Whole wheat cupcakes don’t sound great, but these are surprisingly good.  Whole wheat cupcakes are light and soft, not dense at all and they are made with apples, walnuts, and honey and topped with a cream cheese frosting. We served… Read More »Surprisingly Good Whole Wheat Cupcakes

We’ve made many versions of streusel cake or streuselkuchen. Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake is one of the best. Like most, this one has a layer of fruit filling tucked under the streusel top. You can serve Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake… Read More »Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake with a Fruit Filling

This lemon cheesecake recipe is grand.  It makes a fine cheesecake, especially as a formal dessert. New York cheesecake is the standard.  They are rich and thick and dense.  This is made with a touch of lemon in the filling… Read More »New York-Style Lemon Cheesecake

This is a luscious cake. It was inspired by a lemon poppy seed cake, but the combination of orange and honey makes this quite different, a unique cake. The flavor of honey and orange permeates the cake and complements the… Read More »Honey Orange Poppy Seed Cake

This is another modification on a favorite recipe, adding cocoa to make a chocolate cupcake.  Since cocoa looks like chocolate flour, you might think that you can substitute one for the other.  You can’t.  Cocoa doesn’t have as much starch,… Read More »Chocolate Cream Cupcakes

A Mexican crumb cake is swirled with ribbons of chocolate and cinnamon. It works as a coffee cake, a snacking cake, and even as a formal dessert.  Your family and friends will love it.  Count how many times they ask for… Read More »Mexican Crumb Cake Mix–Original Cinnamon Chocolate Recipe

There are great strawberries available in our local grocery stores; we thought it was time to bake up some Classic Shortcake. Sure, we could spread strawberries across some angel food cake or white cake but we like a not-so-sweet version… Read More »It’s Strawberry Time: Classic Shortcake

Elki makes great sauces and jams—which we sell.  We took their recipe for lingonberry cake and modified it to make these berry cupcakes.  Madalyn Luthy of Love at First Bite Cupcakes decorated these for us.  She put lingonberry jam on… Read More »Luscious Lingonberry Cupcakes

Don’t over mix your batter. Mixing develops the gluten and creates a tougher texture instead of the tender texture that we all love. Consider using a springform pan. Snap the ring off and it’s easy to remove nice, neat slices.… Read More »Tips for Great Coffeecakes