No Sugar Spice Cake

No Sugar Spice Cake

We all know that too much sugar (especially refined sugars) are not good for us. There are certainly artificial alternatives, but I like to keep it natural if possible. I recently got my hands on this new cookbook: Baking with Less Sugar: Recipes for Desserts Using Read more

Sansa Stark’s Lemon Cakes #GoT

Sansa Stark’s Lemon Cakes #GoT

Is anyone else out there completely addicted to Game of Thrones? For me, it started by reading the books–it took me an entire year to get through them all, and like many of you, I’m sure, I’m terrified that G.R.R.M will die before he finishes Read more

Overnight Yeasted Waffles

Overnight Yeasted Waffles

I can’t imagine a life without waffles. When I was a kid, sometimes my mom would make waffles for dinner on the weekends, and those were special times. Homemade waffles in and of themselves were pretty special, but for dinner?? Extra bonus special. Waffles are Read more

Butter Bakery’s Ginger Cookies

Butter Bakery’s Ginger Cookies

I have no idea what is wrong with me. I have lived in Vancouver for most of my life, and for some reason, I only got to Butter Baked Goods and Cafe for the first time just a little while ago. I guess maybe part of Read more

Chocolate Beer Cake

Chocolate Beer Cake

I just got back from a glorious long weekend in Tofino. Everything was perfection. Normally, when you go on vacation, you hope for good weather. But Tofino might be the one place in the world where people go hoping for bad weather. I spent quite Read more

Pi Day Pie!

Pi Day Pie!

Tomorrow is March 14. That means it’s 3.14. 3.14 = pi (π) Pi = Pie. So it’s Pi/Pie day! Last week, I decided I’d crowdsource the most popular flavour of pie, and make that. Well, I got over 70 responses to my question “What’s your Read more

Scones à la Forage

Scones à la Forage

I live in the West End, and I have walked past Forage a tonne of times. I even tried to eat there once or twice, but I ended up there at times when they were closed. I was really happy to finally make it there Read more

Homemade Oreos (Vegan)

Homemade Oreos (Vegan)

For those of you that are still holding tight to your new years resolutions of eating less sugar, I have a couple of options for you this week. Today, I feature a recipe for homemade Oreos that are much lower in sugar, and later in Read more

Chocolate Bliss Balls

Chocolate Bliss Balls

In keeping with the chocolate-decadent-yet-healthy theme that appears to be developing this week on my blog, I bring you… chocolate bliss balls. If you’ve never had a bliss ball, well, then you truly haven’t lived. They’re kind of a cross between a truffle and an Read more

Gluten-Free, Buckwheat Crêpes

Gluten-Free, Buckwheat Crêpes

Crêpes. The very word implies elegance, decadence, exoticism. You can instantly picture yourself eating one while strolling along the Seine wearing a beret and gazing at the Eiffel Tower. Crêpes are one of those things you don’t make at home… one of those things you only Read more