Category Archives: cake

Chocolate-Raspberry Icebox Cake

If there is any dessert worthy of the description “hot mess,” it’s the icebox cake. It is really difficult to go wrong with this cake. If you can pile whipped cream on top of cookie wafers until you’ve made a … Continue reading

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Candy Corn Cake: Failure

Have you ever had an idea that you wanted to work so badly, you managed to drown out all the very logical reasons it might go wrong with one single thought: Man, this is going to be awesome! Allow me … Continue reading

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German Flag Layer Cake

I spent two weeks in Germany just over a decade ago. (Let’s pause for a moment so I can get over how old that sentence made me feel.) I had been to Europe the year before with a group from … Continue reading

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Blueberries & Cream Cheese Cake

What do you do when it’s so hot, you can barely muster the energy to get up and refill a glass of water, much less even think about baking anything? You could try to tough it out in a 100°+ … Continue reading

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