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Chocolate Cake with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting
This is the cake I made for Joe’s birthday – a light, moist chocolate cake. What I loved about this cake was the frosting – melted chocolate with sour cream whipped in with the butter and confectioners sugar. It was … Continue reading
Chocolate Bavarian Torte
It’s my neighbor’s birthday today, this is the cake I made for her celebration tonight. A three layer chocolate cake with a whipped cream icing with cream cheese, light brown sugar, topped with grated chocolate. It does require to be … Continue reading
Hummingbird Cake
Despite its name, no hummingbirds were harmed in the making of this cake! A Hummingbird cake is a classic Southern cake recipe with bananas and crushed pineapple, topped with a cream cheese frosting. It got rave reviews at our house … Continue reading
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Tagged bananas, birthday cakes, coconut, cream cheese frosting, pineapple, the boy
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It’s Not Such A Bad Cake After All
This is the ugly cake that you dismiss while scoping out the dessert table of the potluck as you’re loading up your Chinet plate with mac and cheese, fried chicken, and coleslaw. By the time you’re done eating, there are … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake with Fudgy Chocolate Frosting
I celebrated a birthday over the weekend with this killer chocolate cake and fudge frosting. This cake definitely helps to ease you into being another year older!
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Tagged birthday cakes, chocolate cake, chocolate frosting
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Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Joe’s boss hit the big five – oh, and the occasion called for a cake. It had to be special (obviously), survive temperatures in the 90s, and persevere through a subway and trolley ride – meaning, no three layer cake … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, birthday cakes, coffee cake, one pan wonders, what to have for dessert
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Lemon Raspberry Cake
I made this cake for a dear friend’s birthday. A lemon raspberry cake topped with a cream cheese icing with lemon zest. This cake is light, refreshing, studded with raspberries – because everyone loves a cake with raspberry preserves!
Orange Dreamsicle Cake
My boy is a year older, and a shoe size bigger – and that calls for a special cake! Orange cake with an orange cream filling, and topped with a cream cheese frosting. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, because it’s … Continue reading
Chocolate Whopper Cake
Last week was the boy’s birthday. I took a cue from his current favorite candy – Whoppers – to make this cake. A rich chocolate cake, flavored with malted milk powder, mini-chocolate chips, with a whipped cream frosting. Topping the … Continue reading
Buckeye Cake
A Buckeye cake is chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, and a chocolate glaze drizzled on top. If you thought I got a little heavy handed with the frosting in between the cake layers, that’s not frosting – it’s a … Continue reading
Coconut Cake
It’s not every day a girl gets to celebrate a prime number birthday – a coconut cake makes it that much sweeter!
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Tagged baking on the fly, birthday cakes, coconut love, easy cakes
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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cake
Yesterday was my son’s birthday and we were having some friends over for dinner. He was very specific about the menu – pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, and chips – not regular old chips, wavy chips! And chocolate cake with chocolate … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday cakes, sour cream chocolate cake
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Lemon Velvet Cake
This is a lemon cake I made for my neighbor Jeanette. She’s a huge Phillies fan, and has the best stories – she once saw Louis Prima perform on stage before a movie. Can you imagine? This cake is lemony … Continue reading
