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I've taken a little hiatus from blogging, but I'm coming back. I've been wanting to make carrot cake and found this easy recipe for a sheet cake with brown butter cream cheese frosting. You'll never want carrot cake with plain cream cheese frosting after you've tried this recipe. I made this recipe around Easter and… Continue reading Carrot Sheet Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
This cake was delicious, and I can't wait to make it again. I had a couple of apples that were on their way to not being as crisp for eating raw, but knew they would be perfect for baking. This cake was super moist and so easy to make. The flavors of apple and cinnamon… Continue reading Easy Apple Squares
I had some blueberries that were starting to get a little mushy and figured it would be a great time to make this recipe for blueberry upside-down cake. My kids are so glad that I spend some time today baking since its's been a bit of a lull having homemade treats in our house. These… Continue reading Blueberry Upside-Down Cake
I originally blogged about this cake recipe back in 2009 and decided it was time for a refresh. This is one of my dad's favorite desserts and it always a go-to recipe growing up. My dad lost his fight against melanoma in 2008 and every time I make this cake, it always makes me think… Continue reading Chocolate Chip Cake
It's been awhile since I made a cake, but I was in the mood to do some baking. It was a bit of a stressful week with work, back to school and not sleeping well. Baking is one of my ways to relive stress, and I'm so glad I took some time this weekend to… Continue reading Banana Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
I was in the mood to do some baking, but didn't want a labor intensive recipe. I had 2 apples that needed to be used up and was looking for a cake recipe to make. Of course, a simple search on Pinterest and I found this recipe for French Apple Cake. It's simple and easy… Continue reading French Apple Cake
Oh my kids. They want bananas. I buy bananas. They don't eat bananas ... and I end up with more overripe bananas. I needed to find yet another recipe to make and decided to give these chocolate chip banana bars a try. They smelled amazing and looked so good. My daughter enjoyed them for breakfast,… Continue reading Chocolate Chip Banana Bars
Yesterday was my son's eighth birthday and he requested mint chocolate chip cupcakes. The only issue - he doesn't like chocolate cake. His favorite flavor is vanilla. I decided to spoil him - he is my baby after all - and figure out a way to give him what he wanted. I made a vanilla… Continue reading Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
My kids were doing so well and eating the bananas I've been buying for the last month ... except last week. Not sure what changed, but there was four lonely bananas sitting on my counter that needed to be used up. I wasn't in the mood to make a banana bread and decided to make… Continue reading Banana Bread Snack Cake
One of my husband's favorite candy is peanut butter cups and with his birthday being today, I wanted to make him a cake that reminded him of them. My cake is a little more peanut butter heavy than I had hoped, but it's just as a delicious and by adding the chocolate drizzle, it helped… Continue reading Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Loaf Cake
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