Yellow Cake with Dark Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. As many of you know, my fiance and I have recently purchased a house and after 20 years of moving around the country and the world, I have moved back to my small hometown.
Although the physical move this time around was only a distance of about 40 miles, it has been quite a journey. The entire process, which included an arduous and extensive remodel, took up most of our time for an entire year. And like all huge undertakings, we had ups and downs and questions and doubts along the way. But now that we’re here and finally settling in, everything is falling into place and it all seems more than worth it.
I love this house. I didn’t know I would feel this way. I’ve decided to fully embrace this new life, including my pop-in visitors. Today’s cake is yellow with a delicious dark chocolate buttercream frosting. So if you’re in the neighborhood, stop on by! My New Favorite Zucchini Bread recipe from Food52. Brown Sugar Apple Upside Down Cake with Apple Cider Caramel and Spiced Walnuts recipe from Food52. Author Notes: I love upside down cakes because they are beautiful and rustic at the same time.
Apple cider caramel has become a family favorite for it's delicious apple and spice flavor. Nigel Slater's Extremely Moist Chocolate-Beet Cake recipe from Food52. Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. I know that saying anything is the best is a bold statement, but I stand completely behind this one.
There’s nothing I love more than buttery, satiny smooth and sublime frosting. And few things are worse than an absolutely subpar frosting. This chocolate buttercream certainly ranks among the sublime. The combination of butter that is substantionally whipped, just enough powdered sugar, and a moderate amount of chocolate makes this positively dreamy. It makes me want to lick the frosting off of the cupcakes and pass on the cupcakes themselves.
Moist Yellow Cake Recipe at Epicurious. Strawberry Shortcake Snake. This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Ever wonder how many seeds sit on a typical strawberry?
Two hundred, to be exact. But even more impressive is the amount of vitamin C strawberries pack. One serving, which equals about eight medium berries, provides 130 percent of our bodies' daily requirement. Whether you're choosing a cartonful at the grocery store or picking your own at a farm, look for bright-red color, a sheen and fresh-looking leaves. With plenty of strawberries fresh from the patch, summer is no time to scale back on dessert, particularly if one of these shortcake snakes winds up on your plate. What you'll need How to make it Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Leprechaun Trap Cake. This may look like a perfectly innocent cake meant to lure a leprechaun to the top but it has a few secrets.
Secret #1: Beneath the pile of gold coins are fragile bars, when the leprechaun approaches to grab the coins he’ll fall into the pit and be trapped. Secret #2: There is a rainbow hiding inside the cake. The leprechaun will discover this as he eats his way to freedom. Have you heard of Leprechaun traps? Our Best Cupcakes. Banana Cupcakes with Caramel Buttercream - Classic Cupcakes - Cupcake - MarthaStewart.com. Strawberry Cake From Scratch. I want to share with you my absolute most favorite recipe for homemade strawberry cake.
For some reason, good from-scratch strawberry cake recipes are really hard to find. There are a wealth of recipes that use strawberry-flavored jello, strawberry extract, and a boxed cake mix but what if you want to make a cake to put a dent in that gallon bag of strawberries you have in the freezer? If you ask me, strawberries just might be the world’s most perfect fruit. Well, pretty darn perfect as long as they’re ripe and clean Decadent enough to be considered dessert on their own, they most certainly don’t need artificially flavored Jello and food coloring to bring out the best in them.
If you are still looking for a good, completely-from-scratch strawberry cake without Yellow No. 5 and Red No. 6, this should go on the top of your must-try list. “This is so cool! My husband was really excited. Simply Delicious Strawberry Cake Recipe : Paula Deen. Pink Lemonade Layer Cake Recipe : Paula Deen. The BEST chocolate cake ever...that happens to be VEGAN. I kid you not! Grown-Up Birthday Cake recipe from food52. Author Notes: I had already started to make my mom's go-to birthday cake--a yellow cake made with white wine that she cribbed from the Chicago Tribune eons ago--when I realized I didn't have the 1 cup of vegetable oil the recipe called for.
So, hello olive oil substitute! I did worry that it would overwhelm the delicate taste, but it actually turned out beautifully--richer than the veg oil version and very moist. - Midge (less)Author Notes: I had already started to make my mom's go-to birthday cake--a yellow cake made with white wine that she cribbed from the Chicago Tribune eons ago--when (…more) - Midge Food52 Review: We've wanted to award this beauty a Wildcard win for some time but Jenny beat us to it: Olive oil and wine make the cake fruity and complex (do use good ones, as you will taste all of their delicious nuances); the jam layer swings in with a little flash and tartness; and the thin coat of creamy chocolate icing seals the deal. Grapefruit Cake with Grapefruit Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe : Paula Deen.
Candy Snack Cake Recipe : Paula Deen.