making them so often, but now that we are going through …
Every time I end up at Yonge & Dundas square in downtown Toronto, I always gravitate down Dundas to the Uncle Tetsu shops -- famous for their Japanese style cheesecakes, madeleines, and different flavoured cheesetarts. I always end up buying a box of cheesetarts with the assorted flavours of original, matcha, and chocolate -- six …
Continue reading Matcha Cheesetart Recipe (Inspired by Uncle Tetsu)
Hello everyone! I had the pleasure of making a mango cheesecake for my friend over the Easter weekend and naturally, I'd love to share the recipe with all of you. I've also been working on new video formats with my boyfriend (who also edits most of my videos), and we've decided to go a whole …
Easter is coming up, and I've recently been snacking on a lot of Cadbury's mini eggs, and if you've never heard of those, it's milk chocolate in the shape of a mini egg, and coated in a candy coating. I've decided I want to make a little egg nest for a topper on my cupcakes, …
I've been working in bakeries since I was 16, and anytime I worked at a bakery that sold cookies, there was always peanut butter cookies on the menu. Peanut butter cookies are definitely something I did not grow up with, for me, peanut butter was just the spread you put on toast for breakfast. However, …
So my last recipe (Matcha Almond Joy (Coconut Macaroon Recipe)) has matcha in it, and this weeks recipe/tutorial is also very full of matcha! What can I say? I am obsessed with, and LOVE the taste of matcha. Matcha and coconut are a wonderful pairing, but matcha and pistachio is basically a match(a) made in …
*Starts singing* "...it’s Christmas tiiimmmeeee!" I know most people get in the holiday spirit November 1st but I usually save it for early December when it really starts to feel like Christmas. Since the first week of December is over it’s time to start the holiday baking! I was in the mood for gingerbread cookies …
Continue reading Soft and Chewy Ginger Molasses Cardamom Cookies
I have an abundance of pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice, and space in my belly, so I came up with this sweet and spiced pumpkin bread bun recipe. Not only does the bun taste like pumpkin and pumpkin spice, but it also looks like a pumpkin! The cutest — and most delicious bread buns you will …
I went to Montréal for my birthday last week and I literally spent the whole trip doing nothing but eating, and walking... to my next eating destination. It was the BEST. I thought I'd write about the places I visited and the goods that I ate. Since I have a huge passion for baking and …
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