Banana Cake With White Chocolate Glaze

Banana bread aficionados often cling to the classic banana-walnut combination, but this version will be sure to change their tune. It uses milk chocolate, but feel free to swap it for your favourite dark chocolate and create a new standard.

Layered Shrimp & Avocado Cream

Served up as a snack or main, these little shrimps are perfectly pleasing.

Chili Cheese Crab Dip

Bubbly cheese dip with chunks of crabmeat is a retro throwback that's bound to be a hit. While not overwhelmingly spicy, this dip has kick; for less heat, seed the chilies or substitute with diced sweet red pepper.

Marbled Chocolate Cheesecake Bites

Blue Cheese, Walnut and Arugula Phyllo Crisps

The strong flavour of blue cheese mellows when baked in this buttery phyllo pastry. Serve these delicious little packages as is or with an onion marmalade or peach chutney to spoon over top.

Red Velvet Beet Cupcakes

Mini Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecakes

A dollop of store-bought raspberry jam takes these chocolate-studded cheesecakes to a new level of deliciousness.

Rugalahs

Rugalahs are one of the most requested Hanukkah cookies, now popular year-round. When the nut and fruit crescents bake, they ooze ever so slightly, and this rich filling gets crisp and caramel-like around the crescents.

Lemon Poppy Seed Teardrops

Just a hint of icing peeks through the tiny window on these yummy, thin cookies. 

Individual Smoked Salmon Dill Quiches

The small tart pans used to make these mini-quiches are available at specialty cookware shops.