Recipes

Orange Gingerbread Cake {Butter Celebrates GIVEAWAY!} — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

Christmas is coming early to Planet Byn, and we’re celebrating the release of Rosie Daykin’s new book, Butter Celebrates! You’ll remember the Butter Baked Goods Bakery from previous gushing here (when I visited the store in Vancouver last year) and here (when we hosted a giveaway for Rosie’s first book a year ago). I was […]

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Whoopie Pies — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

Let’s talk Whoopie Pies! The previous two versions I’ve blogged about were both from Baked: Red Velvet and Pumpkin, both with cream cheese filling. I was interested in trying these ones mostly because of the filling, a Swiss Vanilla Meringue Icing that I’ve always been too intimidated to try before. They’re notorious for “breaking” and […]

White Chocolate & Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

After Champagne & Cookies, I’m usually cookie-ed out for a while, but I broke my hiatus for this delicious treat. I was happy to make this recipe because I had it bookmarked on both my work computer and personal laptop; so I got double the satisfaction because I got to delete it twice. This has been […]

bus — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

April 17, 2011 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing Here’s a look at my cute little nephew’s 2nd birthday cake. He loves trucks and his favourite colour is yellow, so my brother asked for a school bus cake. He also suggested a 3D cake, but I don’t think I’m there yet! I did a quick google images […]

School Bus Birthday Cake — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

Here’s a look at my cute little nephew’s 2nd birthday cake. He loves trucks and his favourite colour is yellow, so my brother asked for a school bus cake. He also suggested a 3D cake, but I don’t think I’m there yet! I did a quick google images search for ideas, and there are LOTS […]

Soft Pretzels 1.0 — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

Cinnamon sugar soft pretzels from Auntie Anne’s are one of the small joys of my life. One of the only upsides to getting a connecting flight vs. direct through the states, is that I get to have one as my layover snack, which is just lovely. (Except you Miami International, wtf?! I had a eight hour layover […]

Bread & Butter Pickles {The Canning Kitchen GIVEAWAY!} — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

I grew up watching my Mom make countless jars of strawberry jam and mustard pickles, but never really had any interest in canning myself. Over the last few years, I’ve been making skillet jams that I can keep in the fridge, but recently I’ve been a bit jealous of my friends who are total canning […]

mug — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

December 8, 2015 Drinks Last week my friend from work had a couple of us over to her house for dinner, and true to form, I spent like a week trying to decide what to bake to bring over. I just find it so lovely when people open up their home to you and welcome […]

Buffalo Chicken Nachos — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

I fully realize no one needs a recipe for nachos, so I present this as more of an idea and reminder to my future self that these were delicious. While I love basic nachos with cheese and salsa/sour cream/guac for dipping, I wanted something a little different to snack on for NBA All-Star Weekend a […]

Baked Sunday Mornings: Ube Cake — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

I was so excited back in October to finally get my hands on a copy of Baked Occasions. Even though I had a preview of the book after testing out almost a dozen recipes, I couldn’t wait to see what other treats were inside. After the launch party at Baked Tribeca, I went back to […]

nachos — What's Cooking on Planet Byn

February 26, 2016 Chicken & Turkey I fully realize no one needs a recipe for nachos, so I present this as more of an idea and reminder to my future self that these were delicious. While I love basic nachos with cheese and salsa/sour cream/guac for dipping, I wanted something a little different to snack […]