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Greek Lemon Cake

October 27th was mine and Hubby’s 1 year wedding anniversary. We did not follow tradition in eating the top tier of our wedding cake on our anniversary because I’ve heard so many horror stories about how dry and tasteless the top tiers are after one year. Besides, that just gives me an excuse to bake [...]

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe goes with Greek Lemon Cake. INGREDIENTS: 4 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 2 Tbs lemon juice Up to 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar** ** NOTE: This is how much powdered sugar the original recipe calls for. I know that I did not use this much powdered sugar, [...]

Rainbow Cake

Our friend Jeff celebrated his 42nd birthday in October. There was a huge surprise birthday party for him and I had volunteered to make the cake. His wife said that his favorite flavor is white cake with chocolate icing, and Hubby had the bright – literally – idea of dyeing the cake and turning it [...]

Poppy Seed Cake

My mother, the quintessential chocoholic, surprised me this year by not wanting a chocolate birthday cake. She requested her Aunt Alma’s Poppy Seed Cake. After calling a few family members, we were able to dig up the recipe. POPPY SEED CAKE INGREDIENTS: 2 cups flour (sifted) 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp [...]

Flourless Chocolate Cake

I’ve made this a couple times now when we’ve had company coming over. It’s surprisingly quick and easy and tastes delicious! Very rich. INGREDIENTS: 1/3 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces 12 oz. semi- or bittersweet chocolate, chopped into pieces 1/3 cup orange liqueur 6 eggs DIRECTIONS: Preheat [...]