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Mandarin Orange Cake
A delicious, easy cake that is a great summertime treat is a Mandarin orange cake with its light, creamy pineapple frosting. Yum! Even when you don’t stir the Mandarin oranges enough to break them up...
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Cold Oven Pound Cake aka. “Smelly Cake”
My dad did not really cook; fried eggs, oatmeal, toast, and grilled cheese was pretty much the extent of his solo endeavors. However, he did attempt to make a cake on his own…twice. I believe my sister...
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Mom’s Fruit Cake
The beginning of December meant the beginning of the candy making/baking season for my mom. The first item she usually made was fruit cake (aka. fruitcake)…so it would be ready to eat by Christmas....
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Grandma’s Banana Cake
In my mom’s recipe box, I found a recipe in my paternal grandmother’s handwriting for banana cake. I can’t say I remember either my mom or my grandmother making a banana cake, but I decided I wanted to...
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Caramel Icing
My daughter was having a difficult time deciding what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, so I suggested that she decide what type of icing or frosting she wanted first then we could figure out a...
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German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan Frosting
German chocolate cake is something that I have never been that into…except for its icing. I love its coconut-pecan icing. It was never a cake that my mom or grandmothers made very often. In fact, the...
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Mom’s Pepsi Cola Cake
There is quite a bit of irony that nearly every year of my early life I asked for a Coca-Cola Cake for my birthday. First, it is a chocolate cake and I am not the biggest fan of chocolate. Second, I...
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Sour Cream Cake
My daughter wanted a vanilla cake with a blueberry filling and marshmallow frosting for her birthday. Although she does not like sour cream, she does like sour cream doughnuts (she just doesn’t know...
View ArticleOrange Slice Cake
When I found the hand-written recipe for Orange Slice Cake in my mom’s recipe box, I briefly thought it was for the orange cake that our neighbor, Gussie, frequently made and shared with us. It was...
View ArticleGerman Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan Frosting
German chocolate cake is something that I have never been that into…except for its icing. I love its coconut-pecan icing. It was never a cake that my mom or grandmothers made very often. In fact, the...
View ArticleMom’s Pepsi Cola Cake
There is quite a bit of irony that nearly every year of my early life I asked for a Coca-Cola Cake for my birthday. First, it is a chocolate cake and I am not the biggest fan of chocolate. Second, I...
View ArticleSour Cream Cake
My daughter wanted a vanilla cake with a blueberry filling and marshmallow frosting for her birthday. Although she does not like sour cream, she does like sour cream doughnuts (she just doesn’t know...
View ArticleOrange Slice Cake
When I found the hand-written recipe for Orange Slice Cake in my mom’s recipe box, I briefly thought it was for the orange cake that our neighbor, Gussie, frequently made and shared with us. It was...
View ArticleZucchini Bundt Cake
Apparently, Bundt Cakes are once again “in.” King Arthur Flour even named 2017 “Year of the Bundt.” I guess I really don’t move in the proper circles, because I never knew Bundt cakes were ever out....
View ArticleGrandma’s Easy Lemon Bundt Cake (Enhanced Version)
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View ArticlePear Upside-Down Gingerbread
Although it is not something I do that often, I have been known to make a cake for my family to have for breakfast. Frankly, I really do not see much of a difference between eating donuts or pancakes...
View ArticleSorghum Layer Cake
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View ArticleCold Oven Pound Cake aka. “Smelly Cake”
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