I mentioned in a post last year that I had made some valentine’s day cookies for the kitchen at a dance competition. This year, we were in charge of the kitchen again, so I thought I would whip out some more royal icing cookies – they were a hit last year! These first cookies were… Read More Valentine’s Day Cookies
You know what they say: let sleeping unicorns lie. I’ve seen some cute sleeping unicorn macarons online, and I wanted to give them a go. There are a few different styles, but I decided to go with a rainbow unicorn. These have a little face piped on one side of the macaron (I’ve seen them… Read More Sleeping Unicorn Macarons
Some old friends got married earlier this year, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it to their wedding. I wanted to send them something in my absence, and I decided on painted macarons. The groom is also allergic to nuts, so I assumed he hasn’t had as much opportunity to try them out. As… Read More Painted Macarons
Today, I want to talk a little bit about food photography. Now, I am by no means an expert, and if you are looking for a tutorial I would recommend finding one of the many great tutorials shared on other sites. I am still working on staging and lighting myself, but I thought it would… Read More Food Photography and Staging
This is an older project, completed a few months ago. I was really happy with how these cookies turned out, so I wanted to go back and share it with you all. I was asked to do cookies for a “cookie cake” for a rehearsal dinner, rather than having a cake for the dinner. This… Read More Rehearsal Dinner Cookies
It’s been a bit of a quiet week on the baking front, so I just have a short post today. I thought it would be fun to go back and talk about a cake and cookies that I made a few weeks ago. I’ve put an asterisk on the dairy-free part of this post, because… Read More Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free*, and Sugar-Free
I’m a little sad that I didn’t think of this macaron idea, given that I’ve already noted that my rice flour macarons taste like rice krispies – cereal macarons should have been my next thought! The idea and frosting recipe come from The Busy Spatula. I stuck with my usual rice flour macaron recipe, because… Read More Fruit Loops Macarons
With some practice, I’ve come to love working with royal icing on cookies. There’s something so nice about even a plain iced cookie, with a smooth, even surface. There’s also something great about the satisfaction of having completed a complicated pattern, with multiple icing colours, or stencling, or brush embroidery. I find decorating cookies is… Read More Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
At the start of my nut-free macaron adventures, I hated macarons. I hated my first three batches, I hated grating white chocolate, and I hated that they puffed up and cracked and didn’t look like real macarons. Finally, I seem to have gotten the hang of them. Though my last batch of coconut macarons didn’t… Read More Rice Flour Macarons
My family is Dutch on my fathers’ side, so growing up I always had access to strange and delightful treats like poffertjes (dollar pancakes), stroopwafels (waffle cut wafers with syrup sandwiched in between), hopjes (coffee candies), and speculaas (a spicy cookie somewhat reminiscent of a ginger snap). I didn’t like speculaas quite as much when… Read More Speculaas Cookies
Sprinkle & Dot 