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    One-Layer Cake Recipes

    One-layer cakes are so much faster to make than elaborate layer cakes but equally satisfying. Try this chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, or this banana cake with chocolate frosting. You won't regret it!

    • Rhubarb upside down cake sliced to serve it.
      Rhubarb Raspberry Upside-Down Cake
    • Slices of moist rhubarb cake served on plates.
      Moist Rhubarb Cake
    • A piece of gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd served on a dessert plate.
      Moist Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lemon Curd
    • Slicing and serving a honey cake with whipped cream and lavender on top.
      Lavender Honey Cake
    • Fallen chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and berries being sliced and served.
      Gluten-Free Buckwheat Chocolate Cake
    • One layer banana cake topped with chocolate frosting with one piece cut.
      Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting
    • Slicing a blueberry crumb cake.
      Easy Blueberry Crumb Cake
    • An apple cake baked in a square baking pan.
      Apple Butter Cake with Brandy
    • A slice of plum cake on a pink glass plate.
      Plain Plum Cake
    • A square of carrot cake on a plate with a yellow fork.
      Glazed Carrot Cake Bars
    • Rum raisin tea cake
      Frosted rum raisin tea cake
    • gluten-free-lemon-cake-with-lemon-curd-and-berries
      Gluten-free lemon cake with raspberries
    • Square chocolate cake topped with peanut butter frosting piped with a star tip, decorated with sprinkles and chocolate curls
      Chocolate Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting
    • Apple crumb coffee cake ready to be served with cups of tea, plates and a serrated knife
      Apple Crumble Cake
    • Pavlova cake filled with whipped cream, lemon curd, and raspberries being served.
      Pavlova
    • Sliced black currant cake on parchment paper with a wood-handled knife to serve
      Black Currant Cake
    • Italian apple yogurt cake
      David Rocco's apple yogurt cake
    • Slicing and serving chestnut cake topped with chestnut cream and sugared cranberries.
      Chestnut Cake with Chestnut Cream
    • A piece of gluten-free raspberry cake served with a raspberry coulis.
      Gluten-free raspberry cake

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    Festive Treats

    • A piece of gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd served on a dessert plate.
      Moist Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lemon Curd
    • Nanaimo bars cut into squares and served on a marble surface.
      Nanaimo Bars
    • A round braided boule of Christmas fruit bread on a board, sliced.
      Fruit bread
    • Freshly baked mincemeat cookies served with a glass of milk.
      Mincemeat cookies
    • Transferring homemade mincemeat filling to jars to store for making mincemeat tarts.
      Homemade mincemeat
    • A plate of ginger cookies with white chocolate chips.
      Ginger Cookies with White Chocolate

    Christmas Cookies

    • A plate of fruitcake cookies ready to be served.
      Icebox Fruitcake Cookies
    • Gingerbread cookies shaped like people decorated with white royal icing.
      Cutout Gingerbread Cookies
    • shortbread cutout cookies sandwiched with strawberry jam filling
      Jam-filled shortbread cookies
    • A plate of chocolate sugar cookies and a glass of milk.
      Chocolate Sugar Cookies
    • Freshly baked molasses cookies coated in turbinado sugar on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
      Molasses Sugar Cookies
    • Soft Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!

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    How to poach pears

    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This easy poached pears recipe is simple and you can use the poached fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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