Buche de Noel (Yule Log)

I have been wanting to make this for a long, long time.  It’s really only appropriate around Christmas, so there  isn’t a whole lot of time to make it.  Every year I would talk about how I wanted to make a yule log, but I just never got around to it.  This year, I decided [...]

Mississippi Mud Cake

I used to make Mississippi Mud Cake quite a bit when I was in college, before I really got into baking.  I had a recipe from Southern Living that I tried for Thanksgiving dessert one year and made it a few times afterward, but not again until now.  I was in the mood for baking [...]

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake

I’m Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas by Marcel Desaulniers has so many drool-worthy recipes that when I look through it, I want to make almost everything.  I started looking through it again recently, and I saw this recipe that I bookmarked last year to make.  I thought it looked like the perfect recipe to make [...]

All-in-One Holiday Bundt Cake (TWD)

Just like last year’s Thanksgiving Twofer Pie, Dorie has once again proved that you can have the best of both worlds.  Can’t choose between pecan pie and pumpkin pie for dessert?  Make a pie that has both!  This year, we baked a dessert that combines fall’s favorite spice cakes: pumpkin, apple, and cranberry.  You have [...]

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cake

Everyone knows that I’m a big fan of chocolate and peanut butter, and I was in the mood to bake with it one night.  I also wanted to try a chocolate-peanut butter frosting.  I’ve tried and loved a peanut butter frosting recipe, but I wanted to try a recipe where they were together.  I’ve had [...]

Apple Spice Cake

I love baking with apples, and think that they are really good in cakes.  The apples give the cake a lot of moisture and add a great depth of flavor, especially with spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.  Bon Appetit’s October 2009 issue had several apple desserts, and I knew this would be worth trying.  [...]

Lemon Meringue Cake

Over the past four years, David and I have been very active in the young adults group at our church.  This group is so special to us, and we have met some of our very best friends there.  We recently found out that the priest who is in charge of our group is leaving to [...]

Blueberry-Lime Pound Cake

The end of summer is approaching quickly, and I wanted to make one more summery dessert before we say goodbye to fresh fruit and welcome pumpkin, squash, and other fall flavors.  I love baking with blueberries.  I’ve seen the blueberry-lemon combination many times, but I thought the idea of blueberry-lime sounded really good, so I [...]

Dobos Torta (Daring Bakers)

The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful
of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos
Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus:  Exquisite
Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
I love making cakes for the Daring Bakers.  It’s so much [...]

Peach Melba Cake

I got the book Sky High for Christmas, and one of the first cakes I noticed was this Peach Melba Cake.  I showed it to David and he told me that he wanted that to be his birthday cake.  It looked so good, and I was excited about making it, even though I would have [...]