Recipes

This past winter I had the best carrot cake I've ever eaten when I was out for dinner at The Aberdeen Tavern in Hamilton, Ontario.  This dinner in particular we were out with friends and all of us ordered the carrot cake and we all agreed it was the best we'd ever tasted.  Unable to stop thinking about it after the fact, I decided I had to do my best to recreate it at home. It's my best recipe yet!

For our first birthday we created a number one number cake.  Topped with buttercream icing, macarons, fruit and sprinkles, this number cake looked professional.  Read on to learn how we decorated this delicious number cake.

One holiday season, years ago, Starbucks had a feature drink: Peppermint White Hot Chocolate and it has been my drink of choice ever since, no matter the time of year!  So when I came across a recipe online for making your own hot chocolate with nothing more than milk and a chocolate bar I knew that I had to try it and of course include my peppermint!

While Christmas morning might not be the same as when I was a kid, racing down the stairs to see if Santa came, it still retains a certain type of magic; cozy pajamas, wool socks, Christmas bows stuck to unbrushed hair and crumples of colourful paper strewn everywhere.  It’s one of those mornings where we all ignore the growls of our empty stomachs as we laugh and smile and cheer with our family over coffee and presents.  I am definitely going to be making pancakes this year with a holiday mix from Lannie Rae Gourmet.

Pottery and baking go hand in hand!  Read on for my recipe of Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream icing and discover why ceramic bakeware is the best thing for your kitchen.

A handmade pottery platter is the perfect way to serve a roast chicken. Discover a great recipe for spiced roast chicken with orange-cilantro chimichurri, served on a beautiful, handmade, ceramic platter from Thompson Wheel Works.

White capped mountains, glacial blue rivers and a lone elk standing in stunned surprise as the train leisurely passes through the Rocky Mountains.  This is the section of VIA Rail’s The Canadian train route between Edmonton and Vancouver, where I first enjoyed Cheesecake-Stuffed French Toast.  Now I've developed a recipe to recreate this at home.

The Northern Kiln is so excited to have paired up with Oliva Lam of Inspiring Olivia for the below recipe. This pie was baked in a clay pie dish, handmade near Ottawa, Ontario by Debbie Gilmer. Shop her collection of gorgeous handmade bakeware here!