April 30, 2016 Monthly Recaps I feel like April is usually a pretty neutral month where nothing much happens, but this month it was long and weird and emotional. We had lay-offs at my work, a family friend passed away and Beyonce’s new album turned out to be all about Jay Z cheating on her. […]

May 3, 2014 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing The first time I made this cheesecake was either 2002 or 2003. I think I made it for Easter and it was an absolute disaster. I remember it leaked all over the bottom of the oven, resulting in a smoke filled kitchen. I remember the mangoes I used […]

June 26, 2014 Cocktails Summer has arrived in all it’s hot, humid, sweaty glory. After complaining all winter about the polar vortex, I have vowed to embrace this summer, and any time where I start to complain about something heat related, I flash back to every freaking layer of clothing I had to put on […]

It was actually a quiet month here on Planet Byn, which I needed after a busy September and an upcoming trip the first week of November. No new places to tell you about, but I did go to some of my faves: There was Bannock to celebrate my former co-worker’s last day before Maternity Leave […]

May 17, 2017 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing When my nephew started telling me that he wanted Krabby Patty Cupcakes for his birthday this year, I had no idea what he was talking about. I looked to my brother for guidance and his explanation started with “Well, you know how Spongebob is a fry cook?” and the answer […]

February 12, 2010 Elimination Challenge My mango kind of drove me crazy this week. When you’re trying to plan every meal to get you through a week with no sugar and no caffeine, dealing with a high maintenance fruit is perhaps not the best idea. I poked my mango every morning and every night waiting for the right day […]

August 29, 2011 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing My niece Charlotte turned 4 this month, and ever since her little brother’s birthday back in April, she’s been telling me she wants a Blue’s Clues Cake! The funniest part is that when I asked Joel what flavour of cake she wanted, her response was: chocolate caramel crunch […]

December 7, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings Date Squares hold an extra special place in my heart as my Aunt Joan makes the best ones in the world. I’ve only ever eaten the ones she makes, and haven’t had them in about 10 years, but I refuse to eat any others so I don’t muddle my […]

My baking soul sister and I have reached the halfway point in our mission to bake the entire Joy the Baker Cookbook. You can see photos of everything we’ve made over on our project page, but here’s the recap of Q2. 50 recipes down, 50 to go! Recipes Baked Total – 25 (Danielle – 11 […]

May 17, 2016 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing This post is a VERY belated documentation of my niece’s Minecraft Birthday Cake from last August. At the time I guess I thought it was really too simple to blog about, and didn’t look like much, but have since learned much more about the world of Minecraft cakes. I […]

April 11, 2014 Breakfast When I was growing up, pancakes weren’t a frequent breakfast option in our house, but when we did have them, they always came out of a box (sorry Mom!). I legitimately did not realize you could make pancakes without the box mix until I was like 23 and saw Christine Cushing […]

May 24, 2015 Baked Sunday Mornings Yesterday I celebrated the wedding of my dear friends Aoife & Brad at Vinelane Estates Winery in Niagara, Ontario. I brought home a bottle of red wine and whipped these up this afternoon because I knew they were on our Baked Sunday Mornings schedule. Ha! You guys know me […]

December 13, 2017 Cookies Smitten Kitchen has a new cookbook out! I’ve really tried to curtail my cookbook acquisitions over the last couple of years, but obviously I needed to have this one. I bought it when I went to see Deb on her cookbook tour back in October. She didn’t do an interview or […]

Still waiting for Spring over here, but there were a lot of fun foodie adventures this month to distract me from the weather: My month-long obsession, which is still continuing, is Take a Megabite’s Oatmeal cooked in Almond Milk. I usually just grab a packet of the no-name natural stuff (no flavouring, so sweetener) and […]