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Don’t Think Twice – Individual Black Forest Icebox Cakes

July 20, 2012 by EmmaEats

A rich, flavourful and gorgeous individual serving-sized cake that requires no baking? Inconceivable! When you don’t have central air conditioning, keeping the house cool during hot weather becomes high priority. We’ve had a lot of hot weather this year. As a result, most of our cooking has been happening outside to avoid turning on the oven or stove. That’s where this cake comes in. It requires no baking and only requires cooking if you decide to make the cherry preserves […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Vegan • Tags: Black Forest, Cherry, Chocolate, coconut, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Icebox cake, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Vegan

Wonderful One – Lemon Olive Oil Layer Cake with Coconut Whipped Cream Frosting

July 5, 2012 by EmmaEats

Let me start by saying I cannot stop eating this cake. I have made two of these cakes in the past 2 weeks. And no, I didn’t eat both of them all myself – one was actually for Katie’s first birthday party. What a glorious day! Our dear little Katie soaked up all the love from our family and friends that summer sunshine-filled afternoon. She made her entrance after nearly all of the guests arrived and socialized while eating tonnes […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Vegetarian • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, coconut, dairy-free, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Kid-friendly, Lemon, nut-free, Olive oil, Recipes, summer recipes, Vegetarian

Summer, Summer, Summer! – S’mores Rice Krispies Squares

June 28, 2012 by EmmaEats

The first long weekend of the summer is nearly upon us. Sunshine, swimming, cottaging, fireworks, summer parties – it’s the beginning of the best season of the year. We had our first summer party last weekend for Katie’s first birthday. It turned out to be a glorious day filled with sunshine and blue skies, tiki torches and lanterns, bubbles and pinwheels, barbecued ribs and grilled vegetables, kids running and playing, and tonnes of laughter – the stuff of summer weekend barbecues. […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: Chocolate chip, coconut, dairy-free, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Golden Grahams, Homemade, Kid-friendly, marshmallows, no-bake, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Rice Krispie Treat, smores, summer, summer recipes

I wanna scream so loud for you – Whole Wheat and Spelt Banana Coconut Crumble Cake

May 10, 2012 by EmmaEats

Emma is a huge fan of banana bread. I may have mentioned before how much she likes to have treats for play dates and that she requests specific ones for when certain friends visit. One of her pals has a dairy allergy so slowly we’ve been adding a few more dairy-free treats into our treat repertoire including this moist and flavourful combination of two classics, banana bread and crumble. Let me introduce whole wheat and spelt banana coconut crumble cake. […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Vegetarian • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Banana, banana bread, coconut, coconut oil, dairy-free, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Flax, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Kid-friendly, Mother's Day, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Sarah Kay, spelt, Whole wheat flour