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The First Time I Made Red Buttercream I Almost Cried: A Tale of Cake Decorating and a Lesson in Color Theory
Cake decorating can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a bit of a challenge, especially when it comes to getting the right color for your icing. I learned this the hard way when I was asked to make a cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday party. She wanted an Elmo cake, complete with red icing. I thought, “How hard could it be?” and agreed to take on the challenge. Little did I know, red is one of the hardest colors to achieve in icing. I started making the icing the day before the cake was due, thinking everything was going well. But as I added more…
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My Backup Chocolate Cake, Cause Everyone Needs A Backup
Everyone has a couple of cake recipes in their arsenal, this one is my backup chocolate cake. The one that is super easy to make and I know it will always turn out. My go-to chocolate cake, which can be found here, is a little fussier to make and I needed a chocolate cake to practice my icing skills on. This cake is delicious and super moist and if you are just starting out making cakes from scratch, this recipe is the one for you. I make this cake often and like I said I have never had it not turn out. Tips for making a great chocolate cake: Make…
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This Hummingbird Cake Is Perfect For Mother’s Day
My obsession with hummingbird cake goes way back. I love the banana and pineapple combination together, and that it’s topped with cream cheese icing makes it even better. If you are tired of the regular banana cake or looking to make something a little different with the bananas in your freezer, I would highly recommend this cake. I thought this would be the perfect recipe to share for Mother’s Day this year! If you are able to spend this Mother’s Day with your mom, make her this cake she will love it. Some tips for making this cake: Bring the eggs to room temperature. If you’re like me and forget…
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Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cake That Reminds You of Grandma
This recipe came along cause I wanted to use this new pan I got. Someone I follow on Instagram was thrifting a few weeks ago, and she showed this beautiful copper pan that was at the local Goodwill. I have always wanted copper pans but the price is too much for a pan, they range from $40 to $60. If you make a lot of bundt pans would be worth it. I however do not, so that is a lot to spend on a pan I will only use maybe twice a year. Anyways, so I got this pan from Goodwill and it was a steal! It was $3.50 and…
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Blackberry Breakfast Cake, (Yes That’s Right, Breakfast Cake)
I love cake! I seriously could eat it all the time, which is why I don’t make it often cause I would eat it all. I try to only make it for special occasions like birthdays or some holidays. When I saw this recipe for breakfast cake, I thought my prayers had been answered. If it has breakfast in the title then it must be fine to eat it for breakfast right? What is a breakfast cake you ask? Well, it’s is similar to a coffee cake only not as sweet and is usually made with seasonal berries of some sort. I hope you enjoy this breakfast cake as much…
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The Only Carrot Cake Recipe You’ll Need This Fall
I can’t believe it is already officially Fall. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks how is it already the end of September? There are only 13 more weeks until Christmas and 14 more weeks until 2021. With the weather turning colder and the leaves turning all the amazing autumn colours it is time to get into the Fall baking. This is the time of year when I tend to bake things that are more savoury. Where I make pumpkin pies, apple crisps, and of course carrot cake. Kevin’s birthday is the end of September, the 25th to be exact, and I always try to make him something…
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Hummingbird Cake
For some reason lately, I have been obsessed with Hummingbird Cake. I’m not sure if it is the banana and pineapple combination or what the deal is but I seem to want to make this for every occasion. Last weekend we went up and saw my parents, to check in on them and make sure they were doing well. With Mother’s Day being the following weekend and it being their 51st Wedding Anniversary we thought we should bring something up to celebrate with them. Of course, I made a Hummingbird Cake to take up! The original recipe is from Gonna Want Seconds blog, I made just a couple of minor…
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Carrot Cake
Easter this year will be quite different, normally we would head to my parent’s place for the holiday, but seeing as everyone is still quarantined/self-isolated we will be staying safe at home. That being said I wanted to make a carrot cake to celebrate the occasion. I love a good carrot cake, but it can’t have a lot of extras in it, so no raisins, coconut, or pineapple. I like plain old carrot cake. I have this recipe that I’m honestly not sure where it came from, it might have been friends or I might have found it a long time ago on the internet somewhere, so if this belongs to…
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I thought I would try making something festive. The issues I was having were a) I don’t like Guinness beer and b) I can’t stand Bailey’s Irish Cream. Trying to find something for St. Patrick’s Day without using one of those ingredients was a challenge. After weeks of searching, I wasn’t having a lot of luck. There was your typical Green Velvet Cake but I was hoping for something different. Finally, I gave in and found this Bailey’s Coffee Cake recipe. This recipe didn’t use a lot of Bailey’s so I thought I would try it. I did make a few changes…
