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Black Cocoa Chocolate Galaxy Cake

Did you know there’s a thing such as black cocoa powder? Yep, the same type that Oreo’s are made from. You can buy it online. I purchased some quite a while back from King Arthur when I make homemade style Oreo’s and I wanted to play around with some colors on top of some…

Rum Cake

Rum Cake recipe slightly adapted from Gimme Some Oven 2 1/2 Cup cake flour 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. kosher salt 1 3/4 Cups sugar, divided (use 1/4Cup for egg whites) 3 egg whites, room temp pinch of cream of tartar 6 egg yolks, room temp 10 Tbsp….

Earl Grey & Lavender Cake with Blackberry Buttercream

I came across this black loose flavored tea while in the grocery store one day and it sounded so good, I bought it, but parked it in my pantry for the longest time. I finally decided it was time to put it to good use. I just love the…

Salted Caramel Toffee Crunch Cake

Do you know how hard it is to decorate a cake with caramel and not lick your fingers? The bad thing about caramel is it’s sticky and gets all over everything. The good thing about caramel is it’s sticky and gets all over everything. Okay, I might have had a lick or two… This…

Pistachio~Rose Cake: Pistachio Cake with Pistachio and Rose Buttercream

I think everyone knows my obsession now with rose flavored desserts, and pistachio and rose are like BFF’s. Since I had some rose buttercream leftover from my macarons it gave me an idea to come up with a recipe for pistachio and rose cake. I still ended up making buttercream since my leftovers weren’t…

Stump de Noel

I’ve always been a person that is mostly “out of the box”. I tend to think a bit differently than your average Joe, so when I saw this recipe for a stump de noel vs. the traditional buche de noel, I was intrigued. It’s a very striking dessert that has that “wow factor” when you’re…