Canada's Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Our most popular recipe ever! This moist carrot cake is welcome at birthdays, weddings, reunions and all special occasions.
Our most popular recipe ever! This moist carrot cake is welcome at birthdays, weddings, reunions and all special occasions.
Marinated strawberries add glamour to a no-fail orange sponge cake. For a nonalcoholic syrup, replace the sherry with pulp-free orange juice.
We didn’t think tiramisu, which rightfully means "pick me up," could get any better until we decided to take the classic Italian dessert and turn it into a decadent ice cream cake.
Satisfy the zombie's sweet tooth with delightfully gross cupcakes that are guaranteed to be the hit of the party. For best results, look for Wilton's Red No-Taste Paste Icing Colour, available at bulk food stores and specialty cake supply shops.
This intensely rich dark chocolate cake is for grown-ups only (but you can find the recipe for our kid-friendly version, Spiced Chocolate Bundt Cake, below). We used Cabernet Sauvignon for its balance of deep fruity and black pepper flavours, but you can use whatever type of red you have on hand. A sprinkling of our Candied Sage gives the cake an extra-special finish.
These individual versions of the classic English dessert are impressive for entertaining and surprisingly easy to make. Poking holes in the tops of the cakes allows the sweet, creamy and boozy sauce to soak in.
The secret to achieving a fluffy texture: Add a splash of milk to the dense batter. Serve the finished cake with jam, berries, chocolate sauce or lemon curd, or have it all by itself.
Impressive. Showstopping. As perfect as the wedding itself. The outside -- all buttercream, white chocolate curls and pink roses -- is just a promise of the wonderful dark chocolate mousse inside. This is a cake that lives up to the glory of the occasion -- and the future1
So simple it's almost scandalous, this mix of homemade chocolate wafers and whipped cream is dressed up with raspberries and deliciously accented with lemon. For Valentine's Day, a heart shape is the obvious choice, but you can also make the cake round or rectangular.
Dust off your mother's Bundt pan—the retro ring-shaped cake is back in style, and we're celebrating with this show-stopping dessert.
