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    Tiramisu

    My friends and I decided to have  some international cuisine dinner party once every few weeks.  Our first night was Italian themed, so we had bruchetta, lasagna and tiramisu (all homemade)!  Of course I offered to do the dessert and luckily it turned out pretty...

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    Cream Puffs

    Made these for a class party and they were a delicious hit.  Looks impressive and easy to make! Making the puff pastry – boiling butter and water.  I loved how easy this was!  Have flour ready on the side, and add flour when the mixture...

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    Macarons with Chocolate Filling

    Making macarons was one of my goals this summer and I finally did it!  I’m quite surprised with how they came out actually.  I didn’t expect much, I thought I would totally fail but some of them actually turned out well! First of all, for...

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    Creme Brulee

    My first attempt at creme brulee… scary but I think it turned out well!  I couldn’t resist after seeing Pioneer Woman’s post and her pictures make it less intimidating Boiling cream & vanilla.  Separated egg yolks and kept egg whites for a future creation . ...

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    Bridal Shower Cake: Chocolate & Green Tea Cake with White Chocolate Icing

    My lovely friend Jean is getting married in a month and we had an awesome time at her bridal shower yesterday. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and we had a fancy outdoor tea party with lots of delicious food, games and laughter.  I had...

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    Mini Pancake Bites

    …or “puffins” as Bakerella calls them. Got this awesome recipe from her site, they are so delicious and are a breakfast treat! I did a bit of a spin off on her original Mini Maple Pancake Muffins, and made a strawberry, blueberry and nutmeg/cinnamon version....

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    Pinwheel Icebox Cookies

    Mixing all the dry ingredients Split the dough into two, knead cocoa powder into one part. Then split both parts into two again. Leave them in the fridge for a bit. Time to do some rolling! Student budget here (and renting out a room in...

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    White Cake w/Hazelnuts and Nutella

    Sorry for the big hiatus!  Just finished a very busy term of school and am now settling into Ottawa for my work term.  Hopefully I can do some baking while I’m here =) Last week a bunch of us decided to celebrate one of our...

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    Bailey’s Marbled Cheesecake – Canadian Edition

    Finally got around to baking something new!  I had a few blocks of cream cheese lying around which was about to expire so I’m glad I thought about making this before it did.  My roomate brought a huge bottle of Bailey’s at the beginning of...

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    Zucchini Bread

    I didn’t expect much from this because it was my first try making this.  I don’t even know how Zucchini bread tastes like but this was AMAZING!!!!  These are going to be gone in a flash! Sifted the dry ingredients.  This is why you ALWAYS...

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    Vanilla Cake with Hazelnut-Chocolate Filling

    I have this thing for block shaped items.  Remember when those cubed Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals came out?  I ADORED them   As such, I love blocky cakes so I attempted to do one.  This is my second attempt to this cake so it...

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    Double Heart Sugar Cookies

    Sorry for not posting for a while!  School’s already quite busy and I’ve been baking some old favourites like chocolate chip banana bread – I added 7 almost-totally-black bananas and it was sooo good.  Got lots of positive feedback =) Anyway, my boyfriend (who always...

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    Peanut Butter Cookies!

    Yum yum, these are my favourite cookies to make when I just feel like having a snack!  I definitely need more munchies now that I’m back in school. Mixing the ingredients together.  Funny (aka fail) story:  I printed two recipes that day, and in a...

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    Cake Pops Attempt #2

    Yum!  These turned out alot better than expected – thanks to the help of my boyfriend Here are some pics of the process along with some things I did differently from last time. Click here for the recipe/first attempt Butter Pecan cake mix… yummm Cake...

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    Cake Pops Attempt #1

    I wanted to think of something easy to mass produce but also something creative to bring for my coworkers since it’s my last week of work. I’m an avid reader of Bakerella who’s known for her awesome cake pops so I decided to give it...

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    Mmmm…Quiche

    It’s unfortunate that I only learned of what a Quiche is a few months ago… they’re SO GOOD! My sis and I made one tonight for dinner. I don’t really know what the “right way” to make a quiche is, I just dump everything into...

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    Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

    I’ve been wanting to make banana bread for the longest time but I never got to it.  Everytime I told my family to buy some bananas for me they always ended up turning completely black because I never got time to use them… but it’s...

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