Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

It's time that time of year to start fancying up all the desserts.

I have been working all week on perfecting these cheesecake bars and they are AMAZING!

I thought with all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season that's fast approaching why not make a bar recipe instead of a traditional cheesecake. These are easy to prepare and store well in the fridge.

Funfetti Mug Cake

I've been really into making individual meals lately so why not individual desserts too?!

I really like the concept of a microwavable mug cake for one.  Perfect for on the go, at the office, or if you're the only one with a sweet tooth, lol!

German Chocolate Layer Cake

As you all know from the past, I'm not much of a chocolate person but I do LOVE German Chocolate Cake.

Growing up it's the cake I remember my Mom making that I really loved.

Probably because of the coconut and pecans in the delicious frosting.

This is a super easy recipe to follow but looks really fancy when you serve this cake.

Crock Pot Black Forest Dump Cake

I am in the creative mood lately with my "smaller" crock pot's and have come up with another delicious creation.

Do you like dessert you don't have to tend to?

Fancy Coconut Layer Cake

This Fancy Coconut Layer Cake is one of the most delicious cakes ever!

It is a super simple recipe and so flavorful you'll impress everyone who tries a slice.

I made this for myself (yes I said myself) for my birthday this year because I LOVE coconut and homemade is so much more delicious than store bought.

Crock Pot Apple Spice Cake

This is literally the easiest and most delicious dessert I've made in my crock pot yet.

I found this new page on Facebook called Tasty and they have some of the easiest recipes out there. This one is adapted from one of Tasty's recipes.

Pumpkin Crazy Cake

A while back I adapted the Chocolate Crazy Cake from Sweet Little Bluebird's blog into a Mocha Crazy Cake and while I was at it I decided because it's Fall I'd make a Pumpkin one too.

These are the easiest one dish cakes ever.  You can mix, bake, and serve all out of the same baking dish.

These are depression era cakes (when ingredients were scarce and they had to make do) so they are also completely dairy free (without the frosting that is) and perfect for those of you with egg or dairy allergies.

Pumpkin Maple Coffee Cake

This is the Holy Grail of Pumpkin recipes!

You know, that one recipe that everyone begs you to bring to get togethers and functions.

That recipe that everyone ask for over and over again.

I kid you not.

This Pumpkin Maple Coffee Cake is the best reinvention of a recipe I have made so far.

I took my Coffee Cake recipe and added some pumpkin and other goodies and it turned into my new favorite pumpkin recipe of the year!  Maybe even the decade :)

Mocha Crazy Cake

While I was checking out Facebook a while back I found this recipe over at Sweet Little Bluebird blog for Chocolate Crazy Cake and adapted it slightly for a Mocha Cake.

What is Crazy Cake you ask?  It's a cake that was developed during the depression when some food items were scarce; like eggs, milk, and butter.  

This is a cake that is made without any eggs, milk, or butter.  This cake is dairy free; which is perfect for those of you with egg or dairy allergies.

Decadent Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Oh my gosh you guys, I have found the most amazing Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe!

I have been looking for a pound cake recipe for a long time and I really just wanted a plain vanilla one.  I have many recipes for flavored bundt type cakes but had a really hard time finding a vanilla one.

I was at my Auntie's a few weeks ago and she had made a delicious Pumpkin Bundt from Joy of Baking website and told me to check it out.

So I did and the recipes I found....Oh my,  I can't wait to try them all.

Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake with Raspberry Glaze

I know you all know how much I love using boxed cake mix, right?

I think they are the easiest platform to start with to achieve a great cake, and why shouldn't we make our lives a little easier in the hustle and bustle of daily life?

I also LOVE Bundt cakes!  There is just something about making them that always puts a smile on my face.

Could be all the cute shapes that are available today or could be that I'm not a huge fan of making layer cakes and by using a Bundt pan you still end up with a really pretty cake.

Chocolate Pistachio Swirl Cake & SRS

It's that time again for our Surprise Recipe Swap.  This is a fun swap hosted by Jutta over at Hungry Little Girl.  For the swap you are assigned a new blog partner each month and you get to look through their blog, find a recipe to try then make it and blog about it.  If you are interested please click on the link at the bottom of this post.

This month I was assigned Heather from My Sweet Mission blog.  I was excited to check out this blog I hadn't visited before.  Heather has an amazing assortment of recipes to chose from.  I actually printed out several of her recipes to try including Patriotic {no roll} Sugar Cookies, Crusty Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes, and Warm Waffle Brownies, and finally settled on her Chocolate Pistachio Swirl Cake for this swap.

Zebra Cupcakes

Do you ever have the feeling that all you do is Pin stuff from Pinterest but never actually TRY the recipes?

I sometimes do and I know that even though I have every intention of trying all the recipes I Pin that I'm lucky if a couple actually get made.

These Zebra Cupcakes & Cake are one of those I've seen all over Pinterest lately and I just had to try it.

The ones I've seen all call for "from scratch" cake batter and if you know me at all you know I LOVE boxed cake mix, so ya, that wasn't going to happen, lol.

I'll say it again.  I don't see anything wrong with baking my cakes with a boxed cake mix. I actually think they are lighter and more moist then most from scratch recipes I've tried.   And if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Rainbow Cake

This was one of my very favorite cakes to make.

It's right up there with my Kit Kat Cake that I made for my son's 16th Birthday.

I made this cake for my daughter's birthday a few weeks ago.

Caramel Apple Crumble Dessert

In my opinion there isn't too much better than caramel and apples together in a warm dessert.

I remember when I first tasted this recipe.

My friend Traci brought it over for a scrapbooking event I was having at my house about 15 years ago.  It was so delicious that I got the recipe from her the next day and made it several times over the next year or so.

Crock Pot Peach Blackberry Dump Cake

I have been wanting to try a dessert in the crock pot for a very long time now and last week I finally got around to doing it.  I love the concept and flavors of a dump cake so I looked in the freezer to see what kind of fruit I had on hand and this is what I came up with.  You will LOVE this dessert.  It is super easy and the house smells delicious every time you open the lid to "take a peek" just to make sure it's actually cooking. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Here's what you need:

16 oz. package frozen peaches, sliced
16 oz. package frozen blackberries
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbs. corn starch
1 - 15.25 oz. box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, unsalted, melted

Place frozen fruit in a large bowl and add the sugar, salt, cinnamon, and corn starch to the fruit.  Mix well.

Spray the liner of the crock pot with cooking spray.

 

Add the fruit mixture to the liner and evenly pour the dry cake mix over the top of the fruit mixture.

 

Pour the melted butter over the cake mix.  It won't cover all the cake mix but it will be fine.

 

Do not try to mix the butter into the cake mix.  The juice from the fruit along with the butter cooks the cake perfectly.

Cook on high for 3-4 hours.  When it's done the fruit will be hot and tender and the cake will be moist and cooked all the way through.  

 

Serve hot with ice cream or whip cream or all by itself (like me) if you are too impatient to taste this wonderful dessert!

Serves 8-12

Enjoy!

Here is the handy printable - Crock Pot Peach Blackberry Dump Cake 

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Strawberry Lemonade Cake

I keep seeing variations of this one cake all around blogland and it looks and sounds DELICIOUS!  It's a Strawberry Lemonade Cake!  I actually printed this recipe from Easybaked blog and used it sort of as a guide as I made this cake recipe my own. Easybaked is a wonderful blog and you should definitely stop by and check it out. Super Yummy recipes everywhere!

Here's what you need:
1 box strawberry cake mix, plus the eggs, water, and oil to make the cake
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup butter, unsalted, at room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
1 packet (0.23 oz.) lemonade Kool-Aid drink mix, this is really tart frosting so you might want to use only half to start and then add the rest until you get the flavor you like

Pre-heat oven as directed on back of cake mix box; probably 350 degrees.
Spray a 9 x 13" baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer or a medium bowl mix the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water as directed on box and beat for 2 minutes.

 

Pour into a 9 x 13" baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

 

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or as directed on the box.  Remove from oven and cool completely.

In a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, butter, and lemonade packet (this is tart frosting so you might want to use only half the lemonade packet to start and then add the rest until you get the flavor you like) until smooth.

 

Add the powdered sugar and starting on low mix until incorporated then turn to medium and beat until completely smooth.

Pour the frosting on the cake and frost the whole thing corner to corner, YUM!

 

Now cut yourself a slice and sit down with a large glass of milk or ice water and enjoy this super delicious, tart and tangy, moist cake.  Mmmmm

Serves - 1 - 9 x 13

Enjoy!

~Hugs~

Michelle

Here's the handy printable - Strawberry Lemonade Cake  

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