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Peach Pound Cake with Peach Nectar Glaze

May 22, 2012 by Tiffany

You may have noticed over the last few days that my site has been slooooooow. I couldn’t even get it to load for me in order to write a post or approve a comment. So frustrating. But I’ve switched hosting companies (switch should be complete sometime today) and hopefully, the site will work fantastically from now on. Thanks for your patience while we were having problems!

Now for the cake. This is a peach variation on the Apple Spice Cake. It starts with a cake mix and a can of peach pie filling. The result is a moist cake studded with peaches and drizzled with a sweet, peachy glaze.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

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Streusel Cake

September 9, 2011 by Tiffany

This is my sister’s absolute favorite birthday cake. The moist, yellow cake is marbled with sweet, cinnamon swirl.

It’s easy to make too, because it starts with a cake mix. Have I ever mentioned how much I love cake mix?

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

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Lemon Pineapple Cake Mix Cookies with Pineapple Glaze

June 9, 2011 by Tiffany

What to do with the lemon cake mix hanging out in my pantry? Cookies, of course!

This was an experiment. I wasn’t at all sure how the crushed pineapple would work in a cookie made from cake mix. I was afraid it would be too much liquid. But they turned out wonderfully. Soft and lemony with a sunny flavor.

Here’s what you’ll need:

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Filed under: cookies, Dessert Tagged with butter, cake mix, eggs, lemon, pineapple, powdered sugar10 Comments

Maraschino Cherry Cake

May 17, 2011 by Tiffany

Isn’t that the prettiest pink cake?

I’m not known for beautiful cakes. They usually turn out lopsided with crumbs in the frosting. So I’m really happy with how this turned out.

The idea is not my own. I saw the Cherry Vanilla Cake on Jam Hands and couldn’t resist trying it. I altered Ali’s recipe in several ways. She used the seeds of a vanilla bean, which sounds scrumptious, but I didn’t have any. I swapped water for milk and butter for oil.

And I decided to frost it with whipped topping. My original plan was to use Cool Whip, but then I remembered a recipe shared a few weeks ago on Ingredient Spotlight for homemade whipped topping. That’s what I decided to try and I’ll share the recipe on on Thursday. [Read more...]

Filed under: Dessert Tagged with butter, cake mix, eggs, maraschino cherries, milk, vanilla17 Comments

Strawberry Lemonade Cookies with Pink Lemonade Frosting

January 27, 2011 by Tiffany

Craving a pink-pink, sweet, sunshine-y bite of Valentine’s?

Here you go!

I woke up one morning a few weeks ago and the idea for this recipe popped into my mind. I’m not sure why that happens to me sometimes, but it’s a lovely way to wake up. That’s how the idea for S’mores Pie came to me too.

Anyway…I’d seen this post for Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies. It brought to mind the strawberry cake mix that I’d had in my pantry. I decided to combine it with pink lemonade. Flavor blast!

At first bite, the cookies taste almost too sweet and lemonade-y. But then you want another bite and another. Then pass me another cookie please. These are good! Like dropping bites of sunshine right into the middle of winter.

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Filed under: Dessert Tagged with butter, cake mix, eggs, lemonade mix, pink lemonade, powdered sugar, strawberry, Valentines, vanilla29 Comments

Butter Pecan Crunch Cake

January 13, 2011 by Tiffany

I’ve had a Butter Pecan cake mix in my pantry for a while now, just waiting for the perfect inspiration. I originally thought to make a bar cookie with it, but decided a snack cake/coffee cake type dessert sounded better.

I need to do a bit more testing on this recipe. The crumb topping needs more butter and I’d like to work on the cake batter a bit too. But, this tasted wonderful, so it’s worth testing. The cake has a sweet, nutty flavor and is topped with buttery crumbs that also have a bit of crunch from the nuts and toffee chips.

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Filed under: Dessert Tagged with butter, cake mix, coffee cake, crumb cake, egg, Heath chips, milk, pecans, snack cake, toffee chips, walnuts5 Comments

Apple Cider Cake

October 12, 2010 by Tiffany

We’ve already covered the beauty of a dressed up cake mix in last week’s Ingredient Spotlight. The recipe for this cake continues that theme.

I almost named it Apple Cider Donut Cake, because it reminds me of them. The cake is moist, with a whisper of apple flavor. It tastes wonderful with a glass of apple cider. [Read more...]

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Ingredient Spotlight: Cake Mix

October 6, 2010 by Tiffany

This post is part of a new series where you get to link up your recipes! Each week I’ll focus on a different common pantry ingredient. I’ll link to a few of my recipes that feature the ingredient and then give you a chance to link up to your blog.

Oh, the wonderful things you can do with a cake mix! They don’t have to be baked in a 9×13 pan and slathered with icing, although that is good.

When Jim and I were first married, we had very little money and I had no idea how to really cook. I would make a pitiful little dinner and then bake a cake and ice it with a simple powdered sugar icing. We were so hungry, we’d eat half the cake! Not very nutritious, but it tasted good and filled us up.

I’ve gotten better with cooking and with dressing up cake mixes in the last twenty two years. Here are a few of my recipes using cake mix: [Read more...]

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German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

August 18, 2010 by Tiffany

Jim loves German Chocolate cake. I usually try to make him one for his birthday. This year, my mom mentioned this recipe which she got from my aunt.

It’s not a beautiful cake, but it is delicious with gooey sweet filling studded with coconut and pecans.

Apparently, my oldest son likes German Chocolate cakes too. I’m pretty sure he ate half the cake. 9×13 pan gone in 24 hours. Come to think of it, I’ve been noticing our food disappearing very quickly. Like the huge watermelon I cut late one evening. It was gone by lunch the next day! My son said he only had 1 bowl of it, but I think he refilled that bowl 10 times.

Here’s what you’ll need to make the cake. Maybe yours will last longer than ours.

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Filed under: Dessert Tagged with cake mix, coconut, cream cheese, eggs, oil, pecans, powdered sugar18 Comments

Double Chocolate Coconut Cake Mix Cookies

June 1, 2010 by Tiffany

That’s a long title for a cookie that only has 6 ingredients. These are chocolatey and moist. The coconut makes them extra special. I used mini chocolate chips and I think they work better in this cookie than regular chocolate chips, although you can substitute if you need.

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