Cakes Archives - An Edible Mosaic™

Caramel Apple Cake Recipe

September 11, 2020 by Faith 31 Comments

This moist Caramel Apple Cake Recipe is warmly spiced, rich with caramel, and has a full pound of apples baked into the cake. And it’s finished off with an easy-to-make vanilla cinnamon buttercream!

I can be such a party pooper when it comes to surprises. Every year before Mike’s birthday, I spend weeks searching for the perfect gift for him. I buy it in secret and then stash it away.

This is all wasted energy. I always, always tell him what it is before his birthday (it’s sort-of a windfall for him, I guess).…

Strawberry Coffee Cake Recipe

July 17, 2020 by Faith 1 Comment

This Strawberry Coffee Cake Recipe features rich and buttery crumb cake with a hint of vanilla aroma and strawberry flavor. And the best part is that it’s an easy-to-make one-bowl recipe! Even though I eat low-carb most of the time, I always enjoy baking. Spending an afternoon in the kitchen watching ingredients like flour, sugar, and eggs cohesively meld into something beautiful and delicious is like magic. Or if you want to realistic, it’s chemistry, lol)!...

Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe with Easy Strawberry Sauce

May 18, 2020 by Faith 13 Comments

This Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe features a gorgeous golden buttery pound cake that’s faintly flavored with vanilla and almond. It’s easy to whip up strawberry sauce from scratch, or use any fruit that’s in season! This is the perfect summer dessert. It’s simple and pretty, not to mention it’s a fantastic vessel for topping with some of summer’s beautiful bounty: fresh strawberries, blueberries, peaches, apricots, or cherries!...

Earl Grey Tea and Honey Pound Cake with Walnuts

October 9, 2015 by Faith 11 Comments

This Earl Grey Tea and Honey Pound Cake with Walnuts pairs the citrusy flavor of bergamot with the sweetness of honey and the crunch of walnuts. Not long ago, a friend was gushing to me about a fabulous afternoon tea she had at a local hotel. Not one to miss out, I had to check it out for myself. It was indeed a lovely tea, but I couldn’t help but think that in terms of the food, I’ve had better…and could probably make a few tastier treats myself at home....

Strawberry-Filled Vanilla Layer Cake with {Stabilized} Whipped Cream Frosting

August 22, 2014 by Faith 14 Comments

In my home, desserts are just as seasonal as any other food. It would be strange to have a hearty beef stew for dinner in the middle of summer, and it would be all but unheard of (except for a birthday celebration) to have a rich, heavy chocolate cheesecake for dessert. Summer calls for fresher, lighter fare all around…dessert included....

Jam-Topped Spiced Honey Cake

August 30, 2013 by Faith 15 Comments

A while ago a friend asked me for a honey cake recipe for Rosh Hashanah. But not just any old honey cake recipe. She said she’d had enough mediocre and even unpleasant honey cakes to last a lifetime. Complaining that most cakes were too dry, too sweet, too heavily spiced, or not spiced heavily enough, she asked me for the perfect recipe. She even threatened to swear off honey cake altogether if I didn’t give her one. Well, I couldn’t let that happen....

Golden Vanilla-Fig Cake

September 10, 2012 by Faith 36 Comments

The first time I had a fresh fig was in Damascus on mine and Mike’s honeymoon. Mike and I were served a platter of fruit (it’s the standard fare served after a big meal there…not really dessert, since that comes later. More like an after-dinner treat). A few ripe, very tempting figs rested on an ornately designed silver platter. One fig was cut in half, its deep red, juicy interior exposed; it looked soft and sweet and was practically calling out to be eaten. One bite and I was sold; that was all it took to ensure I turn into a fig-crazed maniac until I […]...

Parsnip Cake Recipe with Maple Buttercream

January 3, 2011 by Faith 52 Comments

Parsnip lends an earthy sweetness similar to roasted chestnuts to this maple-sweetened, cinnamon-spiced Parsnip Cake Recipe with Maple Buttercream. I think I remember Ina Garten once saying that dessert is the most memorable part of dinner. She’s so right, dessert is the real deal breaker. Dessert is the course that takes an ordinary dinner and makes it wonderful or a good dinner and makes it outstanding....

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