This is a cake recipe I picked up from Instagram as it looked super easy to make with very simple ingredients. The best part is that it’s what’s called a one bowl recipe. Meaning no gadgets required. Just mix all the ingredients in a bowl and bake.
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Ginger Teacakes with Apple Brandy Syrup
Gingery, with the fragrance of apples, these are awesome teacakes for afternoon tea or to have with your morning coffee.
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Peaches and Poundcake
It’s peach season already and we’ve gotten our first batch of homegrown fruits – its peaches! These golden yellow peaches are soft, sweet and sour all at the same time. This past Friday, after pizza and salad for our Friday night dinner, we had dessert of fresh peaches and poundcake for a laid back evening dessert.
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Blueberry Poppy seed Cake
My daughter made this cake for Mother’s Day last weekend and I tell you folks it was outstanding! Delicious, beautiful, and easy to make. In fact it actually looked like it came from a countryside bakery. Its that good!
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Pumpkin Ginger Cake
I’m not sure why really I got in the mood to make a spicy gingery pumpkin cake, because its been unseasonably warm around here – we’re talking temps in the 60s and 70s in January!! Sunny, blue skies, and warm warm warm. So why I got in the mood to make a cake and that too with pumpkin spice and ginger is beyond me. All I can say is that here I was looking out at sunshine and beautiful scenery with a gentle breeze and I thought “A piece of homemade cake and tea sounds perfect right now.”
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Mexican Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttermilk Frosting
I love, love, love this cake! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked my eldest daughter to make this Mexican Chocolate Cake with chocolate buttermilk frosting. It has to be hands down one of my favorites! It’s a dark chocolate flourless cake made with oat flour, brown sugar, flax seeds, cinnamon and a hint of cayenne for a Mexican twist.
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Summer Birthday Brunch and Dinner. Menus Worth Replicating
Hello and a good Monday to you all. How was your weekend? Relaxing? Quiet? Busy? I hope you had a chance to not do anything for a bit. For us it was a very quiet weekend, and for me – it was a very relaxing weekend. Continue reading Summer Birthday Brunch and Dinner. Menus Worth Replicating
Peanut Butter Apple Banana Cake
These days there are lots of cake and cookie recipes being shared and each and every one is enticing and tempting. But what caught my attention with this particular recipe is two things – one, my daughter Rani loves peanut butter. Two, I was running way low on sugar and was trying to figure out how to make something sweet with less and this recipe fit that criteria perfectly .
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Blueberry Raspberry Bran Muffins
These healthyish muffins are made with so many good ingredients that you can almost have them guilt-free. Yes, that’s right, these muffins are healthy enough that they will have you wanting more than one, and the best part is not only are they healthy, the recipe is easy to make too. Continue reading Blueberry Raspberry Bran Muffins
Nasturtium Blossom Hummingbird Cake
Here is a delicious cheer me up sweet and gorgeous cake to celebrate spring and all things beautiful. Where do I start to tell the tale of this cake – the cake or about the blooms? Let me start with the cake. Continue reading Nasturtium Blossom Hummingbird Cake