You don’t need a special occasion to have cake! Cake isn’t just for birthdays and baby showers. Try these cake recipes anytime you feel like celebrating – even if it is just making it through the week. Pastel Rainbow Cake, Chocolate Cake, and Jenny’s Crumb Cake are some of our favorites.
Zuccotto – Pound cake brushed with amaretto and lined with chocolate cream and filled with almond whipped cream and sliced almonds. Dusted with cocoa. I have been making this Zuccotto recipe for years. I love that it is unusual, sophisticated, and really easy to make. I also enjoy that it can be made a day […]
I came up with this mini almond cheesecake and baked them in half-pint Mason jars. I needed to bring a dessert to a party and thought that these would be perfect for two reasons. I have a thing for madeleines. A big thing for them. When William was a baby, we used to go to
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This Sour Cream Chocolate Bundt Cake recipe comes from America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook and it is really a delicious cake. There are undoubtedly times in one’s life that call for a hunk piece of chocolate cake. Whether you are happy, sad, depressed, stressed, or just been dumped, this chocolate cake is exactly what you
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This chocolate peanut butter cake would be perfect for a birthday. Birthdays are sort of a big deal at our house. I think that every new year should be celebrated and that everyone should have a birthday cake. When you have a few basic recipes under your belt, you can take those tried and true
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Tiramisu Cake – Layers of buttermilk cake soaked with espresso syrup, layered and frosted with a Kahlua and mascarpone filling. Dusted with cocoa. If you like tiramisu, you will love this cake. Tiramisu is an Italian dessert that layers ladyfingers with a mascarpone filling and it is usually served in a pan and cut into
This recipe for Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is inspired by Ina Garten’s recipe and features my famous chocolate buttercream frosting. This homemade chocolate cake with made-from-scratch frosting is moist and delicious – a must for your next birthday party! I like to make people birthday cakes because birthdays are special and everyone deserves
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Oh yeah, this banana cake is pretty divine. I found it on Pinterest. Where I seem to get all of my great ideas these days. This cake is simple and delicious, with everything that you want in a recipe. I know that it is the first of the year, and I am supposed to be
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Learn how to make a homemade Chocolate Roll with me ! These easy-to-follow instructions will show you how to make a chocolate sponge cake filled with whipped cream, rolled up just like a Swiss Roll and smothered in buttercream frosting. It wouldn’t be Christmas time without chocolate rolls. In my house it has been a
