Corn & Cheddar Waffles
Oct 11, 2023
Brilliant blue icing and a fun speckled effect make this show-stopping chocolate cake look like a robin's egg. For best results, practise your speckling technique on waxed paper before tackling the cake. The speckling can get a little messy, so protect the cake plate with strips of waxed or parchment paper.
Whipped cream and chocolate curls crown layers of chocolate cake, Morello cherries and chocolate mousse. Look for sour cherries preserved in light syrup in jars at delis and supermarkets. If you prefer not to make the chocolate curls, just grate 2 oz (60 g) chocolate instead.
This buttery cake features raspberry jam and buttercream fillings and a sleek all-over buttercream covering. Four layers tall, it has celebration written all over it. For the buttercream, a stand mixer will give the smoothest, most satiny results.
Start the weekend off on a sweet note with warm maple walnut waffles. Top with vanilla yogurt, maple syrup and a sprinkle of toasted walnuts.
A healthy breakfast should provide eight to 10 grams of fibre to get you on target to meet daily requirements. Here's a tasty way to get some of it — in muffins you can freeze. By the time you arrive at school or work, your portable breakfast will be thawed. Or reheat a muffin in the microwave.
The North American offering from Vicky Brooks-Johnson of Markham, Ont., is great served with the Beef and Okra Stew.
Last fall some nurse colleagues and I took a professional-development course after work. To tide us over until dinner, we took turns bringing muffins to share. Here's an adaptation of the ones I liked best.
