We Made Room For Dessert 25 - Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake

For my fiance's birthday a month agoI wanted to make a cake, and not just a normal birthday cake.  I decided on a pineapple upside down cake as I know he loves that type.  I looked for a recipe that I could make in a bundt pan as I just love a good bundt cake.  And here it is!

Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake 

Ingredients:

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 cup sour cream (next time, I would use a cup of Greek yogurt instead of the sour cream)
• 4 eggs
• dash almond extract
• dash vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup veg oil
• 1 can crushed pineapple
• 1/2 jar maraschino cherries
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 4 tbs butter

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.  Grease bundt pan liberally with cooking spray.  Mix together butter and brown sugar and pour in pan.  Place cherries on top.  Spread pineapple carefully on top.  
Mix together cake mix, sour cream, eggs, oil, and extracts.  Beat well until batter is well combined and light and fluffy.  Carefully spread on top of pineapple layer.  Bake for 30 minutes.
Enjoy!

We Made Room For Dessert 19 - Birthday Cake

What's a birthday without cake?  I have made a couple of birthday cakes previously, but this year for a couple of friends birthday's I made my first layer cake.  I used a recipe for a chocolate cake with mayonnaise instead of oil.  It did come out so much more moist than my previous cakes!  As a short cut I used store bought frosting, but you can make your own if you so desire.  I might the next time, as the store bought kind was way too sweet for me.  Either way, this cake is easy, moist, and delicious!

Birthday Cake 

Ingredients:

• 1 box devil's food cake mix (I used Duncan Hines brand)
• 2 tubs vanilla frosting (I used Pillsubry, which came with sprinkles)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup mayo (I used Hellmann's as it's the only kind of mayo I use)
• 1 cup water
• 1 box instant chocolate pudding mix

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
Grease 2 8 inch cake pans
Mix together all ingredients except frosting on low speed for a minute, then on high for 3 minutes.  Equally divide cake batter between the 2 pans.  Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.  Let cake cool for an hour.
Frost cake, creating a layer of frosting in between the two cake layers, then frost the whole outside.  Decorate with sprinkles.
Enjoy!

We Made Room For Dessert 15 - Blueberry Cream Cheese Cake

We made room for dessert this week!  Blueberries are in season and are reasonably priced at my local Aldi's.  I picked a couple containers, assuming I would eat them for breakfast, but then came across this recipe on Pinterest:  Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Simple to make, delicious, budget friendly, and only uses a few ingredients.  Score!  AND, it's great for breakfast or dessert.  Or a snack!  If you wanted to mix it up some, I think it would be great with lemon cake mix.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 box golden butter cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• vanilla extract (I also added a dash of almond extract)
• 1 pint of blueberries (in the original recipe she used frozen, I used fresh, but either way, it works)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• vegetable oil

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325.
Grease cake pan (I used a bundt pan, as does the original recipe).  Make sure to grease it very well.
Mix together eggs, sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla.  Stir in cake mix, blend very well.  Fold in blueberries.  Pour into greased pan.  Bake for 45 minutes if using a regular cake pan, 1 hour if using a bundt pan.  Let cool 1 hour (up to overnight) and remove from pan.
Enjoy!

We Made Room For Dessert 9 - Sour Cream Vanilla Pudding Bundt Cake

I cannot believe it's been over a month since I posted recipe!  Time sure does fly around here.  I am not doing so hot with my resolution to keep up with posting at least once a week.  Somehow I will have to make it up to you dear readers, but in the meantime, here is a delicious recipe for a cake that's super simple to make, is really tasty, and would be perfect to bring to any of your summer gatherings if you're in charge of bringing dessert.  Plus it allowed me to use my new bundt pan, which I only paid $6.99 at Aldi for.  Yay new kitchen supplies!

Sour Cream Vanilla Pudding Bundt Cake

Ingredients:
Box of yelllow cake mix (of course, you can use any flavor of cake mix you'd like!)
1 pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tbs vanilla extract (you could also use various flavors of extracts - almond, orange, etc would be good)
1/4 cup sour cream
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Combine cake mix and instant pudding. Add eggs, oil, water and vanilla and mix until smooth. Incorporate sour cream and scoop into greased bundt pan and bake 45-55 mins or until done.

Easy right?!? I topped mine with a homemade chocolate glaze, but you could use any kind of frosting or glaze you like.  Or eat it plain.  Enjoy!

Cranberry Cake - We Made Room For Dessert 6

If you're a regular reader of this blog you know I am not much of a baker, or a dessert maker (hence the name of the blog).  But around Thanksgiving time a friend brought me some pieces of Cranberry bread they had made for the holidays and it was so yummy that I thought it would make a perfect breakfast treat.  I researched some recipes, and decided on one I could tweak a little, and make it more like a breakfast cake.  I recommend either spreading it with cream cheese when ready to have a piece, or spreading the whole cake with a cream cheese frosting (extra calories, but extra delicious and filling!).



Finished cake



Cranberry Cake

• Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg, beaten lightly
• 4 tbs melted butter
• 3/4 cup milk

• 1 tsp vanilla extract (or you could mix it up using another extract, for example, almond or orange extract would lend a delicious and interesting twist to the cake)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease a 8x8 pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Whisk together dry ingredients; flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Whisk together wet ingredients; butter, milk, egg, and vanilla (or other extract).

Add wet ingredients to dry and mix well until combined. 

Fold in cranberries.

Pour into greased pan and bake for 1 hour.

Let cool (and then top with frosting or cream cheese if desired).

 Enjoy!


Ingredients




Add wet to dry and combine




Fold in cranberries




Pour batter into greased pan