Kate Bakes Cakes

Jump to recipe I always get a little sad when I finish my final Baketober recipe. I firmly believe October needs to be longer, or maybe we need to get a second Halloween in like, February or something because spooky bakes are just the best...after all, demons are a ghoul's best friend. I have been… Continue reading Love at First Bite 🧛‍♀️

Jump to recipe If you hear a cackling voice floating over the wind this weekend, it's just me, eager with delight that Halloween is so, so very close. It's been a few months since I've made a batch of cookies, so I approached this week's bake with a "go big or gourd home" mentality. I… Continue reading Quite the Pumpkin Batch

Jump to recipe Alright, it's mid-October, I've watched all my favorite silly Halloween movies six times, it's 50 out, gray, and rainy, and I am pretty sure I've died and gone to spooky heaven. The only thing that could make the day any more perfect is a cupcake, so it's good thing I've got a… Continue reading Squad Ghouls

Jump to recipe Dessert shouldn't be the only thing getting the Baketober treatment. That's right, it's my mission to make breakfast spooky, too, and through donuts, all things are possible. This black velvet donut recipe is insanely easy to throw together, and even piping spiderwebs (more spiders, seriously?!) and glazing with ghost slime only adds… Continue reading Black Velvet Donuts

Jump to recipe I know that summer is coming to close when two things happen: 1. I no longer have to get up before the sun to take my dogs for a walk without dying, and 2. I begin to have an uncontrollable yearning to put pumpkin spice or caramel in literally everything. Both of… Continue reading Snackin’ on the Spiderwebs

I may be a grown woman, but dang do I ever love Poptarts. I haven't had a real one since before 2019 when I began to have a terrible gluten intolerance (thanks, aging!) and had to eliminate wheat from my diet. I've tried some gluten free Poptart-adjacent pastries from various brands, but most of them… Continue reading PB&J Gluten Free Poptarts

As someone who loves fall and a rich history of French Canadian ancestry, you might find it surprising that I've never had maple cream pie. Syrup practically runs through my veins, so I knew this was one thing I had to try. I will say it is obviously a very sweet and not at all… Continue reading Maple Cream Pie

Oh my gourd am I ever happy its pumpkin season again. After a lovely 2-week trip to Amsterdam and Norway, I am back home and baking gluten free goodies like crazy. These pumpkin pie blondies are satisfying my major basic white girl need to bust into fall by pumpkining all the things. And at only… Continue reading Pumpkin Pie Blondies

Jump to recipe I had such a blast making my Shark Week cupcakes last month, I wanted to try out a new set of animal cupcakes featuring my second favorite animal of all time: the hedgehog. Much like how I can relate to the shark's bottomless hunger and angry resting face, I feel similar kinship… Continue reading Livin’ on the Hedge

I know, that's a mouthful to say, but thankfully it's also a mouthful to eat. And BOY I have been sleeping on blondies. I 100% consider myself a brownie kinda gal...the only Blondie I was a fan of before this recipe sings "Call Me" and "Rapture." But add a little American Dream cashew butter to… Continue reading Apple Strudel Cashew Butter Blondies