Profiteroles [Recipe]


Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

Today’s post is a treat: delicious, cream filled pastry puffs that are easy to make and even easier to eat. What are we making, you might ask? This recipe is for profiteroles: little round hollow French pastries with silky insides and crispy outsides, piped full of your favourite custard or pastry cream. What are profiteroles? […]

April 11, 2025

Devonshire Cream [Recipe]


Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

Here’s a simple, staple recipe that you’ll want to hang on to: Devonshire Cream. I love serving this creamy goodness on top of a fresh homemade scone with my favourite jam. I remember the first time my mom made it for us… It was like magic. Fluffy, creamy goodness on top of an already-great treat. […]

April 1, 2025

Mini Strawberry Shortcakes [Recipe]


Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

The easiest way to make mini cakes for a crowd, I’m convinced, is with this recipe for mini strawberry shortcakes. These cakes are light as a cloud (which makes it easy to enjoy them at the end of a meal), not too sweet, and full of fresh summer flavour. In my opinion, they are the […]

March 4, 2025

Sachertorte [Recipe]


Chocolate, Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

I confess, one of the quickest ways to get my ears perked up is to suggest that something is a “Famous” dessert. Today I want to share with you one of those: this delicious dark chocolate Austrian cake called “Sachertorte.”  What is Sachertorte? Sachertorte was created by Franz Sacher in Vienna Austria. If I understand […]

February 7, 2025