Chocolate Trifle

What to do when you have half of a chocolate cake and no one to eat it?  Chocolate Trifle of course! Trifle is a pretty good answer to any question in my opinion.… Read More →

Nigella Lawson’s Awesome Vanilla Cake

This is a really great vanilla cake, though this time I made it as cupcakes.  (I am going through an individual portion thing at the moment!)  I got 18 extra large cupcakes from… Read More →

“The Kids’ Chocolate Cake”

I found this recipe for a chocolate cake from 1950.  It was described as “the kids’ cake” as the mom of the house made a spice cake for Dad and this cake for… Read More →

Muffin Tin Pineapple Upside Down Cake

I know, being from Ireland, that it would be expected that I would be posting something like cabbage and corned beef today, but to be honest St. Patrick’s Day was never really celebrated… Read More →

Funnel Cake

There are many things that I have discovered food wise at fairs and summer events since moving to Canada, some I have tried and some I haven’t.  Elephant Ears, Beaver Tails, Corn Dogs… Read More →

Chocolate Bundt Cake One

There are several reasons I have entitled this post “Chocolate Bundt Cake One”. The first will make one reader of this post smile.  Because the first reason is that I am planning a… Read More →

Nigella Lawson’s Coca Cola Cake

As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to make it for Allan.  He loves chocolate cake and he loves coca cola, so how could this not be a winner?… Read More →

“One Banana” Banana Bread

I had one solitary banana ripening on the counter.  One.  Not enough to make anything with apart from a smoothie, I reckoned.  And I don’t have a blender… There had to be something,… Read More →

Canada Day Trifle

I made this for Canada Day and am only now getting around to posting it. Nothing special, just a flat trifle/poke cake decorated with cream and strawberries to make the Canadian flag. What… Read More →

Arabic Honey Cake

There were several lessons I learnt while making this cake. Firstly, if a recipe calls for a 10 inch tin then there is a very good reason for that. I don’t have a… Read More →