Cakes Recipes
Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
Warm pumpkin spice cake layers deepened with cocoa and finished with rich chocolate cream cheese icing and a ganache drizzle — my go-to for making Thanksgiving dessert feel a little different.
Chocolate Sweet Potato Bundt Cake
A dense, rich gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate bundt cake made moist with mashed sweet potatoes — the kind of "healthy" cake that fools even the pickiest eater in the house.
Chocolate Cookies 'n Cream Cake
A gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan chocolate layer cake stuffed with crushed sandwich cookies in the icing — the "healthy" cake even the skeptics in my house ask for by name.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion Cake
Moist dark chocolate cake layers packed with peanut butter chips, filled with peanut butter buttercream, smothered in ganache, and topped with Reese's cups and Reese's Pieces.
Strawberry Shortcake Layer Cake
Fluffy gluten-free yellow cake layered with homemade strawberry filling and a whipped cream cheese icing — a showstopper birthday cake.
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Rich chocolate cake layers smothered in a light, silky chocolate whipped cream icing — a chocolate spin on my mother-in-law's classic sponge cake with chocolate whipped cream.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Layer Cake
Alternating layers of chocolate and strawberry cake, chocolate buttercream, ganache, and a crown of chocolate covered strawberries — a showstopper big enough for a real celebration.
S'mores Cake
Three layers of dark chocolate cake baked on a graham cracker crust, filled with marshmallow creme, and smothered in chocolate ganache.
Chocolate Irish Cream Bundt Cake
A doctored chocolate bundt cake soaked in Irish cream liquor and studded with chocolate chips, finished with an Irish cream glaze — an easy showstopper for the holidays or St. Patrick's Day.
Orange Chiffon Cake
A light, moist chiffon cake bursting with fresh orange juice and zest, finished with a simple orange glaze — a culinary school favorite.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake
A peanut butter bundt cake studded with mini chocolate chips, topped with chocolate ganache and chopped Reese's cups — pure crowd-pleaser at any cookout.
Dairy-Free Keto Pumpkin Cake
A three-layer almond and coconut flour pumpkin cake with dairy-free buttercream — proof that a healthy Thanksgiving dessert doesn't mean a boring one.
The Ultimate Oreo Cake
A vanilla cake packed with Oreo chunks, layered with chocolate ganache and Oreo cream cheese icing, then piled with even more cookies — the birthday cake I make for myself every year.
Lemon Blueberry Cake
A three-layer lemon cake studded with blueberries, filled with blueberry preserves and lemon cream cheese icing, and frosted top to bottom.
Chocolate Lover's Bundt Cake
A rich, doctored chocolate bundt cake loaded with mini chocolate chips and smothered in chocolate ganache — easy enough for a weeknight, impressive enough for a party.
Butterscotch Blondie Bundt Cake
All the flavor of a classic blondie baked into a bundt cake, studded with white chocolate and butterscotch chips and finished with a simple vanilla glaze.