A starter of my very own!

One of the best aromas in the world, is the smell of freshly baked bread. This new year has been filled with simple white loaves, whole wheat bread and even flax seed and oat bread… but nothing really quite hit the spot. I was searching for that true tasting bread, and I luckily discovered that …

Simple Strawberry Shortcake

Hello all and a very Happy New Year!!! Welcome to a new decade hopefully filled with scrumptious food and yummy num nums…. Anyways, so over the Christmas break I perfected a cake I enjoy very much and that is Strawberry Shortcake. Although winter is generally not a season to be making anything involving fresh strawberries, …

Baking with Julia

So I got this neat new recipe book “Baking with Julia” which is a collection of recipes based on Julia Child’s PBS series and written with the help of various “hip” pastry chefs. The book is phenomenal since it explains the basics of every recipe and any/all problems that may arise while making each particular …

Interesting discovery…

Puff Pastry + Lemon Curd = a fairly dissapointing excuse for a lemon tart Having had a little bit of pastry left over from another baked good, I decided to see what would happen if the dough was baked in a little muffin tin and filled with lemon curd. Overall, a yummy wannabe lemon tart …