"Cakes" Blogs & Blog Posts

 It was a dull and rainy, cold day out there today and I felt like baking a cake for myself. Nothing too complicated. Just a simple cake. Plain and yet tasty.  Perfect for enjoying with a hot drink.I had had my eye on this Super Simple Gold...

I had a quantity of applesauce leftover from the other day and decided that I would bake an applesauce cake with it. I really do enjoy applesauce cake, but it is not something that I bake very often for myself using homemade applesauce. More oft...

Making a cake is never easy. With all the bowls, whisks, and measuring cups involved, it can feel a lot more like a chemistry experiment than a celebratory snack. “One bowl” recipes can make the process less of a chore, but all I really want to d...

 I am really excited to share this lovely cake recipe with you today.  It is totally delicious and incredibly impressive to look at. Its from a recipe clipping that I had in my big blue binder and I think it is a recipe that I got in the U.

There are times when I’ve needed two identical cake pans, and only had one shallow pan to work with, and there have been times when I just needed a deeper pan, for something big, like a Basque cheesecake. Instead of making one cake layer at a time,...

 One of my all time favorite cakes has to be carrot cake.  It is always moist and delicious, nicely spiced and such a pleasure to eat.  My mother loved carrot cake also as does my sister. We all adore it.Making a full carrot cake is no...

No matter what dietary restrictions you may have, or ingredients you avoid, you deserve a slice of cake. But vegan baking often requires stabilizers and other ingredients that most people don’t have in their pantries. Cake mixes, however, are usua...