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There's Chocolate Cake and There's CHOCOLATE Cake!

This three-layer delight is so rich that you'll only need to slice small servings, even for the most hearty of appetites!

  Grab twenty of your favorite friends and a few gallons of milk. That’s precisely what you’ll need when you finish making this homemade chocolate cake. I cannot stress the chocolate part of this cake enough. This three layer cake is so rich that it’s hard to distinguish the cake layer (which is a fudgy brownie texture and taste) from the frosting layer (it reminds me of a thick, hardened chocolate mousse) when you cut into it If you have a friend of someone in your family who is a chocolate lover, this cake will knock their socks off.  Here are my three tips for making this amazing cake:   1) Grease and flour the pan. It says this in the directions, which I read over too quickly the first time and did not grease and flour (I only greased…

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A Berry Good Cake Recipe

Looking for an easy recipe to use up the berries in your fridge? Here is a great one for you to try.

"Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." ~Wendell Berry There are so many ways to enjoy sweet summer berries. Pancakes, muffins, cakes, desserts and of course the old standby, just popping them in your mouth. One of the true joys of summer is a bowl of freshly picked blueberries and strawberries. I picked up a few too many berries last week (I couldn't help myself) and was searching for a cake recipe to use up the rest of what I had in the fridge. There are a lot of great recipes out there but the one I settled on definitely turned out to be a keeper. It had the consistency of a pound cake, which I love. The combination of buttery cake and sweet berries with just a hint of lemon made for a nice …

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Classic Homemade Carrot Cake You'll Make Again and Again!

Skip the bakery and pick up a few ingredients and try this fantastic for your next celebration!

  Do you like carrot cake?  I like carrot cake and my husband, Mike, loves it, so for his birthday this week,I surprised him with a carrot cake from scratch.  It’s filled with nuts, cinnamon, walnuts, pineapple and, of course, freshly grated carrots. This is a very simple recipe that is baked in a 9 x 13 pan.  You can simply let the cake cool in the pan, frost it and serve it, which makes for an easy clean up. Actually, if you bake this cake and frost it (did I mention the delicious homemade cream cheese frosting?), refrigerate it overnight, I promise it will taste even better the next day.  The cake is also easily portable. You can frost it and cover it without the frosting reaching the foil and making a mess so it’s a great potluck …

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Strawberries Celebration Cake Worthy of any Special Occasion

This light cake starts with a boxed white cake mix. Add fresh fruit between layers to make it spectacular!

  We’re going to go with back to back cake recipes!  Unlike the Chocolate Guinness Cake in last week's column, this cake has been around in my family for three generations.  I vividly remember this cake from my childhood. I’d open the fridge and find it perched on a shelf ready to help celebrate a special occasion (birthdays, anniversaries and holidays). This is another easy cake recipe that starts off with a boxed white cake mix. If you want to keep that part a secret, no problem! This cake will look pretty as a picture at your Easter table, at your next birthday celebration or an upcoming dinner party. The white cake is light and airy as is the homemade whipped cream. Add in some peaches, strawberries and homemade whipped cream between …

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