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Apple Spice Walnut Cake with Caramel Icing

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Cinnamon, apples, brown sugar, caramel, and walnuts are the perfect combination for a cozy cold-weather dessert! This apple spice bunt cake is very moist and dense, and makes the perfect after-dinner dessert or simple cake to eat with tea or coffee. Apples are super cheap this season which makes this the ideal cake to use up some in-season fruits you may have stored in the cupboard!

Apple Spice Walnut Cake with Caramel Icing

 
An apple bundt cake loaded with walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg with drizzled caramel
on top!
 
Ingredients:
 
For Cake
 
  1. 1.5 cups vegetable oil
  2. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  3. ½ cup brown sugar
  4. 3 large eggs
  5. 3 cups of flour
  6. 2 tsp cinnamon
  7. 1 tsp baking soda
  8. 1 tsp nutmeg
  9. Pinch of salt
  10. 3.5 cups of apples, peeled and diced into small squares
  11. 1 cup of chopped walnuts, toasted
  12. 2 tsp vanilla extract
For Icing
 
  1. ½ cup brown sugar
  2. 1/3 cup half-and-half cream
  3. ¼ cup butter, cut into chunks
  4. Pinch of salt
  5. 1 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

To Make Cake
 
  1. Preheat oven to 325 F and grease and flour a bundt pan.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract and combine it with the dry mixture.
  3. Fold in chopped apples and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan and back for 1.5 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Remove from oven and cool in pan before transferring to a wire rack.
To Make Cake
 
  1. Preheat oven to 325 F and grease and flour a bundt pan.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract and combine it with the dry mixture.
  3. Fold in chopped apples and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan and back for 1.5 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Remove from oven and cool in pan before transferring to a wire rack.
To Make Caramel Icing
 
  1. Place brown sugar, cream, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly until dissolved.
  2. Pour into a small bowl and allow it to cool to room temperature. Add in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Drizzle over cooled bundt cake and enjoy!

Birthday Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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This delicious Hummingbird cake is will give you an explosion of flavour in just one bite! Stacked between four layers of vanilla cream cheese frosting and a crunchy choice of either pecans or walnuts, you really can’t go wrong with this traditional southern cake. Perfect for a birthday party, family get-together, or even a corporate event – take this opportunity to impress your bosses! 

 

Birthday Cream Cheese Hummingbird Cake

 
Layered hummingbird with cream cheese frosting and your choice of pecans or walnuts!
 
Ingredients:
 
For Cake
 
  1. 3 cups flour
  2. 1.5 cups sugar
  3. 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped and toasted
  4. 1 tsp lemon zest
  5. 1 tsp baking soda
  6. 2 tsp cinnamon
  7. 1/2 tsp salt
  8. 3 eggs, beaten
  9. 1 cup oil
  10. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  11. 1 can crushed pineapple (8 ounce can)
  12. 2 bananas, chopped and ripe!
For Frosting
 
  1. 2 packages cream cheese at room temp (2 8oz packages)
  2. 1 cup of butter, at room temp (250g)
  3. 3 cups powdered sugar
  4. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  5. 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped and toasted

Directions:

To Make Cake
 
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease two 9” round cake pans. Cut out parchment paper to line the pans and then grease that too.
  2. Whisk together the flour, sugar, pecans/walnuts, lemon zest, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. In another bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, and vanilla extract. Mix in pineapple and then mix into flour mixture. Pour batter into pans and bake for about 45 mins. Cool in pans for 20 mins before turning out onto cooling rack.
To Make Frosting
 

Using a mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add in sugar then vanilla, beating constantly.

To Assemble
 

Slice both cake layers in half and spread each layer with 1 cup of frosting. Spread the remainder of the frosting all over the top and sides of the cake and decorate as desired!

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Chocolate Oatmeal Banana Bread – Eggless, Milk and Sugar Free!

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Eat up this delicious banana bread thats totally eggless, milk-free, and sugar free! I’ve yet to meet a soul that doesn’t like this banana bread, it’s been a signature treat of mine for years and never disappoints. What I love about this bread is that it’s guilt free and super filling. Whole wheat flour (or all purpose flour depending on your preference) and oatmeal provide you with loads of fibre and energy, making it the perfect breakfast or snack option. It’s also great for those on a diet that are looking for a filling, low-fat dessert.

The bread is also very moist and dense, so it doesn’t dry up and can hold at room temperature for quite a while (although because of it’s deliciousness I don’t think it will last very long!). The secret to it’s moist-ness is the yogurt as well as the creamy bananas – make sure to use ripe bananas, the riper the better!

I personally love this bread once it’s cooled down, but you can definitely eat it straight out of the oven or even warm it up in the microwave. Now who can resist melted, gooey chocolate?

*If you would like to share my recipe and photos please provide proper credit and a link back. Thanks!

 

Chocolate Oatmeal Banana Bread – Eggless, Milk and Sugar Free! 

 

Ingredients:
 
  1. 2 cups All purpose flour
  2. 1 cup fine oatmeal
  3. 1 tsp baking soda
  4. 2 tsp baking powder
  5. 1/8 tsp salt
  6. 1 tbsp cinnamon
  7. 1/4 cup oil
  8. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  9. 4 ripe bananas
  10. 1.5 cups water/yogurt mixture (container of 200g plain yogurt mixed with water and 1.5tbsp of vinegar)
  11. 100g dark chocolate, chopped into small bits
Instructions:
 
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and greese a loaf pan.
  2. Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. Mix yogurt/water mixture together with oil, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. Combine with the dry ingredients and mix until all lumps disappear. Now fold in the chopped dark chocolate.
  4. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
 
  1. I’m a big fan of walnuts, you can also mix in about a cup of walnuts along with the chocolate, making it even more dense and filling! Or you can even omit the chocolate and add in chopped apples and raisins!