Buche de Noel, or Yule Log Cake, is a classic Christmas dessert for a reason. I know you’ll love this chocolatey, rich, (gluten-free!) yet surprisingly light cake. I make a Yule Log Cake almost every year. A big, beautiful Buche de Noel decorated with meringue mushrooms and marzipan holly is the perfect centerpiece for your holiday table. First …
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White Chocolate Cranberry Cheesecake is the perfect dessert for your holiday table. You’ll love this silky white chocolate cheesecake topped with whipped white chocolate ganache and jewel-like Cranberries in Red Wine. Not only are Cranberries in Red Wine a great side dish to the main meal, they’re also a perfect component for festive holiday desserts like my …
Looking for something new to make with all those beets? How about making Chocolate Beet Cake scented with fresh orange? It’s a moist Bundt cake made with pureed roasted beets, fresh orange and lots of warm spice. As if that’s not enough, it’s finished with luscious chocolate orange glaze. Honestly, I’d never really cooked with beets …
Peach Upside Down Cake is the perfect summer dessert. This treat is made with ripe summer peaches, caramel topping and melt-in-your-mouth almond-flour buttermilk cake. Have I told you about my love affair with summer peaches? Seriously, the other day I was eating a peach after lunch and randomly said to my son “I’m so glad …
Buttermilk Bundt Cake with Buttermilk Glaze is a perfect snack cake. The tangy-sweet buttermilk glaze forms an ultra-thin coating over the melt-in-your-mouth cake. If you read my blog with any frequency, by now you know that buttermilk is one of my favorite ingredients. I use it in all sorts of recipes from mashed potatoes to scones. But I absolutely …
If banana bread and coffee cake had a baby, it would be this Banana Coffee Cake with Walnut Streusel. If you love bananas you’ll love this moist banana cake ribboned with brown sugar walnut streusel and topped with walnut crumble. There’s not really much to say about this recipe other than I had a bunch …
Much as I love my butter cakes, this Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake is a cake I could eat every day…if I could eat cake every day, that is. It’s rich, not too sweet, tangy and has just a little crunch of cornmeal. There are a million olive oil cake recipes on the internet (and that …
Love lemon poppy seed cake? Try this Triple Citrus Poppy Seed Cake for 3Xs the citrus punch. Read on to see if you really need to soak the poppy seeds and to find out how I tweaked the ingredients to get the cake texture just right. Not only do do I use 3 different citrus fruits in …
Banana Cheesecake! A rich cheesecake flavored with very ripe bananas topped with bananas roasted with rum, brown sugar, butter and vanilla. This dessert offers a twist on the classic cheesecake, with a smooth texture and lovely flavor from the fresh bananas. Whether you’re an experienced baker or a beginner, this easy-to-follow recipe allows you to …
Apple Upside Down cake–Warm caramelized apples with a hint of rum, baked on a soft cinnamon buttermilk cake. Yummm. Fall is the cozy time of year when we put on our sweaters and retreat into the house after a summer of dining alfresco. Of course, when I’m in the house I’m usually in the kitchen. …