This Black Forrest Cake Trifle is one of the quickest and easiest cakes you can whip up. All you need is 3 pantry staples to WOW everyone at the table in a matter of minutes. Happy Holidays indeed!
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Easy Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Ok, I’m going to try to stay on top of things this year and actually post my Christmas cookie recipes as I make them. These are a family favourite recipe. My Nana has made them my whole life, and they are one of a chosen few cookies that it just wouldn’t be Christmas without. The…
26 Cookbooks Everyone Should Have
I’ve been meaning to put a list together for a while, one that tells everyone what my favourite cookbooks are. Now, I am a cookbook addict, it’s hard for me to pass one up, and I’ll read them cover to cover like a novel before I ever actually try out a recipe. I’m not going…
Review: Santa Sent Me A Letter
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]**UPDATE** The folks at Santa Sent Me A Letter have let me extend the promo! For 15% off use promo code: SANTA749 at checkout at Santa Sent Me A Letter through December 1, 2014[/box] Just before we left for vacation I got an email from the people at Santa Sent Me A Letter…
Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
This is a recipe I’ve literally been meaning to get up on the site for years. It’s hands down my favorite holiday recipe, and one that I make every year for Thanksgiving. Except for last year, because last year I couldn’t find where I put the recipe (which is why I really need to get…
Pumpkin Spice Loaf
Alright folks, it’s time to start thinking Christmas baking. Most of my baking I’ve got down pat from the past few years of trial and error, but it just wouldn’t be the holidays without trying to find a few new things. Also, what would be better to pass out to family on Christmas Eve then…
Santa Countdown Cut-out
So, Oliver and I have been working on a bunch of things. Letters (A and O are down pat, the rest, not so much). Counting (1, 2 are good, 2, 4, 6 are good, the rest, not so good). Cutting. He really likes the cutting. So, in honor of Christmas I decided to make a…
Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake
Alright, let’s get down to the nitty gritty. This is one bloody fantastic cheesecake. Like, really, really great, though it’s definitely a holiday thing. I don’t see myself waking up on a July morning craving a slice of pumpkin cheesecake (ok honestly, now that I’ve said that, I kinda can see it happening). With our Canadian Thanksgiving…
City Thanksgiving
I’m going to start this picture post off with a story. It was Thanksgiving take two and everyone was sitting around upstairs, having finished their dinner, just talking and joking. Then someone said the dreaded words: Has anyone seen Oliver? After a solid round of “no’s” we started looking around the house. No Oliver upstairs,…
Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts
These are a favorite of mine, especially around the holidays. I made them this past weekend for our Canadian Thanksgiving, and I’ll be making them again in a couple of months for Christmas. You can use pretty much any kind of nut, but if I were you I’d stick to the traditional ones: pecans and…
