Cakes and Cupcakes

This festive gingerbread layer cake is covered with brown sugar Swiss buttercream and topped with mini gingerbread men.

This decadent chocolate layer cake is rich, tender, moist perfection! It's filled and frosted with fudgy chocolate frosting. 

These pumpkin spice latte cupcakes pair pumpkin- and espresso-flavored cupcakes with white chocolate mocha buttercream frosting. When did it become October? I feel like I was just August! I was just sitting on the beach, and now it's three weeks until Halloween. It's time for apple cider, butternut squash, and pumpkin soup. Yes, I love …

This easy peach upside-down cake is a delicious way to eat enjoy the summer fruit. Enjoy warm with a scoop of ice cream.

Swiss Meringue Buttercream is my favorite frosting. Creamy and not overly sweet, it spreads smooth and pipes beautifully. Get my recipe and learn how to make an easy buttercream flower: the cherry blossom.

This lemon pound cake has the perfect dense but tender pound cake texture and tart flavor from a triple dose of lemon: lemon zest, lemon extract and lemon drizzle!

Strawberry Cake Roll is a thin vanilla sponge cake rolled up with strawberry whipped cream cheese filling. It's a light yet satisfying dessert for Valentine's Day!

This adorable snow globe cake is a delicious centerpiece for your holiday dessert table. Large crowd? Make more than one!

Rich, moist chocolate cupcakes are topped with decadent chocolate kahlua buttercream. These will satisfy even the biggest chocolate craving! I have been a chocoholic for as long as I can remember. Give me a choice of any kind of candy or dessert, and I will choose chocolate. I love milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark …

This post was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent products by some of the sponsor companies but as always, opinions are 100% mine. This Halloween layer cake has three layers of rich chocolate cake, and is covered in orange-tinted Swiss buttercream, a ganache glaze, and Halloween Sweets and Treats sprinkles. When celebrating anything—a birthday, a wedding, …

This easy chocolate jack-o-lantern bundt cake can be as cute or as spooky as you want to make it! Use this tutorial to learn how to make it.

Is there any better combination of than chocolate and peanut butter? This chocolate peanut butter bundt cake gives you double doses of both flavors! If you're a fan of chocolate and peanut butter, you're in for a treat today. I joined up with Erin fo The Spiffy Cookie and several other bloggers to post recipes …

I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #BacktoSchoolTreats week recipes. All opinions are mine alone. Show your school spirit with these School Colors Cupcakes! Learn how to swirl two colors of frosting on top of your favorite cupcakes! Summer is winding down, and we are celebrating with #BacktoSchoolTreats …

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BrunchWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #Brunchweek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. The flavors of this lemon-raspberry cake are perfect for spring! Sweets and Treats "Sunday Best" sprinkles add the perfect touch. Welcome to Day 4 of BrunchWeek …

King Bundt Cake is a twist on the traditional Mardi Gras pastry. This moist bundt cake has swirls of cinnamon and fun sugared frosting. Happy Mardi Gras! Laissez les bon temps roulez! (French for "Let the good times roll!") Mardi Gras has never been a huge, must-celebrate day in my life. However, I will never …

Chocolate opera cake is a slight twist on the traditional French dessert, with thin layers of chocolate cake, coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache. I attended culinary school for two years. Three mornings a week, we started the day with a 5-hour Production "class"—making all of the treats that were sold in the school's bakery, which …

Gingerbread has become as synonymous with Christmas as Santa. These gingerbread cupcakes are warmly spiced, topping with a sweetened cream cheese icing, and Sweets and Treats' gingerbread sprinkle mix. This post contains affiliate links. This post is sponsored in conjunction with ChristmasSweetsWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of …

This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek. I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. Turn cupcakes into Cauldron Cakes for Halloween! Chocolate cupcakes are the base for a marshmallow potion, and Sweets & Treats sprinkles bubble out of the top.

This post is sponsored by in conjunction with AppleWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the AppleWeek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. This caramel apple crumb cake has several delicious layers: light and fluffy cake, tender cinnamon apples, soft crumb topping, and creamy caramel glaze. 

This post is sponsored in conjunction with PumpkinWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the PumpkinWeek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. Moist and lightly sweet pumpkin cupcakes are topped with a creamy maple-flavored Swiss meringue buttercream. They're a quintessential fall dessert!