Nutella Babka Recipe
This Nutella babka was created for the reddit 52 weeks of baking challenge, week 50: yeast-leavened. It’s an adaptation of the Krantz cake recipe from the Jerusalem cookbook.
Tastes delicious. Looks homemade.
Cakes and Quickbreads
Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake Recipe
This easy chocolate chip loaf cake recipe was created for the reddit 52 weeks of baking (Week 41: Pantry Challenge). The challenge: to bake something out of things you already have at home. It’s a given that I’m always ready to bake a chocolate chip …
Juniper Lime Drizzle Cake (aka Why Did My Cake Fall?)
Warning: while there may be a recipe for a juniper lime drizzle cake included with this post, I can’t recommend that you make it. You see, I created this loaf cake with dried juniper berries for the reddit 52 week baking challenge (Week 31: unusual …
Peanut Butter Banana Clafoutis
This peanut butter banana clafoutis is the delicious result of having too many bananas while planning for this week’s reddit 52 week baking challenge. It’s a very Americanized version of a classic French dessert that’s both easy and elegant.
Blackberry Lemon Bread
This blackberry lemon bread is for all of you berry lovers, whether you pick your berries in a wild patch along the side of the road or as a mixed flat at the weekly Sunday market.
A Maple Donut Cake Recipe for Donut Lovers
This maple donut cake recipe was created because mr. uglyducklingbakery is a donut lover. And he wanted Father’s Day donuts for the reddit 52 week baking challenge: week 25 – bagels and doughnuts. Speaking of which, do you know why seagulls fly over the sea? …
Apple Cake Battle: Swedish versus Sourdough Apple Cake
There was a reason I baked two very different apple cakes this weekend. The Swedish apple cake was for this week’s reddit 52 week baking challenge: week 22 – Scandinavian. The sourdough apple cake was for me. As it turns out, these cakes are a …
A Fudgy and Moist Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe
This chocolate orange cake is my contribution to this week’s reddit 52 week baking challenge: week 21 – birthday party! Because I am celebrating the 100th uglyducklingbakery blog post since I started blogging in January!
Earl Grey Lavender Cake
I have a thing for lavender. I love it for its floral aroma. I also seem to have a bit of a purple food theme going. So when I needed a cake for my cake collection to balance out all of the chocolate cakes, I …
Peanut Butter Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake
This peanut butter chocolate ganache drip cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting is the cake I will make for myself for my birthday every year. It is three fudgy chocolate cake layers, a peanut butter-y buttercream, and topped with a peanut butter and chocolate …
How to Make a Purple Velvet Cake
This purple velvet cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting (in purple) is adapted from an Epicurious red velvet cake. I clearly remember the first time I made the red version. I brought it to a friend’s house for a potluck, and someone asked me …
Triple Layer Chocolate Cake with Ganache Icing
The title says it all. It’s a fudgy triple layer chocolate cake with ganache icing. It’s a must-bake cake if you’re a chocolate lover. And, bonus, mr. uglyducklingbakery and I think this cake might actually taste better after it’s been carefully frozen and defrosted.
One Bowl Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
According to my Facebook memories, March 22nd is the day of the year I make banana bread. So here is 2021’s contribution to the tradition: one bowl chocolate chip banana bread. You probably already have a favorite banana bread, so I won’t try to convince …
Tiramisu Birthday Cake
This tiramisu birthday cake was the first of several cakes baked for my 50th zoom birthday party party. I made multiple cakes and delivered frozen slices to friends so that everyone could enjoy a piece of homemade birthday cake. This birthday cake tiramisu is a …
Kate’s Sticky Toffee Apple Caramel Cake
When Prue, one of the judges of the Great British Bake Off, said in Season 8 that Kate’s sticky toffee apple caramel cake was the best cake she had ever eaten, I wanted to try it. And when the list of bakes in the reddit …
Grapefruit Pound Cake
I committed to the Reddit 52 week baking challenge in 2021 in order to bring some organization to my baking and to work on new skills. For week 2 (seasonal ingredients) I made the Grapefruit Olive Oil Pound Cake from the original Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. …