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london fog cupcake recipe with earl grey tea

September 26, 2025 · In: Cupcakes, Fall, Featured, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter

London Fog Cupcakes

These cozy London Fog cupcakes are single serve versions of my beloved London Fog cake recipe! They are super soft and moist, infused with Earl Grey tea, and full of…

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pumpkin chocolate chip cookie bars

September 23, 2025 · In: Cookies & Bars, Fall, Featured, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter

Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These are THE BEST pumpkin chocolate chip cookies bars that are perfectly chewy and moist, not at all cakey, and wonderfully spiced. I did what feels like 458 recipe tests…

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melting candle cupcakes tutorial

September 16, 2025 · In: Featured, Halloween, Seasonal, Tutorials

Spooky Melting Candle Cupcakes

These melting candle cupcakes are such a fun cake project or spooky (edible!) centerpiece for your next gathering! They’re made with standard sized cupcakes filled and stacked together, frosted with…

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easy pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting

September 12, 2025 · In: Cake, Fall, Featured, Halloween, Holiday, Recipes, Seasonal, Sheet Cakes, Winter

Easy Pumpkin Sheet Cake

This pumpkin sheet cake is EVERYTHING you want in a pumpkin cake, but in a quick to bake and easy to decorate kind of way. It’s extra moist and perfectly…

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pumpkin cupcakes with spiced cream cheese frosting

September 10, 2025 · In: Cupcakes, Fall, Featured, Halloween, Holiday, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter

Perfect Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

I don’t say this lightly, but these are truly THE BEST pumpkin cupcakes I’ve ever had. They are so perfectly moist with the most amazing spiced pumpkin flavor and I…

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brown butter cream cheese frosting recipe for cakes and cupcakes

September 9, 2025 · In: Fall, Featured, Frosting, Recipes, Seasonal

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Brown butter makes everything better, and such is the case with this brown butter cream cheese frosting. It’s got all the tangy flavor of cream cheese but with notes of…

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spice cake recipe with brown butter cream cheese frosting

September 7, 2025 · In: Cake, Fall, Featured, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter

Spice Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

You all have been asking for a spice cake recipe for years, and after tons of recipe testing this might be my favorite Fall cake of all time! It’s flavored…

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funfetti sheet cake slices with pink frosting

August 19, 2025 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes, Sheet Cakes

The Best Funfetti Sheet Cake

This funfetti sheet cake is perfect for celebrating anything and ideal for feeding a crowd. Using my favorite vanilla sheet cake recipe as a base guarantees a super moist and…

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black velvet cupcakes with oreo buttercream

August 13, 2025 · In: Cupcakes, Featured, Recipes

Oreo Cupcakes Recipe

I recently posted this delicious Oreo cake recipe and had to circle back with a cupcake version because YUM. I paid every bit of attention to detail with this Oreo…

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DYE-FREE BLACK VELVET SHEET CAKE 🖤👀 if you’re look DYE-FREE BLACK VELVET SHEET CAKE 🖤👀 if you’re looking for a black cake that won’t stain your teeth, look no further! This sheet cake version of my favorite black velvet cake recipe uses black cocoa powder to create the dark black color for this whole cake without ANY food coloring, and it tastes just like Oreo cookies (but in deliciously moist cake form). Top that black buttercream with googly eyes for the perfect easy Halloween cake 👻

Comment RECIPE and I’ll send it to you or find it linked in my bio + at https://sugarandsparrow.com/black-velvet-sheet-cake/

You can also use the same ingredients and amounts for my black velvet layer cake recipe from a few Reels back! Just lower the oven temp to 325F and bake in a 9x13 pan for 30-35 min 🖤

#blackbuttercream #blackcake #blackvelvetcake #halloweencake #sheetcake
SNICKERS CAKE 🤎🥜 this truly tastes like a sweet an SNICKERS CAKE 🤎🥜 this truly tastes like a sweet and salty Snickers bar, but in cake form: decadent chocolate cake layers filled with soft chocolate peanut butter nougat and thick, gooey peanut caramel, all wrapped up in chocolate buttercream. Make this for the Snickers lover in your life!! 
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Comment ‘RECIPE’ and I’ll send it right to you, or find it linked in my bio + at https://sugarandsparrow.com/snickers-cake-recipe/ 
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#snickerscake #chocolatecake #caramel #birthdaycake #cakedecorating
BLACK VELVET CAKE 🖤 can you believe that this deli BLACK VELVET CAKE 🖤 can you believe that this deliciously moist all-black cake is made with ZERO FOOD COLORING?! The magic of black cocoa powder creates the perfect black cake + dye-free black buttercream for the ultimate Halloween party cake that won’t turn anyone’s mouth black 👻 plus it tastes like Oreo cookies so I’m obsessed!!

Full recipe (with black buttercream + my fave black cocoa powder) linked in my bio or at https://sugarandsparrow.com/black-velvet-cake-recipe/
 
You’ll also find recipes for a cupcake version, a vegan version, and a small batch version if you search “black velvet” at https://sugarandsparrow.com 
 
BLACK VELVET CAKE  
2 Cups (265g) all purpose flour 
1 2/3 Cups (340g) granulated sugar 
2/3 Cup (80g) black cocoa powder 
2 tsp baking soda 
1 tsp baking powder 
1/2 tsp salt 
1/2 Cup (120ml) vegetable oil 
2 large eggs, room temperature 
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract 
1 Cup (240ml) full-fat buttermilk, room temp
1 Cup (240ml) hot coffee or hot water 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease and line three 6-inch or two 8-inch cake pans. 
2. In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients. Add the vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk and whisk together. Slowly pour in the hot coffee (or hot water) and whisk until combined. 
3. Pour into prepared cake pans and bake for 32-36 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool before frosting with black buttercream. Full recipe (with frosting!) linked in my bio✨⁣⁣⁣ 
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*If you can’t find buttermilk, mix together 1 Cup (240ml) whole milk + 1 Tbsp white vinegar as a substitute. ⁣ 
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#blackcake #blackbuttercream #blackvelvetcake #cakedecorating #halloweencake
SALTED CARAMEL APPLE CAKE 🍏🍯 layers of deliciously SALTED CARAMEL APPLE CAKE 🍏🍯 layers of deliciously moist apple spice cake and salted caramel buttercream drizzled with homemade salted caramel sauce (which is also used to drip the cake and coat the apple on top). Such a classic Fall cake that is so fun to decorate with that dripping caramel apple! 

Comment RECIPE to get the full recipe + decorating tutorial sent to you! Or find it at https://sugarandsparrow.com/caramel-apple-cake-recipe/ 

Here’s what readers have said about this cake:

“This cake is one of the most delicious cakes I have ever had in my life! My husband also said he wants this for his birthday from now on! Fantastic recipe!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“I just baked this cake with intentions to sell by the slice but once I posted it someone wanted to buy the whole thing… RIGHT NOW!!! Thanks for the recipe.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“I just made this cake for Thanksgiving and it was a hit! The salted caramel buttercream perfectly offset the spiciness of the apple cake. If you’re looking for a cake that celebrates fall flavors, I highly recommend it.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“I made this for Thanksgiving and wow! Everyone wants me to make it at Christmas too! Even my husband, who doesn’t usually like sweets had two pieces and said I nailed it. It was a big hit with my family.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
 
#saltedcaramel #applecake #caramelcake #cakedecorating #fallbaking
MONSTER HALLOWEEN CAKE 👀 🥳 give me a handful of pi MONSTER HALLOWEEN CAKE 👀 🥳 give me a handful of piping tips and some googly eyes sprinkles and this is what happens 😆 I love this cake design so much because you can truly go with the flow with your buttercream piping. The googly eyes will make that piping come alive! 
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The full tutorial is linked in my bio + at https://sugarandsparrow.com/buttercream-monster-cake-tutorial/
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👩🏽‍🍳 buttercream recipe: my vanilla buttercream at https://sugarandsparrow.com/vanilla-buttercream-recipe/
🎨 frosting colors: @americolor Electric Green, Electric Purple, Orange, and Deep Pink + added black cocoa powder for the black piping⁣
✨piping tips: @wiltoncakes 1M, 104, 4B, 233, 10, and 16 ⁣
👀 eye sprinkles: @michaelsstores
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#monstercake #halloweencake #cakedecorating #halloweenparty
#buttercream

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