Quick and Easy Caramel Icing

Quick and Easy Caramel Icing

Most caramel icing recipes I’ve seen call for a candy thermometer and closely watching a pot of melting sugar so that it doesn’t burn. Time consuming and tedious. So here I’m sharing a quick and easy caramel icing recipe that I discovered. I’ve used it to frost plain vanilla or white cakes, so that the […]

Cherry Clafoutis

Cherry Clafoutis

I remember reading about cherry clafoutis in one of Susan Branch’s books when I was a kid. At the time, though, I didn’t like fruits in my desserts. Now that I’m older, they’ve grown on me. And what better way to include fruit in a dessert than in a simple baked custard like this French […]

Cardamom Cake with Rosewater Whipped Cream

Cardamom Cake with Rosewater Whipped Cream

It was my birthday a couple weeks ago, and as per tradition, I made my own birthday cake. Therefore, this year I made a cardamom cake with rosewater whipped cream frosting. It includes the very Middle Eastern flavours of cardamom and rosewater, some of my family’s favourites! For garnish, I simply decorated the cake with […]