Pao De Lo ~ Portuguese Sponge Cake

Pao De Lo ~ Portuguese Sponge Cake

Pao de Lo is a fluffy soft sponge cake that hails from Portugal. If there is a Portuguese bakery in your town, chances are good that they sell it. It’s often a very tall cake, baked in a tube pan–though not always. It does not Read more…

Easy Peach Crumb Cake

Easy Peach Crumb Cake

During peach season, you can’t help but buy them when they’re dirt cheap at the grocery store. This is the perfect time to make this very easy peach crumb cake. The ingredients are simple beyond belief and the process is so easy. There is no Read more…

Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake

Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake

Sometimes when I make a dessert that turns out as pretty as my old fashioned strawberry shortcake, I have to set one up on the model stand and paint a picture of it. The fluffy dollops of whipped cream, the glittery jewel like highlights on Read more…

Extra Creamy Vanilla Frosting – Vanilla Buttercream

Extra Creamy Vanilla Frosting – Vanilla Buttercream

Are you looking for a vanilla frosting recipe that turns out extra creamy? Well this one not only delivers that, but it also turns out surprisingly light and fluffy. I say surprisingly because this is a buttercream frosting. While these can be very creamy, it’s Read more…

Biscuit Cake ~ Baked in a Pot on the Stove!

Biscuit Cake ~ Baked in a Pot on the Stove!

A biscuit cake is a cake made from finely crushed cookies. It is perhaps the easiest cake (that gets cooked) to make because there are only 2 remaining ingredients: milk and a leavener. If it doesn’t get easier than that, I am about to tell Read more…

Japanese Cotton Cheesecake – Light And Fluffy!

Japanese Cotton Cheesecake – Light And Fluffy!

Have you ever heard of Japanese cotton cheesecake? Some call it light cheesecake, others prefer jiggly cheesecake. Whatever the name, it’s basically a cross between a chiffon cake and a cheesecake. Though widely popular, this tantalizing hybrid hasn’t been around for that long. It wasn’t Read more…

Angel Food Cake

Angel Food Cake

In my opinion, every avid baker ought to know how to make angel food cake. Whether served on its own or used as a springboard for other desserts, it’s the most neutral tasting cake out there. What’s probably the most appealing about this cake is Read more…

Chocolate Avocado Cake with Chocolate Avocado “Butter” cream

Chocolate Avocado Cake with Chocolate Avocado “Butter” cream

If you’re an avid baker, then no doubt you have heard of or even tried adding pureed fruit to a product as a fat substitute. I first heard of doing this years ago when I saw a muffin recipe that called for applesauce instead of Read more…