cakes

Chocolate. White. Marbled. Lemon. Strawberry. These are all types of cakes. Cakes have become popular treats for celebrating life's milestones. Many parents find pleasure in seeing their children smear cake and frosting on their faces at their first birthday parties. Most weddings are not considered complete until the new bride and groom smush pieces of their wedding cake into each other's faces.

If you are a lover of cakes, then you will find no shortage of resources on the Internet that you can turn to. There are sites that offer cake recipes.

One of the most popular things to do with a cake (besides eating it) is to decorate it. Fortunately, there is no shortage of blogs to help cake lovers with how to decorate their cakes. You can get information from blogs such as Cake Decorating Ideas.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cakes”

• Coconut bread

  
  Akal's Saappadu — Authority: 133
  Actually I came through this recipe in Cynthia ’s “ Tasteslikehome ” (I simply admire the delectable wonders she does in her kitchen) and the way she described it, I couldn’t resist trying the recipe at once one, since my daughter is an absolute amateur of sweet breads and decondly, I had all the ...
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• Cake decorating classes now a home business in Ankeny

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs New in the Neighborhood — Authority: 129
  Anyone who has ever dreamed about decorating a cake, but lacked the skill or know-how, might just find help from Kristin Schroeder of Ankeny a baker and cake decorator. She  is presenting cake decorating classes once a week out of her home. She’s calling her new business Butter Cream Bella Cake Decorating . The ...
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• Geeky Yoda Cake Will Make Star Wars Geeks Salivate

  
  Walyou — Authority: 684
  For all Star Wars fans in general and Yoda fans in particular, here’s some good news to bring cheer this festive season with this magnificent Yoda cake , drawing its inspiration from Star Wars Yoda – one of the most celebrated and powerful Jedi Masters of all times, is here to sweeten your celebrations. Though ...
  6 hours ago

• Agave Syrup, Fruit and Nut Slice

  
  Del Sole — Authority: 100
  The mistletoe might not be hanging on top of the door yet, but surely we have all started to be more indulgent with our food and especially the cakes. Oops! Around this time you would start the preparation of the Christmas pudding! Even thought I love its all British cute look and the flamboyant if not melodramatic ...
  7 hours ago

• Hospital banned cake donations

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  A group of fundraisers were banned from donating cakes to patients for the first time in more than 20 years over health and safety concerns about how they might have been prepared.
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• Turkey Cake Looks Good Enought to Eat

  
  The Retroist — Authority: 536
  The good folks over at the Kake Bakery really outdid themselves with this realistic Turkey Cake. We usually have pound cake and pie (made with delicious Carnation milk) after dinner, but I would forgo the tradition this year to get my greedy mitts on this beauty. Check out more of their exquisite cakes at the ...
  7 hours ago

• Celebrate National Cake Day with Banana-Sour Cream Cake!

  
  Love My Philly — Authority: 139
            It seems appropriate to unveil this one-of-a-kind Banana-Sour Cream Cake on a double special day. It’s Thanksgiving Day and National Cake Day which means you can celebrate with both turkey and cake! Remember to save room for this tasty treat! Prep Time: 15 min Total Time: 1 hr 50 min Makes: 16 ...
  8 hours ago

• Lamingtons

  
  niya's world — Authority: 140
  Lamingtons Ingredients 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour 1 tablespoon custard powder 1/4 cup butter / margarine 1 cup castor sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence For Icing: 3 cups icing sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 1/2 cup hot water For Coating: 2 cups desiccated coconut Method Sieve ...
  9 hours ago

• MmmMM cupcakes!

  
  Wedding Obsession — Authority: 127
  Considering I’m thinking about having cupcakes at my wedding, I have yet to post anything about these CUTE & yummy things. I guess you could say cupcakes are all the rage, but to be honest, I’m choosing them because they’re easy to take care of. Rather than having the venue cut and plate individual cake ...
  13 hours ago

• DeliFrance Christmas Bars

  
  Pinoy Food & Other Cuisine :: Food PhotoBlog and Events — Authority: 115
  You know what my favorite part about Christmas is? The pastries. I love it when pastries from friends and relatives start arriving by the boxful – except if the box contains fruitcake, which I had too much of in my childhood. I’m sure a lot of people feel the same way about fruitcake and the standard sweets ...
  14 hours ago

• Lemon Coconut Meringue Slice

  
  niya's world — Authority: 140
  Recipe & Photo Credit - Sheraton Lankawi Beach Resort- Lankawi , Malaysia Lemon Coconut Meringue Slice Ingredients 90 g butter 2 tablespoon castor sugar 3/4 cup plain flour 1/3 corn flour 400 g sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs, separated 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 1/2 cup lemon ...
  14 hours ago

• 15 MINUTE HAMBURGER CAKE DECORATING CHALLENGE: BUTTERCREAM CAKE DECORATING FONDANT & ROYAL ICING

  
  CVN Home — Authority: 139
  Try it yourself, it’s so cakin’ easy !!…HOW TO CAKE DECORATE A WHOPPING TRIPLE DECKER HAMBURGER BURGER CAKE IN 15 MINUTES !…. Cake decorating using fondant & Royal Icing techniques tips & ideas. Coating techniques using buttercream frosting, fondant & royal icing introducing cake decorating ...
  20 hours ago

• Chocolate Layer-Mousse Cake with Cognac and Bittersweet Chocolate Curls

  
  food & style — Authority: 485
  I must confess that, along with Thanksgiving, Christmas dinner is my favorite meal to plan, cook and serve! Why? Because there are very few occasions during the year when I can take time off to cook such a feast for family and friends. I relish every moment of it. And every year my challenge is to come up with a ...
  21 hours ago

• Glennys 100 Calorie Chocolate Chip Blondie

  
  Iateapie.net — Authority: 435
  For as long as I can remember, I admire people who can finish a meal without having something resembling dessert at the end, because try as I might, I cant do it. I am a slave to sweet things, and a world without them isnt something I can imagine (or that I would enjoy). Of course unless I want to buy a bigger ...
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• Next Featured Wedding Sneak Peek - Janelle and Alex

  
  cakelava — Authority: 123
  All images courtesy of Stephen Ludwig Photography Easily one of our favorite weddings of the year, our next Featured Wedding on cakelava.com will showcase Janelle and Alexs wedding at Lanikuhonua on June 13, 2009. We knew we were in for a real "treat" when Janelle contacted us last year requesting for a ...
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• Gifts For Lazy People Who Could Use a Smarter Home [Gift Guide]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
                        If you know someone who would benefit by turning more of the day-to-day operation of their home over to gadgets, we have several products you might be interested in (and one you shouldn’t be). BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here ...
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• C’est la mode

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 174
  What do you think fashion is?  Everybody has their different views on it.  This is my little spin on how I see it.  I have used different items from *LP* Designs and incorporated it into these looks.  Some are an everday look and goes to a night on the town look.    I enjoyed putting these looks together and ...
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• Pacman Wedding Cake Design

  
  Walyou — Authority: 684
  With changing times, wedding cakes, favors and gifts are also going through great changes to accommodate newer designs, and Wedding cake designs these days are based on different themes, which the wedding couple can identify with. One such popular theme used in wedding cakes is the game theme, especially that of retro ...
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• Schneiders Bakery

  
  Nothing Better to Do — Authority: 118
  Schneiders Bakery has been satisfying the sweet tooth of Uptown Westerville since the good old days when the suburb was a virtual palisade of prohibition. No matter your opinion of alcohol in Ohios capital of temperance, everybody agrees that a run to Schneiders is always a sweet proposition. Schneiders offers a wide ...
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• Some Pre-Turkey Day Skanky Cottage Cheesecakes

  
  Bossip.com — Authority: 684
  Who in the hell told this chick that this was sexy??? SMH. This is “Video Vixen” and “Kay Slay Model” Ashley Logan at a Stop The Violence event in NYC the other night. Ewwww. Not a good look, not in the least. Cover that ~ish up next time!!! Flip it for more…
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