Everything Cake

Dorie describes this cake as a sponge cake that is moist and a bit chewy. It does have one and half sticks of butter in it which almost qualifies as a butter cake for me. Dorie gives a multitude of variations for the cake, I went with orange as that is what I had on…

Chunky Lemon Cornmeal Cake

I was lucky that one of my neighbors had some extra lemons from their tree for this recipe. I voted for this recipe since I had cornmeal and sumac on hand. I was looking forward to using the sumac that I bought when I was in Israel. This recipe is fairly easy to make. The…

Brown Sugar-Spice Cake

Greetings from Redding California. I am here on vacation with a friend who recently moved and I decided to take my Tuesday with Dorie baking assignment with me. What better way to welcome someone to their new home than baking a cake. I was unable to find Italian Plums and I am not a fan…

Lamingtons

National Lamington Day celebrates an iconic Australian dessert. It is observed every year on July 21. In honor of this day we are making Lamingtons for Tuesdays with Dorie. Lamingtons are cubes of cake usually sponge covered in chocolate and coated with unsweetened coconut. This is a new dessert for our household but we were all…

Curd, Cream and Berry Cake

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there. I voted for this because I think whipped cream, berries and cake is a quintessential spring dessert and perfect for Mother’s Day. Based on reviews from those that have made this already, I needed to enlist a dish washer ie my husband and I needed to…

Swedish Fika Cake

Here is a dessert that is completely new to me, Swedish Fika Cake. The cake is baked in a spring form pan. I placed some parchment paper on the bottom of my pan and then buttered and floured the pan as directed. The cake base is a butter cake with nearly 2 sticks of butter….

Cranberry Spice Squares

Happy Thanksgiving! I managed to bake on time and take a picture but posting timely still proves to be an issue for me 🙂 I served these for our annual Friendsgiving and they were a big hit especially the cream cheese frosting. The holiday spices made for a perfect dessert. Definitely a make again recipe….

Caramel-Pear and Cinnamon Upside-Down Cake

We are in a caramel mood with the Dorie baking groups having just finished a caramel-apple crisp from Baking with Dorie. We really enjoyed the caramel sauce so another version was welcomed. I purchased D’Anjou pears as they looked the best. I was out of Chinese five-spice so I took Dorie’s substitution for cinnamon. I…

Cornmeal Skillet Cake

This cornmeal buttermilk cake can be made in a loaf pan or a skillet pan, I went with the latter. I obviously used the optional berries. This was an easy cake and only required two bowls unless you count the vessel used to melt the butter. The skillet version bakes up quick in only 30…

Swirled, Spiced Sour Cream Bundt Cake

We have not had cake in a while so this was a nice treat and I can’t remember the last time I made a bundt cake. For the swirl, I omitted the nuts so my son could eat it, I used chopped chocolate the dark kind and my unsweetened cocoa was also dark chocolate. The…