Whiskey Peach Upside-Down Cake
This is a pretty simple upside-down cake. The topping is brown sugar and butter, spiked with whiskey. Peaches go on top of the sauce, which is then topped with a cake batter that’s been lightened with...
View ArticleMile-High Chocolate Cake With Vanilla Buttercream
This is a pretty classic chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting, except it’s super tall. And each of the three standard layers are cut in half for excitement and drama. Cake-related...
View ArticleOrange Almond Ricotta Cheesecake
This isn’t the first time I’ve made this cheesecake, and it’s far from the last. It’s outstanding. This is a creamy cake, heavy on the almond with a lovely texture. I made it this time with cow’s milk...
View ArticleAntique Caramel Cake
I took the easy way out with the cake for this week’s Baked Sunday Mornings, and made it into cupcakes (the recipe will make 20 cupcakes) instead of a two-layer cake. Cupcakes travel to work without a...
View ArticleLime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze
The first time I made this cake was during recipe testing for Baked Elements. I loved it then and I still love it. The downside to angel food cake is the need for egg whites – and a lot of them. But if...
View ArticleBanana in a Blanket
This cake already had one strike against it – it’s a roulade, a sponge cake rolled around a filling. In this case, it’s a chocolate sponge cake that’s easy to make and pretty easy to handle – no real...
View ArticleClassic Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Larry’s thrilled with this week’s Baked Sunday Mornings: carrot cake is one of his favorite desserts ever. Carrots in cake? No thanks. And with walnuts and raisins? Ew. I think carrot cake’s only...
View ArticleBananas Cake
I’m generally a fan of the Baked layer cakes. They’re generally foolproof and delicious, and I’m a big fan of the buttercream. This one is a monster – three layers of banana cake, with a sweet peanut...
View ArticlePoppy Seed Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze
I was relieved to return to a simple Bundt cake for Baked Sunday Mornings this week. Bundt cakes are the best – simple, unpretentious, pretty. This one is citrus-kissed, with a deep crater of poppyseed...
View ArticleTunnel of Hazelnut Fudge Cake
Remember that old timey Tunnel of Fudge cake? Invented in the 60s by a woman who entered it (and came in second place) into the Pilsbury Bake-Off, it’s a simple chocolate Bundt cake that magically...
View ArticleWintermint Cake
I adore this cake. I almost went the easier route and made cupcakes, but I really wanted to try my hand at ombre frosting. Plus, it’s hard to resist layers of deep dark chocolate cake surrounded by...
View ArticleHair of the Dog Cake
This cake topped off a great meal with friends on New Year’s Day. We did things a little different and had just a couple of drinks on New Year’s Eve, then guzzled wine like there was no tomorrow on the...
View ArticleToffee Coffee Cake Surprise
Bundt cakes are great because they’re pretty simple – mix up the batter, dump it in the pan, and bake. No need to decorate, especially if you’ve got an interesting Bundt pan or two (or seven… I have a...
View ArticleTexas Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
So, chocolate cake, always a yes. But peanut butter frosting… meh. I’ve been vocal about my dislike of peanuts and peanut butter. Still, with plenty of sugar, the frosting tastes kind of like the...
View ArticleLight & Lemony Jelly Roll Cake with Raspberry Cream Filling
Baked Sunday Mornings is celebrating Spring this week with a pastel cake. It’s indeed light and lemony. The filling is really delicious and is the best part of the recipe. I doubt I’ll make this cake...
View ArticleEaster Coconut Sheet Cake
Wow, is this a coconut-y cake. Layers upon layers of coconut: coconut oil, cream of coconut, coconut extract, shredded coconut. If you like coconut, you’ll probably like this cake. Larry doesn’t like...
View ArticleButtery Pound Cake with Salty Caramel Glaze
This cake should have been better than it was, and I take full blame. I overbaked it. It’s the curse of the loaf cake, I’m always so worried about that underdone crack down the middle that sometimes I...
View ArticleUltralemony Lemon Bundt Cake with Almond Glaze
This cake feeds into my obsession with Bundt cakes. Combined with Larry’s obsession with lemon desserts, I believe I’ve found the perfect cake for this household. I initially had mixed feelings about...
View ArticleRainbow Icebox Cake with Homemade Chocolate Cookies
Out of all of the recipes in Baked Occasions, this is the one I’m the most familiar with. It’s also the one I’m glad to get out of the way for Baked Sunday Mornings, because it was a lot of work to get...
View ArticleDad’s Black Cocoa Bundt with Butter Whiskey Glaze
This is a lovely Bundt cake, and a fitting tribute to my dad, who loves chocolate cake and who taught me to love whiskey. The cake is super moist and intensely chocolate thanks to the addition of a bit...
View ArticleOrange Buttermilk Picnic Cake with Chocolate Chips
I like snack cakes – simple and kind of plain but usually pretty tasty. This one is good, if you like the combination of orange and chocolate. I like it okay, but Larry doesn’t. Most of the cake went...
View ArticleGonzo Cake
This week’s Baked Sunday Mornings project is the Gonzo Cake, made with ube (purple yam powder) – or sweet potatoes, but it’s more fun and interesting with ube. The cake is in honor of Hunter S....
View ArticleEveryone’s Favorite Birthday Cake
Another cake this week, but this time I stuck to the recipe and didn’t change it over into cupcakes (which are easier to transport to work). This is what I’d think of as an old-fashioned birthday cake...
View ArticleNonnie’s Blueberry Buckle
This buckle – cake? – is pretty much like a blueberry coffee cake. It’s delicious and easy to make, with a chunky sweet topping that’s completely addictive. I brought the cake to work (as usual)… and...
View ArticleDolly’s Doughnut
My dad sent me a new Bundt pan for Christmas – best dad ever, right? Not only that, but it arrived the same day I was making this cake. Timing! So, the cake. It’s a pretty standard yellow cake, but...
View ArticleConversation Heart Cakes
I brought a bunch of these intensely chocolate little cakes to work, with the disclaimer that “I don’t believe in Valentine’s Day”. It’s a mostly made-up holiday and I don’t buy into the idea that you...
View ArticlePistachio White Chocolate Cheesecake
This is the second, or maybe third time I made this cheesecake. The first time (or two? I can’t remember.) was during recipe testing for Baked Occasions. So I don’t feel completely awful that I was...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Drunk Bundt Cake
This week for Baked Sunday Mornings: a Bundt cake (which makes me happy), with a boozy cream cheese glaze (also makes me happy). This is a super simple, easy to make Bundt – chocolate and Guinness, and...
View ArticleHippie Cake
I’ve done my fair share of vegan baking – primarily because I like to ply everyone with sugary treats, and I don’t want a little butter or eggs to get in the way of that. Vegan cakes tend to be tender...
View ArticleStrawberry Supreme Cake
I didn’t want to make this cake. I love strawberries, but not cooked or mixed with things – just plain strawberries for me, thanks. Strawberry milkshake? No thanks. Or ice cream, or shortcake, or jam....
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