Known in the Western Canadian provinces as Matrimonial Cake, these Date Squares have a moist and luscious date filling with a crumbly oatmeal mixture on the top and bottom.
Sweets and Treats
Apple Cake
Apple Cake is so filled with apples, that the cake batter just holds them in place. It is a very moist cake which when topped with a Vanilla Glaze will serve as an everyday or company dessert.
Grammy’s Butter Tarts
The Butter Tart is the quintessential Canadian dessert, with a winning combination of butter, raisins, sugar, egg and corn syrup.
Peach Upside-Down Cake
I first made this delightful Peach Upside Down Cake last summer at the height of peach season. The cake is light and fluffy and the added lemon rind enhances the peach flavour.
Banana Bread
A perennial favourite and a great way to use up bananas when they’re just right and you can’t possibly eat them all. Good for breakfast and dessert!
Easy Cherry Coffee Cake
Cherry Coffee Cake is a dessert or breakfast pastry that is easy to make and delicious served warm or at room temperature. It keeps well covered on the counter for three or four days. A pine nut (if you choose to use them rather than almonds), though looked on as a nut in the culinary […]
Crème Brûlée
This Crème Brûlée is soft and silky, made with vanilla bean, eggs, and cream. We had a French theme one year for our annual Book Club dinner party, and I volunteered to provide the dessert. I had never made Crème Brûlée before, so I tried it out on my family. It was an immediate hit! […]
Chocolate Brownies
A very satisfying chocolate brownies made with cocoa powder. Cooked until just barely done.
Bananas Foster Crepes
Bananas, delicate crepes, rum, flambée, what’s not to like about this classic dessert?
Blueberry Crisp
Delicious berry dessert, bubbling with blueberry goodness. The addition of maple syrup makes this a particularly Canadian treat.