Kate Bakes Cakes

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.

Bust out of your shell and try this absolutely divine pistachio pie. Perfect for summer- it's light, airy, and just the right amount of sweet. An absolutely refreshing treat to rival even ice cream...yeah, I went there (nuts, I know, but really, it's a great pie). It takes about 5 minutes to put together, and… Continue reading No Bake Pistachio Pie

Don't get me tarted on how much I hate warm weather. I'd rather be layered in flannel, dashing through the snow, and enjoying ambient temperatures as cold as my heart. But here we are, early in May, with the sun trying to strike me down at every opportunity. But when life gives you lemons (or… Continue reading Lemon Mini Cheesecakes

I ain't dandy-lyin' when I say I have a new favorite springtime cupcake flavor: gluten free key lime. They are light, springy, and full of lime flavor. Between the fresh squeezed lime juice in the cupcakes and also in the cream cheese frosting, these are some of the most refreshing cupcakes I've ever tried. I… Continue reading Key Lime Cupcakes

Pied like to thank the phrase, "Where there's a will, there's a way," for making this sugar free, gluten free caramel cream pie possible. I absolutely adore caramel, but hate consuming a ton of sugar, which is essentially 90% of what makes up caramel (the other 10% belong to butter and heavy whipping cream, so… Continue reading GF/SF Caramel Cream Pie

Get egg-cited!!! It's Cadbury egg baking season! Y'all, mini Cadbury eggs are positively dangerous. It's a 1-pound bag of M&M's on flavor steroids, essentially. I knew I wanted to make a few recipes with these delicious little devils, and I figured what better way to start than with the world's chocolatiest cake? No bunny better… Continue reading Gluten Free Chocolate Fudge Cake