Tea Cakes

There is something so satisfying about a homemade chocolate cake, especially when chocolate is mixed into both the batter and the finished slices. This Double Chocolate Cake is made with softened butter, condensed milk, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and dark chocolate chunks for a rich chocolate flavor. The cake is baked in a loaf pan, … Read more

Fresh strawberries always make me want to bake something, and this time I decided to put them into a simple pound cake. I wanted the strawberries to be the main flavor, so I added chopped berries right into the batter and saved some for the cream cheese icing. The cake comes out soft and buttery … Read more

Lemon and blueberries are one of those combinations I never get tired of baking with. I wanted to put them together in a cake this time, with fresh blueberries in the batter and plenty of lemon running through it. The cake turned out soft and moist with fresh lemon flavor and juicy blueberries in every … Read more

I wanted to bake something that would go well with my coffee, and this Coffee Walnut Tea Cake came to mind. I had some walnuts in the kitchen, so I toasted them first and decided to add coffee to the cake as well. The cake has a soft, buttery crumb with a noticeable coffee flavor … Read more

I was craving something lemony but did not want to make cookies or a frosted cake, so I pulled out my loaf pan and made this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake. It came together with ingredients I already had in the kitchen, which made it an easy choice. The cake turned out soft with a fresh … Read more

Sometimes I just want a slice of cake without having to make a big dessert out of it. That was the idea behind this vanilla pound cake. I wanted something buttery, simple, and easy to keep on the counter for whenever I felt like having a slice. The batter comes together with basic ingredients, but … Read more

I first had the idea for this cake after thinking about how often cranberries end up being used only as a topping or mixed into a sauce. I wanted to give them a bigger role in a simple homemade loaf, and orange seemed like the obvious match. Once the fresh orange juice and zest went … Read more

I made this Chocolate Orange Cake after thinking about how well a little citrus can change the flavor of a regular chocolate cake. Instead of keeping the batter purely chocolate, I added fresh orange juice, orange zest, and orange extract to bring a brighter note into the loaf. The combination is simple, but the orange … Read more

This Chocolate Coffee Cake came together from two things I almost always enjoy baking with: coffee and dark chocolate. I liked the idea of letting the coffee flavor run through the cake itself instead of simply serving coffee alongside it, then adding dark chocolate chunks for little pockets of chocolate throughout the loaf. It turned … Read more

I made this marble cake when I wanted something simple enough for an everyday bake but still a little more interesting than a plain vanilla loaf. The batter starts with a buttery vanilla base, then part of it gets mixed with cocoa before the two are layered and swirled together. I loved how easy it … Read more