Category Archives: Dessert

S’mores Ice Cream

Posted on July 24, 2024 by sparecake

It’s been ~9 years, time to revisit the super delicious marshmallow ice cream! Add in hot fudge sauce and Golden Grahams and you’ve got the non-campfire s’mores dreams are made of. I did put the cereal straight into the ice … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Butter Cake

Posted on June 12, 2024 by sparecake

The berry version of gooey butter cake! This cake uses freeze dried strawberries to get a berry-y flavor, and comes with a gooey center thanks to the cream cheese filling. Ingredients: Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder … Continue reading →

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Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies

Posted on May 29, 2024 by sparecake

Cute little (not that little) sandwich cookies with delicious flavor and an excuse for me to buy Fluff for the first time since I got back to New England. The original recipe used cinnamon and nutmeg in the cookies, and … Continue reading →

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Buckeye Cheesecake Bars

Posted on May 15, 2024 by sparecake

Using up some cream and an excuse to buy some chocolate peanut butter, a convenient one all around! 😉 Ingredients: Crust: 20 Oreo cookies 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Filling: 16 ounce full-fat cream cheese, room … Continue reading →

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Caramel S’mores Bars

Posted on May 1, 2024 by sparecake

Wow, 3 posts in 3 weeks! Boggling to remember how many years I did 3 posts every week! These are pretty intense looking, but were very doable in a day during which I did a whole lotta other stuff, especially … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Banana Brownies (can be GF)

Posted on April 24, 2024 by sparecake

Some simple enough brownies that use just a little bit of banana for a tiny bit of banana taste and some extra moisture. I used the Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 gf flour and had no issues with texture or weird … Continue reading →

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Banana Bark

Posted on March 20, 2024 by sparecake

Apparently this is a “thing” on ticktock, maybe? I’m the sort of boring that would rather play sudoku than use ticktock so I can’t confirm first-hand! But it’s very a simple, quick, and tasty snack/dessert. The first time I made … Continue reading →

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Gooey Butter Cookies

Posted on January 24, 2024 by sparecake

The cookie version of gooey butter cake, this recipe helped me use up a block of cream cheese I had kicking around. Day 1 they weren’t actually very cream cheese-y, but I thought it was a more noticeable flavor from … Continue reading →

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Caramel Apple Dumplings

Posted on January 3, 2024 by sparecake

I made this with friends around Christmas, and we all agreed it was very good, very simple, and would be something you could sort of do some prep work ahead of time and then throw together easily enough for a … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Bundt with Cheesecake Frosting

Posted on December 13, 2023 by sparecake

Strawberries/strawberry sauce on cheesecake is a wonderful combo, so why not go sort of the other way around? There’s no reason! In a tremendously uncharacteristic move, I have cut the amount of frosting in half here, and I think it’s … Continue reading →

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