TWD: Carrot Cake

Carrot cake was a challenge I knew I could handle! Unlike the marshmallows last week this recipe gave me very few headaches, and it turned out wonderfully. Now as much as I love a huge slice of carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting, I only let myself join TWD on the condition [...]

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dessert revealed

Whoops a day late, sorry! Here’s the dessert I ended up making this weekend, it was perfect on our picnic last night. Thanks to Deborah for the cake recipe.
Blueberry Almond Cake w/Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS:1 stick butter, softened1 cup granulated sugar1 egg1/2 cup sour cream1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon lemon juice1 1/2 cups flour1 [...]

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Chocolate cake, meet my lovehandles.

Yikes this chocolate cake is sinfully good. It’s my third from scratch cake and maybe the best yet, but how can anything beat chocolate cake? Not possible. This stuff is amazing. Warning: do not attempt to eat without a big glass of milk. Thanks to Michelle for recommending this recipe on her blog!

Texas Sheet Cake [...]

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And I’m back…

I did not want to cook last week. At all. I don’t really know what we ate but we survived and today I made up for my lack of enthusiasm with a whirlwind day in the kitchen. I baked bread, made a cake from scratch, and I made lasagna rolls for dinner. [...]

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A tale of two cakes

I was looking through photos and found this one of the Hummingbird Cake I made for Tyler’s birthday. It was my first cake from scratch and I was so excited that it turned out. I grew up on cake from a box or the store bought kind. I still love those [...]

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