This Banana Cake with Chocolate Almond Streusel is one of my favorites. The cake alone is already wonderful, but the brown sugar, semisweet chocolate and almond streusel topping takes it to a new level. I found this recipe in Ina Garten’s Make it Ahead Cookbook. It is easy to make and would be great for…
This Poppy Seed Cake is one of my all time favorite recipes. It’s very easy to make and yields 7 mini loaves, which are perfect for gift-giving. The cake is already amazing all by itself, but then there’s this sugary orange glaze that you pour over it right when it comes out of the oven….
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce is one of my all-time favorite desserts to make and to serve. It is rich, creamy, and intensely chocolate! If you’ve had flourless chocolate cake before, then you know that it has a mousse-like texture and is really not at all like cake. I’ve baked it in a couple…
The Tarta de Santiago (Spanish for Cake of St James), originated in Galacia, and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is made with almond flour, which means it’s gluten-free. The Galatians were apparently very trendy. The taste is similar to a pound cake, but almost better in my opinion. You can mix it…
A madeleine is a wonderful, shell-shaped sponge cake that actually looks like a cookie. It is believed to have originated in France around the 18th century, but that is the subject of much controversy, none of which matters to me. I just know that I love them. These Brown Butter Madeleines have a deep, rich…
The title for this post, Lime in the Coconut Loaf Cake, pays homage to Harry Nilsson because whenever I bake it, his song runs over and over in my head. So if you know the song or followed my link and listened to it, I guess it will run through your head now. Over and over….