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small batch cake recipe

March 10, 2024 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes, Small Batch

Small Batch Funfetti Cake

There’s no flavor more celebratory than funfetti, so when I started recipe testing small batch cakes I knew I had to include a tiny funfetti cake! It’s extra soft and…

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mocha frosting recipe by sugar and sparrow

March 5, 2024 · In: Featured, Frosting, Recipes

Mocha Buttercream Recipe

When I was coming up with flavor combinations for my cake book, Anyone Can Cake, I decided to do a little experimenting with blending my favorite buttercream recipes together. So…

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champagne mimosa cake recipe

February 29, 2024 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes

Champagne Mimosa Cake Recipe (Alcohol-Free!)

Over the years I have gotten requests for a champagne cake, but since I don’t drink alcohol I never thought I’d be able to offer a recipe. I couldn’t justify…

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small batch vanilla cake recipe

February 22, 2024 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes, Small Batch

Small Batch Vanilla Cake

I had a sort of epiphany when I wrote the recipe for this small batch chocolate cake: I think every cake recipe should be available in this tiny size. There…

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small chocolate cake recipe serves 2

January 23, 2024 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes, Seasonal, Small Batch, Valentines

Small Batch Chocolate Cake

I was recently looking through my collection of Valentine’s Day cakes and I noticed something pretty significant. Nearly all of the cakes and desserts in that category serve enough for…

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vintage heart cake with pink piping

January 17, 2024 · In: Featured, Seasonal, Tutorials, Valentines

Vintage Heart Cake Tutorial

This may very well be the dreamiest cake design of all time. A vintage piped cake is always a looker, but when you make it heart-shaped and add some cute…

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Sugar and Sparrow best cake recipes of 2023

December 28, 2023 · In: Featured, Lifestyle

Best of 2023

Oh, 2023. I loved this year a whole lot and it was filled with so much goodness. It’s the year I published my first cake book after so many months…

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no bake eggnog cheesecake recipe by sugar and sparrow

November 18, 2023 · In: Featured, Holiday, No-Bake, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter

No-Bake Eggnog Cheesecake with Biscoff Cookie Crust

I’m usually a layer cake girl through and through, but during the holiday hustle and bustle I often reach for easy desserts I can throw together and make ahead of…

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Anyone Can Cake bonus recipes eBook

October 31, 2023 · In: Featured, Lifestyle

Anyone Can Cake: Bonus Recipes!

Exciting news, people! I have some sweet BONUS RECIPES for everyone who orders Anyone Can Cake between now and December 25th, 2023! These are four delicious layer cake recipes that…

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marble cake recipe with chocolate buttercream

October 27, 2023 · In: Cake, Featured, Recipes

Vanilla Chocolate Marble Cake

For years now, one of the recipes I get asked about over and over again is a classic marble cake with chocolate and vanilla flavors. I never had a recipe…

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BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING 🤎🧈 brown butter BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING 🤎🧈 brown butter is the KEY to making cream cheese frosting even better! You get the tang of cream cheese but with rich, nutty caramelized notes of brown butter and it’s HEAVENLY on any Fall cake 🙌🏼 I paired with my carrot cake recipe here but it’s also incredible with spice cake, pumpkin cake, chocolate cake, and more! 

Full recipe + all my favorite cake pairing suggestions in my bio and here: https://sugarandsparrow.com/brown-butter-cream-cheese-frosting/

BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING 
YIELD: 3.5 Cups  
 
INGREDIENTS 
1/2 Cup (113g) unsalted butter 
8 Oz (226g) full-fat brick-style cream cheese, room temperature NOT the spread 
4 Cups (480g) powdered sugar 
1 tsp pure vanilla extract 
pinch of salt, or to taste 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. Brown the butter: Add the butter into a large frying pan and cook over medium heat until the butter melts, stirring occasionally. Continue cooking for 3-5 minutes while stirring constantly. First it will foam, then bubble as little white particles of milk solids separate, then the white specks will caramelize and turn medium-brown and smell deliciously nutty. Remove from heat, transfer to a glass container, and cool until it re-solidifies and is the consistency of softened butter (about 45 minutes in fridge).  
2. Add the cooled brown butter into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and add the cream cheese. Mix on medium-high until fluffy and light in color, 5 min, scraping down the bowl and paddle as needed. 
3. Turn the mixer to low speed and add the powdered sugar a few cups at a time, scraping down the bowl and paddle after mixing in each addition. Add the vanilla and salt and continue mixing on low speed until smooth and uniform. 
 
#brownbutter #creamcheesefrosting #creamcheese #buttercream #cakedecorating
HOMEMADE COOKIE DOUGH ICE CREAM 🍪🍦(recipe below) t HOMEMADE COOKIE DOUGH ICE CREAM 🍪🍦(recipe below) turns out that making cookie dough ice cream from scratch is not only EASY with the no-churn method, it also ensures you get the ideal amount of soft chocolate chip cookie dough in every single bite 🙌🏼

🍦Recipe link in my bio + at https://sugarandsparrow.com/no-churn-cookie-dough-ice-cream/ 

COOKIE DOUGH BITES
1 Cup (132g) all-purpose flour, heat-treated
1/4 Cup (57g) unsalted butter, room temp
1/4 Cup (50g) granulated sugar
1/3 Cup (67g) packed light brown sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 Tbsp (30ml) whole milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 Cup (90g) mini chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment, add the flour in a single layer, and bake at 350ºF (177ºC) for 5 minutes, until the flour has reached 160ºF (71ºC). Cool to room temp. 
2. Cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar using a hand mixer or stand mixer. Add the vanilla, milk, and salt and mix until combined. Mix in  the (cooled) heat-treated flour on low speed, then mix in the chocolate chips.
3. Use 1/2 tsp measuring spoon to measure out the cookie dough bites and refrigerate.

NO-CHURN ICE CREAM
2 Cups (480ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
14 Oz sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
1/2 Cup (90g) mini chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Add the cold heavy whipping cream into a large chilled metal bowl. Beat with a hand mixer (or whisk attachment on your stand mixer) until stiff peaks form, about 2-4 minutes. 
2. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Pour the vanilla condensed milk mixture into the large bowl of whipped cream and fold together until fully combined.
3. Reserve about 1/4 cup of the cookie dough bites and a few tbsp mini chocolate chips, then fold the rest of the chocolate chips and cookie dough into the vanilla ice cream mixture. Add the cookie dough ice cream into a loaf pan, sprinkle the reserved cookie dough and chocolate chips on top. Cover and freeze for 6-8 hours, after which the ice cream should be semi-firm, scoop-able, and ready to enjoy!

#cookiedoughicecream #cookiedough #nobake #icec
MILKY WAY CAKE 🍫✨this tastes JUST like a Milky Way MILKY WAY CAKE 🍫✨this tastes JUST like a Milky Way candy bar, but in cake form! It’s layers of decadent chocolate cake filled with homemade chocolate nougat and gooey caramel, then topped with chocolate buttercream. A MUST try if you love Milky Way 😍
 
Comment RECIPE and I’ll send it straight to your inbox or find it at https://sugarandsparrow.com/milky-way-cake-recipe/ 
⁣ 
#milkywaycake #caramel #chocolatecake #chocolatecaramelcake #cakesofinstagram
PEACHES AND CREAM CAKE 🍑 I have not been able to s PEACHES AND CREAM CAKE 🍑 I have not been able to stop thinking about how tender this cake is (even when chilled!) + every bite has the most refreshing, creamy peach flavor 🙌🏼 it’s layers of extra soft vanilla cake, homemade peach syrup, brown sugar peach filling, and cloud-like whipped cream frosting. Best use of your late summer peaches imo!

Comment “PEACH CAKE” and I’ll send the recipe straight to you 💌 or find the recipe at https://sugarandsparrow.com/peaches-and-cream-cake/

#peachesandcream #peachcake #whippedcreamcake #peaches #cakedecorating
OREO CAKE 🖤 with black cocoa powder in those moist OREO CAKE 🖤 with black cocoa powder in those moist chocolate cake layers (same main ingredient in Oreo cookie shells!) + cookies and cream buttercream, the flavor profile of this cake is so spot on!! Make this for the Oreo lover in your life 😍
  
Get the recipe at https://sugarandsparrow.com/oreo-cake-recipe/
  
#cookiesandcream #oreocake #oreo #blackvelvet #chocolatecake 

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