Cinnamon Buns with Timtana

Ive been doing a few trials with this new Timtana flour (for more on the flour, see my post from a couple of days ago), and while I don’t think its suited for more delicate baking, it works well in many of the yeast-raised breads and the more hearty quickbreads.

I tried some out a couple [...]

Gluten-free Vegan Brownies

It all began with a tweet from Karina over at the Karina’s Kitchen, who was getting frustrated trying to come up with a tasty brownie that didn’t rely on eggs.  As she mentioned, who knew the brownie was so reliant on the egg!

A quick whirl around the interwebz will reveal lots of brownie recipes, but [...]

The Roddy Alexander (cocktails all a twitter!)

It all started with a tweet this afternoon, prompted by discussion about spiced rum, of all things…

There we have it.  I responded that my take these days wld probably involve Calvados and Angostura, which I’m enjoying in many permutations and combinations lately, AND some cinnamon syrup. After this exchange, I was invited to [...]

Slightly healthy buttertarts

I’m not sure if its the weather, or what, but I’ve been craving buttertarts for the past few days.  After a couple of days of trying to ignore it, I figured I would go ahead and make them — justifying it by making the crust with whole grain flour.

I may have blogged before about the [...]

I see Macarons, you see Macarons, we all want Macarons!

So another month has gone by, which can mean only one thing… another Daring Bakers Challenge!

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.

Macarons are one of those things that look so perfect [...]

Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding

With fall weather in full force here, and winter on its way, my food thoughts are turning to comfort food: stews, baked casseroles, and of course, desserts that really feel like dessert!.

One of my favourite desserts is sticky toffee pudding, which I usually steam (not bake), and top with delicious toffee sauce.  I started thinking [...]

You say Torte, I say Torta (A very Daring Dobos Torte)

“The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful
of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos
Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus:  Exquisite
Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.”

Last week, I realized that I had not yet tackled the August [...]

Rustic Rainier Cherry tarts for Summer Fest Week 2: Fruit from Trees

So its week 2 of Summer Fest 2009, and we’re onto Fruit from Trees as the theme, and conicicently, I had a bunch of Rainier Cherries sitting in the fridge just waiting to be baked up into something yummy!

Summer Fest is a four-week, cross-blog celebration co-created (alphabetically listed) by A Way to [...]

Someone stop me, it looks like a county fair in here!

I agreed a while back to take on the cooking for a family members wedding reception and surrounding events, and one of the things the bride really wanted was to have pie instead of cake.  She is not a cake lover, and wanted to have a wedding dessert she would enjoy.  So, we decided on [...]

Gluten-free, Vegan Bakewell tart (an almost daring bake-session)

So while waiting to see when I officially am dubbed a Daring Baker, I figured I would give the Bakewell Tart a go anyhow.

Bakewell Tart is one of those curiously British desserts, that is called something it isn’t quite.  For more on the history of the Bakewell Tart, go and visit Jasmine at Confessions of [...]

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