This Black Sesame Cake is wonderfully moist and nutty, with a unique balance of sweet and salty. The cake is topped with a creamy black sesame frosting for ultimate nutty flavor. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Cakes
Orange Blossom Cake
This Orange Blossom Cake is so scrumptious and fragrant, thanks to the fresh orange juice, zest and orange blossom water. It’s simple to put together and just the thing to have when you’re expecting company!
I first came to know about Orange Blossom water while living here in New York City. I was inside a tiny Lebanese store, filled with imported foods and ingredients. I was already familiar with rose water, having used it for a Turkish cake (recipe here), but I’d never used orange blossom water before. Without knowing what I was going to do with it, I bought a bottle and brainstormed all the things I could use it in. As well as cookies, I knew I wanted to incorporate the orange blossom water in a cake. So I played around with some recipes, and came up with this one! This orange blossom cake is moist and so flavourful. It has a gorgeous lightness to it, thanks to the whipped egg whites.
Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
This Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake is bursting with fresh lemon flavor and has a delightful crunch with the poppy seeds.
Mini Raspberry Cakes
These Mini Raspberry Cakes make a wonderful dessert, as everyone gets their own individual cake. With the pretty pink cream, they are perfect for Valentine’s Day, or for anyone who loves raspberries.
Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
If you’re a chocoholic like me, you need to make this Chocolate Olive Oil Cake! It’s rich, luscious and oh-so-decadent. Basically everything you could want in a chocolate cake! The chocolate flavour is intensified with a silky chocolate glaze, and a sprinkling of flaky sea salt.
Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is perfect to celebrate the tantalizing flavours of Fall! It’s light and fluffy, packed full of delicious pumpkin flavour and warming spices. The cake is paired with a silky cream cheese frosting which makes it truly irresistible.
Persian Love Cake
Not only does this Persian Love Cake look beautiful, it tastes like a dream too. It is a moist, densely textured cake with both almond flour and regular flour. The cake is flavoured with lemon, rose and cardamom and adorned with a floral rose glaze, with chopped pistachios and rose petals.
Kahlua Chocolate Cake
If you love coffee and chocolate, you must try this Kahlua Chocolate Cake! It makes for an impressive yet simple dessert, with Kahlua and chocolate in every bite.
I got the idea for this cake one evening while enjoying some Tiramisu. Tiramisu consists of ladyfingers dipped in espresso (sometimes spiked with a liqueur), and layered with a lightly sweetened mascarpone cream.
Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Cake
A light and fluffy vanilla cake topped with a layer of mixed berries and creamy cheesecake. Far less complicated than a regular cheesecake, this Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Cake is extremely light, and packed with juicy berries. In every mouthful you get cake, cheesecake and berries. Perfect for your next picnic or dessert table!
This recipe is inspired by picnic-suitable desserts. A while back I was invited to a picnic, and as always, my job was to bring the dessert. I wanted something that wasn’t going to be messy to eat and would hold up well for the hour-long commute. Enter this Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Cake. It has all the wonderful flavour of a cheesecake but has a vanilla cake on the bottom instead of a crust. The cake layer gets par-baked first for around 10 minutes, then the berries and cheesecake layer is added and then baked again. It couldn’t be more easy to put together, and it always impresses.
Healthy Banana Pecan Bread
This Healthy Banana Pecan Bread is a staple in my house when I have ripe bananas to use up. And once you try it, it’s sure to become a staple for you too!
I’m obsessed with this particular banana bread for two main reasons: it always comes out of the oven so irresistibly moist, and I can never stop at just one piece.