Busy Birthday Cupcakes.

So if you live in Canada and not in Quebec, then you just had a long weekend. For what? Nobody really knows. Actually, let's Google that! Result: Nobody the heck knows, even within our country we don't know what it's for. But it's there and I'm not complaining about a day off work, if indeed I could get a day off (more on this later, if you care). 

Epic Baking Weekend Item 2: Manly Meat Pie!

After trying out a few pie crusts, some with success and many with failure and at the request of dearest I decided to try a savoury pie. Actually, the meat pie was made because I wanted to make a lard crust. I learned that lard made the flakiest pie crust but then I read that it was best used for savoury pies so meat pie it was. Maybe I'll try it in a sweet pie one day though. Who knows? It might turn out, they put cheddar cheese in apple pies after all. In comparison, it doesn't seem like a very big risk.

Epic Baking Weekend Item 1: Blueberry Track Tarts!

Not in order of how I made them that weekend, because there was no really order of how I made things, let's start off with my Blueberry Track Tarts.

All this pie making has got me eager to get pie/tart crusts perfect! This is also in my support of pie domination. I should really call these cup pies or cuppies or maybe not really since they are indeed tarts. Cuptarts?

I already had one success and one failure for pie crusts, so I thought I'd give tart crusts a try as I had found a nice recipe for blueberry tarts and I had lovely blueberries from St. Lawrence Market. Now is the beginning of the blueberry season by the way. That means they are the sweetest and cheapest! So pick some up to snack on or cook with. Nerdism: Blueberries are also great for their anti-oxidant properties. That means they fight against cancer and aging. They're one of those super foods that taste delicious, not like.... erm... Milk Thistle. (I dunno I had to Google superfoods to find a weird one.)

An Introduction to My Epic Baking Weekend+ Sleeping Tips

First of all, I apologize for such a late post. There are no good excuses but the reason was because, as I posted on my twitter, I planned a weekend of epic baking. Not only was I making 8 recipes for 5 items, I had a weekend filled with outings with friends and the dearest. I had just taken on more than I could bake. I didn't even have enough time to update my twitter (which may as well be a good thing as apparently I have a tweeting problem)

Strawberry Festival @ St. Lawrence Market

Hello Everyone,

So this week, I attempted to make Strawberry Pie and as usual, the first try was a disaster. That's okay though. As stressful as it is trying to fix something you've messed up real bad, I get to learn a lot. On the up-side my dough was nice and flakey but it shrunk and I over baked the second batch...I'll try again tonight and hopefully it'll work out. I have to tell you about my trip to St. Lawrence Market. It was my first time there and it was AMAZING!