Bake or Break

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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Caramel Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

View more photos Quinn is a big fan of caramel. I’ve talked about making him a caramel cake for ages. I like caramel, too, but in small doses. The idea of a cake whose primary flavor is caramel doesn’t really appeal to me. But, I aim to please, so I thought for Christmas I would [...]

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Cinnamon Crown Cake

View more photos So, today is National Bundt Day. I’m still a bit unclear as to whether this day is for the cake or the pan, but I figure they’re a package deal. I do love a Bundt cake. I like that they are usually self-contained sweet satisfaction. There’s no icing to toil with making [...]

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Rum Cake

Every Christmas my grandmother made her famous rum cake. The thing I most remember about it, other than how incredibly good it was, was the process of getting the rum. We lived in a dry county, meaning there was nowhere to buy alcohol. Driving to the next county was the reasonable solution, but my grandmother [...]

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