Oct

21

Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake with Chocolate Ganache Frosting

By melanie

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This past weekend there was some birthday celebrating taking place at our house.  My partner was celebrating his birthday, and he took a different approach this year.  Usually, he adopts the whole ‘yeah, it’s my birthday and that’s okay . . . it doesn’t mean that much;’ however, this year he deviated taking centre stage.  He wanted to have a ‘birthday party’ and all sorts of celebrations, which was great.  Now, one of the most important parts of a birthday celebration is the cake and Andre let me explore my cake making skills, as he had no requests for a type of cake.  Naturally, I selected a time consuming, but absolutely deliciously moist cake.  I would recommend baking this cake for any kings of celebrations – even the ones that involve celebrating the simple things, like driving home and not stalling the car.

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Apr

12

Raspberry Cream Cheese Strudel

By melanie

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Today was Easter and we needed a tasty little treat for a family brunch we attended.  This recipe stood out, for one, because of its simplicity and I’m in need of practice with pastries.  The recipe turned to be a huge hit, and I have to say myself that it was rather delicious!

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Oct

22

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

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I wanted something festive but different for my family’s traditional Thanksgiving meal, and I stumbled upon this recipe.  Bringing this cheesecake to the family dinner surprisingly cause me to question my baking abilities for a couple of seconds becuase there are some talented chefs/bakers in my family.  However, those couple of seconds of questioning were short lived – I knew my cheesecakes were delicious!  And, that is the exact response I recieved from my family members.  I was even challenged to a bake off for next Thanksgiving, as there I was told my pumpkin cheescake was better than my aunts!! 

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Jul

17

Ultimate Chocolate Cake

By melanie

For all you chocolate fanatics, this cake ought to be on our dessert wish list.  I must say that I was a little skeptical that I was going to enjoy this cake, I thought I was going to be in a sugar coma; however, I was surprised at how moist and delicious the cake was.  It was a birthday ultimate chocolate cake that exceeded everyone’s chocolate expectations.  Enjoy!!

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