The Perfect Spice Cake {Or, cupcakes} This is my idea of the perfect Spice Cake. It’s super moist and packed with the rich flavors of cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. Dark brown sugar, applesauce, yogurt and plenty of vanilla add even MORE flavor, while also keeping it moist and extremely tender. When…
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German Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Rich, Caramelly German Chocolate Cupcakes Dark Chocolate Devil’s Food Cupcakes topped with a generous spoonful of rich, caramel German Chocolate topping packed with toasted pecans and coconut, and covered in a drizzle of chocolate ganache. Want to make a layer cake instead of cupcakes? Get the recipe for German Chocolate Cake. When I was a little…
Lemon Berry Snack Cake
Little squares of berry snack cake with tart lemon icing Soft, fluffy squares of vanilla butter cake, flavored with lemon and berries and slathered with sweet-tart lemon icing. Sprinkles recommended. Plate and fork not required. I love the very idea of “snack” cake. Aside from the kind of little cakes you can buy at any gas…
Gingerbread Cake with Sugared Cranberries
Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze and Sugared Cranberries This gingerbread cake is super moist and filled with the flavors of ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and molasses. The tart lemon glaze and sugared cranberries are the perfect compliment to the richness of the cake. If you like gingerbread that’s rich and flavorful, with a potent level of…
Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream
Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Cream Cheese Buttercream I am totally head-over-heels in love with these little two-bite chocolate peppermint cupcakes. Rich and fudgy chocolate cupcakes covered in peppermint spiked cream cheese buttercream with a fun candy cane swirl. They are, in my mind, exactly what Christmas should taste like. Let me tell you something about…
Apple Cake with Cider Buttercream and Chocolate Ganache
Apple Cider Spice Cake with Cider Buttercream, Chocolate Ganache, and Apple Roses This Apple cake is absolutely bursting with warm apple flavor thanks to concentrated Apple Cider Syrup, shredded sour apples, and a touch of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Apple Cider Buttercream delivers even more apple flavor and a thick, velvety layer of Dark Chocolate Ganache…
Mini Cranberry Bundt Cakes with Lemon Glaze
Bite-size Cranberry Bundt Cakes with a Tart Lemon Glaze These tiny little cranberry bundt cakes drizzled with a sweet tart lemon glaze are almost too cute to eat. Almost. Actually, not at all. I just ate four and have no qualms about going back for more. Sometimes I wonder why we relegate all things cranberry…
Lemon Ricotta Olive Oil Loaves
Tender Little Lemon Loaves made with Ricotta and Olive Oil These delicious little Lemon Ricotta Olive Oil Loaves are one of my favorite things to make any time of year, but even more so around the holidays. They are impossibly moist and tender, with a bright lemon flavor and sweet-tart lemon glaze. Calling All…
Mini Coconut Cakes with Coconut Maple Italian Meringue Buttercream
Individual Coconut Cakes frosted with Coconut Maple Buttercream These fluffy little cloud-like coconut cakes are decorated with Coconut Maple Italian Meringue Buttercream for the most adorable single-serving mini cakes ever. It’s just a couple of weeks before Christmas and you can find me happily submerged in a winter wonderland of tiny white coconut cakes. And…
Mini Chai Cupcakes with Italian Meringue Buttercream
Mini Chai Latte Cupcakes with White Chocolate & Chai Italian Meringue Buttercream These delicious little two-bite, Mini Cupcakes are flavored with vanilla and chai, and frosted with White Chocolate & Chai Italian Meringue Buttercream. Why Mini? I’ve been feeling like Christmas is a bit much. There’s an over exaggerated emphasis on more. Spend more, do more, eat…
Cranberry Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Individual Cranberry Pineapple Upside Down Cakes with Brown Sugar Caramel Glaze Buttery little Cranberry Pineapple Upside Down Cakes baked with pineapple slices, tart cranberry sauce, and gooey brown sugar caramel glaze. OMG. THESE CRANBERRY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKES ARE SO GOOD. This recipe makes 6 little individual sized cakes. And yet, you will not see…
Almond Cake with Cranberry Sauce
Tender Almond Cakes with Cranberry Orange Sauce Almond cake is one of those desserts that seems rather plain and unassuming and then blows you away with how delicious it is. The cake couldn’t be simpler to make and only includes a handful of ingredients. But the finished result is both rich and elegant. I had…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread with White Chocolate Ganache
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Mini Loaves These rich pumpkin chocolate chip loaves are a cross between super moist quick bread and tender, pumpkin spiced, chocolate studded cake. Glazed with white chocolate ganache and baked into individual serving size mini loaves, these are one of my favorite things about Fall. *Recipe includes instructions for baking these…
Funfetti Cake or Cupcakes {All-Butter Recipe}
Easy Homemade Funfetti Cake or Cupcakes Don’t let the sprinkles fool you. This moist and tender all-butter Funfetti Cake is more than just a pretty face with a party attitude. For all it’s lighthearted whimsy, this is one of the most seriously delicious cakes I’ve ever eaten. Very slowly, put down the Funfetti Cake mix…
Gluten Free Vanilla Cake
This Delicious Vanilla Cake just Happens to Be Gluten Free I really think that you could serve this Gluten Free Vanilla Cake to any group of people, gluten free or not, and no one will ever guess that it’s a gluten free cake. Every layer bakes up fluffy, with a perfectly flat top, a light…
The Most Flavorful Vanilla Cake Recipe
Perfect Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Italian Meringue Buttercream If I had to use only one word to describe this vanilla cake it would be flavorful. Yes, it’s also moist and rich, with a tender, fluffy crumb that’s somewhere between a chiffon and butter cake. But, what really sets this cake apart is its flavor. If…
Lemon Layer Cake with Blackberry Italian Meringue Buttercream
8-Layer Lemon Cake with Blackberry Italian Meringue Buttercream Layer after layer of buttery yellow cake doused in Limoncello are stacked tall, separated with lemon curd, and iced with Blackberry Italian Meringue Buttercream. This cake is spring on a plate and as delicious as it is impressive. 8-layer cakes are awesome because they are both impressive AND…
Italian Meringue Buttercream {Step-by-Step Instructions}
How to Make Perfect Italian Meringue Buttercream Italian Meringue Buttercream is my all time favorite frosting for cakes and cupcakes. It’s silky smooth, incredibly creamy, and absolutely gorgeous to work with. Even better is how good this buttercream tastes. After over 20 years of making this amazing meringue based buttercream, I’ve yet to have one…
1 Hour Caramel Cupcake Recipe
Perfect Buttermilk Caramel Cupcakes in 1-Hour These perfect little buttermilk caramel cupcakes are the kind of thing that you can have a hankering for at 3pm and be eating by 4pm. It’s one of those quick, no fail recipes that I find myself coming back to over and over again because the cupcakes are just…
Bananas Foster Butter Cake ~ St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake
St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake with Bananas Foster Sauce This cake was born out of the pages of a Stephenie Meyer novel. More about that later. This Bananas Foster Butter Cake is basically St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake topped with Bananas Foster Sauce. If you’ve never had St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake, you’re in for a treat….