For me, the best part of baking is the magnificent and inviting aroma lingering throughout the house. And it’s not just the amazing aroma that escapes from the oven when baking a cake like this Polenta Cake but it’s also

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A photo of Polenta Cake decorated with whipped Mascarpone Cream and Balsamic and Brown Sugar Strawberries.
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I’ve wanted to make a Coconut Cake for some time now but I didn’t want to make the typical white cake or yellow cake for that matter. And I didn’t want to simply layer and decorate with frosting and shredded coconut.

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A photo of a Coconut Cake layered with Mango Curd and 7-Minute Frosting and decorated with fluffy White Frosting, finely grated white chocolate and mango hearts displayed on a tall, gold cake stand.
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Posted on Friday, 9th March 2012 by Grace

I was craving one of my favourite dessert combinations, Sweet and Salty and I remembered these, Chocolate-Caramel Cookie Bars my friend Debra (Smith Bites) made a little while back. When Debra posted about them I recall wanting to run into the

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A photo of Salt Caramel dessert, Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars displayed on a white dish.
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Posted on Wednesday, 22nd February 2012 by Grace

My sister, Connie, brought me not one, not two, but three delicious Italian treats in the past week, Lasagna, Cicerchiata (Italian Honey Balls) and these amazing Sweet Rolls, Pagnottini. Connie met me at the fabric store on one of my endless

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A cropped photo of Italian Pastry Buns arranged in a row on a white, rectangle-shaped dish.
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Posted on Friday, 17th February 2012 by Grace

Complete and utter indulgence, velvety and luscious Cappuccino-Fudge Cheesecake.  When I spotted this cheesecake recipe at Bon Appétit I asked myself the same question I ask myself whenever I run across a dessert that literally has me smacking my lips and

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A close up photo of a Baked Cheesecake on a cake stand.
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I know I went on record a few months ago saying, “I hate store-bought Puff Pastry!” but I’m happy to say I’ve finally made my peace with it.  I’ve made a new best friend in the grocery freezer aisle, it

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A photo of an Italian Rustic Tart, Sfoglia di Mele (Apple Tart), cooling on a wire rack.
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As promised, crispy Italian cookies - Hazelnut Cookies with Chocolate Chunks, the perfect accompaniment to the chocolate dessert (Chocolate Hazelnut Pots de Crème) I shared last week. When I was growing up there were two things my mother could always be certain of.  One,

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A cropped photo of Italian Cookies, hazelnut and chocolate chunk cookies, cooling on a black wire rack.
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Posted on Friday, 13th January 2012 by Grace

I couldn’t have picked a better day to prepare this warm Pear Tart, the snow is falling and it’s so cold outside.  I think it may be the only thing I enjoy about the winter season, indulging in what I

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A photo of an Italian Pear Tart with Chocolate Almond Frangipane in a green ceramic tart dish displayed on a cloth napkin on a wire rack.
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