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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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

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…

Peach Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Tarts

This Peach Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Tart recipe is so ridiculously easy, I can see you making it every time you want to make something cute and super delicious for breakfast in no time! It uses frozen puff pastry dough sheets and each tart has a sweet cream cheese filling. I used juicy fresh peaches for that peaches-n-creme feel, but you can use apricots, nectarines or even plums. It doesn't require for you to spend hours in the kitchen or lots of ingredients. This is a recipe that will never let you down.

When I crossed paths with some sweet juicy fresh peaches I thought immediately about making this recipe. I know the vibrant peach color will sweeten the soul and brighten anything. Maybe that’s why…

Extra Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting

My easy cream cheese frosting recipe is extra creamy, extremely velvety and super soft. It’s tart and not overly sweet and it tastes as pure sweet cream cheese. You can make soft designs with it because it’s sturdy enough to hold its shape and doesn’t get runny. By taking care of some details through the steps I’ve managed to work with this cream cheese frosting even if living in a tropical paradise.

That’s right! This cream cheese frosting recipe has stood the test of warm weather. Living in the Caribbean may seem like a fantasy and may make you want to put that #ilivewhereyouvacay hashtag in every…

sweet eats, basic recipesDev AmadeoJuly 24, 2023cream cheese frosting, cream cheese, basics, classics, sweet basics, sweet classicsComment

Blueberry Cream Cheese Sweet Rolls

These sweet rolls are bursting with blueberry flavor in each bite! They’re filled with a spread of cream cheese and a homemade blueberry compote where you can see the whole blueberries on it, making these perfectly satisfying and not overly sweet. A pretty purplish cream cheese icing bring these to a whole new level! Oh, and these are perfectly made the day before, another big yes for these soft gooey rolls!!

Sweet rolls is something we can crave most mornings. Pretty sure you can crave them too. I love the idea of just grabbing a piece of something for breakfast without too much thought…

Double Carrot Carrot Cake with the Creamiest Cream Cheese Frosting

Double carrots, double the fun, right?! This carrot cake has both puréed carrots and shredded carrots in the mix. The result is an impossibly moist, light and tender cake. It has a good kick of cinnamon, besides ginger, nutmeg and cardamom. This time I folded chopped walnuts, which I toast before to bring more nuttiness out of them. It’s simply a perfect rendition of a classic carrot cake. I know you won’t be able to eat just one piece.

And why double, you maybe wondering? Well, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I started making carrot cakes with pureed carrots so my daughter Mariana could eat them and actually…

Classic Carrot Cake with Passionfruit Brown Butter Frosting

I’m so excited for this classic carrot cake recipe!! You know I have a new carrot cake version every year and this one is a new rendition you will love so much! It has golden raisins plumped with bourbon, roasted pecans, a bit of cream cheese in the cake batter and the frosting is made with brown butter for extra nuttiness and passionfruit pulp for that final kick that will keep you coming back for more! Despite all that is going on, I promise this cake is so easy to make, I’m sure it will be your new favorite this season.

The other reason I would love for you to make this cake is because I feel I’m sharing a very important piece of my life with you. If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, you probably know that carrot cakes were Mariana’s favorite. The first time I baked…

Bourbon Salted Dulce de Leche Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

These cupcakes you guys!!! I know the tittle is long, but it’s precisely because all the things going on in here that make these cupcakes a dream. The cocoa flavor is intense because I used a 100% chocolate bar plus Dutch cocoa powder. The salted dulce de leche brings the perfect salty caramel note that balance the sweetness. And they are crowned with a perfectly smooth and velvety brown butter cream cheese frosting that’s like a dream. You will be so happy bite after bite!

Do you wanna know why I’m so excited about these cupcakes? Well, these are my first cupcakes ever on the blog!! Hooray! Can you believe that?! You know I have never been a big cupcake person. I have made them for family parties but they have never made it…

Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Whipped Cream

I’m seriously addicted to this lemon raspberry loaf cake! Dense as a pound cake but still very soft and tender. This simple vanilla loaf cake is soaked in homemade a lemon simple syrup. But my friends, the lemon cream cheese frosting is what will get you obsessed! This has to be the creamiest cream cheese frosting, I bet to say the best cream cheese frosting in the world! It has the perfect balance between tangy and sweet. No doubt, this lemon raspberry loaf cake is the best thing to do with all the fresh raspberries you are finding right now!

cake recipes, sweet eatsDev AmadeoAugust 1, 2021raspberries, cream cheese frostingComment

Super Moist Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

This super-moist and soft lemon blueberry layered cake is bursting with summer tangy flavors. It’s for serious lemon lovers because it has lemon all over it! I layered it with my super smooth and creamiest cream cheese frosting, which has more cream cheese than butter and has lemon juice as well. Seriously, this is the best lemon blueberry cake with cream cheese frosting that you can possibly make!