Cakes

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Tiramisu

Tirami sù literally translates from Italian to “pick me up”, a metaphor for “make me happy”. I can definitely understand why. With cocoa, espresso, and a touch of Marsala wine, tiramisu well definitely make you happy. Maybe even a little too happy.

A slice of homemade tiramisu cake. Want your own homemade slice? Make it! Click to get the recipe.

I’ve only had tiramisu once or twice before, and I wasn’t particularly fond of its flavour. With a really strong coffee taste and curdled mascarpone cream, tiramisu just didn’t sit right with me. Then I found out it’s not supposed to be that way and everything changed.

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Chocolate Cake

What do you look for in a chocolate cake? Do you like cakes that are so rich that you can only eat a thin slice at a time or do you prefer lighter ones where eating half in one sitting is not an issue? I’m in the second boat. I prefer to suck in chocolate cake like a vacuum.

Chocolate cake with spiked whipped cream. Make your own at home--click for the recipe!

I like chocolate but I don’t like cakes that are so rich I have to restrict my consumption of them. Light chocolate cakes bring back memories of grocery store birthday cakes. Rich, dark chocolate cakes just can’t do that. The cool thing about this recipe though is that it’s really simple to adjust to your tastes.

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Carrot Cake

Sugar used to be really expensive so people used carrots instead. That’s how carrot cake came to be. Someone couldn’t afford sugar, so they put carrots into their cake. Seems counter-intuitive now, but back then it was perfectly logical.

Carrot cake with pineapple chunks and raisins, coated in cream cheese frosting. Folks, this is the BEST CARROT CAKE EVER. Click for the recipe!

Turns out that carrot cake is one of the unhealthiest cakes you could eat, even though it’s full of carrots. With all the oil, butter, cream cheese, and sugar (yeah.. this is a modern recipe), it’s pretty bad for you. It’s really tasty, but really unhealthy. It’s a once in a decade type of treat.

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