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Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp Squares

July 22, 2014 Bars & Squares
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp Squares

We had a big day here on Planet Byn last week. After exercising remarkable restraint for a whole month, I brought treats into my new office for the first time. Based on some life advice from my baking spirit guide (Danielle: “You can’t show up on the first day with a six-layer cake”), I decided […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Banana Whoopie Pies

June 29, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Banana Whoopie Pies

I think I’ve made every whoopie pie recipe that the Baked boys have included in their previous cookbooks. I made the Red Velvet ones for my sister-in-law back in 2010, the Pumpkin version as part of Thanksgiving dessert in 2011, and the Chocolate Whoopie Pies in 2012. Guess 2013 was a Whoopie Pie free year, but […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

June 15, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

Last week, the Baked boys announced that their new book (their 4th!) is called Baked Occasions and will be out on October 7th! So I think I can safely announce now that this is the top secret project I mentioned back in February. I recipe tested for this book!!! It was an amazing experience and […]

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Snickers Brownie Bites

April 4, 2014 Brownies & Blondies
Snickers Brownie Bites

I’m very emotionally invested in the birthdays of my co-workers. If I know it’s your birthday, and you’re in the office, there will be treats on your special day. I don’t care if you won’t tell me the actual day (I celebrate birthmonths too), or don’t want to disclose your age (irrelevant to birthday treats) […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Chocolate Whirligigs

March 30, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Peanut Butter Chocolate Whirligigs

I was a little nervous about this week’s recipe. A few weeks ago Matt posted an interview with one of the recipe developers he and Renato work with for their cookbooks, and she specifically name checked these cookies as the most difficult recipe she has developed for them. Uh oh. It turns out they weren’t […]

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Chocolate Chip Pancake Mini Muffins with Brown Butter Maple Glaze {Gastropost Mission #94}

March 15, 2014 Gastropost
Mini Pancake Muffins

Our Gastropost Mission this week forced us to choose between two sweeties: Maple Syrup vs. Honey. I feel as though there’s a time and a place for honey (i.e. on peanut butter toast), but my heart belongs to maple syrup. One of my very first foodie awakenings after university was realizing that there was a […]

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Chocolate Stout Cake with Baileys Buttercream Frosting

March 13, 2014 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
Chocolate Stout Cake

Don’t get too excited. Yes, I am actually posting a holiday* recipe BEFORE said holiday, which never happens, but there’s something you should know. The can of Guinness and cute little bottle of Baileys needed for this cake were purchased approximately 358 days ago, when I thought it might be a good idea to make […]

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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting + FBC Potluck

March 6, 2014 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

It’s so much fun to hang out with other food bloggers: they just get it. These are the people who understand the importance of two new flavours of Oreos. Who hate salad in a bag as much as I do. They know the feeling of making a co-worker’s eyes glaze over after you’ve been talking […]

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Maple Cream Cookies {Gastropost Mission #92}

March 1, 2014 Cookies
Maple Cream Cookies

Our mission this week was to make something that showed our Canadian pride as we cheered on our Olympic athletes. Awesome! So here are some maple sugar cookies sandwiched together with maple buttercream. But here’s the thing: I hate the Winter Olympics (gasp! shock! horror!). I just can’t get excited about speed skating or bobsledding […]

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Front-End Loader Birthday Cake

April 25, 2013 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
Front-End Loader Birthday Cake

  Do you know the difference between a Front-End Loader, Digger, Excavator and Grinder? I sure do, thanks to extensive Google Image searches last week in preparation for my nephew’s cake for his 4th birthday. He was pretty specific about what he wanted, but when I saw him the day before his birthday and asked […]

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