What do you get when you combine one ill-fated English explorer, a bunch of agitated merchants, millions upon millions of turkeys and a bevy of reasons to be thankful?
You get the history of Thanksgiving in Canada.
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Maple-Apple Upside-Down Cake
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Cranberry Gingerbread Bundt
Always With Butter
Flourless Almond Honey Cake With Almond Brittle
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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
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Classic Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
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Apple Brown Butter Jalousie
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
I Am Baker
Chocolate Dipped Pears With Almond Crunch
Bakers Royale
Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Whisks & Whimsy
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Turtle Pumpkin Ice Cream Cake
A Spicy Perspective
Pumpkin S'Mores Tart
How Sweet It Is
Brown Butter-Cranberry Tart
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Snickers Coffee Cake With A Salted Caramel Glaze
Bakers Royale
Pumpkin Roll
Gimme Some Oven
Upside Down Saffron Pear Cake
Sian Richards
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Apple Cake
The Way The Cookie Crumbles
Harvest Cake With Grapes And Sangiovese Syrup
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Hazelnut, Cinnamon And Coconut Cake
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Buttermilk Cake With Riesling-Poached Pears
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Pumpkin Cheesecake With Honeyed Walnuts
Frances Janisch
Cranberry Cheesecake
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Dense Sweet Potato, Orange And Dark Chocolate Cake
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Chocolate Guinness Cake With Irish Cream Caramel Sauce
Lara Ferroni