Devilled eggs are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Stick with the classic filling or spice things up with our fantastic variation.
Marina Keeping didn't need to ponder over which of her mother's recipes was her favourite: it's the layered coffee buttercream-filled cake that Janet Reeves, author of One Potato, Two Potato (Ragweed Press, 1987) always made for birthdays. It's rich and buttery, in the style of Eastern European cakes, and even a small slice is enough to satisfy. Reeves, an inveterate recipe collector since the age of eight, got this recipe when she helped out as a teenager in the home of a Polish-born doctor in her home town of Kensington, P.E.I.
This cake is so divine on its own that we skipped the expected sweet topping, but you can also serve it with fresh or cooked fruit, or a drizzle of chocolate or caramel sauce. Use an oven thermometer to ensure that your oven is properly calibrated; even a 25-degree fluctuation can cause the cheesecake to puff up and develop surface cracks.
Enjoy these delicious, buttery crisps with an aperitif or cocktails.
Canadians have always loved cakes. In fact, one Victorian immigrant described Canada as the "land of cakes." There were cakes to eat with preserves, with sherry, with tea ... and for a picnic, a showy cake dusted with icing sugar.
This tangy-sweet pudding goes into the oven as one batter and comes out with a light sponge cake layer on top and creamy lemon sauce on the bottom.
