Kate Bakes Cakes

Pump-can't believe Thanksgiving is over... If you're like me, your pumpkin stash is dwindled but not depleted after Thanksgiving, and throwing away pumpkin is a cardinal sin in your house, too. So if you're trying to come up with a super simple recipe that uses up some of that orange gold, I've got you covered.… Continue reading Pumpkin Protein Cake with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting

Jump to recipe and instructions It seems like the month of October has been about 15 minutes long...I can't believe the best month of the year is already drawing to a close. I baked as spooky as possible at every turn, watched Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus and both Addams Family movies at least 17… Continue reading Every Trick or Treat in the Book

Jump to recipe and instructions I remember watching Little Shop of Horrors as a kid, when I probably really and truly shouldn't have, but how could a movie about a dentist and plant be nightmare fuel for a child of 8? I was raised on Addams Family, Hocus Pocus, Nightmare Before Christmas...I liked spooky, spooky… Continue reading Horrors Are Kinda My Thing

BAKETOBER IS HERE! I've actually made quite a few posts over on my Instagram with some super simple and incredibly fun Halloween breakfast, snack, and dessert ideas, so be sure to head over there for plenty of frights and delights. I wanted to make a blog post with a video tutorial on how to make… Continue reading Chocolate-covered Halloween Cakes

Baklava is a dessert I sincerely miss since entering my gluten free journey the last 4 years. I've looked high and low (and even at Trader Joe's), for gluten free phyllo dough, but no such luck. I also don't miss anything enough to try to make gluten free phyllo dough from scratch considering I can't… Continue reading Baklava Bundt Cake

The Aperol Spritz is my second favorite summertime cocktail (Palomas are firmly #1), and since I'm not a big drinker but I am a huge sweet tooth, I decided this cocktail needed to get the cheesecake treatment. Happy to report adding Aperol and Prosecco to a cheesecake is 100% something you need to try. It's… Continue reading Aperol Spritz Cheesecake

I am all for a good dessert mashup. Brownie bottom cheesecake? Give me three slices. Chocolate chip brookies? I'm in. Basically, if there is a way to turn two desserts into one, I absolutely have to have it. So when I felt like having an apple pie the other day but also kinda wanted cake,… Continue reading Apple Pie Cupcakes

If you're new here, I am positively obsessed with Shark Week. It's like back-to-back Christmas mornings for seven days straight in this house. Being positively jaw-esome apex predators, sharks get misconstrued as being terrible man eaters, but more people die each year from mosquito bites than shark bites...don't get me started on how evil those… Continue reading Shark Week Cheesecake

Jump to recipe and instructions I know gin is one of those polarizing liquors people either love or hate. In my opinion, if you hate it, you're just drinking the wrong brand of gin. I've had some truly terrible gins that tasted like the hanging tree air fresheners you'd find in a 96 Toyota Corolla,… Continue reading Let the Fun Be Gin.

Jump to recipe and instructions June is almost over already? Julyin! Usually, I'm making a birthday cake for my husband this weekend since he's an end of June baby, but he decided (read: work made him) he'd rather go hang out in the Southern Hemisphere for his birthday, so I was left with no birthday… Continue reading Current Mood: Cue the Sparklers.