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Continue reading →: Apple Pies and Pastry TricksNow that it’s officially fall, part of me is like, “where the heck did summer go so fast?” and the other part of me (the part that prefers slippers to shorts and likes putting on a jacket to go outside) is all, “FALL! I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG!” Other than…
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Continue reading →: {Naked} Carrot Wedding CakeIn July, I made a wedding cake for my friend Clare and her now-husband Tony. I’ve known Clare for most of my life – we first met in grade 1, and we shared the unique experience of having parents who were teachers and/or principals in a small town, thereby ensuring…
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Continue reading →: Poached Plum Pavlova with Spun CaramelI have majorly fallen off the Daring Kitchen challenge bandwagon (the last challenge I did was in May!), and even now, my attempt to jump back on is a week late. But better late than never, right? August’s challenge, set by Marcellina, was the pavlova: a crisp meringue base filled…
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Continue reading →: Martha Stewart’s Carrot CakeWhen it comes to carrot cake, there are a few non-negotiables: there must be carrots, nuts, spices, and cream cheese frosting. From here, carrot cake fans seem to be divided into two camps: those who prefer their cake “without stuff”, ie: no additions to the list above, and those who…
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Continue reading →: Twinkie BundtNever having eaten a Twinkie, and – perhaps more importantly – never having wanted to eat a Twinkie, I wasn’t all that tempted to make the Twinkie Bundt Cake when it started making the rounds on food blogs… until my cousin Cecilia posted Smitten Kitchen’s version on my Facebook wall,…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Wedding Cake, Part III: Assembly and DecorationAt last, we are at the end of the Homemade Wedding Cake saga! To recap thus far, we’ve made vanilla butter cake, and we’ve also made vanilla buttercream, blackberry compote, chocolate ganache, and vanilla-bourbon syrup. Now it’s time to put them all together and make that wedding cake!
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Continue reading →: Olive, Rosemary & Parmesan Twist BreadThe May Daring Kitchen challenge was brought to us by Tandy of Lavender and Lime, who provided us with a beautiful bread recipe and a fun twisting technique to shape it. I used to bake bread almost weekly, and this was a nice reminder of how much I like doing…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Wedding Cake, Part II: Fillings and FrostingPreviously, we talked vanilla butter cake… and now we’re talking fillings, frosting, and et cetera (and assembly and decoration talk can be found here). The fillings here are blackberry compote and chocolate ganache, the frosting is vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream, and the et cetera is a vanilla bean-bourbon simple…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Wedding Cake, Part I: Vanilla Butter Cake RecipeIf you’ve been reading for a while, you may remember when this happened: Well, in September, this happened: We had a completely fantastic day with close friends and family, a gorgeous setting, and delicious food – including a homemade wedding cake by yours truly.
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Continue reading →: Kouign AmannKouign amann. Pronounced “queen ahmahn”, also known as “delicious”. Layers of yeasted dough, butter, and sugar, baked until puffed, holey, and caramelized, like an amazing caramel croissant/danish hybrid. It’s been on my “to make” list for a few years, and the Daring Kitchen challenge this month finally gave me a…
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I’m Korena: cook, baker, dirty-dishes-maker. My favourite things include flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate.
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