Carrot Cake {Holiday Recipe Club 4/5}

carrot cake

Welcome to another Holiday Recipe Club! Today we are sharing Easter/Passover recipes. Interested in joining Holiday Recipe Club? Contact me here!

This time we were all required to use carrots, spinach, or eggs in our post.

When thinking about this time of year eggs, rabbits and chocolate always come to mind.

But other than the hordes of chocolate, carrot cake is my favorite Easter dessert.

I’ve made carrot cake in the past. They were fine cakes, but that was before I knew about the milk bar methods.

carrots Carrot Cake {Holiday Recipe Club 4/5}

So, I made this carrot cake using some of Tosi’s tricks. Carrot cake is baked and circles are stamped out then layered with liquid cinnamon cheesecake. Then you freeze all that and cover it with cream cheese frosting. Decadent, right?

Next time I plan on adding a layer of oatmeal cookie crumbs or pie crumbs on top of each cheesecake layer. The crunchiness would be a nice touch with the cheesecake! [Read more...]

Banana & Lemon Checkerboard Cake {Holiday Recipe Club}

Piece of Cake

Welcome to the Mardi Gras edition of Holiday Recipe Club! Interested in finding out more about the club, or want to join the fun? Contact me here!

Mardi Gras is the ultimate celebration.

A day of final sins (so to speak) before the fasting for lent.

Many people choose to participate in lent, others do it for religious reasons, and others simply love Mardi Gras celebrations (can you blame them?).

What ever you decide to do, it needs to be done with cake. Especially if that cake has 2 flavors! 

The required ingredients for this post were either bananas, bourbon, or andouille sausage. I chose to go with bananas.

They are one of my favorite fruits, and New Orleans is the home of bananas foster!  

banana lemon Banana & Lemon Checkerboard Cake {Holiday Recipe Club}

But, this cake is great because you can choose any 2 flavors you like. Get creative!

The results of a checkerboard cake are gorgeous and so much simpler than you may think. All you need is this checkerboard cake pan set and you are on your way!

Have you ever been to Mardi Gras?

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Apple Pie Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday}

apple pie layer cake layers

Welcome to another Milk Bar Monday! Milk Bar Monday is a group of me + 6 other ladies that are baking our way through the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. Buy the cookbook here to bake along with us!

This week Nicole from Sweet Peony chose our challenge. She decided on the apple pie layer cake.

I must admit…I was a little nervous about starting this adventure. There are a few specialty cake tools needed that I’ve never used before, and this cake has a lot of components to it.

There were a few bumps along the way.

The biggest problem: My acetate cake collars didn’t show up in time for me to make the cake.

slice of cake Apple Pie Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday}

Luckily Krissy had read about substituting overhead plastic sheets in place of the acetate. I stopped by the bookstore on campus and only found a few of the plastic project covers, but bought them anyways.

I cut the sheets into 3 inch wide strips, used in place of acetate collars and it worked!

It’s the perfect solution for any one that either can’t find, or doesn’t want to buy acetate cake collars. 

cut into cake1 Apple Pie Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday}

The other problem…no buttermilk. Luckily you can make your own! Simply add 1 tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice to a little bit less than 1 cup of milk. Let stand 5 minutes then use immediately.

Overall, this cake was not as intimidating as I thought it would be. And it is totally indulgent. [Read more...]

Carrot Cake Truffles {Milk Bar Monday}

carrot cake truffle

Okay friends I am going to keep this short!

This Monday is the first of many very exciting Monday’s to come. I have joined forces with a group of 6 lovely ladies to make a recipes from Christina Tosi’s Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook.

Every few weeks we all are going to pick a recipe, make and post it together! Feel free to bake a long with us. We want to hear your success, failures and everything in between.

Audra rallied us all to come together to make the Carrot Cake Truffles this week.

I have to admit, I was pretty nervous to jump into this book. It’s very different than anything I’ve attempted before.

First of all she does everything in weight. Which is a good thing, if you have a scale!

Luckily I invested in one a while ago. If you don’t own one yet, pick it up here really quick! It makes measuring much easier and more consistent. (Stella of BraveTart recently wrote a post about this!)

truffle collage  Carrot Cake Truffles {Milk Bar Monday}

Secondly, Christina has a series of “mother recipes” she uses to create everything in the book. So once you have the mother recipes down, you can make anything in the book.

This recipe called for the milk crumbs and liquid cheesecake to transform her delicious carrot cake into ball form.

Despite the long process, the truffles were amazing. So don’t be afraid! Pick up your own copy of the book and join in on the fun!

Don’t forget to stop by the other Milk Bar Monday girls to see how amazing their truffles turned out!

Audra from The Baker Chick

Krissy from Krissy’s Creations

Meagan from Scarletta Bakes

Cassie from Bake Your Day

Nicole from Sweet Peony

And Jaqueline from Dusty Baker (our gluten & dairy free baker!)

You can also follow our group on Twitter! [Read more...]

German Sunken Apple Torte {Guest Post by The German Foodie}

Apple Cake

Hello friends! Today I have Sofie Dittmann aka The German Foodie guest posting for me today. You can find her on Twitter @thegermanfoodie and on Facebook! Enjoy!

If you are looking for a quick way to make an impressive German apple cake, look no further. This cake is attractive-looking and so easy to make, a child can do it.

In fact, my son DID do it when he was not even 10 years old, just because he loved the way that cake looked and he also wanted apple cake fast, no, NOW.

So I challenged him to make it himself, and with this recipe, it was REALLY, REALLY EASY.

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“Sunken apple” cake is named such because of the apple quarters that are pressed into the batter and then sink in as the cake bakes. You can either leave this cake as is, or as I did, top it with streusel.

Yes, that will chip away at the “sunken apple” impression, but it is oh so VERY delicious. In any case, in Germany you would always pair this cake with sweet heavy whipped cream, and streusel makes everything better anyhow.

Choose a good baking apple, such as Cortland, for this one, because you want the apple to melt in your mouth.

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