What's summer without frozen desserts, like ice cream, sorbet or popsicles? These blueberry and Greek yogurt popsicles are deliciously cold, refreshing and healthier than most store-bought varieties. They're also incredibly easy to make.

Pair lavender with the luscious flavours of apricots, plums and cherries in our recipes for Lavender Apricot Amandine Tart, Ice Cream with Lavender Black Pepper Kettle Corn and Ripe Plums, and Lavender Cherry Pain Perdu.

It would seem that I am now officially in the business of taking special requests on my blog. I love this fact. When I started this blog, I had no idea or expectation of where it would go. It is be...

Recipe for Chocolate-Hazelnut Banana Crepes

Baking desserts comes down to a science and it’s the little things that can make or break your tasty treats.

Now that lemons are in season, fresh and full of juice this summer dessert cake brings this produce food and the great outdoor sunshine together for a sweet and lightly tart cake with a fresh, light and airy taste and texture everyone will love.

This user on youtube creates the most insane stuff - not sure I'd ever make them but they're so interesting/satisfying to watch.

The Cherpumple is an original recipe from the Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen and the most talked about dessert to come along in years. To take your big 4th of July blowout to the next level, I’ve created a red, white and blue summer version of this culinary concoction. The Cherbluble is a three-layer cake, with a pie baked into each layer - CHERry, BLUeberry and appLE. The BLUeberry takes the place of the Cherpumple’s PUMPkin pie.

The last place you want to be on a perfect summer day is in a hot kitchen, especially if you're entertaining. Which is why the grill gets so much love this time of year. Recipes for Grilled polenta with maple and fresh blueberries, Grilled poundcake with peaches and whiskey caramel sauce, and Grilled watermelon with mint, lime, honey and yogurt.

Can you believe that this weekend is already 4th of July weekend? When did that happen?!This summer has been a whirlwind for us, going by at demon fast speed! If you’re anything like me and constantly playing “catch up” to get ready for the next holiday event, you’re going to love this post!

Tried-and-tested tips from Saturday magazine’s celebrity chef. Recipes for blueberry cheesecake brûlées and pear and berry pudding. These lovely summer desserts would be perfect to serve alfresco after a barbecue.

Strawberries, peaches and rhubarb taste especially heavenly in June when summer is almost upon us. They are gorgeous and abundant at the farmer's market. Summer fruits make the best desserts, and we give you two of our favorite recipes below. In a nod to our childhood, we also offer an incredible recipe for ice cream sandwiches. This ambrosial homemade version is crispy and densely chocolaty.

Whereas this is an encyclopedia, meant to be dipped in and out of at leisure, it is unlike any other I've seen. There are hundreds of illustrations including mouthwatering paintings by Wayne Thiebaud (a personal favorite), Andy Warhol, and Will Cotton, a handful of historical recipes, and more than 600 erudite essays by pastry chefs, neuroscientists, food historians, and chemists, about what has become a grand metaphor for human pleasure.

Ice cream's velvety Italian cousin is becoming one of America's favorite frozen desserts. It has less fat, but somehow tastes creamier and holds flavors better. So what's gelato's secret?

We tend to think of sugar as the supreme ruler of the sensation of sweetness. If an orange tastes sweet, it's because of the sugars it contains hit the sweet receptors in your taste buds. The same, it’s fair to say, should ring true for any other fruit, from blueberries to tomatoes.

What makes a cupcake? Is it the sprinkles? Is it the sense of whimsy? Is it the snark with which bored hipsters decry them? Whatever it is that encapsulates a cupcake’s essence, the Starbucks cupcake frappucino does not have.

Recipes for Coconut Cream Pie, Banana Cream Pie, Strawberry Shortcake and No-Churn Honeycomb Ice Cream

Impress all your friends with this delectable and unbelievably easy to make raspberry coulis. It's the perfect topping for ice cream and cakes. Yum!