Cookies, Cupcakes, and Cardio

Candy Cane Marshmallow Pops

December 9, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

The weather here has been down right FREEZING! I know I live in Canada, and I know it’s winter (well almost) but -30C is ridiculous! There’s a wind chill to boot as well. For the last couple of years, due to Paul’s “encouragement” I’ve tried to embrace winter. It hasn’t worked. Yet. I’m trying again this year, and decided to buy a down jacket, and adult snow pants (do you know they make those things without overalls now?!) So with my down jacket, and Ugg boots (no snowpants though . . . I’m saving those for ice fishing) we left the house yesterday and went for a walk. For 20 minutes. It was all we could handle . . . well, it was all I could handle. I’m sure Paul could have gone for much longer as I’m a wimp. My jacket kept me super warm and I enjoyed my new purchase until my face froze and my legs froze and I had those to complain about. Complaining is what I do best after all.

After our outside jaunt, I was desperate to be warmed up, and a warm cup of hot chocolate was in order. These candy cane marshmallow pops are super quick to assemble, and add delightful tastes to your warm cup of hot chocolate! They would also be delicious in a cup of coffee.

Christmas Tree Cupcakes

December 6, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

Does anyone else hate having a Christmas tree? I’m not being a Grinch here, I’m pretty much just being lazy. Every year Paul and I go hunting for our own Christmas tree, as well as one for my parents, way out in the bush somewhere. Having never done this as a child (other than going down to the local grocery store parking lot) it is a tradition that I look forward to every year (even though I don’t like putting up the tree anymore). I think the reason that I don’t like putting up the tree is because I don’t like taking it down. When I was younger and living at home with my parents, every year I would pull all of the boxes out and decorate the house with such excitement- and then I would leave the mess for my mom to put away after the holiday. Since Paul and I have lived together we have had a tree twice but in the recent years, we’ve only gone out looking for my parents. I just can’t get over putting all the ornaments away and taking the tree down! It’s pathetic.

So instead up putting up a tree in my house, I’ll happily put up a tree on a cupcake! This is a different twist on how to make a Christmas tree cupcake, rather than just piping a huge pile of buttercream on top (not that I don’t love that variation) but this one is more for looks!

Evaporated Milk Substitute

December 5, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

A lot of our pie recipes that we featured this fall required the use of evaporated milk. I received quite a few questions about where to find it and what could be used instead of it. This is a short-cut way to make your own evaporated milk, so hopefully it helps those of you who don’t have it easily available in grocery stores like we do here in North America.

Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Candy: No Bake Christmas Candies

December 2, 2013 by Jenn 2 Comments

Learn how to make easy Christmas candy chocolates! This is a no bake recipe, so all you need is a microwave or a double boiler to melt the chocolate. This is a thicker version of a traditional peppermint bark so if you’re looking for a peppermint bark recipe, you can still use this, just with thinner layers of chocolate in the mould. If you don’t have a mould, you can follow the same procedure for the chocolate using a baking tray instead.

Eggnog Gingerbread Trifle: No Bake Trifle Recipe

December 1, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

As a food YouTuber and blogger, I find myself trying to tell you how things taste when I post recipes. It is actually very hard to do and trying recipes for taste is something that you have to do yourself. What I like, might not be what you like (even though it should be) . With Christmas right around the corner, what I love for seasonal tastes are gingerbread, eggnog and sugar cookies. So with this recipe for Eggnog Gingerbread trifle, I’m getting two of my favourites in one! If you like either of these flavours, you’ll love this! If you don’t like either, just make it anyway.

How to Stabilize Whipped Cream- Baking Quick Tip

November 28, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

Sometimes buttercream just doesn’t do the trick.

I must not be feeling well if those words actually just came out of my mouth…well my fingers.

What I mean is, sometimes buttercream is too thick or heavy, or sweet, for the type of dessert you are making. Sometimes good ole fashioned whipped cream is perfect for your project. BUT, if you’ve ever tried to decorate with plain whipped cream, you’ll know that it doesn’t last for long in it original glory and it realitivly quickly turns to a runny mess.

Having tried to figure out how to prevent this problem for a while now, I did some research and figured out three different ways that you can use to stabilize whipped cream: cornstarch, gelatin and my go to, icing sugar.

How to Separate an Egg- Baking Quick Tip

November 27, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

This is a serious question people. It is fundamental knowledge for things like making scrambled eggs, quiche, cookies, brownies and cakes! It is one of those basic tasks that once you’ve mastered, you probably don’t ever think about again. So when I started making a lot of pies this fall, pies that required a lot of egg whites, the question “how do you separate an egg?” came through, I knew I had to help my young viewers.

I am not skilled in this area (can’t do the one handed crack), though I should be with the amount of eggs I went through running my cake business, and I can’t remember when or how I learned this skill myself. I imagine it was filled with shells and crunchy baked goods that my family had to smile while crunching away on a slice of fluffy white cake.

This way to separate an egg never fails me, though there is still the occasional shell piece that has to be picked out of the bowl because I crack it on the side of the bowl (apparently you’re not “supposed” to do it that way). It’s easy enough for beginners to learn to do, without the need for that silly bottle thing, or other gimmick. There are TONS of gimmicks for separating eggs, but resist the urge to buy and follow these simple steps!

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Rainbow Chocolate Chip Microwave Cookie: No Bake Cookie in a Mug

November 25, 2013 by Jenn Leave a Comment

Through our visits to LA over the last couple of months, we’ve been able to meet some really great people! One of those great people is Hetal, from Show Me the Curry. Her and her partner, have a YouTube channel that specializes in Indian recipes, and they look so amazing! While we were at YouTube Space LA, we found ourselves together in what looked to be a bachelor type pad, so we decided to do a couple of collabs together on microwavable recipes! Make sure you head over to Hetal’s channel and check out her collab with me, baking a Bachelor Brownie.

Candy Cane Marshmallow Pops

Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Evaporated Milk Substitute

Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Candy: No Bake Christmas Candies

Eggnog Gingerbread Trifle: No Bake Trifle Recipe

How to Stabilize Whipped Cream- Baking Quick Tip

How to Separate an Egg- Baking Quick Tip

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