Batter up! Tackling split surfaces on cakes

Bigger pan, or less batter, may be the key

QUESTION: When I bake marble cake, I use a loaf pan and the middle of the cake rises high and then splits. How can I avoid this? Rose ANSWER: To prevent any cake from splitting while baking, make sure that the pan . . .

Posted: 2020-09-19

Collective seclusion

New home gives space for family to spend time together, and time apart

In designing the plan it calls Tara, Hilton Homes wanted to provide families a layout that combines the ability to spend time together with the opportunity for solo seclusion when needed. Both of those considerations went into the design of the . . .

Posted: 2020-09-19

Country retreat

La Salle home offers generous space inside and out

Space, safety and style: likely the Top 3 on the wish list of any family looking for a move-up home.   Jeff Brown of Sutton Group — Kilkenny Real Estate says the 2, 023 sq. ft., two-storey home found on an oversized . . .

Posted: 2020-09-19

Bring Comfort Home

This fall, the backdrop for our lives, our homes, will be even more affront. With children back in school (at least for now!) and many of us still working from home in some capacity, the desire to enhance ease, to . . .

Posted: 2020-09-18

LED there be light

Project sheds new illumination inside work shed

With no travel or vacation plans for the Labour Day long weekend, and because the weather forecast was much cooler than anticipated, it seemed the perfect time to tackle a property upgrade that had been postponed many times over the . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12

A light polish can bring a DVD up to snuff

Petroleum jelly also works as a temporary fix... sometimes

QUESTION — I was wondering if you know of a way to clean DVDs that are scratched. You mentioned to use peanut butter to clean CDs. I tried this on a CD, and it worked. I also tried it on . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12

Original yet functional

Randall Homes offers a unique design that doesn't sacrifice functionality

Randall Homes’ newest model — the Douglas, which debuts starting today in the Fall Parade of Homes — is a design that doesn’t sacrifice functionality at the altar of uniqueness. "It’s original in a very good way — there’s no design . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12

The Fall Parade of Homes starts today

Today’s the day! The Manitoba Home Builders’ Association’s 2020 Fall Parade of Homes officially opens at 1 p.m. today and runs until Oct. 10, showcasing more than 110 new show homes built by Manitoba’s best home builders. Once again, the . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12

So close, so far

Village condo steps from everything but worlds apart, too

It’s a second-floor suite in the heart of the action that, paradoxically, feels secluded at the same time. That’s what makes the 925-sq.-ft., two-bedroom suite at 369 Stradbrook Ave. in Osborne Village so outstanding, says Ute Vann of Royal LePage Dynamic . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12

Thinking outside the boxwood

Popular trees need special care to get through the winter

With fall barrelling towards us at record wind speeds and winter not far behind, now is the time to decide how you will protect your tender plants. Boxwood is a good example. My experience with growing boxwood in my Zone . . .

Posted: 2020-09-12