Margot’s Bakeshop is Open For Business!
Two weeks ago, I soft-launched my home bakery! Pick-up orders can be place by emailing margotdreamsofbaking@gmail.com.
Brown Butter Banana Muffins
About a year and a half ago, I discovered the joys of baking with browned butter, when designing my Next Level Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. It’s amazing stuff! Not only does it smell fantastic when included as an ingredient in something you are baking, but it gives such depth of flavor! Browned butter is made …
Strawberry Lemon Tart
I decided to do a strawberry tart for our father’s day dessert to take full advantage of our abundance of fresh strawberries.
My Favourite Burger Bun Recipe
We’ve been having a heatwave where I live right now, so it’s the perfect time for barbeque! Throughout BBQ season, I like to have homemade burger buns on hand. We use them for traditional hamburgers, veggie burgers, or even pulled pork. I find the homemade buns taste better than most store-bought and don’t fall apart as quickly when you are eating them.
Caramel Espresso Tart
I wanted to create a tart that tasted like the caramel macchiato coffee I used to love drinking in my early twenties. Here is what I came up with!
Banana’s Foster Layer Cake
This week was my husband’s birthday, so of course, I had to make another cake! Two flavours that my husband loves are banana cake and cream cheese frosting. I was inspired to combine those two elements with a bananas Foster filling, which contained bananas and toasted pecans in brown sugar and rum caramel.
Happy Birthday to Me!
Yesterday was my birthday! This was my 2nd birthday on lockdown, so I decided to make myself a birthday cake. Since we were celebrating both my birthday and Mother’s Day this weekend, I thought that something spring-themed in both flavour and decoration would be nice.
French Lemon Lime Tart
I was inspired by a French YouTube video to make a lemon-lime tart. After 3 tries, I made the perfect tart!
Ganache Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
My Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies filled with Dulce de Leche were so tasty and have been such a popular recipe, I decided to try another stuffed cookie. This time decided to work with my Next Level Chocolate Chip Cookies. I thought they would be too sweet with dulce de leche inside but figured some chocolate ganache would work well.
Maple Bacon and Pecan Sticky Buns with YouTube Video
My latest YouTube video is about my Maple Bacon and Pecan Sticky Buns! I have made these several times now and just love the soft moist buns and the flavour combination of the maple and brown sugar with a slight spicy kick of chipotle powder. The salty crunch from the bacon and pecan topping is out of this world!
Hot Cross Bunny
After watching an episode of the Spring Baking Championship I was inspired to make a “Hot Cross Bunny.” The result was both cute and delicious!
How to Make Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
I LOVE making biscuits. They are the perfect accompaniment to soup or stew and in the winter, I generally make them at least once a week. Over the years, I’ve picked up a few tricks that make biscuits with lots of flaky layers every time! I have shared this recipe before but this time, there is a YouTube video to go along with it 🙂
How to Make Fluffy Focaccia Bread with YouTube Video
Focaccia is a favourite in our family! We love this particular recipe because it makes a spongy, flavourful bread. You can alter the base recipe with the toppings of your choice, including tomatoes, fresh herbs, olives, potatoes, peppers and many more! I have even used this recipe to make focaccia art! Given how much we …
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies Filled with Dulce de Leche
I’m on a bit of a dulce de leche kick these days… It’s so easy to make and I actually like it better than regular caramel. It has a tangy and nutty undertone to it and it stays soft, even when cool. This weekend I wanted to see if I could make cookies stuffed with …
Caramelized Onion Beet and Feta Tart with YouTube Video
For my latest YouTube video, I made one of my favourite quiche-like tarts. I came up with this recipe while doing my Great British Bake-Off bake along back in the fall.
Peanut Butter Cup Cake Using the Origami Technique
I was inspired to try making a cake that looked and tasted like a giant peanut butter cup. Here are the results!
Chocolate Hazelnut Mirror Glaze Cake
Happy Valentine’s Day! Since I had so much fun making a mirror glaze cake a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make one again this weekend. I went with a chocolate-hazelnut flavour profile this time. I am so happy with how both the mirror glaze and the cake flavour turned out. This is the best cake I have ever made!
Salted Dulce de Leche Brownies
These easy brownies are prepared in less time than it takes to preheat your oven! The fudgy, chocolatey brownie pairs amazingly with the sweet and tangy dulce de leche on top. The sea salt that is sprinkled on top brings these brownies to a whole other level!
Designing A Valentine’s Mirror Glaze Cake
Last weekend, I decided to try out a Valentine’s Day-themed cake. Last year I did a chocolate raspberry heart-shaped cake. I didn’t want to do chocolate this year, so I thought something red would be a good jumping-off point for my cake. After some thought, I settled on a cherry and almond mousse cake that I would top with a mirror glaze.
Soft and Fluffy Dinner Rolls with YouTube Video
For this week’s video, I decided to film one of my favourite recipes for dinner rolls. The recipe for these rolls comes from my husband’s grandmother. We eat them at just about every holiday meal and they are one of my favourite parts of the meal! This recipe is also one of the most popular recipes on my website so far.
Rich and Gooey Butter Tarts with YouTube Video
Butter Tarts are a classic Canadian dessert. This easy butter tart recipe features a buttery, flaky pastry filled with a gooey caramel-like filling.
Raspberry Chocolate Ganache Tart with YouTube Video
For my first live YouTube video, I made a decadent raspberry chocolate tart. It’s easy to make and delicious!
Maple Bacon and Pecan Sticky Buns for and Indulgent Breakfast
These sticky buns are made with a tangzhong dough for a soft fluffy bun. The topping of maple, bacon and pecans makes them a wonderful salty-sweet breakfast treat.
Easy Marzipan Recipe with no Eggs
My Christmas baking often involves a lot of marzipan. This year, I made and sold Christmas fruitcakes and some German Stollen and also incorporated marzipan in some some of Christmas gifts. I just love marzipan, but it’s not cheap to buy. To save some cost, I decided to make it myself this year. The only …
My Grandmother’s Shortbread Cookie Recipe
It’s not Christmas in our house until I bake a batch (or two) of my grandmother’s shortbread cookies! This simple recipe produces a cookie that is balanced and crumbly as shortbread should be.
If You Like Apples, You Will Love This Cake!
This easy cake has more apples than cake! With a multitude of apple layers, rum soaked raisins and a hint of spices, this easy cake is the perfect tea time treat!
Glorious Cruffins!
Over the past couple of weeks I have been working on perfecting a cruffin recipe and I came up with a recipe and method that yielded delicious, flaky pastries!
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Dessert Week
A couple of months ago I saw a picture of a baklava cheesecake on Reddit and I’ve been wanting to make one ever since. I figured this was the perfect time to try it out!
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – 1980’s Week
Last week’s theme for the GBBO was the 1980’s. For the signature challenge, contestants had to bake quiche with their choice of fillings. For the technical challenge, they had to bake finger doughnuts filled with raspberry and custard. Maybe this is a British thing? I don’t think I’ve seen finger doughnuts before. They reminded me …
My Favourite Pumpkin Muffins
I wanted pumpkin muffins that were not dense and had a good spice flavour. After a few tries, I finally created my perfect pumpkin muffin recipe!
A Spider Web Cake For Halloween
This year we skipped trick-or-treating and had a Halloween themed pumpkin layer cake instead.
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Pastry Week – Part 2
I ended up making two tarts for the tart challenge of my Great British Bake-Off Bake-Along! This pomegranate tart was so pretty!
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Pastry Week – Part 1
My pastry week bake-along featured some disastrous eclairs, my twist on a Cornish Pasty and two fantastic tarts!
Baking Along With the Great British Bake-Off – Chocolate Week – Part 3
For the technical challenge in the chocolate week episode of The Great British Bake-Off, Paul challenged contestants to make a chocolate babka loaf. I’ve made a babka before and posted a recipe for Cinnamon Babka a few weeks ago, so it wouldn’t be a huge challenge for me, so I left this one to last.
Baking Along With The Great British Bake-Off – Chocolate Week – Part 2
For the celebration cake portion of my chocolate week bake-along, I made a coconut white chocolate cake filled with lime curd and surrounded by a white chocolate collar.
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Chocolate Week, part 1
For chocolate week in my Great British Bake-Off bake along, I started with an raspberry macadamia nut version of my family brownie recipe.
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Bread Week
For my GBBO bread week bake-along, I made a soda bread filled with caramelized onions, Gruyere cheese and thyme.
The Softest, Most Fluffy Dinner Rolls
I tinkered with a family recipe for soft rolls and the results were the softest bread rolls I’ve ever had!
Baking Along with the Great British Bake-Off – Biscuit Week
For week two of my Great British Bake-Off bake-along, I made almond and hazelnut Florentine Cookies with semi-sweet and caramelized white chocolate on top.
Cinnamon Babka Bread Fills the Kitchen with an Enticing Aroma While it Bakes!
If you have been reading my blog, you will know that I have tried a few recipes from The Perfect Loaf recently. Each recipe has been a huge success! Last week, the author, Maurizio posted a picture of his Sourdough Cinnamon Babka Bread. It looked so wonderful, I had to try making it this weekend! …
Baking Along with The Great British Bake-Off – Cake Week
For my signature bake for cake week, I made a Hazelnut-Chocolate Battenberg Cake.
An Easy Pumpkin Tart
This recipe is for those who want homemade pumpkin pie but don’t enjoy making pastry!
This Sourdough Sandwich Bread is Addictive!
For my sourdough bread bake this weekend, I decided not to do the usual crusty artisanal loaves and try something different. Since I have had great success with recipes from The Perfect Loaf, I decided to try out his Pain de Mie recipe. Boy was I glad I tried this one!
Saying Hello to Fall with Some Pumpkin Scones
The weather has started to cool off and the leaves are starting to change colour where I live. Time to crack open a can of pumpkin puree and bake some pumpkin scones!
I Made Baklava for the First Time and They Were Amazing! (and easy too!)
My first attempt at baklava went really well. The only problem? Waiting until the next day to try them!
A Delicious Variation of the French Apple Tart
I took a classic French Apple Tart and amped up the flavours with a brown butter crust, a layer of salted caramel and some salted caramel pastry cream!
A Heart-Shaped Layer Cake to Celebrate 51 Years of Marriage!
To celebrate my in-laws’ 51st wedding anniversary, I made a heart-shaped layer white cake with raspberry filling and raspberry cream cheese frosting.
I experimented with a new version of a cookie cup!
It took me three tries to get this recipe right, but I really love this final version. The fresh raspberry taste against the rich chocolate brownie cookie is a fantastic combination!
This recipe is for those of you that want to make amazing focaccia bread but don’t do sourdough!
I wanted to modify my recipe for sourdough focaccia so that it could be made with commercial yeast. But how to do it?
Jalapeno-Cheddar is one of my favourite combinations in sourdough bread!
Since March I have been making two loaves of sourdough bread every week! One of my favourites is the Jalapeno-Cheddar Loaf!
Homemade Pizza in One Hour!
An easy homemade pizza recipe that is ready in one hour from start to finish!
I have a new baking obsession … Cookie Cups!
Last night I tried baking a new kind of treat … Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups filled with salted caramel. I think I have a new baking obsession!
The Best Focaccia Bread I’ve Ever Made!
This sourdough focaccia bread is amazingly soft and flavourful! It takes just about the same amount of time as making a good focaccia with commercial yeast but tastes much better!
A Delicious Peach Galette with and Unusual Crust
This peach galette with brown sugar caramel has a rich and flaky and a boost of flavour from the almond extract and nutmeg.
The Last Minute Sourdough Discard Crackers I Made for an Appetizer this Weekend
These crackers are an easy way to use your sourdough discard. The dough takes seconds to put together and doesn’t require any kneading. The mix of herbs and sourdough tang make these crackers pop!
Macarons to celebrate Peach Season
Some peach filled macarons to celebrate peach season!
An Easier Way to Make Pain au Chocolat
These chocolate filled brioche buns are rich and buttery with a flaky crust. When served warm, they ooze a luscious chocolate filling! You can make these in a fraction of the time it would take to make croissant dough!
Another Easy and Delicious No-Bake Bar!
These easy no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are a delicious blend of salty an sweet thanks to a couple of unusual add-ins!
My Version of Milk Bar’s Apple Pie Layer Cake
This recipe for Apple Pie Layer Cake will blow your mind! Brown Butter Cake with liquid cheesecake and apple pie filling, pie crumb, pie crumb frosting and an apple caramel all come together for one amazing layer cake!