Bake or Break

Cinnamon Roll Cake {Plus a Baking Sheet Digital Subscription Giveaway}

I love recipes that take a well-known, well-loved baked good and present it in an entirely different way. I also love baked goods that are just as good for breakfast as they are for dessert. So, you can imagine that this Cinnamon Roll Cake makes me very happy.

The cake itself is a lovely yellow cake made with one of my favorite cake ingredients – sour cream. A little cinnamon sugar gets partially mixed into that delicious cake. Then, the cake is layered with a combination of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. To top it all off, a sweet vanilla glaze goes on top of the baked cake.

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Peanut Butter Texas Sheet Cake

As I’ve told you before, I am a big fan of one-layer cakes. Elaborately frosted, tiered cakes are not my favorite things to make. Luckily, you don’t need to make that kind of effort to make a beautiful cake.

I’ve had Texas Sheet Cakes before, but they’ve always been chocolate. This one, however, is all about peanut butter. If you love peanut butter like I do, you’ll be happy to know that there is peanut butter in both the cake and the icing.

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Mini Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cakes {Plus a Pampered Chef Giveaway}

Just last week, I shared my love of mini desserts with a collection of my favorites. That love lives on with these coffee cakes.

Recently, The Pampered Chef sent me a big box full of good stuff to try. As soon as I spotted their new Single Servings Pan, I knew that I would put it to good use. The cups of the pan are deep and tapered, so it’s perfect for making pretty individual treats that stand tall.

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl

I toyed with the idea of having this be the shortest description of a recipe I’ve ever written by simply writing: This is the best coffee cake ever. But, I thought maybe you’d want to know why this is the best coffee cake ever.

One of the reasons for that declaration is the texture of the cake. It is so amazingly soft and light. It’s one of the most easy-to-eat cakes I’ve ever had.

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Weekly Mix: One-Layer Cakes

Those of you even vaguely familiar with this blog know that I’m not much for big pretty cakes. I love them, of course, but my frosting skills are not the best. Nor is my patience level.

I’ll keep working on it, but in the meantime I’m sharing some of my favorite one-layer cakes. Some are frosted, and some don’t need anything but the cake. These beauties are just lovely in their one-layer awesomeness.

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Pecan Cake with Rum Frosting

I feel confident that I would enjoy just about any dessert that features pecans. In the case of this cake, finely ground pecans are the star.

This nutty cake is tall and delicate and really just lovely. It isn’t overly sweet. That’s good, because the rum frosting is sweet enough to complement it perfectly.

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