Category: Seasonal Bakes
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Apple Fritter Cake

I had so much fun doing my Baking Through the Alphabet series back in 2022 that I decided to do it again! I love an apple fritter so I thought this Apple Fritter Cake was a great way to kick things off! Honestly, I think the peeling and dicing of apples took the longest amount…
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Eggnog Cream Puff Cake

I’m not sure where I ran across this recipe but it looked fun. If you’ve got some leftover eggnog at your house post-Christmas then you can use it up here! The crust is a pate a choux pastry and is pretty easy to make. You don’t want to cook it too long on the stovetop,…
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Best Pecan Pie

Somehow this is the first time I’ve made pecan pie here on the blog. This recipe comes compliments a former colleague who said it was super good. With Thanksgiving so close I thought I’d give it a try and see how it held up against some of the pecan pies I’ve had before. One thing…
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Pumpkin Roll

I have not been having good luck with these jellyroll cakes. I had a whole other recipe I was going to make that didn’t work. When I pulled the cake out you could see chunks of flour that never got mixed (likely due to me being too gentle in folding) and I had to dump…
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4th of July Ice Cream

Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans! This seemed like a fitting treat for today and to kick of Ice Cream Month. This recipe is a little time consuming since there are different components but it’s not hard. You start off by making the cupcakes, which is pretty easy since you’re using a box…
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Baked Buttermilk Pumpkins Donuts

I don’t mind pumpkin, but to me apple and cinnamon makes me think of fall more than pumpkin or pumpkin spice. As a side note, am I the only one that things this whole pumpkin spice fad has gotten out of control? I digress… I realize I’ve also just spent the last month making pumpkin…
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Cinnamon-Apple Twist Bread

This bread looked so pretty in the recipe! I’ve been wanting to make a babka and this reminded me of it, so I thought it would be a fun seasonal bake even though it takes a minimum of 4 hours! I was going to make this a few days earlier, but then realized it called…
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Easy Apple Cake

We went to an apple orchard last weekend and that put me in the mood to make something with apples. I went through all of my saved recipes and found this apple cake and thought I’d give it a try. As the recipe name implies, this is super easy. You’re basically mixing all the dry…