This amazing baklava cheesecake features a crispy phyllo crust and a creamy honey-lemon cheesecake sandwiched between two layers of spiced nuts and topped with a spiced honey syrup.

This light-tasting mousse cake features a layer of pistachio sponge cake, a pistachio crunch layer, a layer of blackberry mousse, a layer of lemon mousse, and a layer of blackberry jelly. Aside from the sponge cake, this is a no-bake dessert. Recipe adapted from Home Cooking Adventures.

This layer cake is features layers of fluffy banana cake with a rum-caramel banana filling and a spiced cream cheese frosting. To avoid dense cake layers don’t overmix your batter!

This delicious celebration cake features layers of lemon poppyseed cake filled with blackberry filling and iced with lemon Swiss meringue buttercream. You can leave the butter cream as is or colour it and decorate the cake to your liking!

This cake features a peanut butter cake, topped with peanut butter frosting. The whole cake is then topped with chocolate ganache. To achieve the ridges that give this cake the peanut butter cup look, I used the origami technique of pouring ganache over accordion-folded card stock and pressing it to the sides of the cake. Once the ganache was set, I removed the paper to reveal the ridges.

This easy banana upside-down cake features a batter that takes minutes to prepare topped with bananas and warm chai-spiced caramel. Not only is it easy to make, but it is also delicious!

This decadent hazelnut chocolate cake consists of layers of chocolate hazelnut cake, hazelnut mousse, chocolate mousse, salted caramel and a chocolate hazelnut crunch layer all covered with gold and dark chocolate mirror glaze. It takes a bit of time to put all of the components together, but the end result is worth it! A gorgeous...

Making a mirror glaze can seem intimidating but if you follow the temperature guidelines, it’s actually quite easy! The cake should be frozen solid before you glaze it and the glaze temperature should be 32-35 C (90-95 F) when you pour it.

This mousse cake recipe combines almond sponge with cherry filling, almond mousse, cherry mousse and almond praline crunch. Covered with the shiny marbled mirror glaze, this is one impressive cake! I made my cake in a 10-inch heart-shaped pan but you could make this in a 9 or 10 inch round pan.

This custard-based cake is a true celebration of apples! The thinly sliced layers of apples are coated in cinnamon-spiced sugar and tossed with rum-soaked raisins and a pancake-like batter for an easy, scrumptious tea cake.

This moist delicious Lemon Blueberry Cake is quick and easy to make.

Spiderweb Pumpkin Layer Cake Fluffy layers of pumpkin spice cake are combined with orange and spice Swiss Meringue Buttercream and then decorated with a black icing spiderweb and cute little chocolate spiders. Cake recipe adapted from Life Love and Sugar. For most accurate results I recommend measuring by weight.  

This celebratory cake has layers of coconut and white chocolate cake, filled with a tart lime curd and surrounded by a delicious coconut and white chocolate swiss meringue buttercream. To take the cake to the next level, you can also make a white chocolate collar to surround the sides of the cake.

This version of the Battenberg Cake features squares of hazelnut and chocolate sponge cake mortared together with a hazelnut-chocolate spread. It is encased in hazelnut-chocolate marzipan.

This white layer cake uses my favourite white cake recipe and is filled with raspberry filling. The cake is frosted with a cream cheese icing that is combined with seedless raspberry jam to create an ombré
effect.

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! This cake has a LOT of steps. Many...

My Favourite Chocolate Frosting A quick chocolate frosting that is rich in chocolate flavour.

Rich and Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting This rich and creamy frosting is bursting with peanut butter flavour! This recipe makes 1 1/2 cups of frosting.

An easy, moist chocolate cake that you can put together in less than 5 minutes! Serve with Quick Chocolate Frosting

This pie has a great textured crust with the addition of cornmeal. The lemon, ginger and blueberries compliment each other perfectly.

Gooey butter tarts with a rich, flaky crust. Make this easy filling on it’s own with a store bought crust or use my flaky crust recipe!

Easy Key Lime Pie Key Lime Pie is delicious so easy to make with just a few key ingredients! Key limes are not necessary for this recipe but fresh limes are a must! If you want to omit the nuts in the crust, increase the graham cracker crumbs by 1/4 cup.  

Easy Blueberry Tart This blueberry tart has a quick shortbread crust and can be put together in less time than it takes to preheat your oven!

This pretty tart is based on a classic French apple tart. The flavours are taken up a notch with brown butter in the crust, a layer of salted caramel, and a layer of salted caramel pastry cream underneath a decorative layer of apples.

This easy pumpkin tart features a quick pat-in-the-pan crust and a pumpkin filling filled with a mixture of brown sugar and warm spices.

The slow and low caramelization process of the onions and beets adds deep and rich flavours to this savoury tart recipe. The easy pat in the pan crust makes this a perfect tart for novice pie bakers!

Like lemons, pomegranate has a nice tart flavour which lends well to the filling of an easy meringue tart. The tart is topped with an Italian Meringue, which is much smoother in texture than the traditional French meringue and does not require cooking in the oven. A quick toast under the broiler for colour is all this meringue needs!

This flavour-packed deep-dish quiche combines roasted red peppers, caramelized onions and gruyere cheese for a vibrant mouthful of flavour in every bite.

This flavour silky chocolate tart is brightened up with a layer of raspberry jam over the crust and some the addition of some freeze-dried raspberry powder to the chocolate ganache. A luscious, fresh take on the chocolate ganache tart!

This silky lemon-lime tart has lemon or lime in every layer. The tart lemon filling is balanced perfectly with the lime whipped cream topping. The crust uses only part of an egg, but the rest is used in the lemon cream filling.

This decadent tart features cookie-like pat-in-the-pan crust, a layer of salted caramel and espresso pastry cream. It is topped with billowy whipped cream and a drizzle of salted caramel. The flavours are reminiscent of a caramel macchiato coffee!

This strawberry lemon tart is a celebration of spring flavours. The lemon crust is filled with tart lemon cream and topped decoratively with fresh sliced strawberries. A refreshing and showstopping dessert!

With a shortbread-like crust and a spiced pumpkin filling, these cookies taste just like and individual pumpkin pie! Serve them as is or top them with a dollop of cream cheese frosting.

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies These cookies pair the amazing combination of raspberry and chocolate for a delectably crispy-chewy cookie.

Quick and easy brownies that are great for baking with kids.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars These bars showcase the classic combination of chocolate and peanut butter, with pops of caramel flavour in the base.

The add-ins for these no-bake everything but the kitchen sink bars are a delicious blend of salty and sweet!

Like a cross between a cookie and a muffin, these chocolate chip cookies cups are filled with a delightful surprise of salted caramel in the middle. You can use store bought sauce or make my homemade Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe.

These raspberry chocolate brownie cups have a crisp outside and a soft crumb on the inside with a burst surprise of raspberry filling!

These delectable Florentine cookies contain a mix of almonds, hazelnuts, raisins and candied peel that is mixed with a brown sugar caramel. After baking until crisp, they are then coated on one side with melted semi-sweet chocolate and drizzled with caramelized white chocolate.

This variation of my Quick and Easy One Bowl Brownie includes the addition of chocolate chips, raspberries, and chopped macadamia nuts for an easy, decadent dessert.

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. The addition of rice flour, lowers the gluten content, giving the cookie it’s “short” texture and low and slow cooking ensures a perfectly dried out cookie without caramelizing the sugar in the cookie.

This is a variation on my Quick and Easy One Bowl Brownies. I had some Homemade Dulce de Leche on hand and decided to try topping my brownie batter with spoonfuls of the dulce de leche and sprinkle on some sea salt. The results were amazing! If you’ve never had Dulce de Leche, it’s like a tangy, creamy caramel that is made from sweetened condensed milk. You can easily make it from the recipe linked above.

These chocolate cookies are spiced with cinnamon and a hint of chipotle powder and stuffed with a salted dulce de leche filling. The cookies bake up crispy on the outside and ooey-gooey in the middle for a delectable treat! You can use storebought dulce de leche or make it with my easy recipe.

These crispy-chewy brown butter chocolate chip cookies are filled with a gooey chocolate ganache centre. The combination is amazing!

Blondies are a combination of the best part of chocolate chip cookies and brownies. They taste like a chocolate chip cookie and have a crispy exterior like chocolate chip cookies, but the middle is gooey and fudgy like a brownie. To make my blondies extra flavourful, I brown the butter before adding it to the batter. An optional sprinkle of sea salt over the top takes this treat to the next level!

For those of you that want to make amazing homemade Focaccia bread with yeast instead sourdough. This focaccia has great flavour and an airy, sponge-like crumb!

These savoury swirled buns are soft fluffy with a delicious swirl of caramelized onions and gruyere cheese. Optional extra grated cheese on the top helps to boost the cheesy flavour.

This recipe makes 12 hot cross buns or one large bunny. Flavoured with a mix of dried fruit and warm spices.

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.

Cruffins are a delicious cross between a croissant and a muffin and are so much easier to make than the traditional croissant! They are delicious sliced in half and spread with some jam.

Inspired by Japanese week of the 2020 Great British Bake Off, this twist on the Japanese Nikuman bun contains a beef filling that is inspired by the richly spiced Pakistani Chapali Kebab.

This delicious twisted chocolate babka bread is filled with a rich chocolate filling and is sure to be a crowd-pleaser!

I tinkered with an already delicious recipe for Bread Rolls and came up with a recipe for the softest most pillowy bread rolls I’ve ever had! This recipe uses a method of cooking a small portion of the flour in some of the milk, which along with a couple of eggs, makes for a soft and velvety textured roll. 

Get ready for the amazing aroma that will fill your kitchen when you bake this cinnamon flavoured Babka loaf!

Soft Pillowy Naan Bread A soft, pillowy Indian flatbread that has amazing flavour and is easy to make! From the Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook.  

This recipe jalapeno cheddar is filled with a pleasing combination of cheddar cheese and enough jalapeno peppers to be able to taste them but not make the bread spicy.

This tasty no-knead homemade pizza and no-cook sauce recipe can be made in one hour from start to finish! There will be extra sauce, which will keep in the fridge for one week to make a second batch of pizza!

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!

This white sourdough pain de mie sandwich bread has amazing texture and a slightly sour tang. The addition of honey and butter give this bread a wonderfully complex flavour.

This easy burger bun recipe takes very little work to make and are absolutely delicious! Top them with sesame seeds or keep them plain!

Restaurant Style Pizza This pizza has an amazing texture and great taste. The best homemade pizza I’ve ever had!

Easy No-Knead Crusty Artisan Bread This bread requires just minutes of work but looks and tastes like it came from a bakery!

Beginner Sourdough Bread Flavourful, crusty sourdough bread, for the novice sourdough baker.

These rich and flaky scones combine raspberry and lime flavours for a special breakfast or tea time treat.

Blueberry Muffins My favourite quick and easy blueberry muffin recipe. These are a wonderful breakfast treat!

Blueberry Scones These rich and flaky blueberry scones are a perfect way to make breakfast special. You can prepare them the night before and bake in the morning.

Easy Flour Tortillas Have delicious tender flour tortillas on the table in one hour from start to finish!

Featuring pumpkin and a mix of pumpkin pie spices, and a spice cream cheese glaze, these scones celebrate flavours.

Caramelized onions, Gruyere cheese and chopped fresh time add another dimension to this soda bread recipe which was adapted from America’s Test Kitchen.

I tinkered around with this recipe until I achieved pumpkin spice muffins that have a wonderfully fluffy texture and bake up with nice domed tops.

These moist and tender banana muffins are made with browned butter to give them extra depth of flavor. The flavor is out of this world! You can bake this recipe as a 9×5 inch loaf for 50-60 minutes.

This impressive breakfast dish is a celebration of blueberries and takes only 5 minutes of work! A 10-inch oven-proof skillet is needed for this recipe.

Lemon Meringue Frosting This whipped lemony meringue frosting is a great topper for cakes or cupcakes.

A quick and tasty chocolate frosting that is perfect to top brownies or easy chocolate cake.

Stabilized Whipped Cream This stabilized whipped cream is perfect for piping and will hold its shape for hours. This recipe make 2 cups.

French Macarons Filled with Lemon Curd These macarons are filled with lemon curd and a lemon-vanilla buttercream for the perfect balance for sweet and tart. Based on Beth’s Foolproof French Macaron Recipe. I recommend using superfine ground almonds for this recipe. The lemon curd needs a bit of time to set, so either prepare it...

French Crêpes French crêpes are easy to make and the sky is the limit when topping your crêpes! Have fun experimenting with different flavour combinations! If you are going to do savoury crêpes, leave out the vanilla and rum.

These brioche buns are rich, buttery and flaky and filled with just the right amount of dark chocolate. Serve them warm for a luscious, oozing centre!

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This baklava recipe has two layers of mixed chopped nuts and spices layered in between butter-soaked sheets of phyllo pastry. After cooking the baklava is drizzled with a delicious spiced syrup.

Make homemade marzipan for a fraction of the cost of storebought! It is best to use either a stand mixer or food processor to make this.

This caramel apple crisp is a comforting cold-weather dessert. Instead of making caramel, I use dulce de leche in the apple mixture. The combination is a match made in heaven! If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you can transfer the cooked apple mixture to a casserole before putting on the topping and baking.

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!

Homemade Dulce de Leche is unbelievably easy to make! All you need is some sweetened condensed milk, an oven, and a blender. Follow these simple steps and you can have creamy homemade Dulce de Leche anytime!