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The perfect cake for summer is soft, fluffy and has lots of fruits in it - at least, that is my opinion. I love topping it with vanilla whipped cream and serve it with an iced coffee.  Now, if you would like to enjoy a cake like that - I would suggest you try this raspberry apricot cake. It's easy to make ( another one-bowl recipe, yay!), fluffy and soft, and involves the fresh flavors of raspberries and apricots. I top it with some brown sugar to make it even more delicious. Because I am using an 18 cm / 7" pan, this cake bakes a long time in the oven. So, if you do not want to wait that long (which I can totally understand..) I would suggest using a larger pan. The base recipe for this cake is by redcurrantbakery - I used her basic vanilla cake and made my twists accordingly. The original recipe is linked here . If you want to see the full process of baking this cake, check out my Instagram Account @ tamarasbakings for a "Bake with me" video of this cake. RECIPE In...

  If you are looking for a moist and rich cake that fulfills all of your chocolate and coffee dreams, this one is for you. For the base of this cake, I am baking a super easy one-bowl chocolate dough with sour cream and real espresso for that rich and moist coffee taste. Then, I top the cake with a chocolate coffee frosting, it is super simple too. We are using instant coffee and cocoa powder to enhance our flavors even more. If you want, you could add some berries on top - I think that would make the cake even more special! The chocolate coffee dough For the chocolate coffee base, I used a recipe from freshbeanbakery as guidance. I'll link her original recipe here . I just swapped out the hot milk for hot strong coffee in order to achieve the coffee flavor. The rest of the recipe is pretty simple, too. We start by whisking together the cocoa powder, instant coffee, and hot espresso. This is called "blooming" your cocoa powder and enhances the chocolate flavor. Then we ad...

This lemon poppy seed cake is made in one bowl and is yogurt-based, which means you do not have to wait for your butter to soften! It is moist and rich and combines the two amazing flavors lemon and poppy seed. I recently bought poppy seeds for my easter cake (marbled carrot poppy seed cake - take a look at it here ) and looked up new recipes I could try with my remaining poppy seeds and then I found the famous lemon poppy seed cake. Honestly, I think, this flavor combination is quite popular at the moment - I saw lemon poppy seed cupcakes, cookies, cakes, and many more. But I love a versatile flavor combo that is so perfect for spring and summer. Which ingredients do we need for the lemon poppy seed cake? I use some basic ingredients for this cake, nothing fancy- so you probably have everything at home. Like I said in the beginning, this cake is yogurt-based so we need yogurt. I am using a non-sweetened plain white yogurt with 3,8% fat. I haven't tried it with other yogurts, so I ...

These fun and easy Smarties Cookies are so delicious and perfect for beginners. This recipe is a one-bowl recipe, which means less cleanup and easy preparation. For our Smarties Cookies, we need browned butter, flour, baking soda, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, vanilla, one egg, and, of course, smarties. Some cookie science before we start I recently read " Baking Science " by Dikla Levy Frances and this book gave me a great insight into how baking works and which formulas you can apply to create your own recipes. Cookies are quite a complex thing to make, in my opinion, because the texture is affected by so many things. I am using browned butter for my Smarties Cookies because it has a rich, nutty flavor and because melted butter leads to an even spread of the cookies. Furthermore, using brown and white sugar has different purposes as well. Brown sugar is acidic, which means it reacts with the baking soda. It also leads to a chewy texture. White sugar, on the other hand, ma...