Frozen Peppermint Cake Recipe

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I’m doing a little spring cleaning on my site and noticed that I had this article in draft mode since last December. I wrote a holiday guest post last year for The Kitchn about my favorite childhood sweet treat, this refreshingly light frozen peppermint cake. If you’d like the recipe, head on over to The [...]

Blueberry Buckle: My Favorite Blueberry Recipe

Blueberry Buckle Recipe

Blueberry buckle is a stunning cake filled to capacity with plump, juicy blueberries. It’s one of my favorite blueberry recipes, and more specifically, it’s one of my favorite Martha Stewart recipes.

A ‘Depression Cake’ for Our Recession Aches

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Every day I watch the stock market fluctuate and my heart races when it dips. Our economy is screwed and my hard-earned retirement savings are now half of what it had been just months ago. Obviously, I’m not alone and we all are experiencing a variety of economic issues in our lives. I’ve resisted the [...]

Orange Sour Cream Cake w/Orange Icing

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My favorite use of oranges so far — a rich and moist orange cake drizzled with a sweet orange icing. It was the perfect end to our dinner party last night. I’ve used this recipe to makes cakes for giving away as presents — everyone raves about it (just see the comments below!). The cake [...]

Leftover Halloween Candy Cake Recipe

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Halloween brings with it trick or treaters and an abundance of candy, from candy bars to chocolates. If you’re looking for ideas to use of leftover candy or just want a delicious dessert, this leftover candy cake is an ideal solution. Well, with a couple big bowls of candy from Halloween, I had to find [...]

Tres Leches Cake Recipe

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This year is destined to be the year of the Tres Leches Cake. Its name literally translates to ‘3 milk cake’ and is infused with condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. More bakeries are carrying a version of this cake and I’ve noticed it appearing more often at work functions and weekend dinner parties. [...]

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

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Pineapple upside-down cakes are familiar to most people and often seem associated with the 1970′s. My mother made hers in a heavy cast iron skillet and I loved to fight my brother for the candied cherries. My mom made sure that each piece had at least one cherry assigned to it, but it always seemed [...]