King Cake is a traditional New Orleans pastry with a small plastic or porcelain baby baked inside of it that is served during the Mardi Gras season. The baby symbolizes Jesus (“King”), and the baby represents luck and prosperity to whoever gets the baby in their slice of cake. The lucky person who gets the …
Beautiful Raspberry Linzer Cookies can be made into a lot of different shapes. These buttery sandwich cookies are filled with raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar. February 14th is Valentine’s Day. The perfect way to celebrate is to make some heart-shaped Raspberry Linzer Cookies or Chocolate Dipped Strawberries! Linzer cookies are German in origin, …
Carrot Sheet Cake is a cake with a more coarse (denser) texture than typical cakes. Shredded carrots are added to a spice cake batter and baked into a cake. It’s usually topped with a white cream cheese frosting. February 3rd is National Carrot Cake Day! It feels like we just celebrated Pie Day with that …
There are many kinds of Chocolate Cake, but people are most familiar with the traditional two-layer cake like this Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake. Mayonnaise is made up primarily of oil and egg yolks, so it serves as the perfect substitute for those ingredients in chocolate cake! It gives chocolate cake a moist, rich texture without changing …
Baked Glazed Doughnuts are a “healthier” version of their fried counterpart. They’re baked vanilla doughnuts double-dipped with vanilla glaze. Be sure to watch the video in the recipe card at the end of this post to see how to make this recipe! January 12th is National Glazed Doughnut Day! It’s a day to enjoy making …
