Category Archives: Desserts

Vanilla Muffins

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February 19, 2014 - Posted in Desserts, Muffins by

This is a variation on my Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins. Both recipes are great for when you have only the bare baking basics lying around. While these may seem to have a simple and straightforward flavor, these muffins turn out sweet and tasty on their own, and are also very versatile if you want to top them off with frosting. Try them with cream cheese, chocolate or strawberry.

My siblings would probably be interested in knowing that these turn out pretty similar to our mom’s family recipe for reception cake.

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Carrot Cake or Muffins

Rated 4.5 out of 5 by 2 people
January 18, 2014 - Posted in Breakfast, Cake, Desserts, Muffins by

I don’t know about you, but I hate raisins. Why do they have to always ruin my desserts? And nuts? I’m not a big fan. It seems there doesn’t exist a carrot cake recipe that doesn’t include one or both of these. It’s something about the cake needing them for the texture or some silly business like that.

Well, I say hogwash! It can be done! Carrot cake lovers and raisin/nut haters, search no more!

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Rated 5 out of 5 by 2 people
November 24, 2013 - Posted in Desserts, Frosting by

So easy to make and so delicious. Cream cheese frosting is pretty versatile and can make so many cakes refreshingly different. Try it on carrot cake, chocolate cake, spice cake, strawberry shortcake or my blueberry muffins. That is, if you can keep yourself from eating all of it up with a spoon!

While frosting is generally pretty heavy and dense, this recipe makes a much lighter and fluffier frosting that you would expect.

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Spice Muffins or Cake

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November 17, 2013 - Posted in Cake, Desserts, Muffins by

I’ve always loved spice cake, but it tends to include nuts and/or raisins – which I don’t love. I’ve searched far and wide for recipes that didn’t include these, but they’ve never come close to that fantastic flavor of a good spice cake.

Finally, here it is, my holy grail of spice cake recipe!

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Busy-Day Chocolate Cake

Rated 5 out of 5 by 2 people
November 10, 2013 - Posted in Cake, Desserts by

This cake defies all expectation of what a chocolate cake should contain: milk, eggs and baking powder are all absent. I think this recipe might just work by magic.

My skepticism was quickly replaced by approval when I tried this cake. You can’t tell that it’s been made with an unconventional set of ingredients. And it’s ridiculously easy to make: just measure your ingredients and combine them directly in the baking pan! Talk about a selling point: it saves me time doing dishes!

Bonus: no eggs means you can lick the batter off the bowl!

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Apple Muffins

Rated 4 out of 5 by 2 people
November 3, 2013 - Posted in Breakfast, Desserts, Muffins by

So apple-picking season is over, are you tired of them yet? Why not turn them into something different, like these light, sweet muffins?

This is probably the recipe that started my baking kick. I had an apple lying around and it was getting a little old, but I didn’t want to throw it away. A little light bulb went on it my head and then poof, muffins! This recipe works equally well with firm, fresh apples.

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