Come a Little Closer and you’ll see this is an amazing and easy dessert to make. Great for brunch, high-noon tea or just as a dessert. Music Selection: Cage The Elephant – Come A Little Closer Cake Ingredients: 2 cups flour ¾ cup sugar 1 Tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 2 eggs ½ tsp…
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Lemon Bars
Time: 1 hour This is one of those perfect desserts for BBQs and high noon tea garden parties – where the butterflies flutter. Music Selection: Abe Parker – Butterflies Ingredients: Crust: 1 cup butter, melted ½ cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt 2 cups flour Filling: 1 ½ cups sugar 1/3 cup flour…
Apple Russian Cake – Sharlotka
Time 90 minutes Peaceful bliss – a quiet feeling inside. This is the dessert that makes me want to curl up with a good book, a cup of tea, and savour every bite… delicious as a dessert or for brunch Music Selection: Quiet – Elevation Worship Ingredients:4 apples (granny smith) or about 6 cups of…
Lemon Ginger Dessert
This ginger flavoured dessert is heaven – easy to make, and the flavours – wow! just like Fred and Ginger! Double wow. Music Selection: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers – Heaven Ingredients: 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature 2 tsp grated lemon zest 10 oz lemon curd 2 cups whipping cream 36 – 40…
Overnight Cinnamon Monkey Bread
Time: Overnight plus 30 minutes Music Selection: Sara Bareilles – King of Anything This dish will make everyone happy… super simple and great for Christmas morning when you are eager to get up! It is a great dish for brunch, when having company, too! We love it on Christmas morning with a strong coffee! There…
Apple of My Eye Sour Cream Cake
Time: 1 hour You will want to “surrender” to this amazing cake! It is great for breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea or dessert! It is a great way to use up apples and sour cream (which is why I made this today). It is a great Fall recipe, and the dash of cloves with cinnamon will…
Cardamom Banana Pecan Loaf
We’ve only just begun to make interesting and innovative breakfast recipes! I have modified an old favorite banana loaf recipe to make hubby happy. He likes cardamom, cloves and nuts in his banana bread, but no chocolate chips. Two of our kids like chocolate chips in the loaf… so, you can choose whether to add…
Raspberry LOVE scones
Time: 30 minutes It is one of those feel good months – February! I am celebrating Valentine’s Day at many different events… dinner with hubby, brunch with family, symphony orchestra with daughter and hubby & my mother-in-laws Groovy Gang choir (made up of mostly men and women over the age of 80 who LOVE to…
Coconut Raspberry Loaf
Time: 80 – 90 minutes Once you make this loaf, you will hear REO Speedwagon all day long in your head – You won’t be able to fight the feeling that you just want more of this delicious loaf. It is a great breakfast loaf (although it takes time to bake, so you can mix…
Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
Time: 30 minutes My future lays beyond the yellow brick road… or beyond the banana chocolate chip bars… sigh. These bars are a great way to use up bananas that are ripe. They are a nice thin bar, so you can eat a few. They are a bit sweet, so I recommend a strong cup…
A Runny Egg On Top 