Vanilla M&M Cake-Yata

It’s another surprise cake – or a “cake-yata” (like a piñata, but with easy slicing instead of hearty bashing). I baked this cake as a belated birthday surprise cake for my darling, riveting, Rylee-Roo.This year, my niece, experienced her 14th birthday in quarantine. We held a Zoom call party, but it simply wasn’t the same….

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Strawberry Pineapple Vanilla Smash Cake

Completely outlandish, utterly too decadent, and perhaps over the top artsy for a one-year-old birthday smash cake, but hey – that’s me. It may look a little ridiculous – but the cakes are tasty and too fun to “smash” on you and your twin’s first birthday together! Strawberry Pineapple Vanilla Smash Cake Strawberry Pineapple Vanilla…

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Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cream Surprise Cake

After making a few previous versions of “surprise cake,” I settled upon a salted caramel version to celebrate a good friend’s birthday. She LOVES chocolate – I mean, really loves chocolate, and she likes caramel too – it’s a win-win for everyone. Really, how can it not be? Dark Chocolate Cake + Homemade Salted Caramel…

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