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Strawberry Vanilla Cake with Roses made out of Buttercream

Mom, I made this strawberry vanilla cake for you. Because you love roses so much. I made this for Mother’s Day. The vanilla cake layers are a moist and sturdy base, which is then filled with a strawberry filling. This time I decided not to make my beloved sponge cake, but instead tried a new recipe. Yes, the filling does contain butter, but it also has a large part of strawberries and also cream cheese. I feel it tastes lighter than any buttercream. This cake is perfect for Mother’s Day, but obviously it can also serve as the base for any wedding cake. You can see in this video how I make the roses.

09/05/2025

Super Easy and Quick Rhubarb Cake

You need a super easy and quick rhubarb cake that is simple to make and done rather quickly? I got you covered. We are going to make a dough that serves as the base as well as the crumbs. This dough does not need to chill like pie crust and this is also the reason why the cake is in the oven rather quickly. The filling also has to be prepared, but not be heated, it will be placed raw on the base and then baked to perfection. In Germany this cake is traditionally served with a dollop of whipped cream and/or icing sugar sprinkled on top. I originally had planned to dust the cake before taking pictures, but I somehow forgot. I digged into the warm cake and devoured two pieces, that is how excited I got!

02/05/2025

German Eggnog Coffee Cake

I firmly believe that we have to enjoy the small moments. One of them is this simple eggnog coffee cake. It needs about 20 minutes to prepare and then has to be baked for almost an hour, but I believe it is so worth it. My husband ate this cake single-handedly within a few days and requested for me to make it again very soon.
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28/02/2025

Refreshing Lemon Blueberry Cake for the 8th Blog Anniversary

On February 15th my blog is turning 8! It is the 8th blog anniversary. I am happy and excited, yes, I am still in the mood, I still enjoy publishing recipes, even after eight years. Today I brought a refreshing lemin blueberry cake. I was so excited, I even painted some lemons on the outside of the cake with left buttercream. Yes, this cake takes its time, you will need to make three different components and if you are as crazy as me, you will definitely need more than an hour (I needed 1 1/2 hours) to paint the lemons on the outside of the cake. I believe for a special occasion this is definitely worth it. I hadn’t baked these type of cakes in a while, the three-tiered wedding cake for 100 guests was done four years ago, I don’t need to test recipes aynmore. So I decided to only do a smaller cake, the one pictured is 18cm/6inch, for a blog birthday I believe you can make a festive cake again.

14/02/2025

Simple Plum Coffee Cake

Today I have a simple and easy plum coffee cake for you. You don’t have to wait for yeast dough like for this Bavarian plum cake called Zwetschgendatschi or have to chill dough like for this plum tart. This is a dough you can put into the cake fom right away. I believe you will need less than 30 minutes until the oven takes over and you can relax. The cake also has a wonderful almond crust, which is mixed together in minutes and which gives this cake some extra points. A simple, yet delicious coffee cake you can carry to a picnic or which you get bring to a pot luck, can I interest you in it?

23/08/2024

Chocolate Zucchini Cake for my Birthday

This chocolate zucchini cake was served for my birthday a few days ago. Of course I made it myself. Everybody who knows me is aware that I am a huge chocoholic. There is a reason I have a separate chocolate category on my blog. For my birthday I wanted a rich and decadent chocolate cake. Since it is zucchini season right now, why not make a chocolate zucchini cake? However, this time I decided against combining chocolate with a fruit. The most traditional of course being with raspberries. It does not surprise me that the raspberry chocolate cake has been clicked on more than 220,000 times. I have also another popular banana chocolate cake on my blog. If you are interested to learn what I have made for previous birthday check this out. Spoiler: each year I try something different and almost always it is going to be with chocolate. This year I wanted chocolate flavor, so I decided to fill this cake with a chocolate frosting. So creamy and so good, I think it is worth each and every calorie!

09/08/2024

Dog Birthday Cake for Hazel’s Third Birthday

Yes, I made a birthday cake for our dog Hazel. I made it during our holiday in Spain at my parents-in-law. So today you will get a dog cake, not a regular one. It does not contain sugar or flour, but it does have dairy products since Hazel loves all of them and she can digest them easily. I do hope we have many more years to come with our dog Hazel!

21/06/2024

Finnish Strawberry Cake “mansikkakakku” and Why I am Celebrating

Today I decided to open strawberry season, I am celebrating with this delicious Finnish strawberry cake called “mansikkakakku” (which literally translates as strawberry cake). The cake consists of fluffy sponge cake, whipping cream and lots of strawberries, I tell you, even though it is only the two of us, we managed to eat this cake within a few days, we loved it. This is the cake version of the strawberry sponge cake. Reason for this decadent cake is simple, I am celebrating. I am celebrating to date exactly six years ago I had a horrible bike accident including brain bleeding, but I didn’t get any permanent damage from it. If you would like to learn more, check out this blog article. To me this is like celebrating another birthday, it only took a few seconds, but my life could have been completely different.

23/04/2024

Festive Dominostein Cake

If you are looking for an impressive Christmas cake, look no further! This Dominostein cake imitates the German sweet Dominostein. The cake consists of gingerbread sponge cake layers, an apricot layer, a marzipan layer and some cream cheese filling. It definitely is a decadent cake, but I mean, if there is an occasion to eat it, I would say it is Christmas! The recipe is from the German blog Küchendeern and I was fontunate enough to make the cake with Jasmin, the blogger of said blog.

15/12/2023

Festive One-Tier Wedding Cake with a World Map

Let me introduce you to this festive single-tier (wedding) cake adorned with a world map crafted from buttercream—a true masterpiece! In this reel you may get an impression. You may think of this as an impressionistic painting, with the cake serving as my canvas. Like an artist, I dabbed at the cake; however, instead of using oil paints, my tool was buttercream. Yes, I designed it freehand using buttercream. Initially, I delicately carved out the outlines of the world map onto the cake’s side using a toothpick, and then I filled them with white buttercream. The most fun part was when I deftly “spackled” the cake with colored buttercream, much like applying layers to a canvas. The lower image shows this technique.

Initially, I was thinking of using a “stencil,” but I ultimately abandoned the idea due to the fact that the cake’s proportions might not align well. The crucial point is that the cake’s size should adapt to the stencil, rather than the reverse. My cake had a diameter of 26cm and was about 14cm in height. The cake was designed to accommodate 25 guests. In this post, I will elaborate on how I created this world map cake. My focus will be more on detailing how I crafted the map using buttercream, rather than providing an exhaustive recipe description.

25/08/2023

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