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Ski Scene Cupcakes

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Our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls, are back with a new cupcake tutorial! As winter settles in, images of snow piled high, dancing flakes and crisp, chilly air start to fill our thoughts and get us excited for the cold months ahead.  The best way to partake in all the snowy goodness is to bundle up and hit the slopes or to at least recreate the whole adventure in miniature, with Ski Scene Cupcakes. Capturing a winter wonderland ski scene is as simple as piling your ... Continue Reading

Skinny Margarita

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It's Cinco de Mayo and you know what that means!   Today you have a great excuse to celebrate and enjoy some delicious Mexican food and a frosty margarita.  But it’s no secret that the amount of calories in a margarita can be ridiculously high... sometimes higher than an entire meal.  That leaves no room for dessert!  So today we're sharing a margarita recipe that has all of the fun without all of the guilt.   A Skinny Margarita!   With no garnish, salt or triple sec required, the alcohol and ... Continue Reading

Penguin Cake

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Penguin Cake - a sprinkle coated penguin cake that is too adorable for words! A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. This precious little penguin cake is the perfect treat for a winter birthday or small holiday celebration. The idea for this guy was born from my sprinkle girl cakes. I imagine they’re all hanging out together in some fabulous sprinkle universe. Just like his sprinkle girl cousins, your sprinkle penguin cake can be customized in a number of ways. ... Continue Reading

Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake

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Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake - a sparkle coated layer cake topped with snowflakes and frosted trees. A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. This year we set out to make a classic cake with show stopping qualities that could easily be the centerpiece at your next holiday buffet. We went round and round with ideas and it wasn't until I took a snowy walk in Chicago that it seems so obvious. The streets and trees looked like the inside of ... Continue Reading

Painted Buttercream Flower Cake

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Painted Buttercream Flower Cake - how to paint buttercream flowers on a cake using a palette knife. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. This time of year, I can’t help but be inspired by all the beautiful blooms. They make me want to incorporate flowers into all of my cake designs, and there’s no easier way than with this buttercream painted floral technique! All you need is a smooth frosted cake, a beautiful buttercream color scheme, and a few palette knives to get the ... Continue Reading

Rainbow Mosaic Cake

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Rainbow Mosaic Cake - how to make a pastel rainbow M&M cake with an eye-catching geometric pattern. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. In my humble opinion, Easter is the BEST time of year for candy. Not only is it tastier than ever (hello, Cadbury Mini Eggs!), but the pastel colors have me all starry-eyed and inspired! As I was recently browsing the Easter candy aisle, I couldn’t help but get all hung up on the seasonal color palette that M&Ms have got going on. ... Continue Reading

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

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Easter Bunny Cupcakes - how to make adorable bunny cupcakes with easy chocolate ears. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. With Easter just a hop, skip, and a jump away, I decided it was time to work my magic at updating a classic - bunny ear cupcakes! I’ve seen fondant ears, marshmallow ears, and piped chocolate ears, but never smeared ears like we have right here. (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.) If you’ve been following along with my chocolate adventures for any length of ... Continue Reading

Sprinkle Girl Cake

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Sprinkle Girl Cake - how to make cute girly face cakes with sprinkles for the hair and chocolate heart sunglasses. A new cake tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. I am officially obsessed with these little sprinkle-haired cuties. A few years ago cakes featuring girls with hair made of berries and fresh fruit started popping up all over instagram. Instantly, I used my dessert forces for evil and thought, “Oooh, that’d be even better with candy or sprinkles!” The idea was filed ... Continue Reading

Sueded Buttercream with Sprinkle Snowflakes

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Sueded Buttercream with Sprinkle Snowflakes - how to make a suede like texture on a buttercream cake plus the prettiest sprinkle snowflakes. A new cake tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. I’m going to share with you a little bit of my journey down the rabbit hole to sueded buttercream, because it’s a good one. It all started while watching a YouTube tutorial on how to “bake” concealer. (I know, I know.) Basically, it’s when you heavily dust your freshly concealed under eyes with a ... Continue Reading

Christmas Present Cupcakes

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Christmas Present Cupcakes - how to decorate cupcakes to look like a gift box. A quick and easy holiday cupcake perfect for dessert or gift giving. A new tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. I love Christmas. It's an amazing time with friends and family. The city is strung far and wide with twinkling lights, the snow is sparkling, warm cookies fill the house with Christmas aroma, the tree is trimmed and the presents are thoughtfully wrapped. Traditional, ... Continue Reading

10 Buttercream Painted Cakes

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Every new cake trend highlights the vast amount of talent in this world. Thanks to social media, bakers everywhere are able to share their work and people like us are fortunate to enjoy the beauty they create and feel inspired to try something new. ENTER: the buttercream painted cake trend. Oh my gosh, have you guys seen these cakes on your Instagram feed? I've been swooning over them for so long now but I still can't even wrap my head around skill involved. If only I could paint a fraction as ... Continue Reading

Pumpkin Sheet Cake

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake - easy pumpkin cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, made from scratch and perfect for a crowd. Tall, elegantly stacked and frosted to perfection - what's not to love about the layer cakes that typically grace our blog posts? Of course, we all love a good layer cake because there's simply no beating the presentation. But sometimes, they are not so... practical. Sometimes you need a cake for a large crowd or a pot luck or a school event or simply when you won't be ... Continue Reading

TV Dinner Sheet Cake

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TV Dinner Sheet Cake! Learn how to make this old school, frozen TV dinner sheet cake -- perfect for Father's Day and/or April Fool's Day -- with a simple step-by-step tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. It's Father's Day and when it comes to making a cake, we think we can do a whole lot better than that generic shirt and tie cake for our Dad ...ugh. In fact, our Dad never even wore a tie to work. Our Dad is warm and funny and not at all generic, so we thought ... Continue Reading

10 Mexican Embroidery Cakes

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Embroidery is everywhere right now from super cute tops like this one (love) to skirts, pillows, sheets and shoes (double love). And yes, even cakes! In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought we'd take a look at some of my favorite embroidered cakes right now, all of which were inspired by traditional Mexican textiles. While the patterns are graphic and modern, they are also filled with history as traditional Mexican embroidery represents the culture and identity of its indigenous people -- even ... Continue Reading

Spring Wreath Cake

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Spring Wreath Cake - how to make a buttercream wreath cake with little decorative touches like a bird's nest, cherry blossoms, green berries and cookie moss. Beautiful for spring events like Easter, baby showers and Mother's Day. It seems as though I have a thing for Easter cakes. Over the last five years, I've made a new cake each spring specifically with the holiday in mind. It all started back in 2013 with my Speckled Egg Cake. That cake has definitely stood the test of time with ... Continue Reading

Snow Globe Cookies

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Snow Globe Cookies - Learn how to decorate sparkly, snow globe sugar cookies for the holidays with a simple step-by-step tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. When you're an enthusiast baker, like we all are, Christmas is game time and our time to shine. Occasional baking suddenly becomes daily baking and the idea of sharing our favorite recipes and honed skills brings joy to our hearts. In order to fit it all in, we made a better plan. Instead of making ... Continue Reading

ellenJay : Contributors

ellenJAY, a boutique bakery tucked in a charming cottage in Mobile, AL began as most great confections do, from scratch, with a few basic ingredients and plenty of hard work. Two friends, Lauren and Jennifer (the “L” and “J” behind ellenJAY), met in 2008 while training for a marathon. Years later, when they became mommies within six weeks of one another, the pair became even closer during that wild first year of motherhood. After planning every last detail for their children’s first birthday ... Continue Reading

Christmas Ornament Cakes

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Christmas Ornament Cakes! Learn how to make these sparkly, mini ornament cakes with a simple step-by-step tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. We couldn't wait to get started on these sparkly Christmas Ornament Cakes. It's the time of year to kick things up a notch, be a little more thoughtful and pull out all the stops...even when you're making cakes. Individual cakes seem fitting because they're a bit more labor intensive, but feel really, really special. ... Continue Reading

Winter Buttercream Greenery

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Winter Buttercream Greenery - how to pipe buttercream leaves, branches, pine and seasonal greenery fit for a wintry holiday cake. A new video tutorial! Today I'm showing you how to create the wintry buttercream decorations from this Eggnog Cake that I shared earlier in the week. Your response to the buttercream flowers on my Pumpkin Spice Cake inspired me to do something similar with this cake, only tweaked for the winter holidays. I love the look of fresh greenery mixed with wood toned ... Continue Reading

Chocolate Lollipop Ghosts

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Chocolate Lollipop Ghosts - how to make edible lollipop ghosts for Halloween cakes and cupcakes using white chocolate and suckers. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. Can you guess the source of inspiration for these hauntingly delicious lollipop ghosts? If you’ve ever trick-or-treated, odds are you’ve received a tissue or napkin-covered lollipop ghost at least once in your travels. Better odds, you probably got at least a few every year! This updated and completely edible ... Continue Reading

Black Forest Cupcakes

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These Black Forest Cupcakes are made with a moist chocolate cupcake, homemade cherry filling and fresh vanilla whipped cream on top! Delicious for fresh cherry season!  A new cupcake recipe by our contributor, Lindsay Conchar. Black Forest isn’t a flavor I really had at all as a kid. I only discovered it a few years ago and as soon as I tried it, I fell in love. The combination of the chocolate with the cherries and whipped cream is so good! While the traditional German Black Forest ... Continue Reading

Strawberry Lemonade Cake

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Strawberry Lemonade Cake. A tender layer cake recipe brightened with lemon juice, lemon zest and fresh strawberries, frosted with a tangy sweet fresh strawberry buttercream frosting. Last summer I shared my favorite Lemon Blueberry Cake and while it's always been a hit in our house, it quickly became a reader favorite too. So many of you have given it a try and left your feedback. Thank you! Turns out, one of the most commonly asked questions on this recipe is about subbing ... Continue Reading

Caramel Bourbon Vanilla Cupcakes

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Caramel Bourbon Vanilla Cupcakes - a brown sugar bourbon cupcake topped with caramel vanilla frosting for a unique combination that is full of flavor! A new cupcake recipe by our contributor, Lindsay Conchar. So I’ve never really considered myself much of a drinker. While I love a good cocktail when hanging out with friends, particularly now that it’s summer, that’s mostly it. Plus, I tend to not like to drink my calories, I’d rather eat them. So when I have the chance to combine ... Continue Reading

Lemon Honey Apricot Cake

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Lemon Honey Apricot Cake - lemon cake paired with honey buttercream and apricot jam filling to create a flavor palette that's bright, fresh and slightly floral. A new layer cake recipe by our contributor, Tessa Huff. While we wait in anticipation for longer days and sunnier skies, aka summer – aka berry season, I wanted to create a cake to withstand all the seasons. Robust, cinnamon-scented, and decadent desserts warm our souls in the fall once all the strawberries have been picked and ... Continue Reading

Join Our Team

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This doesn't happen very often, which makes this news even more exciting.... TheCakeBlog.com is hiring! We are looking for a few awesome individuals to join The Cake Blog team!  The last time we accepted applications for new team members the year was 2015. Yes, that was TWO YEARS AGO! Like I said, this opportunity doesn't come around very often. So if you love cakes, baking and blogging - you might want to take a peek at the positions below. CREATIVE WRITER We're seeking a freelance creative ... Continue Reading

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Chocolate Truffle Cake

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Chocolate Truffle Cake - a chocolate layer cake recipe with dense, moist chocolate cake, silky chocolate truffle frosting and chocolate flakes. By our contributor, Olivia Bogacki. I am a HUGE fan of chocolate, especially chocolate cake - there are few things more comforting. I always have some kind of chocolate around the house. I know, I’m a baker so it’s obvious. But I’m talking about chocolate other than what I use for baking. I’m talking about little pieces I can snag here and there ... Continue Reading

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