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How to Make the Best Carrot Cake
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Truly our best-ever carrot cake recipe, make this classic favorite for a crowd and you might not have any leftovers to bring home. For more flavor, try toasting the nuts and coconut before adding them to the batter.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
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Easy Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Crumb cake dry

by dawnsona 2 days ago

I just made a crumb cake and I think the cake part is a little dry. The topping was lovely, but I’m wondering if I ca...

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dawnsona commented 7 hours ago

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Custom decorated cake

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 by miyagi 1 day ago

I need to buy a custom decorated cake for a party this Saturday. 4/28 I am in North Jersey. Would prefer to stay ...

Outer Boroughs New Jersey Bakery Cakes Brooklyn Where to Buy...

Indonesian Food Recipes (Need your comment and suggestion)

by enzhndyn 4 days ago

Hello everyone, this is another Indonesian food recipes that I have translated from Bahasa Indonesia to English. Plea...

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enzhndyn commented 3 days ago

Indonesian Baking Bananas Cakes

What are you baking these days? March, 2018 edition!

by buttertart 2 months ago

March is coming in here pretty lambily but we're still expecting prime baking weather during the month. I had big pla...

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sarahaha commented 6 days ago

Baking What Are You Baking? Cakes Cookies
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Baked Alaska in the Tri-Valley?

by Foodrat 17 days ago

Somehow my soon to be 7 yo wants a Baked Alaska for her birthday party... Does anyone know of a place that makes a B...

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Ttrockwood commented 14 days ago

San Francisco Bay... Ice Cream Livermore Cakes
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Light chocolate cake recipes?

by babymole_bob123 25 days ago

Having a family get together tomorrow and I am making the cake shown below again however I need a really airy but stu...

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taco_queen commented 23 days ago

Chocolate Cakes

Parchment paper along with butter and flour in a cake pan?

by Thanks4Food 5 years ago

Could someone explain to me why so many recipes tell you to butter and flour a cake pan and then line it with parchme...

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Querencia commented 1 month ago

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Thanks Tehama! Made your Grandmamma's orange cake - AWESOME!

by HB_Jeff 8 years ago

Recently, Tehama posted the recipe for her Grandmother's orange cake (I have copied the recipe below for refernce). ...

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Tehama commented 2 months ago

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Need help converting cake recipe from 9" round to 14" round (3 layer)

by alejandraordersdessert 8 years ago

Hi, I've been asked to make one of my favorite cake recipes (for a 9" round cake) as a larger, 14" round cake for ...

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dkellum545 commented 2 months ago

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Lloyd's Carrot Cake Recipe

by h_kay 4 years ago

Lloyd's Carrot Cake up in Harlem is DAMN good very rich and moist. Has anyone got a similar recipe to Lloyd's?

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rubyruby01 commented 2 months ago

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PIneapple Upside Down Cake Assistance Requested

by gregg407 5 years ago

So, I just pulled a PUDC out of the oven. I waited 10 minutes and flipped it over. Most of the brown sugar mixture...

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DonnaB1944 commented 2 months ago

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Grandmamma's Orange Cake

by Tehama 11 years ago

I just made my Grandmother's cake for the 1,276th time yesterday and thought I would share this luscious and terrific...

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jencounter commented 2 months ago

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Apple Cake recipes

by itryalot 9 years ago

It is nearing the peak of apple season here in Michigan. Looking for great apple cake recipes that have either chunks...

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BangorDin commented 2 months ago

Apples Cakes

Substitute for Coffee in Chocolate Cake Recipe?

by adventuresinbaking 10 years ago

Hello, I'm looking for a substitution for coffee in a chocolate cake recipe. Should I just use water or add someth...

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happylilkt commented 2 months ago

Chocolate Ingredient Substi... Cakes

Italian Rum Cake

by Mare48kb 3 months ago

Italian Rum Cake with 3-4 layers including vanilla pudding/custard, chocolate custard, layer of strawberries and ligh...

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cstr commented 2 months ago

San Diego Cakes Where to Buy...

Carrot cake?

by blkery 7 years ago

I'm much more inclined to pie than cake, but if there is one cake I do love, it's carrot cake - and lately I've had a...

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CGinSBCA commented 3 months ago

Cakes

I Froze Two Cakes... HELP

by MrDwhite 3 months ago

I think I’m in trouble. I just read the comments on someone’s question on defrosting a cake. I made two boxed Betty C...

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acgold7 commented 3 months ago

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Vachon Cakes - remarkably they have reverted to the old recipe!

by Dylan 3 months ago

A few years ago on Chowhound, I posted this sad note: https://www.chowhound.com/post/sad-vachon-cakes-changed-recipe...

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Dylan commented 3 months ago

Ontario (inc. Tor... Cakes
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Tea Cake Recipe - not the cookies

by LisaN 11 years ago

I am looking for a recipe for Tea cakes like from Martino's Bakery in Southern California - http://www.martinosbaker...

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AuroraK commented 3 months ago

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Replacing Oil with Apple Sauce in Cake

by Lotus7 11 years ago

I am going to make Trader Joe's Pumpkin Cake. I'd like to replace the oil with apple sauce. The recipe calls for 1/...

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dmb073075 commented 3 months ago

Baking Oils Applesauce Ingredient Substi... Cakes

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