There is no shortage of banana cake and banana bread on this blog, but apparently I’m not done yet. Lightly spiced with cinnamon, this roll cake version starts with a light and airy batter to which you add mashed banana. The springy cake is filled with a cream cheese frosting and rolled up to give…
Cakes & Brownies
Double Chocolate Banana Bread (Eggless)
This banana bread is absolutely addictive but if you can, don’t eat it all on day one, it gets better the next day! A double chocolate version of this reader-favourite eggless banana bread, this one has cocoa and plenty of chocolate chunks to satisfy all cravings. It’s moist and flavourful thanks to the olive oil…
Strawberry Tres Leches Cake
Back with another flavour variation of tres leches cake! A classic Latin American dessert, this is a soft sponge cake soaked in three milks (‘tres leches’) to create a moist, light and very refreshing dessert. This strawberry version is a great way to celebrate the season. It’s fruity and bright and tastes better the longer…
Chocolate Vanilla Heart Surprise Cake
Once again, I caved to the heart-shaped tug of Valentine’s Day and decided to do a chocolate version of this pink heart surprise cake from many years ago. I’m still not very sure what this kind of cake is actually called, but Google some combination ‘hidden’, ‘surprise’, ‘heart’, ‘inside’, and you’ll find it! It’s very…
Fudgy Chocolate Pecan Rum Cake
This cake is decadent and celebratory and checks all of the boxes that in my world, make a great cake. Rich, fudgy, chocolatey, and worth the (slightly more than average) effort that it takes. Ground pecans and melted bittersweet chocolate give this cake it’s dense but soft consistency. A dark chocolate ganache with chopped toasted…