Every year, my mom and I bake this Christmas bread together. It is a cherished family tradition. Unlike the dreaded fruit cake, this Chilean bread is wonderfully spiced and specked with delicious nuts and real dried fruit not electric-coloured candied “cherries”. The house smells of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon… The smell of Christmas fills the…
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Natural food coloring for Christmas cookies
As cliché as it sounds, one of my most treasured holiday memories is baking cookies with my mom… My favourites were (and are) our peach and apricot shortbread, lemon-coconut shortbread squares, and of course any type of cut-outs (like classic butter cookies or a spiced version of them). I love(d) decorating them… We still play classic…
Pumpkin spice bread
As I mentioned in the previous post, banana bread is a favourite in my house. I normally bake it on Sunday with Salma, it’s a nice ritual I have with my little one. Plus our weekday breakfast are set for the week (or at least till Thursday) — Moos loves to take it to work…
Top 5 Fall favourites
The leaves are turning, the cool wind is blowing and all we want to do is cozy up to one of our fall favourites. Warming, filling and delicious… Comfort food at its best! 1. Sopa de habas This hearty and belly-warming soup is packed with flavour, protein and vitamins thanks to the combo of fava…
Coffee cake
Spring is almost here and what better way to celebrate than with a tea party… Perhaps one with this coffee cake Ingredients 1 1/2 c flour 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg 1/2 c sugar 3/4 c milk 1/4 c canola oil 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped 1 tsp coffee zest…
Sablés de Noël ~ Christmas butter cookies
I don’t know about you, but baking Christmas cookies pretty much marks the beginning of holiday season in my house. I love everything about them, their smell, gobbling them up, but most of all I love the memory of decorating them with my mom in anticipation of Christmas. Love the versatility of this recipe. You…
Devil’s Food Cake & Italian Meringue Icing
Follow my blog with Bloglovin A couple of weeks ago we were celebrating some very special birthdays so I decided to bake a cake for this festive occasion. I was inspired by an article I read in a magazine a couple of months ago. My mouth was watering as I read through the article, so…
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