Trying to plan a holiday menu, or figure out a dish to bring to a holiday gathering? Here are some ideas for drinks, appetizers, sides, mains and desserts from my blog. All are taste tested and approved so you know they will be a hit. Cocktails: Festive Holiday Punch Gin Mimosas Vanilla Chai Old FashionedContinueContinue reading “Holiday Recipe Ideas”
Category Archives: Cake
Black Velvet Berry Cake
I made this black velvet berry cake for Halloween because the colors were a great fit, but change the chocolate out to curls, or decorate with berries only and this would be a stunning cake for other holidays too. This cake is made with black cocoa powder, which is cocoa powder that has been heavilyContinueContinue reading “Black Velvet Berry Cake”
Oreo Pudding Cake
Oreo pudding cake is one of those super easy desserts that makes use of box cake and pudding mix, which means it comes together really quickly. This dessert features chocolate cake with hot fudge poured over it topped with a chocolate pudding layer and then a layer of chocolate whipped cream with crushed up oreos.ContinueContinue reading “Oreo Pudding Cake”
Coconut Mango Cupcakes
One of my newest favorite baking products is this fruit concentrate from Amoretti. I bought a bottle of the mango flavor to use in this lovely mango tart I made a couple month ago, and I had plenty left, so decided to use it for the buttercream on these cupcakes. Unlike a lot of otherContinueContinue reading “Coconut Mango Cupcakes”
The Easiest Chocolate Pudding Cake
This weekend I tried this recipe for easy chocolate pudding cake with whipped cream topping. My family (other than me :)) tends to prefer whipped cream or swiss meringue type frosting as compared to regular American buttercream so when I saw this recipe I knew I wanted to try it. To be honest, I wasContinueContinue reading “The Easiest Chocolate Pudding Cake”
Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
I made these chocolate raspberry cupcakes for Easter, and they use one of my favorite tricks for getting amazing fruit flavor into baked goods and frostings. The cupcake itself is a lovely moist chocolate cake, and it is filled with a chocolate raspberry ganache center. The frosting is raspberry buttercream that uses both raspberry jamContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes”
Butterfinger Cake
If you like butterfingers, or cake, or chocolate and peanut butter….this recipe is for you. Cake is one of my favorite desserts to eat and to make. This one was fun to make as it has both a peanut butter whipped cream between the layers of cake, and a butterfinger frosting on the outside. MyContinueContinue reading “Butterfinger Cake”
Brownie Meringue Cake
It is no secret we love all things chocolate over here. We pretty much always have a supply of chocolate bars and we will try any chocolate dessert. I saw this recipe and was drooling, so had to try it. This dessert starts with a dense chocolate brownie like cake bottom, topped with a layerContinueContinue reading “Brownie Meringue Cake”
Lemon Crumb Mini Muffins
I’ve been a little obsessed with lemon muffins lately. If you’ve got lemons, you usually have the rest of the ingredients around to make them and we all love lemon flavored baked good. These cake like muffins have a little bit of crumb topping, but not too much because they also have lemon glaze. You’dContinueContinue reading “Lemon Crumb Mini Muffins”
Salted Chocolate Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Chocolate cake might possibly be my favorite food. I could really eat it every day and never get sick of it. I’m fairly picky about my chocolate cake and there is a lot of bad, dry chocolate cake out there. This recipe caught my eye because I love salt and chocolate together as well asContinueContinue reading “Salted Chocolate Cake with Brown Butter Frosting”