A gluten-free dairy free, lemon almond polenta cake. Easy to make and lovely with powdered sugar or fresh berries, Dessert or snack cake.

Yeasted Coffee Cake filled with rose scented basbousa, and chocolate coconut and meringue.

Silken smooth chocolate custard cream pie with caramel whipped cream

Meringue-Filled Coffee Cake with Cardamom-scented Almond Cream and Golden Raisins. March 2011 Daring Bakers Challenge.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with Peanut Butter M&Ms!!!

A sweet and savoury take on the DB challenge using the ‘painted bread technique’ that I recently discovered!

Chocolate chip cookies with ground oatmeal and chocolate flakes.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites (dipped in chocolate!) Sweet, salty, creamy, crunchy, addictive.

Chocolate trinity ice cream – a chocolate base with fudge swirl and truffle bits. A must for chocoholics.

Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats

Mango and passionfruit cheesecake. So fresh and full of sun.

Tangerine Bundt Cake. Recipe with step-by-step pictures.

Lime Cheesecake Tartlets that have me dreaming of spring.

Nigella’s sweet and salty crunch bars are perfect for those kids’ birthday parties.

Inspired to use the egg yolks on hand resulted in these little tartlets. Dark chocolate, orange and walnut compliment each other beautifully!

Now that the sap is flowing, and the maple syrup is ready, here’s a contemporary take on a Québecois tradition.

Pecan Date Bars. If pecan blondies and almond cake had a healthy child…

Hot Fudge Smores Sundae

Hazelnut Macarons with Chocolate Ganache

Saltine Cracker Toffee from my grandma.

Chocolate & Zucchini Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze

Easy to make and silky smooth chocolate pudding fits the shoes of a perfect comfort food!