It’s super easy to make a Halloween cake when you have, as I always do, ready-made components in your freezer and refrigerator. I didn’t want to go shopping for candy eyeballs, pumpkin marshmallows, licorice, or anything else for that matter. I wanted to “eat down the fridge and freezer desserts” as I do with savory […]
Easy Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake
Try this easy technique for a cake just right for Valentine’s Day. No specialty cake pan is needed! All it takes is one 9-inch round layer, baked, cooled, chilled and few cuts with a knife. Here is the Step by Step: Bake a Chocolate Torte to Live For: Either the Standard cake, the No […]
Brooklyn Blackout Cake for National Chocolate Cake Day
For National Chocolate Cake Day, my first thought was to post the recipe for the cake that started it all for me, the Chocolate Cake to Live For, but the one I really wanted to share is the cake of my childhood, the Ebingers Bakery Brooklyn Blackout Cake. No matter where I have traveled to […]
The Christmas Party Cake called Bûche de Noël
Bûche de Noël is the French name for a Christmas cake shaped like a Yule log. Traditionally this is a rolled cake, but I have learned that unless the cake contains an unthinkable amount of fat, a rolled vegan cake will be greasy (and exceptionally unhealthy). Still, I wanted a holiday log complete with mushrooms shaped […]
