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Fall bake #1: I made these adorable apple shaped sugar cookies to celebrate fall! It was a fun baking project and the cookies turned out way cuter than I expected! They also reminded me of one my favorite movies growing up, Fantastic Mr Fox!! Ughh I LOVE that movie! 🍎✨️

Edit: Since so many of y'all loved these, which I didn't expect, I'll leave the sugar cookie recipe here:

Ingredients

226 g unsalted butter (1 cup) softened

200 g granulated sugar (1 cup)

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 large egg room temperature

400 g all-purpose flour ( 3 1/3 cups)

2 tsp baking powder

red powdered food coloring

green powdered food coloring

In a large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the softened butter and granulated sugar. Use an electric mixer to beat on medium speed until creamy and fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the vanilla extract and egg. Beat again until smooth and combined. Add the flour and baking powder. Switch to a spatula and mix until a dough forms. The dough should be soft, pliable, and not sticky. If needed, add a little extra flour if too sticky, or a tiny splash of water if too dry. It should feel similar to play dough.

I finally did it! I tried the Viral London Chocolate Cake and it is sooo worth the hype!

I mean at the end of the day, it's chocolate cake with chocolate ganache frosting and whipped salted caramel, how can it not be good!!

Most of the recipes I saw online used a basoc chocolate ganache for the frosting, but I used my chocolate fudge frosting because it's so much harder to mess up, unlike chocolate ganache (my opinion btw) and I also used an eggless chocolate cake recipe, because I just love the texture of this cake! So rich and fluffy!

The recipe is below:

For the Chocolate Cake

165 g all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

95 g Greek yogurt room temperature

175 g granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp baking soda

56 g unsalted butter cubed

65 g vegetable oil

180 g whole milk

1 tsp instant coffee

40 g unsweetened cocoa powder

For the Chocolate Fudge Frosting

170 g heavy cream

250 g dark or semi-sweet chocolate chopped

150 g unsalted butter cubed

60 g powdered sugar

½ tsp instant coffee

7 g unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Whipped Caramel

130 g granulated sugar

35 g unsalted butter

170 g heavy cream

½ tsp salt

For the Chocolate Simple Syrup

100 g hot water

20 g granulated sugar

1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

Caramel (day ahead): Melt sugar in a saucepan over medium-low, swirling (don't stir) until melted and amber. Add butter, whisk in. Carefully add cream (it'll steam/bubble). Simmer 2-3 min, stir in salt. Cool 10 min, cover, refrigerate 6+ hrs (overnight best).

Frosting: Heat cream until just simmering. Add butter, powdered sugar, coffee, vanilla, cocoa, chocolate. Whisk until smooth. Chill ~1 hr until spreadable.

Cake: Preheat 180°C/350°F. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt. Melt butter, oil, milk, coffee together; whisk in cocoa powder off heat (blooms it), cool. Separately whisk yogurt, sugar, baking soda, vanilla. Alternate adding cocoa mixture and dry ingredients into yogurt mix, ending with dry, don't overmix. Pour into greased/lined 9x13 pan, bake ~20 min (toothpick clean). Cool completely, then cut into 4 equal rectangles lengthwise.

Syrup: Mix hot water, sugar, cocoa until dissolved. Cool.

Whip caramel: Once fully chilled, whip with mixer until light, fluffy, and pale.

Assemble: Brush each cake layer with syrup. Pipe a frosting border around the edge, fill center with whipped caramel, spread. Stack layers, repeat. Top layer gets syrup + full frosting coat on top/sides. Chill 10 min before final smoothing, then 20-30 min before serving.

Tips: Caramel must be fully chilled before whipping or it won't whip. Frosting can be made ahead, soften at room temp 1-2 hrs, or microwave briefly if too firm. Don't skip the syrup, makes the cake extra moist.

I was making Focaccia and it looked pretty so I thought I'd share it here!

I completely forgot to take a pic after baking lol!

The recipe: https://thefoodflamingo.com/no-knead-homemade-focaccia/

This Peaches and Cream Cake is everything you would want in a summer dessert. It’s made with a light and airy sponge cake that’s soaked with a homemade peach syrup, layered with fluffy Chantilly cream, and filled with a juicy peach compote made from fresh, ripe peaches. Every bite is soft, creamy, and bursting with fresh peach flavor.

Recipe: https://thefoodflamingo.com/the-best-peaches-and-cream-cake-for-summer/

This Peaches and Cream Cake is everything you would want in a summer dessert. It’s made with a light and airy sponge cake that’s soaked with a homemade peach syrup, layered with fluffy Chantilly cream, and filled with a juicy peach compote made from fresh, ripe peaches. Every bite is soft, creamy, and bursting with fresh peach flavor.

Recipe: https://thefoodflamingo.com/the-best-peaches-and-cream-cake-for-summer/

This Peaches and Cream Cake is everything you would want in a summer dessert. It’s made with a light and airy sponge cake that’s soaked with a homemade peach syrup, layered with fluffy Chantilly cream, and filled with a juicy peach compote made from fresh, ripe peaches. Every bite is soft, creamy, and bursting with fresh peach flavor.

I'll leave the recipe in the comments!

I took all the flavors from a Snickers bar and turned it into a gourmet entremet style cake!

This cake actually inspired me to start a new series on my social media of turning popular snacks into gourmet cakes! I haven't decided what I should do next, so let me know if y'all have any ideas!

The layers are as follows:

Chocolate sponge (soaked in choco simple syrup)

Peanut praline crunch (made with homemade feuilletine)

Silky Peanut mousse (I added some cream cheese to it)

2nd chocolate sponge

Slated caramel sauce

More Peanut mousse

Last chocolate sponge

Dark chocolate ganache glaze

Toasted Marshmallow frosting (inspired by the nougat layer in a Snickers bar)

This cake was fairly easy to come up with components for the cake, so I can't wait to try something a bit more challenging for the next one!

Let me know what you think!

Here's the recipe: https://thefoodflamingo.com/snickers-inspired-gourmet-layer-cake/

I took all the flavors from a Snickers bar and turned it into a gourmet entremet style cake!

This cake actually inspired me to start a new series on my social media of turning popular snacks into gourmet cakes! I haven't decided what I should do next, so let me know if y'all have any ideas!

The layers are as follows:

Chocolate sponge (soaked in choco simple syrup)

Peanut praline crunch (made with homemade feuilletine)

Silky Peanut mousse (I added some cream cheese to it)

2nd chocolate sponge

Slated caramel sauce

More Peanut mousse

Last chocolate sponge

Dark chocolate ganache glaze

Toasted Marshmallow frosting (inspired by the nougat layer in a Snickers bar)

This cake was fairly easy to come up with components for the cake, so I can't wait to try something a bit more challenging for the next one!

Let me know what you think! I'll attach the recipe in the comments!

I made this graduation cake for an order, it was vanilla cake with strawberry compote!

I've seen these types of cakes a lot on Pinterest lately so I decided to make my own!

These are lemon poppyseed loaf cake slices topped with a light mascarpone whipped cream frosting and homemade lemon curd!

I have to admit, it kinda looks like a fried egg on toast but, hey, they were delicious and so cute! 🍋✨️

Here's the recipe: https://thefoodflamingo.com/lemon-poppyseed-slab-cakes-soft-moist-perfect-for-spring/

These types of loaf cake slides with toppings has been on my Pinterest feed for a while now so I decided to create my own!

These are lemon poppyseed loaf cakes slice topped with a light mascarpone whipped cream frosting and homemade lemon curd!

I have to admit they kinda ended up looking like a fried egg on toast but, hey, they tasted to fresh and delicious! Perfect for summer!

Let me know if you want the recipe, I can send you the link! 🍋✨️