Mom, the Lunch Lady

 This  moist and fluffy Coffee Cake is studded with tart spring rhubarb and topped with a sweet and crunchy crumble topping. Perfect paired with a cup of tea, this buttery cake with rhubarb is the perfect afternoon snack. Jump to Recipe My rhubarb plant is still going strong, so I decided to bake this delicious coffee cake, by using one of my favourite vanilla cake recipes and adding a super simple and yummy crumble topping. It bakes up light and fluffy, isn't overly sweet and the crunch adds wonderful texture. Rhubarb is a vegetable that usually begins to grow in early April. It is said that the best time to pick and eat rhubarb is from April to July, but it can be enjoyed until late August. As someone who has grown up with rhubarb growing in our back yard, I've enjoyed it until late August with no significant change in taste or texture.  What is Coffee Cake? Coffee cake is what you call a cake that is intended to be eaten with coffee or tea. It differs from a regular ca...

 Cupcakes using only 2 ingredients? All you need is a can of soda pop and a box of cake mix! This simple and delicious recipe hack will have you baking up all imaginable flavour combinations.  Jump to Recipe With grocery prices on the rise, we take advantage of flyer sales to stock up certain things. While I love baking cakes from scratch, cake mix comes in handy when I want to whip up a quick dessert. I love the versatility of cake mix. You can make a cake, as per the directions on the box, you can also turn cake mix into the yummiest cookies, as a crust for a decadent cheesecake , or you can add a can of soda pop, and make a delectable, fluffy 2-ingredient cake. Which is what I did with these beautiful cupcakes. I had a bit of cream soda left from a 2L bottle we had opened at the beginning of the week, so I decided to mix it with an angle food cake mix.  You could use regular cake mix for these, I bet they'd be a bit better than the angel food cake ones I made. Though t...

 These Adorable Easter Desserts are almost to cute to eat. Easter cakes, cookies and treats, that will have you hoping with joy! Not everyone celebrates Easter in the same manner. For Christians it is the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection and sacrifice for man kind. For others it is the promise of a rebirth of the Earth out of it's dark winter slumber. But we can all agree that Easter is a time of joy and a promise of warmer days ahead. No matter how you celebrate Easter, these cookies, cupcakes and candies are sure to put a "Spring" in your step. Adorable Easter Desserts Easter Animal Treats Easter Chick Cupcakes Your Easter festivities are sure to be every bit as sweet as they are bright with these easy Easter chick cupcakes. With a moist vanilla cupcake topped with a rich vanilla buttercream, these cupcakes are sure to appeal to even the pickiest eaters. Easter Rice Krispie Treats A vibrant pink color and chocolate ears set these bunny Rice Krispies pops a...

These Strawberry Cupcakes are made with delicious yogurt. As a result, they are beautifully light and fluffy! Topped with strawberry buttercream, they are the perfect treat for Valentine's Day.  Jump to Recipe Ah Valentine's day. The day dedicated to the ones we love. Valentine's day really hasn't been a big celebration in our house. I remember being in 1st or 2nd grade and a boy gave me a stuffed teddy bear for Valentine's Day. My Mom made a huge stink and told me to return it. She even went as far as to call the boy's mother, to tell her that it wasn't OK for this boy to be giving me a stuffed bear, and that we were too young to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Thankfully I wasn't old enough to be embarrassed, but I sure was upset that I couldn't keep the teddy bear, LOL. Now that I'm grown Valentine's Day still isn't that big of a deal. I make it a point to tell and show my SO and my kids how much I love them every day. We don't need a...