When I was a kid, my family loved an orange chiffon cake from our local bakery, Danish Bakers. Craving that childhood memory, we tried this NYT recipe for a whole orange snack cake: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022002-whole-orange-snack-cake?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share We used a regular-sized naval orange. For the icing, we used the zest from the entire naval orange and about 2.5… Continue reading Whole orange snack cake
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Carrot walnut snack cake with cream cheese frosting
We made this snack cake version of carrot cake: https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/carrot-walnut-cake-recipe/ We found that 5 medium carrots = 1.5 cups shredded carrots. Instead of dusting with powdered sugar, we tried this cream cheese frosting recipe: https://www.handletheheat.com/best-cream-cheese-frosting/ We halved the recipe to 4 oz cream cheese, ¼ cup unsalted butter, 1 tsp vanilla extract (we didn’t have… Continue reading Carrot walnut snack cake with cream cheese frosting
Lemon snack cake
Recipe here: http://www.onebrownmom.com/2015/01/lemon-snack-cake-with-variations.html?m=1 To increase the lemon flavor, we added the juice and zest of one lemon to the icing, in addition to the lemon zest added to the batter. We were low on powdered sugar, so the icing was thinner than normal, leading it to soak into the cake. Still very tasty. (Apr. 2017)
Chocolate chip cinnamon snack cake
We tried this recipe based on what was in our pantry: http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2012/09/chocolate-chip-snack-cake/ and it was delicious. (Dec. 2016)
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