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Black Forest Layer Cake Recipe

With its rich flavors and impressive presentation, this black forest layer cake is sure to be a hit at any gathering or celebration. The fluffy white icing is homemade on the stovetop in less than 10 minutes and adds the perfect contrast to the dark chocolate cake layers. The homemade cherry filling is made with frozen dark sweet cherries and has a hint of amaretto.

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Easy Eggnog Bundt Cake Recipe

This easy-to-follow eggnog Bundt cake recipe with a simple eggnog glaze is sure to make your holiday festive and delicious. It comes together in a few steps and yields a soft, moist and delicious flavorful bite of eggnog yumminess with the right amount of warm spices, sweetness, and just a hint of rum to bring it all together for entire eggnog experience for a delicious Christmas dessert idea.

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Caramel Apple Cake

Few cakes can compare to the taste and nostalgia of an old-fashioned applesauce cake with a rich caramel frosting, topped with chopped nuts. Whether you call it an applesauce cake or a caramel apple cake, you’ll be delighted by how easy it is to prepare this prize winning vintage 9x13 fall dessert for your family or friends. Vintage recipe from my grandmother.

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Easy Mini King Cakes

These Easy Mini King Cakes are a breeze to make, yet very impressive and fun! With Mardi Gras right around the corner, I was inspired to create an easy recipe for this time-honored cake. A two-ingredient cinnamon flavor filling and I used heated store-bought icing and sprinkles for a quick decoration. Don’t forget your little babies! Find out what the colors represent on a king cake.

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Easy Lemon Celebration Bundt Cake

This easy-to-make Lemon Bundt Cake has a moist, delicious bite and is bursting with bright lemon flavor thanks to the addition of lemon Jell-O and limoncello liqueur. The simple sugar lemon glaze is the perfect smooth and luscious compliment to this celebration cake. Easily create white chocolate stars and a dark chocolate drizzle for a gorgeous presentation.

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Black Magic Cake

There’s nothing scary about this Black Magic Cake! The name “black magic” actually refers to the strong black coffee added to the batter that lends to the rich chocolate taste. The layers have a deep, decadent dark chocolate flavor that is complimented by the espresso buttercream frosting. Black magic cake coffee recipe.

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Okinawa Dessert Bars

This is a simple recipe that yields a stunning double layered dessert with a smooth, silky upper layer that has a sugar cookie like crust on the bottom for a slight salty complimentary contrast. Makes 9 large bars. (Inspired by my son, Ryan, currently stationed in Okinawa Japan,) Gluten free, vegan and dairy free.

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Banana Coconut Rum Cake

This dairy-free banana coconut rum cake is extremely moist and full of tropical flavors that combine for a delicious and sweet indulgent Bundt cake. It is topped with a rum sugar glaze that has a hint of coffee flavor and sprinkled with flaked coconut. Full step-by-step instructions for making rum cake with glaze.

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Fairy Tree Stump Cake

This Fairy Tree Stump Cake is where magic and delicious collide. Wouldn’t this be the most enchanting cake for a fairy or girls birthday party? It’s decorated on the outside with charming fairy doors and windows molded out of chocolate, frosting grass, edible butterflies and stump bark made out of chocolate. On the inside, luscious layers of lavender and lemon cake covered in a vanilla lavender buttercream frosting is an enchanting combination.

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Pineapple Lavender Tea Cakes (dairy-free)

These dainty and delicate Pineapple Lavender Tea Cakes are the perfect three-bite treat for a whimsical luncheon or tea party. Sweet pineapple pairs beautifully with a floral hint of lavender and sweetened with a colored Honey Lavender Glaze. These are dairy-free and would be delightful with most any flavor tea. Cute bee themed summer dessert idea.

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Strawberry Champagne Mini Bundt Cakes

These Dairy-Free Strawberry Champagne Mini Bundt Cakes are such an elegant dessert for a special occasion such as Valentines, wedding or baby showers or even for just an afternoon tea party. They are full of strawberry flavor and topped with a pink strawberry champagne glaze and sprinkled with finely chopped freeze-dried strawberries. Made with Nature’s Flavors flavor powder and color powder.

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Japanese Fruitcake

This vintage Japanese Fruitcake recipe is adapted from a 1950’s newspaper clipping from my grandmother's recipe book. It’s a four-layer cake composed of two different flavors: yellow cake and spice cake, with a lemon and raisin filling that is made on the stovetop. Traditionally served around Christmas, Japanese Fruitcake is typically garnished with fresh coconut and maraschino cherries. Old fashioned Japanese fruitcake southern recipe.

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Applesauce Rum Raisin Bundt Cake

This Applesauce Rum Raisin Bundt Cake is a slice of delightfulness, perfect on a cold winter’s day. It brings warm spices, and a moist bite, along with flavors of applesauce and rum with plump and juicy raisins with each slice. The Rum Sugar Glaze elevates this dessert with a creamy hint of rum that is reminiscent of a melted ice cream drizzle, for the perfect balance. Perfect for Christmas Day.

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Dried Pineapple Flowers

What a naturally beautiful and eye-catching decoration these dried pineapple flowers make. Traditionally used to top off a Hummingbird Cake, they can also be used for cupcakes, mini Bundt cakes as well, or perhaps as a garnish to a Luau dish, at any rate, your guests will be impressed! Find out how to make dried pineapple flowers.

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Buttercream Frosting

This recipe for classic Buttercream Frosting is my go-to for decorating cakes and cupcakes. It’s simple, yet delicious and creamy, and also holds it’s shape well when using frosting decorating tips. My variation uses almond extract instead of the usual vanilla flavoring. One reason I like to use pure almond extract is for the clear color. It keeps the frosting a crisp, white color. The flavor of almond extract is also amazing with a sweet, nutty depth.

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S’mores Mug Cake

S’mores mug cake recipe. The ultimate trio of crispy graham crackers, rich chocolate and gooey marshmallow! It’s my secret indulgence that takes me right back to my childhood. This is a huge nod to the classic, but all contained in a big mug, so no mess! This recipe is for one big mug, so make sure you double or use smaller mugs for two people.

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