Healthy-ish cake, cupcakes, pie, and cheesecake recipes and decorating tips
If you thought carrot cake couldn’t get any cuter, allow me to respectfully prove you wrong. This gluten-free carrot cake said, “Why be subtle?” and fully committed to the bit...each slice is decorated like its own little carrot, because apparently we’re not doing anything halfway this Easter. It’s soft, perfectly spiced, layered with creamy frosting,… Continue reading Gluten Free “Carrot” Cake
This no-bake, gluten free mint chocolate cheesecake is here to shamrock your world. With a gluten-free mint Oreo crust and a creamy, dreamy filling loaded with crushed Andes mints, it’s basically a pot of gold at the end of the dessert rainbow. Cool, chocolatey, and perfectly minty, it comes together so easily it almost feels… Continue reading No-Bake Mint Chocolate Cheesecake
These heart-shaped cupcakes didn’t come to be subtle...they came to steal hearts and look cute doing it. Dressed up with pink and red sanding sugar and candy hearts, they’re the ultimate Valentine’s Day treat: flirty, festive, and ready in about an hour flat. They’re easy enough for last-minute baking but cute enough to pass for… Continue reading Easy Heart-Shaped Cupcake Tutorial
These gluten free strawberry Kiss cookies are what happens when Valentine’s Day meets zero patience and maximum sparkle. Soft strawberry cookies get rolled in pink and red sanding sugar (because choosing just one felt wrong), then crowned with a strawberry crème heart-shaped Kiss...a.k.a., a chocolatey little love bomb. They’re cute, festive, and ready in under… Continue reading Strawberry Kiss Cookies
This raspberry cake is what happens when Valentine’s Day, a box of pink heart sprinkles, and a serious love for all things extra get together and feel their feelings. Layers of soft raspberry cake are smothered in raspberry buttercream, then dressed up with hot pink brushstrokes, a glittery heart on top, and a sprinkle heart… Continue reading Raspberry Buttercream Valentine’s Heart Cake
This gluten free peanut butter chocolate cheesecake is proof that sometimes the best things in life require zero baking and maximum peanut butter. It’s rich, chocolatey, unapologetically creamy, and so easy to throw together it practically makes itself (minus baking the crust...but gluten free Oreos ARE involved, so it's worth it). If you’re here for… Continue reading Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake
Since winter clearly forgot to show up this year (one sad snow sighting does not count), I took matters into my own frosting-covered hands and gave myself the only snowstorm I could rely on in the form of my 39th birthday cake. This icy showstopper is dripping in white-and-blue snowflakes, pearly sprinkles, and an irresponsible… Continue reading Winter Birthday Cake
This two-toned white-and-red Christmas cake didn’t come to play: it came to sleigh. With a holly-jolly sprinkle surprise tucked right in the middle and swoops of green buttercream dancing across the top like tiny evergreen waves, this cake is basically wearing its holiday sweater loud and proud. It’s sweet, it’s merry, it’s serving serious North… Continue reading Holly Christmas Cake
Step aside, Santa, this winterscape cake is sleigh-ing the whole season. Dressed in shimmering snowflakes and the tiniest ornament-studded trees, it’s basically the dessert version of stepping into a holiday snow globe. With silver accents that glisten like freshly fallen snow (but without the whole freezing your face off thing), this cake is here to… Continue reading Sleigh the Day with This Teal Winterscape Cake
“Do you like scary cakes?” Because I sure do. This Ghostface Scream cake is a total slice-tacular tribute to one of my favorite horror franchises and the most spooktacular time of year. Forget phone calls from creepy strangers (who still answers unknown calls?), the only thing you’ll be dialing up here is seconds because this… Continue reading Scream Ghostface Cake
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