Chocolate Yogurt Snack Cakes

Don’t you love the sound of a snack cake?  It sounds like an after-school snack.  But these aren’t at all like the Little Debbie variety…they’re really a cross between a brownie and a cupcake.  Chocolately and slightly dense like a brownie, but still light and not too rich.  These are great to make ahead because [...]

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My Kind of Chocolate Birthday Cake

Greg’s mom Marcia’s birthday was yesterday, and I offered to make a cake.  I had found this cake a few days ago while searching on
epicurious.com and her birthday was the perfect opportunity to make it.  It’s more of a dessert than a cake and perfect for people who don’t love big, overwhelming, frosting slathered cakes [...]

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Paula Deen’s Coconut Cake

I have to thank Amanda for introducing me to this cake from Paula Deen.  It’s really a perfect coconut cake and made with my favorite cake components-1-2-3-4 cake layers and 7 minute frosting.  It makes a cake with a light, tangy frosting and nice crumbly yellow cake layers.  Seven minute frosting is unstable and doesn’t [...]

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Apple Cake

I’ve been wanting to make this cake since I saw it on Smitten Kitchen.  Last week’s sauteed cinnamon apples were a quick attempt at getting that taste, but nothing beats the entire cake.  This cake has a lot of apples, so you really get that great taste, and since the apples are in chunks, you [...]

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Sweet Potato Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

I made this cake for my boss’ birthday today and I think it might be one of my new favorite cakes.  The cake is tender, moist from the sweet potato and really well-spiced from lots of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.  And the cream cheese frosting is spiked with cinnamon and comes from A Southern Grace, [...]

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Chocolate Cake with Caramel Fleur de Sel

You know that unhealthy holiday food I was talking about?  This is it.  I made this cake from Bon Appetit for Greg’s dad’s birthday this weekend and it was well received- layers of dark chocolate cake, chocolate ganache and salted caramel filling.  It’s a two layer cake that gets split into four layers you’re unaccustomed [...]

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Pumpkin Bread

We have another guest post today!  Sharon made the best quick bread I’ve ever had for the election party last night.  It was really moist and tender with a crispy edge that even stayed crispy overnight.  And it was perfectly spiced.  I already know I’m planning on making this into muffins or loaves closer to [...]

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Devil Dog Cake

This cake has been a hit wherever I have served it. Even better, it’s a pretty fast cake to make and it’s actually best if you make the cake part the day before you plan to serve it, then make the frosting the day you serve it.  This recipe comes from Gourmet, and is apparently [...]

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Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake

Yesterday was Greg’s birthday, and what better cake for him than one that has whiskey and chocolate?  Normally I’m not crazy about bundt cakes, but this one looked more like a dark, rich and moist cake than a typical bundt cake.  This recipe comes from Gourmet.
Ingredients:
1 c unsweetened cocoa powder (like Hershey’s)
1 1/2 c brewed [...]

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Italian Cream Cake

My mom just sent me another one of her great cake recipes, and just in time because I was looking for something to post today. This is a rich spicy cake- kind of like carrot cake without the carrots.  If you add 1/4 c cocoa to both the cake batter and the frosting you will [...]

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