Recipes

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Best Buttermilk Birthday Cake
Hello, hello! Ah yes, a pastel vanilla sprinkly cake! Hehe. But wait, before you wonder why the heck I'm sharing yet another vanilla cake recipe, it's because this is truly, honestly, 100% the onl...

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Unicorn Angel Cake
Happy spring! Let's talk about cake, happiness and sprinkles: that's what brings us, and has always brought us together, right? This week I felt compelled to make angel food cake--super sweet unic...

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Perfectly Pink Angel Food Cake
Hello, hello! Happy Friday! There comes a time when, in a land of layer cakes galore, a classic simple cake can, and should, reign supreme--particularly when that classic simple cake is pink upon ...

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Triple-Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake
Happy Wednesday! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day with all of your lovies. I woke up yesterday morning, with a sudden and unrelenting need for sunshine--in any form. For what I think wa...

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6-Layer Chocolate Sprinkle Cake + a Cookbook Announcement!
So... I have some news! As you may have guessed from the title of this post, I'm thrilled to share that I've just embarked upon writing my first Sweetapolita bakebook! I know this will be the most...

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"Real Sweet" Black-and-White Pancake Cake
Hello, hello! Spring has sprung (sort of), and while the slightest hint of birds in the yard or mild breezes uplift me to a much-needed post-winter place, I have to admit that perhaps the most ex...

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Meringue Dream Cake
Happy Friday! Hello from the land of -25°C and random blizzards! But that's okay. It just makes being inside baking that much more inviting and cozy . . . And when it doubt, make cake. Especially ...

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Purple Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
So . . . are you officially pepperminted? Me too. But it was lovely and delicious. And, wow, the last day of the year? Eek! Maybe. Hooray! I'm not sure. I do know that 2015 will be a much differen...

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Double Chocolate Party Cake
Hello, friends! Another party cake? Absolutely. So what makes a cake a party cake exactly? Well, technically I think any layer cake could be considered a party cake, but maybe it's the presence of...
