Old-fashioned peanut butter cake. I'm sure cafeteria meals have changed a lot since I was in school, but if there's one thing that I hope they haven't taken away, it's the peanut butter cake.
February 5, 2019
going old school
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January 23, 2019
brown butter bliss
YumBrown butter banana cake with brown butter frosting. Brown butter is the best. It's an ingredient I've decided to try to work into pretty much anything I make in the future, and I'm fully convinced that those treats will be all the better because of it!
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May 17, 2018
fleet flitterers
YumBrown butter cream cheese frosting. We always tend to celebrate Easter in conjunction with my birthday, and that's fine. I'd be making a cake either way!
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April 9, 2018
January 16, 2018
December 5, 2017
the height of deliciousness
YumApple cake with brown butter frosting. For the record, this is the tallest one-layer cake I've ever made.
September 5, 2017
plum(b)ing the depths
YumPlum upside-down cake. I got on a real plum kick last summer, but little Eva has greatly limited my kitchen time this year.
August 15, 2017
June 23, 2017
blitz bliss
YumBlueberry almond blitz küchen. While I will sometimes embark on ambitious baking endeavors, I suspect I'll always prefer the quick fix that delivers a tasty treat.
June 1, 2017
totally transcendent
YumLazy daisy cake. Bold statement: This is the most delicious cake I've had in quite some time. Our wedding cake* is probably the most recent cake that can even come close!
*Our fresh wedding cake, I should make clear. To say that tasting it out of the freezer on our first anniversary was disappointing would be a drastic understatement.
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April 24, 2017
craving met
YumPeanut butter snack cake. I'm not saying weird pregnancy cravings aren't real--in fact, I'm sure they are--but I haven't really had any.
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April 3, 2017
double dang!
YumVanilla bean butter cake. Dang!
That's what I said after my first bite of this cake.
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March 20, 2017
internally iced
YumCream Cheese Swirl Carrot Cake. When I worked at a bakery (which, in hindsight, was completely awesome), the only thing I disliked more than making pie crusts was making frosting.
And I made A LOT of frosting.
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March 9, 2017
pokes and nudges
YumStrawberry Cheesecake Poke Cake. I have never experienced anything as simultaneously blissful and weird as feeling our baby move around inside me.
February 27, 2017
my favorite sport
YumFor about one quarter of my life, basketball was everything to me.
January 31, 2017
fantastic fusion
YumPecan pie pound cake. I often see things online that I'd like to make and, more importantly, eat. My Pinterest account makes that obvious.
It's a rare and special occasion, though, that I'll be inspired to drop all future plans and make something I see immediately.
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January 12, 2017
indefinably delicious
YumI've made a cake that's decadent yet light, sweet yet balanced, and totally devourable.
The only problem is that I just can't think of a good name for it.
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January 3, 2017
eat more cake
YumCranberry orange cake. I didn't think it would happen, but we had quite a bit of cranberry sauce leftover from Thanksgiving.
That's a fine problem to have, to be sure!
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November 30, 2016
safe but scrumptious
YumI usually like to go all-out on the desserts I contribute to our holiday celebrations--I strive to make something decadent and rich and new and exciting.
October 20, 2016
envy apple envy
YumDoes your grocery store carry Envy apples? If not, you're out of luck. If so, buy some immediately!