Mini Chocolate Candy Cane Cupcakes

This recipe comes together quickly – so quickly, in fact, that you'll never buy a cake mix again. You can crush candy canes into a fine powder in a food processor, or look for it at a cake decorating store around the holidays.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing

Hand-held desserts suit the excitement of the occasion.

Rhubarb Red Wine Mousse with Poached Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a much-loved Nova Scotia ingredient, and never has it had such elegant treatment as Chef Ray Bear gives it at Gio in Halifax.

Chocolate Chai Cupcakes

Cardamom, ginger and cloves add a warm chai flavour to these super-chocolaty cupcakes. The potency of aromatic spices decreases over time; for maximum flavour, store them in a cool, dark place, away from light and humidity, and discard old spices every six months.

Chocolate Pecan Meringue Cake

Fudgy Raspberry Marble Brownies

This will be so popular that neighbours are sure to come calling for the recipe.

Spiced Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing

Taking a bite into one of these soft, moist cookies is like eating the top of a pumpkin cupcake. The cinnamon sugar topping gives them a satisfying crunch.

Gingerbread Cake with Creamy Fudge Icing

Three-Layer Chocolate Fudge Cake