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Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Are you looking for a super moist, pumpkin-spiced cake that takes minimal effort to make? If your answer is yes to all of the above, this cake is for you. It’s vibrant, tender, moist, and flavorful. The cream cheese icing completes the cake with a rich and creamy texture. It’s a perfect autumn cake.

Coconut Cake

Coconut Cake

I've gotten used to my afternoon slice of cake with a cup of tea. I'm not sure I will attempt to make another cake for a while. I'd like to remember this one for just a bit longer. The moist coconut cake layers in between sweet velvety buttercream frosting, sprinkled with fresh sweet shredded coconut.

Hazelnut Cake with Fresh Mint Chocolate Pudding and a Creme Fraiche Whipped Cream

Hazelnut Cake with Fresh Mint Chocolate Pudding and a Creme Fraiche Whipped Cream

A light moist cake, with a tender crumb. The hazelnuts are ground down with the flour, creating more of a fine hazelnut crumb rather than pieces of hazelnuts dispersed throughout. The addition of orange zest is what really through it over the top for me. I am pretty content eating this cake on it's own for breakfast, or classing it up with chocolate pudding and whipped cream for dessert.

Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Strawberries and rhubarb are such a powerful combination. They compliment each other in such a perfect way, it is hard to compete with anything else. This cake is truly spectacular. After a few tweaks and adjustments, I think I have finally come up with a cake version of the strawberry rhubarb pie. This cake is moist, with a delicate crumb. It has a slight sour component from the buttermilk that is fantastic.

Cinnamon Streusel Apple Cake

Cinnamon Streusel Apple Cake

This past weekend I chose to bake these rest of the apples into a cake, using a recipe that is simple and delicious. This recipe requires very little preparation and only a few common baking ingredients. It starts with a standard bundt cake recipe that I frequently use, but adds a streusel topping, and (of course) an apple streusel layer in the middle.

Don't Underestimate the Amount of Time it Takes to Ice a Cake

Don't Underestimate the Amount of Time it Takes to Ice a Cake

The cake recipe I used is a good one - the best I've ever made. It always turns out so moist and chocolaty that I have a hard time even considering a different option. I used a chocolate ganache to layer the cake, and a chocolate buttercream frosting for the fancy decorations. I was in a bit of a rush when I iced the cake, underestimating the amount of time it would take to frost and take photos.

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Brown Butter Pecans

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Brown Butter Pecans

I made this cake a few days ago, mostly because I wanted to have an excuse to eat cake for breakfast - because I'm getting awfully sick of avocado toast.  I also want you to become as excited about this cake as I am. A photo can say a thousand words, and I want these ones to say - hey, put down that avocado toast and come to grab a slice of cake.

Salted Caramel Chocolate Bundt Cake

Salted Caramel Chocolate Bundt Cake

To celebrate this fine occasion, I spent the day in the kitchen, mixing, stirring, licking the caramel from the spoon. I picked up a cute little bundt pan, from the local Goodwill. Eager to make a bundt, gorgeous and curvy, dusted with cocoa powder, and drizzled with caramel. Mr. H is a lover of caramel, so anything smothered in the sweet gooey sugar is always a hit. We savored each bite, dark and sophisticated, with a touch of humor, this cake is perfectly divine.