These Pumpkin Spice Bars Cream Cheese Frosting fall into the grey area between brownie and cake. They are cakey and frosted, but you can eat them with your hands. (Imagine a cake brownie, but made with pumpkin… and then frosted) (umm… that might have just confused the everyone). Anyway… They are perfect for Fall, AKA […]
Snack Cake
Lemon Pudding Cake Scratch!
I needed a light dessert today, since it’s summer, and too warm for a heavy dessert. I can hear some of you saying, “so, why make dessert at all?” (ummm…. Because dessert!) Lemon Pudding Cake (scratch!) was perfect! This recipe is a bit old fashioned, but to me, that means it’s been around long […]
Lemon Curd Roulade Recipe (Lemon Cake Roll)
One of my testers tasted the cake made from my Lemon Curd Roulade Recipe, and said… “Hey, this is like my mom’s Lincoln Log Cake.” I don’t know about Lincoln, but I do know that this simple rolled cake is old fashioned, looks “fancy”, but comes together easily. The wonder of this cake is how […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe Easy
I needed to bake this Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe… it’s quick and easy, and so good! For some reason, things are ramping up around here. Maybe it’s the approach of the holidays? I’m crazy busy all the time with work, soccer, school stuff, soccer, laundry and soccer (did I say soccer more than once?) […]
Applesauce Snack Cake Recipe
This Applesauce Snack Cake Recipe is one of those throw-it-together-in-no-time snack cakes…. it’s easier than a mix. Just add the wet stuff to the dry stuff and bake. One bowl, one measuring cup, one baking pan…. that’s it. This cake takes very little time, and not a load of talent or skill to make […]
Pumpkin Tea Cake Recipe
This Pumpkin Tea Cake Recipe is a family favorite. The cake bakes up moist and it keeps well… wrap it tight and keep a loaf in the refrigerator for drop in guests.It also works very well as a hostess gift…. This basic Pumpkin Tea Cake Recipe is a snap to put together, and it tastes […]
Recipe for New York Crumb Cake
I love New York Crumb Cake, but I grew up in the suburbs of Southern California, which is about as far away from New York, and its fine cuisine, as you can get (ok… all of you pointing out the obvious on a globe.. YES, I know that Turkey, China, India and South America are […]
Best Apple Streusel Cake Recipe
Saturday afternoon, and the craziness swirls around me. Kids and their friends, sports, errands, shopping, cleaning, it goes on all day. Right around 4 o’clock I start looking for a break. A quiet moment, or if not quiet, at least a change of pace. A piece of the Best Apple Streusel Cake Recipe, in German, Apfel Streusel Kuchen is […]
Ooey Gooey Chocolate Cake Recipe
Some days are no fun, and other days are just bad. The kind of bad that can only be fixed with this Ooey Gooey Chocolate Cake Recipe. You know what I mean. You’ve done everything right, and yet everything goes wrong. It’s best to just sit down in a quiet place and eat a piece […]
Best Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cake Recipe
What makes this the Best Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cake Recipe? It’s not fancy or showy… so, why is it so tied with the holidays? I think my favorite part of the Holiday Season is the way it smells. Presents are nice, the decorations are pretty….shopping is massively stressful… but the smells, so inviting and friendly. […]
Easy Honey Cake Recipe
The weather turned here, and it’s starting to get cooler (I think the summer here in the Bay Area lasts about 97 minutes…). Started thinking about Fall flavors, about food that warms and is comforting. I baked this easy Honey Cake recipe today. It made the house smell like heaven. And even though it […]
