I saw this cookie recipe recently, and felt totally compelled to make it. They are called loft house sugar cookies (I don’t know why? Do you?) and they are like the ones you find in coffee shops. You know, the big, pale vanilla cake like cookies slathered in pink buttercream frosting?
They really wanted me to make something “Halloweeny.” And because Pia was involved, it had to be chocolate. I thought about my poor old whoopie pie pan that hasen’t been used since this.
Applesauce snuck into my cupcakes last week. And it tasted wonderful ☺
This is sort of a two part post. The first today, and the second (apple maple cupcakes) tomorrow morning. They go hand in hand because they are both cupcakes, they are both versions of the same recipe, and they were both part of my Spooky Halloween Dessert Buffet earlier this week, and again on my little tv spot Tuesday.
This is the cake I brought to a recent “joint birthday”. It was a triple-decker Strawberry Cake with Vanilla Frosting. We still have tons of ripe gorgeous strawberries and the berries coming from the local strawberry farms are so beautiful and sweet. I pureed them and baked them right into the vanilla cake batter. The cake is not too sweet, and when it is paired with sweet tartness of the strawberries and the super sweet vanilla frosting, it is wonderful.
This is a dense, dark chocolate cake made extra moist and banana-y from the banana puree. I also added the tiniest bit of cardamom to complement and echo the chocolate and caramel flavors.
After much trial and error trying to find the perfect chocolate frosting, this is my current favorite. This chocolate fudge frosting is shiny, creamy and really rich in chocolate flavor.
When I saw some lovely green zucchini in my produce box, I got nostalgic and decided to make a chocolate zucchini cake for Mothers Day.
Pia and Coco are completely enamored with the marshmallowy, sugar covered Easter peeps.
I think this carrot cake is kind of like carrot cake for people who don’t like carrot cake. Or at least not the kind filled with little bits of fruity, pulpy, nutty stuff. It is moist and lightly spiced and filled with sweet carrots. Very delicious.