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Check out my birthday cake! It may not look very festive, but it definitely brightened the day because it was my first attempt at a true Southern caramel cake. Caramel cake is a Southern classic, but I’d never even heard of it until I was in my thirties and saw it in The Cake Mix [...]
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If you can’t decide between cheesecake or regular cake and like the attributes of Boston Cream Pie, this dessert has it all! The recipe is from my friend Alton’s family cookbook. If you recognize it as one from Philadelphia Cream Cheese, take a closer look because you’ll see that there’s less cream cheese, sugar and [...]
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Oh no, not another vanilla cupcake recipe! Yes, indeed. This is for everyone who is frustrated by the fact that it’s so easy to make a good scratch chocolate cupcake, but not so easy to make a soft, tender, vanilla cupcake. This recipe changes the game. Not that I don’t also love these sour cream [...]
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This cake has been kind of a work in progress. The original version was good — so good in fact, I called it my favorite. However, I tested it with a few different frostings and decided the original version was almost too moist and that I wanted a slightly sturdier version to stand up to [...]
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Today’s recipe is another one I plan to make for Austin Bakes for Japan. Inspired by Stef and her vanilla bean buttercream (she said it tastes like melted ice cream!), I made a batch of white cupcakes which really showcase the flavor of vanilla bean paste. Why the paste instead of the bean? Vanilla beans [...]
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Earlier this week I was asked if I had a scratch recipe for Funfetti Cupcakes. My friend liked the box version (Betty Crocker’s is called Rainbow Chip and Pillsbury’s is Funfetti), but she’s living in Europe where it’s hard to find. I didn’t have a scratch version, but was up for the challenge! Especially since [...]
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The yellow cake tests are done! The winner was Shirley Corriher’s cake, but if you have the ingredients on hand for any of the cakes below, they were all more than passable. If you like charts, here’s an at a glance table showing the ingredient lists. Yellow Cakes Based on 1-2-3-4 Cake Recipe Magnolia Carole Walter Paula [...]
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I was pretty anxious to test this last yellow cake – and not just because it’s last. I think we’ve had our fill of yellow cake, but at least I now have a go-to recipe. This recipe was the sixth yellow cake tested and what was interesting about it, other than that it was recommended by my [...]
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