Pumpkin cupcakes with swirls of fluffy marshmallow buttercream frosting come together to create the ultimate festive treat! SO delicious!
Holidays
Rum Balls
Rum balls are a super simple, no bake holiday treat you probably have everything for in your kitchen already. Non-alcoholic instructions too!
Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies
These soft and chewy ginger cookies are a staple of our Christmas cookies lineup. A soft, chewy center with crisp and caramelized edges and so flavourful!
Pecan Sandies
Pecan sandies are some of my favorite cookies: full of toasty pecan pieces with a crisp edge and slightly chewy center, they just melt in your mouth. Biting into one of these is like biting into my childhood. My great-grandmother Melinda (Nan to all of us), always had a bag of these cookies in her…
Sweet & Salty Georgia Browns
A chewy salted caramel is poured over roasted pecans then topped with a thin layer of rich chocolate. These are what you make when you love someone. There’s a chain of chocolate stores in Canada called Purdy’s. Everything was going great in my life, I’d stop by once in a while for a salted caramel truffle,…
Graham Cracker Easter Birdhouse
Adorable Easter birdhouses made out of graham crackers. They’re super easy to make, and take only about ten minutes!
Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
Saturday morning I woke up in need of chocolate. Like, it’s the only thing I could think about. Screw getting anything done around the house, laundry could wait, that dust ball in the corner was still going to be there tomorrow, but the level of chocolate craving hangry (so hungry you’re angry) was going to…
Gingerbread Cake
Christmas is right around the corner (surprise, because I’m sure you hadn’t noticed all the in-your-faceness that attacks you everywhere you go). I’m starting to experiment with a few different types of desserts, because I get to have Christmas Dinner for the family at our house this year (WOO HOO!!!!). I probably won’t be nearly as…
Santa Advent Calendar – Free Printable
Woo hoo! It’s December 1st, which means Christmas is officially right around the corner. Usually I wouldn’t be this excited, because most years I’m at a complete loss with my Christmas shopping, but for once, I am way ahead of the game (I mean, 75% of my presents are already wrapped). So, with all that…
Almond Shortbread with Cherry Filling
The holidays are officially in full swing now. This means that from today, through to January 1, my home is consistently full of the sweet, sweet smells of baking (you’re allowed to be jealous, but also understand that this means I need to get my gym routine back up). One of my favourite cookies to make…
Best Ever Apple Crisp
I’ll boast a lot about the food I cook… “This is really good” or “You’ve got to try out this one, you’ll love it”. But with all of those meals, there’s always a little room for improvement. This recipe though, this recipe has been THE apple crisp for us for over a decade now. It’s…
Reese Peanut Butter S’mores Dips (4 ways!!)
Hi, you may already know me, my name is Katrina, and I have a problem. This is my own personal jar of Reese Peanut Butter Spread. I keep it in a cupboard, where the kids can’t reach, and when I’m having a bad day, I swipe my finger through it to make things better. Which it always…
salted toffee squares
If you’ve ever tried those almond roca candies, you’ll know where I’m going with this. The candies have a hard almond toffee center, are covered in milk chocolate, and then rolled in toasted almonds. They’re basically a perfect bite of awesome. A few years ago I found a recipe for squares in a Martha Stewart magazine that had…
Creamy Dreamy Lemon Loaf (Shhh… They’re better than Starbucks!)
What better way to start off the Saturday of a long weekend (thank you Queen Victoria!) than with a bright, fresh, tart, summer lemon loaf recipe. If you’ve ever taken a bite of the one from Starbucks, you’ve been wanting to make it at home. If you’ve ever taken a bite of this loaf, which…
Last Minute Mothers Day Gift Ideas
SURPRISE! Mother’s Day is just five days away. Five. I can’t figure out how it still manages to sneak up on me when literally every commercial for the last month has been an advertisement for something shiny and sparkly for mothers day. I’m not the shiny, sparkly type though. I like something I can actually…
Homemade Marshmallows
I went all out for Sophie’s first birthday this year, and one of my favorite things that I made were the homemade marshmallows. I know, you’re rolling your eyes. I heard it a few times in the week leading up to the party. “Katrina, no one does homemade marshmallows”, “Katrina, you’re nuts”, “Katrina, you said…
