The Itsy-Bitsy Kitchen

recipes to feed your sweet tooth

Cake and Cupcake Recipes

If you're a cake lover (and who isn't?) then you NEED to check out these recipes.  You'll find recipes for death by chocolate cake, strawberry mimosa cupcakes, and lemon blueberry cheesecake layer cake, among so many others.  There are plenty of options to feed your sweet tooth right here!

Watergate Cake

Watergate cake is an easy dessert made with cake mix and instant pistachio pudding. It’s really fun and super yummy! Break out your disco music and roller skates: we’re heading back in time today! All the way back to the 70s, when Watergate Cake was all the rage (apparently–I wasn’t born yet so I don’t […]

Raspberry Almond Cake

Soft almond cake layers, simple raspberry filling, and creamy raspberry buttercream make this raspberry almond cake absolutely heavenly! As if I didn’t love raspberries before. Now I have a whole new way to love them—and better yet, SO DO YOU! This raspberry almond cake will make you fall in love with berries all over again! […]

Turtle Cheesecake

A luscious chocolate cheesecake with a thick layer of creamy caramel and chopped pecans—this turtle cheesecake has it all, and it doesn’t even require a water bath to make it! Hello hello! I hope you’re ready for (yet another) cheesecake! TURTLE CHEESECAKE! With a thick layer of caramel, a creamy chocolate cheesecake, and plenty of […]

Banana Nutella Cake

Featuring super easy banana cake layers and super creamy Nutella buttercream, this banana Nutella cake is one delicious dessert! It’s been awhile since I posted anything with Nutella and for that I apologize. It’s just that every time I buy Nutella I end up eating it before I can actually bake it into anything. . […]

Orange Creamsicle Cake

This orange creamsicle cake is a fun dessert that tastes like a favorite childhood treat. It’s an incredibly easy recipe that’s always a crowd-pleaser! Please tell me you’ll make this orange creamsicle cake sometime this summer. (Or, if you’re reading this in a few months, sometime this fall/winter/spring.) Because it’s soooo good! And I really […]