Cakes Archives - An Edible Mosaic™

Strawberry Streusel Sour Cream Coffee Cake

May 7, 2018 by Faith 1 Comment

Strawberry Streusel Sour Cream Coffee Cake features rich and buttery cake with a hint of vanilla aroma and strawberry flavor; you can customize it with any kind of fruit jam you like!

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). When I have houseguests I always try to get in as much baking as I can, not only to feed them well (I’ve been told I feed people the way a 90-year-old Italian grandma does, lol!), but also because it lets me get in my baking fix, which is like therapy for the soul.…

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 couldnt help but think that in terms of the food, Ive had betterand 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....

45 Springtime Desserts That Are Perfect for Easter

April 18, 2014 by Faith 4 Comments

In the collage above, on the left, top to bottom: Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes with Fresh Strawberry Frosting from An Edible Mosaic and Flourless Carrot Cake with Mascarpone Frosting from Diethood; on the right, top to bottom: Blueberry Crisp from Taste, Love, & Nourish, Vanilla-Almond Pound Cake with Easy Strawberry-Rose Sauce from An Edible Mosaic, and Springtime Cupcakes from Kailey’s Kitchen. You might have noticed that I’ve been posting more of these round-up type posts lately. I actually just meant to post one spring-themed round-up post, but…...

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....

Vanilla-Almond Pound Cake with Easy Strawberry-Rose Sauce

July 18, 2013 by Faith 15 Comments

Beautiful buttery-golden pound cake, faintly flavored with vanilla and almond, 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....

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 […]...

Caramel Apple Cake

November 5, 2011 by Faith 31 Comments

I can be such a party pooper when it comes to surprises. Every year before his birthday, I spend weeks searching for the perfect gift for Mike, which I buy in secret and then stash away. This is all wasted energy really, since I always, always tell him what it is before his birthday (really, it’s sort-of a windfall for him). At Christmas I’m no better. I’ve been known to bribe my sister with Tim Hortons coffee (her favorite) and homemade muffins for information on gifts. I can’t help it, lol…the anticipation is too much for me!...

Parsnip Cake with Maple Buttercream Recipe {Cookbook Review: Sweet Magic by Michel Richard}

January 3, 2011 by Faith 57 Comments

I think I remember Ina Garten once saying that dessert is the most memorable part of dinnershes so right, dessert is the real deal breaker, the thing that takes an ordinary dinner and makes it wonderful or a good dinner and makes it outstanding. Like most people out there, Im a dessert lover, so I was thrilled to recently receive a copy of Michel Richards Sweet Magic to review. The name of this book immediately drew me in; after reading it, I realized just how appropriately named it is. What else but magic could cause a few simple ingredients to come together so harmoniously?...