Cakes & Cupcakes Archives - With The Grains

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake for Ben (and Nutella Lovers)

This cake was from one year ago. It's a belated post because I was busy living, busy saying yes to adventures that pushed me beyond my comfort levels. Belated because I chose to rest. Belated because I didn't quite have the right words yet, but everything comes at its due time. The due time for sharing this cake was one year later: a chocolate-hazelnut bookend. Revisiting these cake memories has been my way of reminiscing and celebrating Ben's special day until we can celebrate together.

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July 17, 2021

Breakfast & Brunch / Cakes & Cupcakes / Dessert

Gluten-Free Coffee Cake with Browned Butter Streusel

The cake is light enough for breakfast and sweet enough for dessert, but I highly recommend taking an afternoon coffee and cake break, especially if you can share it with a friend.

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April 8, 2021

Birthdays / Cakes & Cupcakes / Gluten Free / Layer Cakes

Game-Changing Chocolate Avocado Frosting For My Birthday Cake

I don't toss around superlatives like "game-changing" often, so believe me when I say this chocolate avocado frosting is worth trying. The almond-flour, avocado cake is so rich, creamy, moist, and chocolaty, I made it twice - once to celebrate my birthday in Florida and once to celebrate my birthday at a wintry cabin in Pennsylvania (I'm big on birthday celebrations).

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March 17, 2021

Cakes & Cupcakes / Cookies / Gluten Free / Holidays / Valentine's Day

Sending Love with Sweet Valentine Parcels & Mini Gluten-Free Heart Cakes

Maybe Valentine’s Day makes you cringe, but I would encourage you to see the holiday as a gentle deadline for sending and showing love to friends, family, and romantic partners. This year, I’m harkening to my elementary school days, when we’d craft mailboxes, position them on our desks, then await the delivery of Valentine’s cards and a bounty of candy hearts.

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February 12, 2021

Biscuits, Muffins & Scones / Cakes & Cupcakes / Dog / Gluten Free / The Gluten-Free Grains Cookbook

Gluten-Free Dog Treats for You & Your Dog To Share (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULEP!)

This week, on Earth Day, my baby turned seven! She has become a literary number, a good luck number, a Biblical number. This week, the love of my dog reminds me that time, all time, even socially-distanced time, is extremely precious and not to be taken for granted.

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April 23, 2020

Birthday Cake Tradition / Birthdays / Cakes & Cupcakes / Dessert

36 Cakes for 36 Years: Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Espresso Glaze

I made these mini cakes to reclaim my birthday cake tradition but also as a way to choose life and joy instead of fear. It seems appropriate that now, as I'm sharing the recipe, the world is in the grips of fear. We're in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and when I start to feel overwhelmed, stressed, scared or all of the above, I remind myself to return to gratitude.

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April 3, 2020

Birthday Cake Tradition / Birthdays / Cakes & Cupcakes / Gatherings

A Roller Skating Birthday Party for Me & My Inner Child

It's about to get a little louder and a little brighter than it typically is in this corner of the web. I am a nuanced human being after all, and as much as I love vintage wood grains, I love a nearly neon, pink, stone-washed jumpsuit and roller skates. But before we fully get this party started, I want to share why this party, this loud, silly, colorfully over-stimulating party was so needed.

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March 16, 2020

Cakes & Cupcakes / Gluten Free

Gluten-Free Vanilla Butter Cake, Whipped Cream & Summer Berries

I'm trying to remind myself to choose gratitude and excitement over negativity and fear because after all, I get to make and play with food. I get to share recipes with you and with those I love. In the case of this berry beauty, a Gluten-Free Vanilla Butter Cake, I shared it in celebration of the moms in my life.

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June 24, 2019