
Chocolate Chip Cookies	Apple Crisp	Red Velvet Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with butter and a combination of white and brown sugars which produces a rich and chewy cookie with caramelized edges. more	An apple crisp is perfect when the weather turns cold. There is something so appealing about warm baked apples covered in cinnamon and sugar, made all the more tasty with a crisp and crunchy topping. more	Red Velvet Cake is a very dramatic looking cake with a bright red color sharply contrasted by a white frosting. more

Carrot Cake	Vanilla Cupcakes	New York Cheesecake
This Carrot Cake is moist and flavorful with grated carrots and is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. more	Vanilla Cupcakes are wonderfully sweet and buttery and are frosted with a lovely Buttercream. more	New York Style Cheesecakes are creamy, and smooth, and rich, and dense, and absolutely delicious. more

Banana Bread	Apple Pie	Pound Cake
Its thick sweet batter is full of mashed bananas, cinnamon and toasted nuts and when you pull the bread from the oven the golden brown crust is delightfully crisp. more	The Apple Pie, with its two rounds of pastry enclosing slices of cinnamon sugared apples, is a favorite dessert in North America. more	This Pound Cake is wonderfully rich and buttery with a lovely golden brown crust. more

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Summer brings us so many things; warm weather, vacations, grilling, and a steady supply of fresh fruits. I love how every time I go to the grocery store or market there is another fruit at its peak which means quality is high and prices are reasonable. If you are lucky to live in an area that grows some of the produce you see in your big chain grocery store, you may want to try going to a u-pick or a farmer's market to help support your local growers. If you are a regular to the site you know that I love berries. And since summer is their main harvest time, this is when we get to use them with abandon. At first you may just want to serve them raw in a Berry Parfait or Fruit Salad, or maybe to decorate the top of a cake, or in a Fruit Tart, Pavlova, Graham Cracker Tart, Blackberry Tart, or to make the ever popular Strawberry Shortcake or Berry Shortcake. But once you have your fill, why not try baking with them. If you like blueberries, start your day with Buttermilk Berry Muffins, Blueberry Bran Muffins, Blueberry Streusel Muffins, or Blueberry Streusel Scones. For dessert there is a Blueberry Cake, or a Blueberry Tart which uses both cooked and raw blueberries. For the raspberry lover there is a Raspberry Cream Cheese Tart, a delicious Raspberry Truffle Tart, or the beautiful Raspberry Tart which has concentric circles of raspberries encased in a buttery pastry. And, of course, there are juicy and sweet tasting Bing cherries that are wonderful in either the Cherry Clafoutis or the Cherry Cake. Another idea is to make the ever popular Peach Cobbler or the Blackberry Rhubarb Crisp. Pies are always a summer favorite, so you may want to try a Blueberry Pie, a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, or a Key Lime Pie. Lastly, there is a whole section of Ice Cream Recipes. There are recipes for the all time favorites like Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, and Strawberry Ice Cream. Children would also love the cute looking Watermelon Bombe, Frozen Fruit Pops, or Ice Cream Sandwiches. Have a safe and happy Summer. Stephanie and Rick Jaworski


Royal Icing	Shortbread Cookies	Ganache
Royal Icing was traditionally used to ice Wedding and Christmas cakes. It consists of powdered (icing or confectioners) sugar, egg whites or meringue powder, and water. more	Shortbreads are traditionally a Christmas cookie that blends butter, sugar, and flour to make a rich and delicate tasting cookie. more	Ganache is a French term referring to a smooth mixture of chopped chocolate and heavy cream. more

Oatmeal Cookies	Cream Scones	Biscuits
Loaded with oats, this version produces a crisp and chewy cookie that can be filled with chocolate chips (white or dark chocolate), dried fruits, and/or chopped nuts. more	Cream Scones have a lovely crisp crust with a rich buttery flavor and light and fluffy texture. They are delicious cut in half and served with Devonshire Cream and either jam or lemon curd. more	A perfect biscuit, in my mind, should have a golden brown crusty top and bottom and when you split it in half it should be soft and flaky and moist enough to absorb a pat of butter, which is absolutely necessary. more

Pavlova	Yellow Butter Cake	Pumpkin Pie
This meringue cake, with its unusual soft sweet marshmallow center and crisp crust is produced by folding a little vinegar and cornstarch into the stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar. more	This Yellow Butter Cake has two moist and buttery cake layers that are filled and frosted with a delicious chocolate frosting. more	My personal favorite pumpkin pie recipe is this Pate Brisee recipe, as I like its' wonderful buttery flavor and crumbly texture. more

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1. Chocolate Chip Cookies	2. Red Velvet Cake	3. Shortbread Cookies	4. Royal Icing	5. New York Cheesecake

6. Carrot Cake	7. Sugar Cookies	8. Vanilla Cupcakes	9. Banana Bread	10. Chocolate Truffles

11. Pound Cake	12. Ganache	13. Apple Crisp	14. Oatmeal Cookies	15. Pumpkin Pie

16. Apple Pie	17. Gingerbread Men	18. Pavlova	19. Coconut Macaroons	20. Biscuits

21. Cream Scones	22. Lemon Bars	23. Rum Balls	24. Snickerdoodles	25. Whipped Cream Frosting

26. Yellow Butter Cake	27. Pumpkin Cheesecake	28. Fruit Tart	29. Lemon Curd	30. Butter Tarts

31. Chocolate Crinkles	32. Thumbprint Cookies	33. Melting Moments	34. Boston Cream Pie	35. Chocolate Cupcakes

36. Nanaimo Bars	37. Mexican Wedding Cakes	38. Molten Chocolate Cakes	39. Almond Biscotti	40. Peanut Blossom Cookies

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