June was such a productive month for me! I felt so motivated to bake, inspired by Summer flavors, and couldn’t keep up with myself when it came to editing and publishing the recipes. Still, I ended up publishing 7 new recipes to my site, celebrated my birthday with the cookie dough ice cream cake of my DREAMS, baked the cutest construction truck cake for my littlest son’s third birthday, and filmed/photographed 5 recipes that I’ll be adding to my site asap.
New Recipes
Here are the recipes that went live on my site in June:
Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake
This was the birthday cake of my DREAMS: creamy no-churn chocolate and vanilla ice creams swirled together with chunks of cookie dough in every bite, set on a delicious Oreo cookie crust and topped with chocolate ganache.
Rocky Road Cupcakes
Inspired by the classic ice cream flavor! These rocky road cupcakes are moist and decadent chocolate cupcakes filled with easy homemade marshmallow creme, then topped with fudgy chocolate buttercream, mini marshmallows, and chopped almonds.
Blackberry Lavender Cake
This blackberry lavender cake is the kind of dessert that adds a bit of magic to any ordinary gathering! Featuring layers of soft vanilla cake with swirls of blackberry baked in, homemade blackberry filling, and perfectly flavored lavender buttercream, it’s elegant yet earthy and effortlessly Summer.
Homemade Blackberry Filling
This blackberry cake filling is bright yet earthy, the perfect amount of sweet-tart, and ideal to pair with a variety of cake flavors (my favorites are listed below)! It comes together easily with simple ingredients and ends up a nice, thick consistency for filling cakes.
Berries & Cream Sheet Cake
This berries & cream sheet cake is deliciously light and refreshing, so pretty to look at, and couldn’t be easier to throw together! The recipe starts with baking my extra soft and moist bakery-style white cake in a 9×13 pan, then topping it with billowy whipped cream frosting and fresh summer berries.
Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Bars
I discovered that strawberry shortcake toppings on a soft sugar cookie bar is WAY BETTER than traditional shortcake! These strawberry shortcake cookie bars combine a thick, soft sugar cookie with cloud-like whipped cream cheese frosting and homemade strawberry sauce and the result is absolutely HEAVENLY!
Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
Deliciously light, the ideal silky consistency for cake decorating, and so easy to make! I love that it comes together with just four ingredients in about five minutes. It’s a not-too-sweet frosting that’s perfect for anyone who proclaims they’re “not a frosting person.”
Construction Truck Birthday Cake
This month was also my littlest son’s birthday so I whipped up my easy chocolate sheet cake recipe and combined it with this construction truck cake tutorial by Beyond Frosting. The only difference is I added rainbow sprinkles spilling out of the trucks. It turned out SO CUTE and I love that the construction trucks double as toys afterward.
Recipes Coming Soon:
Here are the recipes that are finalized and photograph but have yet to be published! All of these should be available at some point in July:
Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Cake
The BEST no-churn cookies & cream ice cream loaded with Oreo cookie chunks, set on an Oreo cookie crust and topped with hot fudge sauce and whipped cream frosting. Truly hard to stop eating this one!
Black Forest Sheet Cake
I made a sheet cake variation of my beloved black forest cake! It’s decadent chocolate sheet cake brushed with homemade cherry syrup, topped with fresh cherry filling and whipped cream frosting.
Berries & Cream Layer Cake
I loved my berries & cream sheet cake so much that I had to try it as a layer cake. Turns out that the whipped cream cheese frosting works amazingly well as a filling and frosting for a layer cake! This is the perfect easy-yet-classy cake that’s deliciously light and not too sweet.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
I whipped these up for a BBQ using my chocolate chip cookie cake as a starting point and they disappeared in minutes! The brown butter gives them notes of nutty caramel which is so irresistible. They’re so quick and easy to make, so fudgy, and perfect for literally any gathering.
Homemade Strawberry Sauce
This is the sauce I used to top my strawberry shortcake sheet cake and strawberry shortcake cookie bars! It’s also delicious on ice cream, waffles, pancakes, etc. and it definitely deserves its own post.
I hope you love these new recipes! I had a blast making them. If there are any dessert recipes you’re craving, leave me a comment and they might make it onto my baking list!
Hello ,
Your cake recipes are AMAZING; I have shared your website with friends around the world. I do have a question about size of cake pans. I only own the 9″ ones and have simply used your recipe for 8″ pans, yet the layers are just a bit thin. Could you let me know how to adjust your cake recipes to get taller/thicker layers using 9″ pans?
Thanks so much!!
I’m so happy you love these recipes, Ann! To make two taller 9-inch layers with my recipes you can make 1.5x the recipe and just be sure to fill the pans no more than 2/3 full. Hope that helps!
Thanks so much for your speedy reply! Just in time for Fall baking!!!