Sweet Treats by Shanna

07/15/2019

Strawberry Rhubarb pie.

Delicious. The smell of strawberries baking in the oven is always a favourite smell of mine.

07/04/2019

Summertime is pie time.

This cherry pie baked away in my oven on Canada Day. There’s something about working with pastry that makes me so zen.

07/04/2019

Treats don’t always need to be baked... especially in this summer heat.

Paloma popsicles are in my freezer to beat the heat. Fresh squeezed grapefruits and limes, tequila, a bit of simple syrup, a touch of Tajín to top them off.

03/08/2019

It was probably one of those days that I shouldn’t have tried to do anything, but nevertheless I did. I haven’t made macarons since I think my trip to Paris but wanted to indulge and have a sweet treat to share with my French class since my presentation is all about cooking and baking. Voila, Raspberry Macarons for their and my enjoyment their friends the chocolate macarons made to the green bin because they were made of evil apparently and didn’t want to behave.

I’ve also had a bit of a hiatus from full on baking for the last while, life happens, studying for a professional exam (I passed!) and a new kitten in my life who believes he’s Gordon Ramsey and won’t leave me be in the kitchen.

11/16/2018

Happy 500 Stephan Group! Today at work we’re celebrating Doug Stephan and the rest of the Stephan group reaching their 500th scientific publication. Congratulations!

To celebrate I brought in a red wine chocolate cake (12 x 12) topped with chocolate buttercream icing and sprinkles.

11/10/2018

It’s becoming a tradition to feed my fellow classmates in French eclairs. So mini-eclairs made for our last class tomorrow, topped with chocolate ganache and gold leaf.

Gold leaf makes everything pretty.

10/07/2018

Apple season is here... and pie season. Coincidence? I think not.

With thanksgiving tomorrow I made an apple pie and topped it with a pastry tree and falling maple leaves. Just pulled out of the oven and it smells amazing.

06/05/2018

Baking causes sugars to burn off in desserts, with a decrease of 5-8% of standard sugar calories.

There's possible good news if you're counting calories: Research from the University of British Columbia suggests calories from sugar can be lost during the baking process, so what's shown on a food label may not reflect the calories consumed.

06/02/2018

Baby shower cake and cupcakes, in “Tinkerbell” there. Vanilla cupcakes topped with buttercream icing and pearls and the cake is a 6 layer vanilla cake with buttercream.

05/30/2018

Birthday cake for a client’s friend who is very proud of his garage. 4 layer chocolate cake with buttercream icing.

05/08/2018

03/21/2018

I had the privilege to make cupcakes for CycleBar Leaside for their first birthday. Thanks Cydney for asking me to do these, I had a lot of fun piping out spin bikes and the CycleBar logo. The cupcakes were all iced with butter cream icing and the cupcakes with the logo were red velvet and the others with the bikes were vanilla. Hope the celebrations were great and I am sure all those calories were worked off quickly with a spin class!