• Apple Crisp Cake
    Cakes and Cupcakes

    Apple Crisp Cake

    Annnd I’m back! Maybe you didn’t even notice I was gone, but it’s been nearly six months since I last posted a new recipe. I didn’t plan on such a long break, but here we are. Sometimes, when it comes to creative endeavors, you lose your inspiration and need to take a break to find it again. For months, I didn’t have any great new ideas and I just didn’t feel like baking…and when I tried to bake, nothing turned out the way I wanted it to. *sigh* But a few weeks ago, I woke up one morning with a recipe idea in my head, and I knew I just…

  • Whiteout Cake
    Cakes and Cupcakes

    Whiteout Cake: White Cake With Whipped Vanilla Almond Buttercream

    I’ve been craving white cake lately. Plain white cake with white frosting—the kind you have at weddings, office parties, kids’ birthdays…you get the idea. Normally I’m a chocolate cake fan (if I have to choose), but occasionally I just need something lighter, preferably topped with fruit. Thus, this white cake with whipped vanilla almond buttercream was born! The Classic White Cake I know that a plain white cake seems a little…boring. But if it’s done right, it’s anything but. First of all, you could keep your white cake just plain-old-vanilla (no judgement—vanilla can be delicious), but I like to add a smidge of almond to mine. It gives the cake…