Black Chocolate Bundt Cake

Black Chocolate Bundt Cake

This black chocolate bundt cake uses black cocoa powder in the cake and the glaze, so it turns out black as night! Black cocoa powder is the intensely dark cocoa powder that is used to make Oreos. It has become more common recently; I get mine from Bulk Barn. This cake is really easy to […]

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

I used to bake this cinnamon streusel coffee cake when I was in middle and high school. Neighbours on our compound would often come over for a visit and some coffee or tea. My mom liked how I was always eager to bake a treat for them! When I was a kid and I would […]

Chocolate Chip Walnut Pumpkin Spice Bread

Chocolate Chip Walnut Pumpkin Spice Bread

I made a chocolate chip walnut pumpkin spice bread using up leftover pumpkin from Ryan’s Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Last year, I made these walnut raisin pumpkin spice muffins, but I wanted to do something new this time around. A can of pureed pumpkin here in Canada is 796 mL, or about 27 oz. Many pumpkin […]

Oma’s German Dessert Waffles

Oma's Dessert Waffles

Our Oma would make these cake-like dessert waffles in her heart-shaped waffle iron. These are great fresh, or dried out and dunked in coffee or tea. Then, our Mama said she used to quickly whip these up when unexpected guests came to call – company could start eating the first batch while the rest baked […]

Chocolate Marble Pound Cake

Chocolate Marble Pound Cake

Chocolate marble pound cake was our mom’s go-to dessert when we kids. Although she’s an excellent cook, she never really liked baking and would always use a box mix for pound cake. Her signature was to create a chocolate marble pound cake by mixing in a bit of cocoa to half of the batter.  When […]