Now that's my kind of Cherry Bombe!

Chocolate Cherry Bombe
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home. Well, the timing for this recipe challenge could not have been better. Dad's birthday is in

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I've never thought of myself as "cheap" before

Not that kind of cheap! I mean cheap as in thrifty, a penny-pincher (or as we say in Canada, one who can "squeeze a nickel 'till the beaver farts"). We're a classy bunch, aren't we? :-)


I've always been cursed with expensive taste, an appreciation for the finer things in life. That said, I was also raised by a veteran bargain hunter, a woman who can spot sale signs anywhere, even in a

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Papa Screams for Ice Cream

I love to bring people joy with my food, it's one of my favourite things about cooking and baking. This why I like bringing desserts when we get together with friends, or baking a cake for someone's birthday. It's the reason I send treats to work with hubby, or take a pie over to a friends house "just because". While I don't necessarily need an occasion, Father's Day was as good an excuse as

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