Boston Cream Pie Birthday Cake is a vanilla butter cake with a pastry cream filling and chocolate ganache topping. I made this cake for my sweet friend’s birthday. Her husband requested it as a surprise, then I found out it was her favorite cake that she has for her birthday every year. I was thrilled…
Cakes & Pies
Chocolate Easter Egg Nest Ding Dong Cake
Chocolate Easter Egg Nest Ding Dong Cake is like a giant “ding dong” (those individually wrapped store bought snack cakes) with a cute little homemade chocolate Easter egg nest on top. The chocolate cake recipe comes with two options – it can be gluten free or regular. Your choice! It’s almost Easter, so of course…
Gluten Free Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
Gluten Free Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream is the perfect birthday cake for someone special that can’t have gluten. Did I make this cake for a special occasion? Nope. Did I make this cake because I’ve always wanted to make chocolate buttercream ribbons? Yep! And I wanted to make it gluten free so that my…
Naked Lemon Cake with Fresh Flowers
Naked Lemon Cake with Fresh Flowers is a three-layer, gluten free lemon cake with lemon infused buttercream frosting. The cake is moist and has the perfect amount of lemon flavor. Spring is finally here! Did you think it would never come? Do you feel like it’s been the longest Winter ever? Me too. Flowers are…
Old Fashioned Southern Burned Caramel Cake
Old Fashioned Southern Burned Caramel Cake is is a guest post written by author, Lee St. John. My mother and my long-time next door neighbor’s mother had the same MO (Method of Operation) one early summer morning in the 1950s. Maybe it was because these two women ended up living next door to each other…
Cranberry Orange Almond Pound Cake
Cranberry Orange Almond Pound Cake is an easy recipe for a festive Bundt cake to serve during the holidays! Cranberry Orange Almond Pound Cake! Perfect for the holidays! And it’s super easy to make with Tastefully Simple Absolutely Almond Pound Cake Mix, plus a few added ingredients. Scroll to the bottom of this post for…
Old Fashioned Dutch Apple Pie
Old Fashioned Dutch Apple Pie is a recipe post by contributing author, Andrea Ferenchik. Every Thanksgiving, my sister-in-law Mindy brings an apple pie. She’s been making pies with her mom and grandma since she was young. Now that she has kids, she’s expanded the tradition. Last year, she and her family plus 7 other families…
Nana’s Gluten Free Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake
Nana’s Gluten Free Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake is a recipe post by contributing author, Jane Scott. When my daughter, Lise Ode, was growing up I joined the children’s book club sponsored by Parents Magazine and got a new book every month to read to Lise. One October she got the book “Old Witch and the Polka…
Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze
Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze is a guest post by contributing author, Andrea Ferenchik. She’s sharing her Aunt Marie’s favorite pumpkin cake recipe today. My Aunt Marie is an amazing woman! I had the opportunity to spend time with her this summer at her house. It was so nice to be able…
Baked Alaska Ice Cream Pie
Baked Alaska Ice Cream Pie is a gluten-free, dairy free pie made of a graham cracker crust, ice cream and toasted meringue. This pie was inspired by Style Sweet CA where Tessa tells us that Baked Alaska Ice Cream Pie is not only beautiful but incredibly EASY! Once I read that, I was in! I…