Cakes

Skinny Vanilla-Buttermilk Cake Recipe

May 3, 2012

This light vanilla buttermilk cake is my new absolute favorite cake. Even my mom, who can sometimes be a little hard to please when it comes to cakes, gave it a raving review. It’s the first recipe I’ve tried from one of my recent cookbook acquisitions: Enlightened Cakes: More Than 100 Decadently Light Layer Cakes, Bundt [...]

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Nigella Lawson’s Orange Blackberry Trifle Makeover – #44 on Gourmet’s 50 Women Game Changers in Food

April 20, 2012

I got the idea for this Orange Blackberry Trifle from Nigella Lawson’s book Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home. In true Nigella style, instead of sticking firmly to the recipe, I modified it to use what I had, something she strongly encourages in her cookbooks. I also lightened it up a bit, giving [...]

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Easy Lighter Homemade Pound Cake from Scratch

April 19, 2012

I can be a real recipe geek, as this pound cake experience clearly illustrates. It all started with wanting to make a lighter homemade poundcake from scratch. A typical slice of pound cake can have upwards of 400 to 500 calories, not something I can afford to indulge in very often. Yet, it’s something I [...]

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Skinny Zucchini-Apple Loaf Cake

March 4, 2012

A super moist, sweet, and spicy zucchini loaf cake made with applesauce and a touch of whole wheat flour for nuttiness. The recipe caught my eye as I was scanning one of my all-time favorite Weight Watchers cookbooks, Weight Watchers Comfort Classics : 150 Favorite Home-Style Dishes. Low in fat, this zucchini-apple loaf cake gets its [...]

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Easy Skinny Low Fat Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

February 22, 2012

Moist and satisfying breakfast cake swirled with cinnamon streusel. A sweet and special way to start the day. I’m a coffee cake lover. There’s something so indulgent about having cake for breakfast. It’s not something I do all the time, just every once in a while for a special treat. Some of my favorite coffee [...]

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Healthy Low Fat Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

February 17, 2012

A lighter from scratch fresh banana cake with a thin layer of sweet peanut butter frosting – moist and sweet. An old family favorite recipe that I’ve tinkered with – decreasing the sugar and fat – to make it Weight Watchers friendly. I also cut the frosting recipe in half, spreading the cake with a [...]

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12 Easy Healthy Low Fat Pumpkin Cake Recipes

November 6, 2011

A cup of canned pumpkin is an easy healthy addition to just about any cake recipe – including Bundt cakes, layer cakes, loaf cakes, roll cakes, cheesecakes and cupcakes. Substituting pumpkin for some of the butter or oil in your favorite cake recipe lets you lower the calories and fat content while providing a healthy [...]

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Healthy Harvest Fresh Apple Cake Recipe

October 30, 2011

Every October, I find myself craving a piece of my mom’s fresh apple cake. The apple cake recipe with fresh apples she made every fall when apple harvest season arrived in Connecticut. The apple and cinnamon cake I began making every fall during college. It’s a wonderful old-fashioned recipe, very similar to this recipe for [...]

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Egg-Free Gluten-Free Chocolate Espresso Buttermilk Cake

October 13, 2011

I made an egg-free gluten-free chocolate espresso buttermilk cake for Mac’s birthday this week. Both he and his dad thought it was good. It turned out moist, dense and chocolatey… I’m definitely a newbie to egg-free gluten-free baking and am having fun experimenting with it. (While Mac’s not celiac, he’s allergic to nuts and sensitive [...]

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This Easy Crumb Cake Recipe is One of Grandma’s Favorite Coffee Cake Recipes

July 22, 2008

I made this luscious quick and easy crumb cake recipe for breakfast this morning. It’s one of grandma’s favorite coffee cake recipes – easy, quick and delicious. I can’t even begin to describe how wonderful this easy cake recipe smelled while it was baking or how delicious it tasted warm from the oven. I’m usually [...]