Tag Archives: Cake

Cranberry Orange Olive Oil Cake

Posted on December 25, 2024 by sparecake

A lightly orangey cake with a nice texture and a good topping. Actually, I made a batch of sugar cookies just to have something to put more of the cranberry icing on later! It’s good stuff! Ingredients: Cake: 2 cups … Continue reading →

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German Apple Cake with Buttermilk Frosting

Posted on September 11, 2024 by sparecake

It’s fall – time for apple things! This recipe calls for 4 Granny Smith apples – I sliced mine with a mandoline, before chopping in the other directions, which gave me a giant pile of apple, so big it didn’t … 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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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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Strawberry Snacking Cake

Posted on June 22, 2022 by sparecake

A tasty summery cake that comes together comes together pretty quickly. Because you’re mixing sliced strawberries with some sugar to start with, I thought I could get away with buying frozen sliced strawberries with sugar – this turns out to … Continue reading →

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Buttermilk Cake

Posted on June 8, 2022 by sparecake

A moist vanilla cake that stayed good over a week while I worked through the leftovers alone. Ingredients: Cake: 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 … Continue reading →

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Gooey Butter Cake

Posted on April 13, 2022 by sparecake

A simple but real easy cake that’s actually better a few days after baking, when the gooey-ness really sets in. Ingredients: 1 box yellow pudding-in-mix cake mix (my supermarket no longer has any mixes that mention pudding, I just got … Continue reading →

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Lemon Cornmeal Cake with Blueberry Compote

Posted on December 15, 2021 by sparecake

A bright lemon-glazed cornmeal cake paired with an easy fruit compote makes for a cheery (probably summery?) dessert. Ingredients: Cake: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal (I used our pink stuff from work!) 3/4 cup sugar 3 … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Bundt

Posted on December 1, 2021 by sparecake

A chocolate chip bundt cake with a chocolate topping? Sign me up! A little bit towards dense on the dense vs fluffy scale, and quite enjoyable. I thought it might be a good idea to ‘flour’ the bundt pan using … Continue reading →

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Apple Cider Donut Cake

Posted on November 24, 2021 by sparecake

A moist and very apple-y cake! Good for this time of year for sure. Ingredients: Cake: 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 1 1/2 cups apple cider 1/2 cup milk, at … Continue reading →

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