Blueberry cream cake has a cakey “crust” and a filling that is like cheesecake only much lighter. The thing that sets it apart is the entire quart of blueberries that goes into making it. A cake to steal your blueberry-loving heart. [Read more...]
Hummingbird Cake
05/22/2012 · by · 35 Comments
Hummingbird cake is a Southern specialty with banana, pineapple and pecans enrobed in a cinnamon-spiced cake topped with cream cheese frosting.
I served this at my dinner party [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Layer Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
10/24/2011 · by · 63 Comments
I’m madly in love with this caramel apple cake! Don’t judge. It could be worse.
You don’t stand a chance against its wily charms with fresh apples, caramel sauce baked right into the batter, cinnamon cream cheese frosting and yet more gooey caramel gracing the top.
You may find yourself gazing longingly at it with adoring eyes, lashes fluttering and heart beating faster. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Like a true caramel apple, the cake is moist and sticky sweet on the inside with a subtle apple flavor that is insanely delicious. I’m convinced apples and caramel, so magnificent a pair, were made for each other. The cinnamon-drenched cream cheese frosting cuts right through the cloying sweetness with its tangy flavor giving it the balance it needs. [Read more...]
Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
08/26/2011 · by · 8 Comments
A luscious layer cake bursting with the bright flavor of sunshine! Fresh lemon zest and juice permeate every corner of this sweet and tart cake, from the moist crumb to the delectable cream cheese frosting.
It’s scrumptious straight from the fridge, like drinking cold, sweet lemonade on a sweltering summer day when your mouth is as parched as a desert. Similar and a whole lot better, because it’s in dessert form! And what could be better? Dessert trumps everything. [Read more...]
Starlight Yellow Birthday Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
07/31/2011 · by · 7 Comments
Cake tops the list of favorite desserts in my house.
If you ask my family what they want for dessert “cake” will always be the resounding answer. [Read more...]
