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Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Tina

We celebrated The Boy’s birthday over the weekend with this perfect combo of rich chocolate cake and peanut butter frosting. This cake uses a Devil’s Food cake mix as a base, lots of eggs, dry pudding mix, and sour cream, … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Cake with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Tina

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 →

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Chocolate Bavarian Torte

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Tina

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 →

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Hummingbird Cake

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Tina

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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It’s Not Such A Bad Cake After All

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Tina

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 →

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Chocolate Cake with Fudgy Chocolate Frosting

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Tina

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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Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Tina

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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Lemon Raspberry Cake

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Tina

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! 

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Orange Dreamsicle Cake

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Tina

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 →

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Chocolate Whopper Cake

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Tina

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 →

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