Three layers of creamy chocolate ganache meld beautifully in this stunning candy that offers the melt-in-your-mouth texture of truffles without the trouble of rolling and coating.
Preparation for fruitcake is now a lot faster given today's quality diced candied peel and seeded raisins. Thank goodness the flavour is still as good as it was in my mother's day.
Calling all hot chocolate lovers! We’ve taken the drink of the holiday season and turned it into one scrumptious cookie.
This traditional English dessert, made with stewed fruit and whipped cream, tastes decadent but has a lovely light texture. For a quick treat, cook the rhubarb the day before, then simply whip the cream and assemble before serving. If fresh rhubarb isn't available, you can substitute the same amount of thawed frozen rhubarb—just thoroughly pat it dry.
Known as flan throughout parts of South America and some Spanish-speaking countries, this cheater's crème caramel uses condensed milk and is a sublime as its classic namesake.
This all-time classic British dessert is one of the most delicious ways to celebrate that other summer favourite – strawberries and cream.
Eton mess is traditionally served on June 4 at the prize-giving picnic at Eton College and is reported to have been sold at the school “sock” (tuck) shop since the 1930s. Myth has it that the pudding came about after a dog sat on a picnic basket, crushing the strawberries and cream inside. The Eton picnickers went ahead and tucked in regardless, enjoying the end result so much that they went on to recreate the pud. It’s more likely, however, that the dessert’s name comes from the now archaic meaning of “mess” as a portion of food.
These buttery, ultrathin, crisp cookies are so delicious that you will want to snack on them before they are even iced and filled.
Perhaps the most Canadian dessert of all is the iconic butter tart. The first published recipe appeared in The Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Victoria Hospital Cookbook in the 1900s, but its origin is believed to date as early as 1663, when the king of France sent 800 unmarried women (filles du roi) to New France to o set the gender imbalance in the colony.
Studded with chocolate chips and crystallized ginger, this moist marbled loaf makes the best fall-flavoured afternoon treat. For the prettiest slices, generously swirl the batters together.
You can use homestyle sliced white bread as an alternative to challah or egg bread. If the bread is fresh, leave the slices out for an hour or bake them in a 200°F (100°C) oven for 20 minutes.
