Archive | Cake Recipes

08 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Chai Spice Cake

Thank you Shelly Fisher for entering this recipe in my Cat Can Cook Recipe Contest in January. It’s her own invention!
Chai Spice Cake

18.25oz devils food cake mix
2/3 c vanilla chai spice coffee creamer
1 chai spice tea bag steeped in 2/3 c boiling water for 3 minutes
1/2 c canola oil
3 lg eggs
2 tsp chinese five spice [...]

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03 March 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Creamy Oreo Cookies Cheesecake

Creamy Oreo Cookies Cheesecake

A cheesecake a day keeps the doctor away? Oh, how I wish. If there is any one food I love, this is it! This particular one is remarkably simple to make. Just work slowly and patiently, and you’ll have a perfect masterpiece by the time you’re done, though you likely won’t want to stand around [...]

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09 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

My Next-Door Nonna

I love my next-door-neighbour! She’s all of about 4′11 but what she lacks in height she makes up for with a generous heart. She makes us wonderful desserts, pastas and today, taught me how to make panattone. I’m thrilled!
Now, I wanted to post Filina’s recipe for panattone, but seeing when I asked for it, she [...]

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06 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Cranberry-Orange-Pecan Bread Recipe

Cranberry-Orange-Pecan Bread Recipe

Another “added-to” recipe. Actually, the reason I ended up changing it, was that during mixing, I realized that the dough was not nearly wet enough, and so I ended up adding another 3/4 cup of orange juice to it, ignoring what the recipe said. It is a heavier bread, very dense and moist though. The [...]

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29 October 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Pumpkin Gingerbread Recipe

Pumpkin Gingerbread Recipe

I had no idea what to blog about today – so I went on a search for “Easy Christmas Recipes” and found this recipe on All Recipes, that looks fabulous! It is a loaf/bread and it really looked excellent. So, I am posting it now, and photographing my own version once it is out of [...]

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02 April 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake Recipe

Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake Recipe

I love Kraft’s What’s Cooking Magazine, so when the latest edition came, and in it was a recipe for the ULTIMATE Cheesecake, I had to try it.  IT just so happened to co-incide with my birthday, so I treated myself and made it! It was SO AMAZINGLY GOOD!!! Try it, you’ll agree!

Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

1-1/4 [...]

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31 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Mandarine Orange Cake Recipe

Yet another *simple* and *yummy* recipe!  This cake literally takes minutes to make, is light, sweet and delicious! Perfect in a nick of time for unexpected company!
Mandarine Orange Cake
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Cup White Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1 Can Mandarine Oranges with liquid
2 TBSP Butter or Margarine
2 TBSP Milk
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
Mix [...]

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23 October 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Diet Pop Cake

This is hands down the *easiest* recipe I have ever heard of! It also totally blows my mind that it works! I learned of the recipe from a lady who makes beautiful cakes, and wanted to share it here.  For anyone who has egg allergies, this is the ideal way to “have your cake and [...]

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15 October 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

I haven’t actually *tried* this recipe out…yet! But it is next on my agenda and I plan to make it this weekend! It has gotten rave reviews!
Cheesecake is my all-time favorite dessert (possibly favorite food period!) and it seems fitting that I should post a Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe in keeping with the “fall theme” here [...]

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28 February 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Did you ever wonder what to do with all of the huge zucchinis you grow in your garden each summer? Hmm, given the snowy weather, and cold February winds, summer gardens are a distant memory in Canada right now. But, even if you don’t have zucchinis coming out your ears (figuratively speaking of course) [...]

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