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Brown Butter Vanilla Almond Cake

This is a recipe for a layer cake suitable for stacking very tall or multi-tiered cakes. The browned butter and butter vanilla emulsion gives this cake a rich nutty flavour, and the addition of almond flour takes it to another level. Texture-wise, it has a tight moist crumb, but not too heavy, and it cuts…

Easy Chocolate Cake

If you don’t have a lot of time, and need to make a cake for a birthday or a potluck, this is the recipe for you. Including the filling, frosting, and decorating instructions, this chocolate cake recipe was designed to make the the most impressive cake with the least amount of specialized equipment. You can…

Cream Cheese Mousse Cake

Tender lemon almond cake with a creamy mousse and fresh strawberries. If you like strawberry shortcake, then you’ll love this! If you don’t have strawberries on hand, raspberries or blueberries work too, and you can experiment with other fresh fruit, but avoid using fruit that’s too wet, because that can dissolve the mousse. You can…