Strawberries and Cream Snack Cake
A snack cake, also often called a snacking cake, is probably my favorite type of cake. It is the kind of cake that you make for yourself, not to be shared with anyone outside [...]
Chai Cake with Orange Curd and Cinnamon Frosting
I drink chai at all times of the year, but the warming blend of spices is a must for me in the winter months. This soft and fluffy cake is infused with a blend of [...]
Chocolate Chili Mini Bundt Cakes
In the colder months, I always want to eat things that are warming - soups, hot chocolate, baked goods that are full of spices. Hot chocolate favored with chili powder and cinnamon is [...]
Gingerbread Spiced Apfelkuchen with Spent Grain Flour
For this recipe, I partnered with Grain4Grain. Today’s recipe is based on a German Versunkener Apfelkuchen, or sunken apple cake. These cakes are usually plain in flavor or very lightly spiced, but it’s fall, and [...]
Buckwheat Fruitcake with Cherries, Dates, and Walnuts
While I’ve never been a fan of fruitcake (especially with those red and green cherries,) I am a big fan of buckwheat. Mostly I had it in pancakes and occasionally soba noodles, and I had never really [...]
Chocolate Coconut Crumb Cake with Vegan Option
I’ve noticed that I’ve had a few visitors from Pinterest and Instagram lately, so it doesn’t feel quite as much like a ghost town here anymore! If you’ve come here from social media, thank you so much [...]
Maple Goat Cheese Cake with Whiskey Buttercream
One of my favorite cookie recipes to make around the holidays is Fresh April Flours’ Maple Pecan Goat Cheese Sugar Cookies. I always love baking with goat cheese. I love the way it gives a subtle tart [...]
Fluffy Carrot Cupcakes with Almond Cream Cheese Frosting
As with many of my recipes, these cupcakes actually happened by accident in the beginning. I had a three layer carrot cake recipe that I was dividing in half to make twelve cupcakes, and while I halved [...]