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A whole raspberry lemon cheesecake sits on a while plate. The pale yellow cheesecake is topped with raspberry sauce that is also dripping down the left side of the cake. Five raspberries dot the sides mostly towards the bottom of the cake. Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake
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Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake

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Enjoy a slice of raspberry lemon cheesecake and bask in the flavors of summer. Creamy cheesecake flavored with lemon curd, lemon zest, and raspberries topped with a raspberry lemon topping is bursting with flavor! My study abroad students are here so last week we spent touring the amazing temples of the Angkor archaeological park.  Our… Continue reading Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake

A chai spice chocolate cake roll sits on a wooden serving board. The view is from about forty five degrees above. The sliced end is at the lower left side of the photo and the cake is angled about thirty degrees upward to towards the upper right corner. The pale brown cake is spiraled around chocolate whipped crea. More chocolate whipped cream is spread along the top of the cake and mini dark chocolate chips are sprinkled on top. Chai Spice Chocolate Cream Cake Roll
Cake Rolls/Swiss Rolls · Cakes

Chai Spice Chocolate Cream Cake Roll

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Chai Spice Chocolate Cream Cake Roll – spiced angel food cake filled with chocolate whipped cream makes for a wonderful light summer dessert or coffee treat. Some of you are probably thinking roll cakes are intimidating. Chai Spice Chocolate Cream Cake Roll starts with a flexible angel food base. Think how springy angel food cake… Continue reading Chai Spice Chocolate Cream Cake Roll

A chocolate bundt cake with peanut butter cheesecake filling sits on a white plate. Th cake is topped with peanut butter ganache and drizzles of chocolate ganache. Peanut butter oreos are arranged vertically on the top of the cake so that each slice will have an oreo. Several slices have been removed from the front of the cake revealing the moist chocolate cake and the band of peanut butter cheesecake filling at the top. Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake
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Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake

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Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake — moist chocolate cake filled with peanut butter cheesecake and topped with white chocolate peanut butter ganache. I’m attending blogging conferences this week. Trying to make sense of all the things that make blogs work with Google, Facebook, Pinterest, video (yes, I’ve got some of those in the… Continue reading Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake

This is a view from about sixty degrees above. A slice of brownie bottom triple chocolate mousse sits sideways on a bed of black cocoa sauce. The white chocolate mousse layer at the top of the slice faces the front of the photo. Th next layer is a light brown milk chocolate mousse and then the finaly mousse layer is dark chocolate. The brownie bottom is oreo-colored. White chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate disks are scattered on the table at the bottom of the photo. Brownie Bottom Triple Chocolate Mousse
Cakes · Puddings/Mousses

Brownie Bottom Triple Chocolate Mousse

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Brownie-Bottom Triple Chocolate Mousse – Oreo-flavored brownie, dark chocolate mousse, milk chocolate mousse and white chocolate vanilla mousse. My friends call this dessert “Death by Chocolate” and it’s a great way to go. High quality Santa Barbara Chocolates give this dessert robust flavor. It’s Lent and we Orthodox Christians typically abstain from eating dairy products… Continue reading Brownie Bottom Triple Chocolate Mousse

Lemon Meringue Cake Roll
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Lemon Meringue Cake Roll

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Imagine Lemon Meringue Pie in cake form and you’ve got a lemon meringue cake roll.  Angel food cake filled with tart lemon curd and topped with meringue. It’s an elegant dish that whips up pretty quickly – perfect for Easter or Mother’s Day. This week I’m going to two blogging conferences so I’ve been baking… Continue reading Lemon Meringue Cake Roll

A vanilla bluberry cake roll sits on a rectangular white platter. The cut end faces front revealing a swirl of vanilla cake with blueberry filling. The cake roll is topped with whippd cream and fresh blueberries. Vanilla Blueberry Cake Roll
Cake Rolls/Swiss Rolls · Cakes · Fruit

Vanilla Blueberry Cake Roll

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Fresh blueberry and lemon curd filling in a vanilla sponge cake topped with powdered sugar and whipped cream. Vanilla Blueberry Cake Roll is a simple dessert that can be served for breakfast or afternoon tea. Spring is a time for berries. When I was a kid, we had strawberries growing under the water tap in… Continue reading Vanilla Blueberry Cake Roll

Lime Curd-Filled White Chocolate Lime Bundt Cake
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Lime Curd-Filled White Chocolate Lime Bundt Cake

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Imagine a moist, citrus-packed bundt cake with a tunnel of tangy lime curd and you have Lime Curd-Filled White Chocolate Lime Bundt Cake.  Dust it with powdered sugar or top with white chocolate lime curd ganache for even more lime goodness. Costco had limes on sale and St. Patrick’s day is on Friday. Top that… Continue reading Lime Curd-Filled White Chocolate Lime Bundt Cake

This is a view of the end of the chocolate mint cake roll. The moist chocolate sponge spirals around the light green mint whipped cream in a clockwise direction. There is a thin coating of shiny dark chocolate mint ganache surrounding the slice. flourless chocolate mint cake roll
Cake Rolls/Swiss Rolls · Cakes · Gluten Free

flourless chocolate mint cake roll

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Dark chocolate peppermint ganache, moist, flourless chocolate sponge cake, and minty whipped cream filling make this flourless chocolate mint cake roll perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day or Christmas. Saint Patrick’s Day is just a week away. Becks is coming home on Monday for spring break and she’s bringing one of her friends. My son, Tim,… Continue reading flourless chocolate mint cake roll

A flourless double chocolate jaffa cake viewed from the side. The bottom layer is a moist, light chocolate sponge. The chocolate sponge is topped with orange curd stabilized with gelatin. There are flecks of orange zest in the orange curd. The orange curd is topped with dark chocolate. Flourless Double Chocolate Jaffa Cakes
Bars · Cakes · Gluten Free · Sheet cake

Flourless Double Chocolate Jaffa Cakes

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Flourless Double Chocolate Jaffa Cakes are a more chocolaty twist on an old favorite- moist chocolate sponge cake topped with orange curd and dark chocolate. Perfect for an afternoon snack! I recently read an article on Jaffa Cakes on the BBC. There’s a huge debate in England about whether these treats are cakes or cookies… Continue reading Flourless Double Chocolate Jaffa Cakes