Pumpkin Pie Cake

We had this last night and most of us really liked it.  It’s very much like a pumpkin pie with a cake-like crust, which I like since I’m not a big fan of pie crusts.  I halved this recipe and baked it in an 8″ square pan.  When I halved it, I still used the [...]

new kind of flag cake

I LOVE this!

Directions and info at 17 and baking

Chocolate Peanut Butter Triple Layer Cake

We have decided that the phrase “I have died and gone to heaven” was coined after eating this cake.   Intense and delicious and so, so good.  I saw this recipe in the cookbook Sky High: Irresistable Triple Layer Cakes that I checked out of the library a long time ago.  When I saw it [...]

Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

This is so good.  So so good.  This was one layer of the wedding cake I made for my sister, and I filled it with chocolate mousse.  This recipe would be just as good as cupcakes with a nice chocolate buttercream, as a bundt sprinkled with powdered sugar, or even just plain.  It is so [...]

Ice Cream Cupcakes

(image and recipe from Joy the Baker)
Wouldn’t this be fun to make for a frozen dinner swap?

Pumpkin Gooey Butter cake

from Paula Deen
Cake:
1 (18 1/4-ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the [...]

White Chocolate Pound Cake

This is one layer of the wedding cake I’m making for my sister later this month.  This layer will be filled with mango curd.
Makes enough for 3 – 8″ loaf pans.
6 oz white chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 pkg plain white cake mix
8 T butter (1 stick), melted
1 cup whole milk
3 large eggs
1 t vanilla
Preheat oven to [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

This is what Nathan made for my birthday. It was easy and delicious. It would be easy to use low fat ingredients and turn into a healthier dessert, but – I’m pregnant and it’s my birthday so we didn’t. It was rich and divine.
1/2 cup powdered sugar
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup [...]

Killer Chocolate Cheesecake

from the book Luscious Chocolate Desserts
This is so good, and so intense.   I’m making it for a small birthday lunch tomorrow, but in a 5″ (I think) springform pan instead of the usual 9″.  In the smaller pan I make 1/3 the recipe, and it’s the perfect size.   Use good quality chocolate.
CRUST
9 oz chocoalte [...]

Peppermint Ice Cream Cake

From Cooking Light (I think 2005?)
You could always use a cake mix, but this cake is really good and doesn’t take long to throw together.  You can even make each layer a couple weeks ahead and store them (individually wrapped) in the freezer until you’re ready to assemble the whole cake.  Merry Christmas!
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 cup boiling water
6 tablespoons butter, [...]