Recipes for Real People
Nothing says summer to me more than a cool crisp strawberry dessert. This Strawberry Ice Box Cake is something I have been making for years, way before I saw poke cakes on pinterest made with pudding. I am so old that pinterest didn’t exist when I came up with this yummy dessert….gasp lol. This cake is one of those cakes that you can bring to a gathering and it will be the first thing to go. It is so delicious but you don’t have to tell anyone how easy it is.
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This Hummingbird Cake With cream cheese filling is full of banana , pineapple and pecans with a surprise filling . Perfectly topping with a sweet frosting.Growing up in the south I remember the first time I had a Hummingbird cake and I have had a love affair with it since then. I typically had them with the three yummy layers and cream cheese frosting oozing from all the layers. The ripe bananas not only give this cake the basic flavor it makes this cake melt in your mouth tender. Adding pecans and pineapple just makes this cake absolutely divine. I really don’t know who claims to have come up with the wonderful cake but they are pure genius and need to be in the Southern Bakers Hall of fame, lol.
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Do you ever have over ripened bananas and want to do something a little different ? Well, this is how this Boozy Banana cake came to be. I had some bananas I was saving to make banana bread and after seeing something about Bananas Foster on TV my recipe wheels started turning . I am also all about being easy and I love bundt cakes. I mean who doesn’t love a nice bundt cake? It’s not exactly bananas foster but it has basically the same flavors.
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Nothing bundt thankful for bundt cakes !! LOL, seriously I love easy cakes baked in a simple tube pan with a nice thick glaze drizzled on it. This granny smith apple bundt cake is simply everything fall crammed into one cake. In south Louisiana when we get our first cool front I want two things…Gumbo and this cake. I have the chicken and sausage gumbo simmering and this cake baking .. I can honestly say this is what heaven must smell like. The cake is tender on the inside with big chunks of apples in every bite. The spices are perfectly balanced with the citrus undertones and has a nice crunch from the pecans.This is an altered version of a cake I have been making for years and I have the recipe posted on Just a Pinch. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/granny-smith-apple-bundt-cake-3.html?r=8
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October is here and it is time to take a break from pumpkin everything and acknowledge all those pink ribbons . It is breast cancer awareness month and I am seeing pink everywhere. My kids had a pink out day at school , pink game day socks on the football fields and the cheerleaders even have pink pom poms. I do food so this is my pink ! Unfortunately I think all of us know someone that has battled this horrible disease. Some have won the battle and some have not. Anytime I see those little pink ribbons I can’t help but think of my good friend Margo. She fought the battle and is now a breast cancer survivor, she is honestly the bravest lady I know. Margo is spunky , bossy and full of life. If driving like a NASCAR driver while texting and facetiming going down the freeways of New Orleans hasn’t killed her yet a thing like breast cancer isn’t going to get her, lol. In my eyes October is Margo’s month so these Pink Champagne Cupcakes will be going to her.
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I am “That Girl” the pumpkin spice meme’s are made about. I LOVE , LOVE, LOVE pumpkin spiced anything and today is national pumpkin spice day. When the weather is cooler and the leaves are changing colors I am a pumpkin baking , latte sipping , candle burning fool . With that being said I will purchase and consume all of the store bought items with the spices of the fall gods that I can get my hands on . Store bought items will satisfy my cravings but this cake will make anyone think they died and went to pumpkin patch heaven.
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