Archive for the ‘Cakes & Pies’ Category

German Chocolate Cake

For my sister’s baby shower, Lori requested a German Chocolate Cake and I’ve been wanting to take a stab at one for awhile.В  Yes it’s easy to get the box mix and the fabulous chocolate pecan frosting, but yeah, I’m not one to settle for simple.В  I love layered cakes and I totally wanted to [...]

July 21, 2010   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

Lemon Cake with a Blueberry Crown

In addition to the all time favorite Oreo Dark Chocolate Cake, I wanted something fruity as well for Ian’s third birthday party.В  So when I came across the Lemon Cake with a Blueberry Crown recipe in the The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!, I figured why not. According to the author, when she made it, all [...]

March 6, 2010   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

This is a recipe my friend Rachel sent me and it sounds really yummy. I may have to make this relative soon.В  I’m adding this recipe exactly as she sent it to me, but I’m thinking that before cutting the cake and inverting each piece individually, it might be a little easier to flip the [...]

November 11, 2009   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  One Comment

Sugar Free Chocolate Cake

My mother is a diabetic, so for her 50th birthday party, I wanted to have a chocolate cake for her. Ideally, it was going to be a chocolate cake with strawberry mousse, but after tasting the chocolate cake, I didn’t want to try strawberries just yet. Quite honestly, I haven’t had time to play with [...]

August 8, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  2 Comments

Ian’s 2nd Birthday Cake – Chocolate Peanut Butter

Ian has been going nuts over peanut butter lately, so for this year, we decided to make the Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter cake I made awhile ago.В  This time around, I did do something a little different. The first time I made this, I used a standard cake pan along with two cake mixes and [...]

March 10, 2009   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

Mayonnaise Cake

Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/4 cups sugar 3 heaping tbsp cocoa 2 tsp baking soda 1 cup water 1-1/2 tsp vanilla 1 cup mayonnaise Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all dry ingredients. Add water and vanilla; stir well. Fold in mayonnaise. Pour into greased 13×9 pan (or you can spray with [...]

February 25, 2009   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

Summer Poke Cupcakes Cones

For our Mom’s Group meeting this week, I volunteered to be the MOD since it also happens to Ian’s birthday.В  I wanted to bring in cupcakes for the kiddos, but I didn’t want Jill to have to worry about the cupcake wrappers and what not, so I wanted to make the cupcakes in ice cream [...]

February 25, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

Wacky Cake

This is another recipe from my Grandmother Birdie. This is one recipe that is easy to make and you will always have the ingredients on hand. There’s never a reason to say that you didn’t have what it takes to make a cake on the spur of the moment. Ingredients: 3 cup flour 2 cup [...]

February 17, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  No Comments

Volcano Cake

I would never have thought that I could make a cake in under 10 minutes using the microwave, but it’s possible with a rice cooker.В  The Pampered Chef has this recipe for a “volcano cake” that uses their rice cooker and it so unbelievably easy.В  Seriously, this is the cake that a 2 year old [...]

February 16, 2009   Posted in: Cakes & Pies  One Comment

Cool Whip & Raspberry Summer Sensation

I had completely forgotten about this recipe book I picked up at the grocery store. All it has are recipes made from Jell-O and Cool Whip. A lot of them look really easy, but would make a great presentation. The type of presentation that will make you look like an excellent cook. So I went [...]

February 16, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Cakes & Pies, Dessert, News  No Comments