This funfetti peanut butter cookie cake (with plenty of chocolate) is a delicious and simple way to celebrate any occasion, or just a regular old Thursday. With chocolate chips! And chocolate frosting! And extra sprinkles on top! Because we’re CELEBRATING today! April 1 is my little Cookie’s first birthday. (Technically she’s two-and-a-half-ish but we’re calling […]
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!
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting are a fun take on the classic peanut-butter-and-banana combo. You can’t go wrong with a dessert combining those flavors! These cupcakes are bananas! B-A-N-A. . .I’ll stop. I heard Hollaback Girl on the radio last week and just had to go there. But I’ll move on. As with many […]
Irish Coffee Chocolate Cake Roll
This Irish coffee chocolate cake roll is super chocolatey with hints of whiskey and espresso in the background. It’s a great grown-up dessert for St. Patrick’s Day, or even just a regular old Tuesday.
Cardamom Cranberry Coffee Cake
Cardamom cranberry coffee cake is a sweet and spicy cake base filled with tart cranberries and topped with a perfect crumb topping. One of life’s great tragedies, I think, is that cranberries are a mostly seasonal ingredient. If it were up to me I’d eat cranberry bread and muffins and, yes, Starbucks cranberry bliss bars year-round. […]
Vanilla Rum Cupcakes with Eggnog Buttercream
Vanilla rum cupcakes with eggnog buttercream are a decadent and festive dessert that will make your holiday season complete. I am my mother’s first child, and as such I was her guinea pig. She was determined to have healthy children and that meant I wasn’t allowed much sugar at all. My “candy” was carob peanut […]