Hot Chocolate Cake

This super fudgy hot chocolate cake so moist and incredibly fluffy! Think of it as having a warm cup of cocoa in cake form. The cake is soaked in a hot chocolate made with evaporated milk and chocolate Cortés, a Puerto Rican style chocolate bar. I served it with a light whipped cream and poured more hot chocolate on the bottom. Every bite was pure chocolate Heaven!

There’s something pretty magical about drinking hot chocolate. If you drink coffee, or even tea, then you need to have a sip of that in your daily routine. But you don’t need to have hot chocolate. That’s a drink for pure pleasure. You do it just for you. Because there’s nothing like grabbing…

cake recipesDev AmadeoApril 16, 2024chocolate, hot chocolate, whipped cream, buttermilk, puerto ricoComment

Blueberry Lemon Gooey Butter Cake

What’s not to love about a good Gooey Butter Cake, especially when it’s made with zesty lemon and juicy blueberries? This melt-in-your-mouth gooey butter cake recipe is made from scratch without using any cake mix. I created a very well balanced recipe that is not overly sweet, something I know not many people love about this cake. It consists of a crumbly cake as the base layer and a gooey cream cheese layer on top. You only need the most basic baking ingredients and 1 hour to make it. It’s a total crowd pleaser that everyone will love!

If I would have made this gooey butter cake back in high school, I can assure you I would have been the most popular girl back then, saving me from many insecurities growing up, lol! But I can make…

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Orange and Olive Oil Carrot Cake

You really need to try it for yourself to understand how moist and full of flavor is this Orange and Olive Oil Carrot Cake recipe. It’s super soft and tender and the combination of cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg make it so warm and cozy. Two unexpected ingredients, orange and olive oil, elevate this cake to a new dimension! Have a bite and it will transport you to a riviera on the Adriatic sea, eating cake and sipping coffee during the afternoon like it’s your only job.

I sometimes don’t trust my obsession of experimenting with new flavor combinations. It can be bad news to people around me because they will have to eat whatever I decided to put together, no matter what that was. But sometimes, and happy to say it’s most of the times…

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Angel Food Cake with Blackberry Whipped Cream

Angel Food Cake is a beautiful kind of cake. Is airy, foamy and it has a velvety that feels like a marriage between a pound cake and a cheesecake. It’s made solely with egg whites as the leavening agent and no butter, oil or milk. I topped this delicious angel food cake with a blackberry whipped cream for a sweet and tart contrast. It’s a lovely cake and you will be loving it after the first bite!

You may be wondering what’s the difference between an angel food cake and a regular cake. What makes them different is that angel cake has no fat in the batter, even fat coming from eggs because this cake has no egg yolks, so it’s a non-fat cake. It only uses…

cake recipes, easter recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 27, 2024cake flour, easter, egg whites, meringue, bkackberries, springComment

Lemon Cream Cheese Cake

I simply can’t resist lemon and cream cheese together, so obviously I needed to put them together in a recipe! This cake is super soft and has lots of citrusy notes thanks to all the lemon zest in the batter and lemon juice in the cream cheese frosting. A bit of cream cheese in the actual cake batter makes this cake a bit lighter. It’s pure simplicity and pure perfection!

What I love about this cake, even more than its amazing taste, is that it’s so simple and yet people go crazy for it. Everyone loves a good lemon cake. Most people probably have a nostalgic story attached to one, no matter…

cake recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 19, 2024cream cheese frosting, cream cheese, lemon, lemons, cake flour, loaf cakes, spring Comments

Classic Moist Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting

This classic moist and rich chocolate cake recipe is the only one you’ll need for a basic chocolate cake in your recipe book. This cake is decadent but still feels light and not overly sweet. The simplicity of it is what makes it extra! Each bite will awaken your senses to a delightful trip of pure bliss! It’s unfussy but still looks beautiful. You can approach it with easiness and no stress at all, which is the key for a perfect chocolate cake!

To this day, chocolate has to be one of the foods we are more passionate about. Just thinking about it makes you feel lush and opulent and yet is a comforting taste that you crave when feeling blue. It’s everything all at once. Like what we are at the essence of our soul. And that essence should be celebrated…

Buttermilk Pound Cake

This easy pound cake recipe is just a dream!! It’s super soft and only requieres a handful of ingredients. The simplicity of butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk and flour shine in this recipe that I’m sure you’re going to cherish for a long time. Top it with a sweet cream cheese glaze and sugared cranberries for a simple cake that will be the center of attention at any Christmas table!

Nothing beats a good pound cake, don’t you think?! It’ll warm your heart when you need it the most. For me, having a slice with coffee its one of the best simple pleasures in life! That’s why I needed a…

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Mini Olive Oil Carrot Cakes with the Creamiest Cream Cheese Frosting

Aren’t these mini carrot cakes the cutest?! These mini carrot cakes are incredibly moist and super soft thanks to the olive oil and buttermilk I used in this recipe. You can use coconut milk for a dairy-free version. They are warm and spiced with a good amount of cinnamon and ginger and a touch of cardamom and all-spice. It has a ton of carrots and some chopped pistachios for extra crunch. Trust me the flavor will burst in your mouth after every bite!

I love baking carrot cakes. They’re Mariana’s favorite and it was the first kind of cake she ever had. I have made different versions depending on her favorite flavors at the moment, one time even doing a cherry cream cheese frosting because she was loving cherry jelly at the time. And the frosting has always been her favorite part. I know that wherever…

Easy Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Curd and Meringue

This Lemon Olive Oil Cake is tender, soft and super moist. It’s a simple cake recipe that you can make in about an hour any time you are craving a sweet and easy bite. But the addition of the lemon curd in the batter and a crowning mellow meringue on top make this a showstopper for any special occasion! It’s simply a crowdpleaser!

If you have never baked a cake with olive oil, you are missing out badly! Baking cakes with olive oil is perfectly fine. You know I love olive oil cakes. The lightness…

sweet eats, cake recipesDev AmadeoOctober 9, 2023lemon curd, lemon, lemons, olive oil, meringue, summer Comments

Soft and Moist Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Bread

Wait no more! This is the only pumpkin bread recipe you’ll need this fall season! It’s incredibly moist, with a soft and tender crumb, loaded with warm spices and lots of chocolate chips. It’s made with sour cream and oil, two ingredients that not only help in making this cake ultra soft, they also help in keeping it that way for days!!! Every bite will be warm and cozy, like a hug in a crisp fall morning!

If there’s a food that universally screams fall that’s pumpkin. When mixed with warm and aromatic spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves it makes you think of that cozy spot in your home…

sweet eats, cake recipesDev AmadeoSeptember 25, 2023cinnamon, cardamom, pumpkin, sour cream, cake flourComment

Gooey Apple Ricotta Cake

This Apple Ricotta Cake is soooo gooey I needed to mentioned in the title! It's very crumbly, tender and incredibly moist as all of my ricotta cakes. It’s perfect for any time you want a sweet simple cake to share with people you love during the fall season.

Ok, you’re probably guessing by now that I love ricotta cakes! They are so versatile! I have read so many stories of you baking many of my ricotta cakes for brunch, tea parties and…

sweet eats, cake recipesDev AmadeoSeptember 14, 2023ricotta cakes, ricotta, applesComment

Lemon Basil Olive Oil Cake

You may think of this as a classic lemon olive oil cake, but then each bite has the sweet and aromatic notes of basil. Doesn’t it sound delicious?! This cake is very soft, moist, supple and lemony. It’s the cake for lemon lovers because it has lemon juice and lemon zest all over it! The cake itself is made in less than 45 minutes, including prep time, and you only need a few basic ingredients to make it. A super creamy buttercream with a touch of lemon and cream cheese is, literally, the icing on the cake!

sweet eats, cake recipesDev AmadeoAugust 15, 2023make ahead desserts, lemon, lemons, basil, spring, summer, olive oil, citrus Comments