I’ve always really liked carrot cake, but I’ve never actually made it before. This is likely because it’s one of my grandma’s specialities. However the calling came for a traditional dessert for a family dinner, I decided to give it a whirl and I’m quite happy with the results! It’s a classic homemade carrot cake […]
Entries Tagged as 'bean'
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
January 26th, 2013 · 2 Comments · cake, Dessert, Easy
Tags:bean·cake·carrot·cheese·cinnamon·cream·frosting·homemade·icing·Vanilla
Vanilla Bean Salted Caramels
December 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Candy, Dessert
If anyone is looking for a fairly quick and impressive recipe, salted caramels may just be up your alley! I’ve made my original salted caramel recipe a few times now and just about have it down to a science, but this time I wanted to do something a bit different,so I decided to add some […]
How to Make Your Own Wedding Cake (or your Best Friend’s Wedding Cake)
November 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · cake
It seems like I’m getting to that age where a lot of my good friends are getting engaged – wait, does this mean I’m getting old?? Ekkk… Let’s hope not. Anyways, one of my best friends (let’s call her Maddog) is planning her wedding for August of 2012 and we were discussing wedding cakes. Her […]
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Sundried Tomato Hummus
April 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Healthy, Snack, Snack
Here is a quick posting for some hummus I made using a recipe from another cooking blog here. I decided to add some extra flavour by putting in some sundried tomatoes. Just follow this recipe but add sundried tomatoes into the hummus and puree until you are satisfied with the extra flavour. Enjoy with some […]
Tags:bean·chick pea·garbonzo·healthy·hummus·snack·sundried·tomato
Chocolate Cupcakes with an Espresso Bean Buttercream Icing
March 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · cupcake, Just for Fun
As many of you dedicated BS’ers may know, there is a baking club at my new place of employment. Well my turn to bring treats for the Treat of the Week Club isn’t until the end of March, but I was tapped in early. Since I haven’t made some fancy cupcakes lately, I decided to […]
Tags:bean·butter·buttercream·chocolate·Coffee·cream·cupcake·cupcakes·espresso·icing
Busy Chicken Pasta
November 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Easy, Healthy
I think we’ve chatted about this on the blog before, but sometimes us foodies (aka. nickname for food bloggers out there), just don’t have the time or creative energy to make a huge dynamic & showy meal, well that’s where these quick and easy ones come in. Below is a quick (maybe 5-10 mins to […]
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