Cakes

layered confetti drip cake

Mar 6, 2018 · 7 Comments

If you're looking for the perfect cake for a sprinkle lover, you've found it! This Layered Confetti Drip Cake has vanilla-almond sprinkle cakes sandwiched with homemade sprinkle buttercream, topped with white ganache, and decorated with more frosting and MORE SPRINKLES!

Hi friends and happy Tuesday! So today is a very fun day because... it's just TWO DAYS until my birthday!? I figured it was the perfect time to share this fabulous Layered Confetti Drip Cake I recently made for one of my friends. This cake is ALL CONFETTI, ALL OVER. There's sprinkles in the cake batter and in the frosting and of course, more sprinkles on top. And the best part is that it's ridiculously delicious! And it's also so pretty. Honestly I just love it so much!

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espresso bundt cake with dark chocolate ganache

Feb 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment

If you're a coffee lover, this recipe is for you! This scrumptious Espresso Bundt Cake has both freshly brewed coffee and espresso powder baked right in, and it's topped with a decadent dark chocolate ganache drizzle.

Happy Friday, friends! Today, I am so excited to be sharing my newest favorite cake recipe. Y'all, this is so easy and SO GOOD. Oh, my yum. This Espresso Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache features a coffee-packed cake topped with a rich and decadent chocolate drizzle. I created this coffee cake recipe for a wedding I did a couple of years ago, and I've been meaning to recreate it small-scale ever since! If you're an espresso lover, this one is for you!

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sparkling champagne bundt cake

Dec 31, 2017 · 2 Comments

Say goodbye to 2017 in style with this stunning Sparkling Champagne Bundt Cake! This sweet cake has champagne in the batter, is soaked with a champagne glaze, and is topped with a creamy champagne frosting.

Happy, happy last day of 2017 friends! It has been such a fun year with y'all and I can't wait to see what 2018 has in store for us! To send the year off in style, I made this gorgeous Sparkling Champagne Bundt Cake. It's a delicious, tender butter cake with champagne in the batter, soaked in a sugar & champagne syrup, and topped with a sweet little drizzle of champagne frosting. The whole thing is, predictably, topped off with sparklers! Because, New Year's. I had to do it. 😉

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vegan fig dark chocolate layer cake

Dec 1, 2017 · 4 Comments

This Vegan Fig Dark Chocolate Layer Cake is sure to be a showstopper this holiday season! Rich dark chocolate layers are stuffed with fig butter, covered in a fig and vanilla buttercream, and crowned with bittersweet chocolate ganache and fresh figs.

Happy FRIDAY! I know, I know, it's December 1st so where is the Christmas stuff?! Worry not my friends, it's coming... soon. But not today. Today, I am sharing my latest obsession! This Vegan Fig Dark Chocolate Layer Cake is seriously what dreams are made of! Soft and rich dark chocolate cake layers are sandwiched with fig butter, covered in a creamy vanilla-fig buttercream, and crowned with dark chocolate ganache and pretty fresh figs. TOO MUCH PRETTY FOR ONE PICTURE. I am just going to change my profile picture on all social media to this cake, that's how much I love it. Just kidding. Maybe. Let's make it!

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chai tea latte bundt cakes with vanilla glaze

Oct 25, 2017 · 5 Comments

If you like chai, you will adore these Chai Tea Latte Bundt Cakes! Individual-sized cakes are packed with warm chai flavors, and topped with a sweet vanilla glaze.

Happy happy Wednesday, friends! I am so pumped to be sharing these amaaaazing Chai Tea Latte Bundt Cakes with Vanilla Glaze today! Personal-sized, soft and fluffy bundt cakes are spiced with real chai tea leaves and topped with a sweet glaze for serious fall perfection. I know it's not a Halloween recipe, nor a pumpkin recipe, but dang a girl's gotta bake some neutral cake in the fall too! 😉 I think this is my all-time favorite chai recipe that I've made!

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red wine poached pear chocolate cake

Sep 22, 2017 · 2 Comments

Who says fall is only for pumpkin desserts? This Red Wine Poached Pear Chocolate Cake is warm, cozy, and richly spiced. You'll fall in love with its fudgy center!

It's Friday! And it's officially fall! And I have officially completed my first rotation! This calls for all the best things in life - wine and chocolate and cake. Hello, lovah. Today, I'm sharing this insanely delicious Red Wine Poached Pear Chocolate Cake. Dense, fudgy chocolate cake is filled with bright pink pears poached in spiced red wine. If this doesn't scream "cozy fall dessert" then I don't know what does. Let's get in the kitchen!

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peanut butter & jelly layer cake

Sep 11, 2017 · 5 Comments

Your favorite childhood sandwich combo gets the glam treatment with this Peanut Butter & Jelly Layer Cake! Dense peanut butter cake is stuffed with grape jelly frosting, and topped with creamy peanut butter ganache.

Happy Monday! Here's to a new week, friends. True to what everyone had told me, there really is more free time during rotations, which is why I've been able to work on so many new recipes for y'all! If you've been following along on my Instastories, you've seen I've been super busy in the kitchen. Before I break out the pumpkin, I wanted to share a little something for back to school season. This Peanut Butter & Jelly Layer Cake is like your favorite childhood sandwich on steroids. Peanut butter cake is swirled with jelly, stuffed with grape jelly and covered in grape jelly frosting, and crowned with a drippy peanut butter ganache. Absolute perfection!

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chocolate hazelnut layered Baked Alaska

Sep 7, 2017 · 3 Comments

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If you like gelato, you will LOVE this Chocolate Hazelnut Layered Baked Alaska! Stuffed with three different ice cream varieties and crowned with fluffy meringue, it's sure to be a showstopper.

Happy Thursday, lovely readers! It's almost time for the weekend! September just started and everyone is back in school, which means summer is officially wrapping up. Of course, living in Texas, that doesn't mean much because the temperatures are still in the 90s! To celebrate one last hurrah for summer, I made you this fabulous Chocolate Hazelnut Layered Baked Alaska. It combines deliciously creamy gelato from HemisFares with a homemade chocolate cake, and is crowned with light, fluffy toasted meringue for the ultimate dessert. Ice cream cake, who? Once you try baked Alaska, you'll be hooked!

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cookies and cream Oreo poke cake

Jun 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

If you like cookies & cream, you will love this Oreo Poke Cake! Rich chocolate cake is covered in pudding and crushed Oreo cookies for a delicious, melt-in-your-mouth dessert.

Happy Tuesday friends! Apparently poke cakes have become my new favorite thing. After that lemon white chocolate poke cake from the other day, I present to you Cookies and Cream Oreo Poke Cake! Just like the other one, it starts with cake mix and pudding mix, and it's so easy it should almost not be considered a recipe. Almost. Because it's amazing and you deserve some Oreo poke cake in your life!

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lemon white chocolate poke cake

Jun 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment

If you're looking for the easiest dessert ever, this is it! Lemon White Chocolate Poke Cake just requires lemon cake from a box and white chocolate pudding, but it's so delicious you'd never know it!

Happy Fri-YAY! We made it through another week, y'all! As it seems to be the theme this week, here is another recipe with a yellow main ingredient... and it's almost easier than the cherry turnovers from the other day! This Lemon White Chocolate Poke Cake is about to become your summertime staple! All you really need is a box of lemon cake mix and two boxes of white chocolate pudding. SO simple. And so yummy!

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gender reveal piñata cake

Jun 8, 2017 · 2 Comments

Do you have a gender reveal party or baby shower coming up? This Piñata Cake is the perfect way to celebrate! When you cut into it... pink or blue candy will come pouring out!

YOU GUYS. I am SO pumped to be sharing this cake with y'all today! There is such a sweet story behind it. Not to mention, this is probably one of my most favorite cakes that I've ever made! This Gender Reveal Piñata Cake is a super fun, unexpected way to do a gender reveal! Everyone expects colored frosting on the inside... but nobody expects blue or pink candy to come pouring out when you cut a slice! SO. MUCH. FUN. This was a total surprise to everyone and I can't decide what I loved more - the cascade of candy or everyone's face of complete surprise!

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mixed berry dark chocolate pavlova

May 13, 2017 · 2 Comments

If you're in need of a showstopper dessert, look no further! This gorgeous pavlova is topped with fresh berries, a mountain of whipped cream, and a drizzle of dark chocolate for the perfect special occasion sweet.

Ohhh you guys, I am so excited to be sharing this recipe with y'all today! This mountain of gorgeousness is my Mixed Berry Dark Chocolate Pavlova. I have had a pavlova on my baking bucket list, per se, for YEARS, and I am so happy I finally got to make one! I had actually never even eaten a pavlova before this, but it turned out to be everything I'd ever dreamed of and more. I'm already a huge fan of meringue, so I knew I was going to love it regardless, but there's really no words to describe how fabulous it is. Let me show you how it's done!

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layered tres leches cake

Apr 4, 2017 · 33 Comments

Dress up the classic Tres Leches Cake for a special occasion by turning it into a layer cake! This three tiered showstopper features soaked vanilla cake sandwiched with softly whipped cream.

They said it was impossible. They said it couldn't be done. And yet... I did it. I'm totally kidding, I don't know who "they" are and nobody said anything, though I did have some doubts myself. But somehow, magically, I present to you... Layered Tres Leches Cake! Because clearly, since tres leches is a light dessert, it should really be tripled and layered into a skyscraping tower of sugar. You. Are. Welcome.

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easter nest italian cream cake

Apr 1, 2017 · 2 Comments

Classic Italian Cream Cake gets a fun makeover for Easter, with a coat of toasted coconut and a handful of colorful chocolate eggs in the center!

Y'all, I think I have a bundt problem. And with this little baby, we are up to 14 bundt recipes up in here. Today, I'm sharing this absolutely adorable Easter Nest Italian Cream Cake, which is perfect for spring! It's an Italian cream cake bundt, covered in 5-minute frosting and a mountain of toasted coconut, and filled with little chocolate eggs in the center. Because, honestly, any excuse is a good one when it comes to chocolate eggs. 😉 Let's make it!

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St. Patrick secret shamrock chocolate bundt cake

Mar 16, 2017 · 5 Comments

Surprise your friends and family this St. Patrick's Day with this fun Secret Shamrock Chocolate Bundt Cake! Green vanilla cake shamrocks are hidden inside of a chocolate cake for a fun dessert.

Hi friends! So if you've been hanging around the blog for awhile, you've probably noticed I have literally zero St. Patrick recipes on here. But that is about to change! I made a surprise-inside cake for my class Valentine's Day party this year, and it was such a success that I just had to re-make it for a different holiday. The closest one is St. Patrick's day so... here we are 😉 I present to you, my St. Patrick Secret Shamrock Chocolate Bundt Cake! This cake combines my go-to foolproof chocolate cake recipe with green vanilla shamrocks for a super fun surprise!

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Halloween cookies & cream cake

Oct 31, 2016 · 4 Comments

Cookies & Cream Cake is the perfect Halloween treat! This dessert features a vanilla cake and frosting base, and combines them with tons of Oreos for a new spin on the classic combination. The candy decorations on top are the best part!

Happy Halloween! I am so happy to be back on this lil blog of mine! Last week was nothing short of insane, with four {count em, FOUR} back-to-back exams. Oh, lawd. Understandably I couldn't be on here because I was a little bit occupied elsewhere. Today, I am sharing this absolutely gorgeous Halloween Cookies & Cream Cake, which has quickly become my latest obsession. Y'all, it's just SO cute. Can't deal. Like, at all. Let me show you how it's done!...

brown butter chocolate pear cake

Oct 16, 2016 · 3 Comments

Brown Butter Chocolate Pear Cake will have you falling in love with this fruit! Sweet pear chunks are combined with buttery cake batter and a handful of bittersweet chocolate for the perfect combination.

You know what I accidentally realized the other day? That my website looks significantly uglier on Firefox. Like, I don't know why the coding doesn't play nice over there but please, do yourself a huge favor and visit my site with Safari or something. I promise I know what I'm doing with my blog design, okay 😉 But I digress. Today, I am sharing a cake that is a HUGE favorite in my household! This Brown Butter Chocolate Pear Cake is seriously going to change your life. I legitimately made this exact recipe 3 times in the past week because my brothers were running through it so fast. If that doesn't convince you that it's amazing, I don't know what will!

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triple chocolate poke cake

Jul 20, 2016 · 4 Comments

This Triple Chocolate Poke Cake is the perfect dessert for chocolate lovers! It combines moist cake with chocolate pudding for a simple but delicious treat.

Oh, y'all. It has definitely been one of those weeks. Ya know, when it's only Wednesday, but it feels like it's been the longest week ever already?! Sigh. On a brighter {but perhaps scarier} note, I am over ⅔ of the way done with my first semester of PA school already!!!! As the semester progresses, things keep getting crazier, so that's why I haven't been able to post as much 😉 But anyways. Back to food! To try to get us through this god-awful long, sad week, I whipped up this incredible Triple Chocolate Poke Cake! Homemade chocolate-chocolate chip cake, slathered in chocolate pudding, and with chocolate shavings on top for good measure.

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pineapple upside down bundt cake

Jun 6, 2016 · 34 Comments

The classic Pineapple Upside Down Cake gets an upgrade when turned into a bundt cake! This recipe is easy to make and so delicious!

Hello, friends! So it has come to my attention that this lil cake has been very popular on Pinterest lately, so I decided to re-make it and give it some new, prettier pictures. What do you think?! And in case you clicked on a totally different image on Pinterest and this is where you ended up, worry not. You're in the right place 🙂 Here is my Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake! Because when making an upside-down cake, why not make it in a pan that's meant to be inverted? 😉

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citrus chiffon cake

May 30, 2016 · 6 Comments

This Citrus Chiffon Cake is incredibly light and fluffy, and so yummy! Think of it like a lemon & orange flavored cloud. It's the perfect summer cake.

Y'all, I did it! I survived my first week of PA school! Barely, I will admit, and there has been lots and lots and lots of studying outside of classroom hours, but I don't see that changing anytime soon. This is the life I have chosen and this is how it's gonna go. 😉 But in more exciting news, I made you some delicious, life changing Citrus Chiffon Cake. This baby is somewhere between an angel food cake and a traditional cake, and it's basically the best thing ever! Think of it like a citrus-flavored cloud. So, so good!

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cherry almond clafoutis

Apr 8, 2016 · 2 Comments

Hello, sweet readers! Spring has most definitely sprung in Texas, especially this past week, and the best way to celebrate is by baking, of course! We've been having day after day in the high 80's/low 90's, so I thought this weather definitely called for a quick and easy dessert using fresh fruit. I decided to revisit my clafoutis recipe from a couple years ago and create a sweet & simple Cherry Almond Clafoutis. You're gonna love it!

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decadent Butterfinger cheesecake for Easter

Mar 21, 2016 · 5 Comments

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Hello, friends! We are officially less than a week away from Easter, and I'm sharing the perfect dessert with you today. Think... make-ahead, completely delicious, and an absolute crowd-pleaser. Say hello to the BUTTERFINGER® Cheesecake! This baby combines the scrumptious BUTTERFINGER® Cups Eggs and NestEggs with a chocolate graham cracker crust and a creamy, dreamy cheesecake base for the ultimate Easter sweet. Let me show you how it's made!

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blueberry white chocolate bundt cake

Mar 13, 2016 · 1 Comment

Oh, my dearest friends... I'm in trouble. I think I may have found my new favorite fruit cake. I seem to always fall back on raspberries for my go-to addition to desserts, but blueberries are becoming a new favorite! I usually eat them as-is or throw a handful in my morning oatmeal, but I seem to forget about them when it comes to baking. This Blueberry White Chocolate Bundt Cake will totally rock your world! It's sweet and delicious with bursts of little juicy blueberries scattered throughout. Yum!

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chocolate mascarpone bundt cake

Feb 21, 2016 · 31 Comments

You know when you make something and you taste it and you just immediately go, "OH, this is my new favorite thing and I have to add this to my regular recipe rotation"? Well, this cake is one of those. This Chocolate Mascarpone Bundt Cake is nothing short of incredible! It's thick and fudgy without being heavy, and has a fine, dense crumb that is seriously to die for. And, it's a bundt cake, which is one of my favorites! No frosting or glaze needed on this baby... just add a sprinkle of powdered sugar to pretty it up and you're done.

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