Tag: Cake

Cherry Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

Off the bat, I’ll say this: It’s a “cheater cake”. Read: I added cherries to a box of Duncan Hines yellow cake mix. We all have our Sandra Lee semi-homemade moments. While I do love making cakes from scratch – namely, my baked cake donuts! – the simplicity of having a cake mix or two …

Russian Apple Pie

Russian Apple Pie

It’s wonderful having friends with rich heritages. Years ago, when a friend / former co-worker of mine started dating a wonderful Kazakh gal, I suddenly started noting how the food she brought in for lunch was influenced. She used to be a raw salad and kombucha person, like clockwork, but soon, plastic containers of borscht …

Milk Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Caramel Frosting

milk chocolate cake caramel

Let us throw back to last weekend, once again, as I was home in Connecticut to celebrate Father’s Day with the world’s most chocolate-loving pa. How could I not make a chocolate cake for my father, a man that I have seen making pudding or brownie at midnight simply to satisfy cravings over the years? …