• Baking Recipes,  Christmas & holidays,  Cookies,  Experiments & experiences,  From the books,  Must-Makes from Martha

    {Countdown to Christmas} My Peppermint Meringue Milestone

    When I bought my copy of Martha Stewart’s Cookies back in September, I spent many nights browsing the book from cover to cover, trying to come up with a game-plan or schedule as to when I was going to do one recipe or the other. I began marking the cookie recipes into groups, one of which was Christmas cookies. One of the things I like most about this collection of cookies is that every cookie has a photo, thus making every recipe easy to fall in love with. But there’s this one cookie that caught my attention entirely, the Peppermint Meringue Sandwich Cookies. It had Christmas written all over it,…

  • Baking Recipes,  Christmas & holidays,  Simple cakes

    {Countdown to Christmas} Minty Chocolate Bundt Cake

    By appearance, it would seem that this bundt cake isn’t quite as Christmas-y as most holiday treats. There are no red or green splashes of colour nor intricate Christmas designs and shapes, but simply a rich, dark chocolate cake with an equally rich and dark glaze. The thing that adds a decidedly Christmas twist to this cake is the touch of peppermint extract I applied to the glaze. Small as that may be, I do think this is a good kick-off post for the series of holiday recipes I am excited to share! I’ve been eyeing this recipe awhile mostly because of this photo. I just love how the glaze…