Butter Pound Cake Mini
One of the things that I have realized is that no matter how hard you try to stop it, life still changes. Time goes by, and in the blink of an eye, you wake up one morning and head to the kitchen only to be faced with cooking for two. I really don’t mean to […]
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Pecan Cinnamon Sour Cream Pound Cake
Every once in a while, I make something that really hits the spot. This Pecan Cinnamon Sour Cream Pound Cake was one of those times. I layered this into a Bundt pan and topped it with a sugar glaze to make the perfect slice of cake to accompany a great cup of my favorite Coffee […]
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Chocolate Strawberry Rum Cake
This recipe for a Chocolate Strawberry Rum Cake is something I came up with because I wanted to make something similar to the Cherry Chocolate Rum Cake I used to make at the restaurant. Two days before our Christmas Eve celebration at my parents’ house, my sister pointed out that no one had thought about […]
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Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake
Sometimes I start wanting something different. I love chocolate cake, just as much as the next person, but when the hankering hits me for a different kind of chocolate cake I become obsessed with figuring out what my stomach is telling my brain it wants. I pull out the legal pad and old cookbooks until […]
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Cake is the stuff memories are made of. If I was to say “dinner on the ground,” what is the thing that comes to mind for you? For me, it is Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (where my Daddy led the singing) and hot muggy East Texas Sundays. We would all gather […]
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Damn Good Chocolate Cake
Yes, I said it. This cake is a Damn Good Chocolate Cake. I made this one probably once a week in the restaurant because it was not only easy to make, but it sold so well. When you have a restaurant you have to serve dessert, right? Desserts on the menu meant that I was […]
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Strawberry Nectar Cake Recipe
This Strawberry Nectar Cake Recipe solved one of my biggest problems! I have a family that loves the tastes of strawberries but will not touch a fresh one. They eat strawberry jelly, strawberry yogurt, and even the occasional strawberry smoothie but my kids and my husband don’t like the “texture” of fresh fruit. Well, Jumex […]
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Hot Milk Cake Recipe
I revised a Hot Milk Cake recipe for a friend today. I just love having friends on Instagram! I never knew how much fun it could be to interact with people from all over the world that have the same interest that I have. This recipe is for one of those friends. We met because […]
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Easy Butter Cake
This easy butter cake is the cake I use when I want to have a beautiful cake for a party. I used it for all the birthday parties I hosted in the restaurant, and now I make it for all the family special occasions. Recently, Raychel, my beautiful (not that I’m biased) daughter graduated from […]
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Busy Mom Chocolate Lava Cake
As the mom of three kids, I understand that often you really want to make something awesome for your kids but you just don’t have the time or the energy to make something awesome and complicated every single day! When I owned a restaurant, the kids were very accustomed to coming in after school and […]
