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This Sour Cream Apple Cake will make your taste buds sing!  Fall is all about the apples, and this sweet and tender apple cake recipe delivers the seasonal apple flavor you crave. Sour Cream Apple Cake Recipe This post contains affiliate links. Just look at the layers of sliced apples in this moist, flavorful cake!  The crunchy, walnut topping is the icing on the cake.  Literally!

As winter comes to a close, and you are longing for warmer days, brighten your day with this recipe for Lemon Pudding Cakes, a sunny lemony dessert. Bring a burst of sunshine to any occasion with these delightful Lemon Pudding Cakes. They're perfect for individual servings in ramekins, making them an elegant dessert or a fun treat. Craving something more casual? Simply bake the batter in a single pan for a crowd-pleasing dessert. Individual Lemon Pudding Cakes This post contains affiliate links. When you use these links to shop I receive a small compensation.  Truth be told, lemon has always been a favorite flavor and these Lemon Pudding Cakes have become a favorite way for me to indulge my love of all things lemon. I think you'll like them, too. 

This Carrot Loaf Cake recipe is not just your ordinary dessert; it delivers all the sweet, moist, and tender memories of your favorite carrot cake with the easy preparation of a loaf cake.  You'll love it's easy preparation when planning your holiday dessert table. Imagine the smiles and satisfaction that will follow when you serve up a slice of this homemade goodness. Moist and Delicious Carrot Loaf Cake (I use affiliate links in this blog post.) Let's preheat the oven, and get baking this perfectly moist Carrot Loaf Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. You'll find it's a breeze for you to replicate at home. If you're ready to bring a slice of homemade happiness to your holiday table, keep reading. 

Say hello to this Easy No-Bake Berry Cheesecake-a delightful treat that's perfect for lazy summer days, picnics in the park, or simply satisfying your sweet cravings without breaking a sweat.  With a mix of fresh, juicy blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, and a velvety smooth cream cheese filling, this cheesecake is a winner in both taste and simplicity. This summer cheesecake is a hassle-free recipe for creating a show-stopping dessert that'll leave your friends and family begging for seconds! Creamy and Dreamy No-Bake Berry Cheesecake Are you dreaming of a scrumptious dessert without the fuss of turning on the oven in the scorching summer heat? Look no further! This No-Bake Berry Cheesecake is here to save the day. This recipe allows you to whip up a mouthwatering dessert with the best berries of the season.

Are you looking for a yummy dessert for a summer gathering?  I love very casual desserts for summer picnics and barbecues.  Poke cakes are a yummy, casual dessert that are always a hit at picnics and barbecues. This coconut tres-leches cake is a family favorite.    Cool, creamy, and full of coconut flavor, this coconut tres-leches cake is perfect for the coconut lover in all of us.  Best of all, this coconut tres-leches cake is semi-homemade.  Start with a box cake mix, pour a mixture of cream of coconut, heavy cream, and evaporated milk over the cake, and then top the cake with fresh whipped cream and toasted coconut. There you have it.  Easy and delicious! Coconut Tres-Leches Poke Cake This yummy dessert is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and impressing your guests. The addition of toasted shredded coconut adds a delightful crunch and a tropical twist to this classic dessert. Whether you're making it for a spec...

Here's a chocolate cake that will help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day but you'll love it any day of the year. What's better than chocolate cake? In my family chocolate cake is one of the top five favorite desserts.  I know this because I took a poll. The only other cake to make the top five desserts list is our favorite carrot cake.  We usually prefer our chocolate cake with a simple chocolate buttercream frosting, but occasionally I try to mix it up by introducing a new filling, like this Irish Cream Cheesecake Mousse. A Kicked-up Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting This post contains affiliate links.  When you shop with these links we receive a small compensation. Irish Cream Mousse Chocolate Layer Cake The Irish Cream mousse used in this cake is yummy by itself or in these  Irish Cream Trifles .  Individual trifles are delicious and would be a fun alternative to this cake for St. Patrick's Day. Our favorite chocolate ca...

Everyone needs a go-to chocolate cake recipe they love.  Do you have a favorite chocolate cake recipe?  Today I am sharing my favorite chocolate cake and my favorite chocolate frosting. I think this is the best, easy chocolate cake to make. As a bonus, I'm sharing a delightful raspberry filling you can add between the layers.  I know, yumminess! Moist and Delicious Chocolate Cake It is a moist, fudgy cake that I always top with Hershey's chocolate buttercream frosting, also found on the back of the Hershey's cocoa package.  Is there anything more satisfying than chocolate cake with chocolate frosting?  Of course not.

Don't you love buttercream frosting on your cakes?  Chocolate and cream cheese frostings have always been my favorites, but this time of year a fruit-flavored frosting is delicious. Here's how you can make a delicious buttercream frosting with natural fruit flavors.  The secret is to use jam in the frosting. Wouldn't this frosting be perfect on your Valentine's Day cupcakes? This frosting is perfect for Valentine's Day but is especially fabulous for birthdays, baby showers, and bridal showers. Yummy and pretty! Making Strawberry Buttercream Pretty Pink Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting This is a recipe for Swiss Meringue Buttercream, flavored with strawberry jam.  The key to a fresh fruit flavor in your frosting is to choose a really good quality jam. I used strawberry jam, but you can use any flavor of jam that will enhance the cake you have made.  Be sure to choose a seedless jam to ensure a smooth frosting that can easily be spread.

Chocolate ganache is one of those things that sounds intimidating but will surprise you because it is so easy to make.  I especially love to use it as a cake topping when I am in a hurry.   It takes very little time to make delicious ganache and it looks impressive. A chocolate cake topped with ganache is a delicious treat for the chocolate lovers in your life. Easy Chocolate Ganache for Cakes The chocolate ganache topping on this single-layer chocolate cake was so shiny it was like a mirror on top of the cake. Don't you love how the ganache drips down the side of the cake?  I added some chocolate sprinkles around the edge of the cake for a little texture, but icing this cake with ganache was as easy as one-two-three.

Red velvet cake has become a favorite at my house.  Over the years I have worked on refining my favorite red velvet cake recipe to find just the right balance of moistness and crumb with the perfect marriage of cocoa and red food coloring.   I think this red velvet cake recipe does just that, and just in time for holiday baking. The Best Red Velvet Cake Recipe This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience.  When you shop through one of these links I receive a small compensation that helps support publishing this blog. My Favorite Red Velvet Cake What could be better than a red cake?  Nothing at all.  The red cake makes it special with the taste of chocolate that is sure to please.  It is perfect for many holidays throughout the year.  Christmas, Valentine's Day, and all the patriotic holidays are made more festive with a red velvet cake.

There are carrot cake recipes in abundance everywhere you look online.  This carrot cake recipe is the one our family has loved for years and years.  It is my mom's recipe and has become a favorite of many of her grandsons.   For that reason, this cake is usually a required dessert on our holiday table.  At one of our recent family gatherings, I surveyed the family asking what their favorite recipe was.  This cake was one of the top five favorites. A Traditional Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Nana's Carrot Cake You don't need a holiday as a reason to make this carrot cake.  It differs from many other carrot cake recipes in that it does not include raisins or pineapple.  

Boston cream pie is a favorite dessert in my family.  If you were to ask Hubby, he'd say I don't make it nearly enough.  This chocolate Boston cream pie came about for that reason.   The other day I noticed I still had a chocolate layer cake in my freezer from a chocolate mousse cake I had recently made.  The texture of the chocolate cake from that recipe was one I thought would work well with the pastry cream of a Boston cream pie.  I was right. Chocolate Boston Cream Pie Chocolate Boston Cream Pie This chocolate Boston cream pie is made completely from scratch but don't let that scare you away. The only difference between this cake and a traditional Boston cream pie is the substitution of chocolate cake, drizzled with a vanilla syrup, in place of a yellow cake. There are three easy steps to this cake.  Consider making the cake ahead of time.  You can make the cake in advance and freeze it like I did.  The cake thaws quickly and you...

I made this dark chocolate mousse cake for Hubby's birthday last week.  As my son tells it, cakes in the Just One Donna household follow a hierarchy.   Hierarchy actually refers to the cake's level of complication and overall decadence. Chocolate Mousse Cake Lowest in the cake hierarchy are the boys' birthday cakes. Those cakes were usually a store-bought ice cream cake, which was always what they asked for. Next comes holiday cakes, which are usually selected from the list of family favorites.  At the top of the hierarchy is Hubby's birthday cake.  He has quite a sweet tooth and the cakes are usually carefully selected to surprise and delight his taste buds. This dark chocolate mousse cake has been hanging out on my Let Me Eat Cake Pinterest Board .  It is a Bon Appetit recipe from 2001 which I think qualifies it for an oldie, but goody label.  Oldie, but goody, or not, this one decadent chocolate cake. It is made in multiple steps and takes a f...

Italian Cream Cake When Hubby had a birthday recently and I wanted to make him a special cake to commemorate his day.  I thought it would be fun to try a new cake rather than rely upon one of my tried and true cakes.  I've been saving cake recipes that look delicious on my Pinterest board, Let Me Eat Cake .  So off I went to see if there was a cake there that might fit the bill. There were two cakes on the board that I thought would tickle his taste buds.  The first was the Italian Cream Cake from lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com and the second was a Coconut Cream Cake from life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com.  I showed Hubby the pictures of the cakes and read the ingredients.  He chose the Italian Cream Cake. I had never heard of an Italian Cream Cake before.  Have you?   An online recipe search for Italian Cream Cake revealed recipe, after recipe, after recipe.  Where have I been all these years to have missed...

Chocolate Mug Cake Chocolate mug cake.  If you are like me you've seen recipes for mug cakes all over the blogosphere and have seen pictures of mug cakes posted on Pinterest.  If you are like me you thought, hmmm...Microwaved cake?  Five minutes?  Really? I wanted to test this concept but wasn't really in a big hurry to do so.  After all, skepticism is well known to me.  Last week, though, I had the urge for chocolate cake and with none in sight, I remembered chocolate mug cake.  Aha, I thought.  This was definitely my time to give microwaved mug cake a go.  The ingredients and method are simple enough.  Mix the dry ingredients with the wet.  Pop a cup into the microwave.  Set the timer for three minutes and before you know it you are eating chocolate cake! Donna's Chocolate Mug Cake Serves one Chocolate Mug Cake Ingredients 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cocoa p...