Dessert Recipes

Yes, my love affair with cast-iron skillet desserts continues. I can’t help myself. I just love the rustic look and feel, not to mention the ability of cast-iron to bake up those tasty, crispy edge bits. It’s rhubarb season and I was itching to make something rhubarb-y, but unfortunately, my rhubarb patch is a late [...]

These Sugar and Cinnamon Crisps have quickly become a family favourite. They are perfect for whenever you feel like a bit of sweet and crunchy. They are all at once sweet and a bit salty, with lots of cinnamon flavour and a slight undertone of lemon from the bit of lemon zest, that seems to [...]

Sticky Toffee Pudding has always been one of my favourite desserts and especially once the weather gets cooler. For the uninitiated, it’s not a pudding in the “put it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon” way. It’s a pudding in the British style – a cake. Classic Sticky Toffee Pudding features dates, [...]

I first spotted this recipe on Food 52 many months ago and I’ve been patiently waiting for “pumpkin season” to give it a try. It is one of the most popular recipes on Food 52 and now that I’ve made it (twice!) I can certainly see why! Now, I love to cook and I love [...]

It’s finally strawberry season again in Muskoka. The cool and wet Spring has delayed the local crop a bit but really, only a week later than last year. I picked a couple of baskets this morning, so now I’m in the race against time to find wonderful uses for them before they spoil. Last year [...]

I‘ve been looking for a great dessert for Easter and I do believe I’ve found it! I spotted this recipe on the Anna Magazine website. It checks all the boxes for a special event dessert – easy, tasty and pretty. And it can be made (mostly) ahead. I took the recipe for a test spin [...]

I love this cake. It’s rich and moist but not cloyingly sweet. I love it with a bit of lightly sweetened whipped cream to balance the richness. It’s the perfect ending for a St. Patrick’s Day meal (or just about any meal, for that matter. I usually use Guinness in this cake, but a chocolate [...]

I have only recently discovered Cara Cara oranges. They are in (Canadian) grocery stores right now (early February) but they are easy to miss with the wide variety of citrus on the shelves right now. If you seek them out though, you will be wonderfully rewarded. Cara Cara oranges are sweet, low in acid and [...]

I spotted this recipe on the LA Times website a while back and quickly bookmarked it. I knew when I got around to making it, that I would love it. And I did. And so did the rest of my family. My H described it as “it has that great sweet/tart thing going on”. Yes [...]

This cake, from Dorie Greenspan, was featured on Epicurious recently and I couldn’t wait to try it. Now, just to be clear, this is not a cake with some apples in it. It’s more like apples with some cake in it. Using different kinds of apples, means that some cook down more than others, so [...]