Category: Cakes
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Mira’s Jeweled Pomegranate Snacking Cake
Mira, the protagonist in my chapter book Mira’s Baking Adventures: The Unicorn Cake, surprises her grandmother with a cake just like this one. Well, almost. Mira’s is a classic vanilla birthday cake (with some rosewater added) and is shaped like a unicorn. This is a super simple, healthy-ish snacking cake adapted from The Mediterranean Dish.…
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Chocolate Caramelized Hazelnut Cupcakes
These fluffy chocolate cupcakes with salty, hazelnut-and-caramel-infused frosting are inspired by two classic European desserts: gianduja, Italian chocolate hazelnut bars dating back to the Napoleon era, and dacquoise, French hazelnut meringues layered with chocolate mousse or ganache. I prepared my all-time favorite chocolate cupcake recipe – a vegan variety made with almond milk, olive oil,…
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Devil’s Food Cake Pops
I set out to serve a slightly modified version of Smitten Kitchen’s delicious chocolate and cheesecake swirl cupcakes at a neighborhood Halloween party, but made a last-minute decision to transform the moist, fluffy cupcakes into cake pops. Coated in vanilla buttercream, with some dark chocolate cake poking through, these have a fun marbled effect –…
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