Winter Baking: Cinnamon Bun Cake

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It’s winter. You look out the window and see big, lazy snowflakes falling, taking their time as if they haven’t a care in the world. It’s cold outside, but you’re sitting by the fire, wrapped in a soft, cozy blanket. And even though it’s January, your colourful Christmas lights are still twinkling away at 3 in the afternoon. There’s only one thing that could possibly make this moment better.

A sweet, homemade cinnamon bun, warm and sticky right out of the oven.

But if you’ve ever made cinnamon buns from scratch, then you know it is a LOT of work. It’s also takes HOURS. Knead the dough, let it rise, punch it down, roll up your buns, let the buns rise again, THEN bake… it’s worth the effort, no doubt, but gee, I wish there was an easier way.

Turns out — there IS. Cinnamon Bun CAKE.

Ooooooh, my… this recipe is a game changer.

Recipe: A Summer Pie That’s Just “Peachy”

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Peach Pie: Two Ways
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When the cool chill of October rolls in, there’s no question that I start craving the warm spiciness of apples and cinnamon. Perhaps you’re more of a pumpkin person, and thoughts of pumpkin pie or any of the umpteen dozen things you can consume of the “pumpkin spice” variety begin to permeate your mind once the September calendar page has been discarded.

But when the welcome-yet-debilitating heat of Summer finally wafts in, bringing sunshine and flowers and birds, high heels and pretty dresses, for me, there’s one thing I look forward to most of all: Peaches.

Ripe, juicy, fuzzy peaches.

Okay, living in Northern Ontario, I’m not sure I’ve ever actually even seen much less tasted an actual “ripe” peach, but if you put enough sugar on anything, it usually tastes pretty good!

I love the smell of peaches, the taste of peaches… I even love the colour peach. And two weeks ago, when I ventured out for my now-monthly grocery run, I saw that peaches were on sale and quickly snagged myself a bag.

Recipe: Cream of Cauliflower Soup

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I love to cook, I really do. Whether it’s savoury or sweet (I prefer the former, by the way), puttering around in the kitchen makes me happy.

See? I’m not making this up!

And when the weather starts getting colder (which happens within the first week or two of August in the North), I start dreaming about hearty recipes that are warming, comforting, filling, and that remind me why fall is my favourite season.

I do enjoy mining Pinterest for new recipes, but the truth is that usually I’m grabbing dessert recipes from there rather than ideas for dinner. So over the past few years I’ve started experimenting on my own. I mean, someone thinks up these recipes, so why not cook up some of my own?

I did modify it, but this homemade strawberry cake was my Pinterest jackpot recipe!

Summer Baking: Lemony Lemon Brownies

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Summer has finally arrived here in the Great White North, and for me, few things say “summer” better than my homemade strawberry cake and the sweet-but-tart lemon brownies that I’m going to share with you today.