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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
    • Squares of maple cake topped with whipped cream on dessert plates with forks.
      Maple Cake With Cinnamon
    • Slicing and serving a glazed orange cake
      Orange Almond Cake (Gluten-Free + Grain-Free)
    • 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
    • Apple crumb cake served on a dessert plate.
      Apple Crumb Cake
    • 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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    Bake With Stone Fruit

    • Peach jam served with sourdough bread and butter on the side.
      Peach Jam Without Added Pectin
    • Transferring homemade apricot jam into jars to seal them.
      Apricot jam
    • A slice of plum cake on a pink glass plate.
      Plain Plum Cake
    • Cute pie with star design on top crust served with pile of plates and forks and a cup of coffee, striped linen
      Peach mango pie
    • Whiskey peach pie with an oat crumble topping
      Whiskey peach crumble pie
    • Plum tart recipe | @ktchnhealssoul
      Plum tart with muscovado

    Berry Season

    • Milk crumbs on a Momofuku Milk Bar style cake-layers of blackberry curd, almond cake, and almond frosting
      Blackberry almond cake — Milk Bar style
    • raspberry amaretti semifreddo slice
      Almond raspberry semifreddo
    • Vanilla cardamom tapioca pudding with strawberries
      Homemade tapioca pudding recipe with fresh strawberries
    • Rhubarb upside down cake sliced to serve it.
      Rhubarb Raspberry Upside-Down Cake
    • Bluebarb or blueberry rhubarb crumble with a marzipan oat crumble topping in a blue baking dish with a fluted edge
      Blueberry rhubarb crisp with marzipan crumble
    • A pan of baked honey blueberry muffins with streusel topping.
      Honey blueberry muffins

    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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