Strawberry Lemonade Cake

Here is Bob’s birthday cake which was the perfect summery cake.  Just a warning that the flavored whipping cream is really tart so if you don’t like tart then I would suggest cutting down on the flavoring.  The recipe comes from “Lolly Jane”. 1 lemon cake mix 1 small box lemon pudding mix 4 eggs … Continue reading

Chocolate Diet Coke Cake

So I decided for the dessert for Bob’s Father’s Day feast to try that Diet Coke cake that’s all over Pinterest.  You know the one where it’s a cake mix and a can of Diet Coke and that’s it?  Yeah, so this is that cake.  I told Bob what it was but I didn’t tell … Continue reading

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mason Jar Cakes

Here is the chocolate version of the mason jar cakes, chocolate peanut butter to be exact and they are delicious!  The chocolate peanut butter frosting recipe comes from Taste of Home (see link below). 18 (8 oz each) jelly jars 1 chocolate cake mix plus ingredients to make cake 1 extra egg 1 small box … Continue reading

Vanilla Oreo Mason Jar Cakes

It was Laurel Tribute last night (a recognition night for the graduating seniors) and even though I’m not in Young Women anymore, my friend Diana, the new YW president, asked if I would make the treats, yippee!!  It was held in the Bishop’s backyard so I thought these little mason jar cakes would go just … Continue reading

Premium Tres Leches Cake

Here’s our Cinco de Mayo dessert which was outstanding!  I have another Tres Leches cake on the blog that is made from scratch so I wanted to try one made with a cake mix to compare and this is by far the winner, everyone liked this one better, it was moister and fluffier and tastier.  … Continue reading

Black Magic Cake

Courtney and Jaren come over a lot for Sunday dinner and Cort always wants chocolate cake for dessert so yesterday I just made this cake without even asking her what she wanted since I knew the answer already.  The recipe comes from “allrecipes” and is delicious! 1 3/4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup … Continue reading

Three Ingredient Lemon Loaf

This recipe seemed to good to be true so I had to give it a try.  It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either, it just wasn’t lemony enough but I think with a little tweaking it could be great.  It’s a Betty Crocker recipe and I’ll try it again at some point with some … Continue reading

Oreo Cheesecake Chocolate Cake

It was Courtney’s birthday on Sunday and this is the cake she picked.  It was easy to make but took a little bit of time and my ganache was way too runny (as you can see), I should have added some more chocolate to it to get it a little thicker but it tasted great … Continue reading

Irish Cream Bundt Cake

And to finally finish posting about our St Patrick’s Day feast, we end of course with dessert which was this delicious cake which even though it wasn’t chocolate was gone the day after St Patty’s Day!  The recipe comes from All Recipes and would be delicious anytime of year and with any flavor added in … Continue reading