Desserts

This easy almond custard recipe is light and soft, made with a milk base instead of heavy cream. It has a silky mouthfeel with just a brush of sugar and…

A fruit ice is the perfect cold dessert for summer! Here’s a simple recipe for watermelon lemonade ice that you can prep in no time…and later enjoy on the porch…

Panna cotta is an impressive dessert–but it’s so easy to make! You can even prepare it ahead of time, which makes panna cotta the perfect dessert for company. Try topping it…

Traditional custard recipes use eggs to achieve both thickness and a richness of flavour. This rich maple custard dessert recipe is sweetened entirely with maple syrup! Some people scream for ice…

Homemade pie crust is frugal and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Here’s how to make a perfect pie crust from scratch using just flour, salt, butter, & water. Have you mastered the homemade…

I can’t think of a more delicious way to showcase fresh strawberries than in a cold, lightly sweetened, bursting-with-juice strawberry pie. This dessert will be the show-stopper at your 4th of…

Here is a recipe for strawberry shortcake with a rich egg biscuit base and whipped cream cheese filling. It’s easy to make and not too sweet! Berry picking shouldn’t be…

These chocolate chip cookie bars are the perfect all-occasion dessert. They’re sweetened with sucanat and studded with walnuts and chocolate chips. Some things turn out just the way you want…

This completely from-scratch, cream cheese filled gooey butter cake is lightly crispy on the edges and deliciously chewy as you get further in. My journey to gooey butter cake began…

What’s in season… Black Raspberries Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis (eastern North America variety) or Rubus leucodermis (western North America variety) Harvest season: July (usually just a short three weeks!) Special properties:…

Warm chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. I can think of few snacks more delicious, and few with more childhood memories. I was so pleased with how this…

This moist, naturally-sweetened carrot cake is laced with walnuts and topped with whipped cream cheese frosting sweetened with maple syrup. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to join…

Custards are my favourite desserts of all time. They always have been and always will be. Why? They are rich, elegant, and deceptively simple. When I try to think of…

This pie is summer. It requires fresh blueberries, so it can only be made at the height of the season soon after a day of picking in the fields. I…

July is for pie, am I right? Much as I enjoy pumpkin and pecan pies, summer pies are so integral to the season that their lack would feel as incomplete…

We love having simple berries and cream for dessert. This little recipe was inspired by Peter Rabbit and our visit to Hilltop Farm, the home of Beatrix Potter. “I am…