It’s that time again!
This month’s A Lot on your Plate’s “Use What You’ve Got” Category is: Cake!
Cake!
How It Works: Simply, leave a comment below with a link to one of your cupcake recipe’s that you have chosen to enter into the bake-off. The recipes entered will be judged on simplicity (prep time, active time, ingredients, etc…) and the photo of the finished product, itself. The recipe will NOT be based on the quality of the photo. (1) winner will be chosen, but all will be recognized. The winning cupcake recipe will be posted in its entirety, photos, links and all, and baker will be notified and will receive a prize hand-picked by yours truly. All bloggers that submit a recipe will be acknowledged in the winner’s post with a link to their recipe entered, minus the photos and the prize.
The beauty of this bake-off is that it’s ”use what you’ve got”. I realize that people live busy lives and might not have the time to bake a new recipe from scratch for a bake-off, so you can use one of your old posts to enter (or a brand new one if you feel up to it and have the time).
To Enter: Leave a comment below with a link to one of your posts, new or old. The cake recipe MUST be your own and not a re-blog.
This bake-off will run for 2 weeks. Again, the recipes will be judged on the simplicity of the recipe and the photo of the finished product supplied, NOT the quality of the photo, itself.
Be sure to have fun with this, you have nothing to lose, just acknowledgment of your awesome recipes to gain!
To check out past categories and entries, click one of the links below:
Happy baking!
- J
This is my favorite cupcake recipe because it tastes so great and travels well. I featured it in the post “Insomnia”. It’s a butter recipe cake filled with a mixture of an old fashioned buttercream and chopped fresh strawberries. http://bringmemycoffee.com/2012/04/24/insomnia/
Yay! Looking forward to another contest. This gives me an excuse to bake a whole cake too
Awesome, I cant wait to see pics
Miniature Neapolitan Cakes: 3 flavours and 3 frostings!
http://playingwithflour.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/miniature-neapolitan-cakes/
Am sharing on the Hot, Cheap & Easy FB page. Look forward to the pictures!
Thank you so much for sharing!
I love the idea of these challenges! This is one of my favourite flavour combos – peach and white chocolate. These mini cakes are easy to make, delicious and best of all, you can substitute what ever fruit you like!
http://cateskitchenadventures.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/just-peachy/
This sounds like a lot of fun!! Can’t wait to bake a whole cake
Recipe courtesy from celebrity chef Donna Hay’s official site, this is my favorite recipe for Chocolate Cake ^^ http://trangquynh.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/donna-hays-easy-chocolate-cake/
Hey there! We’ve “nominated” you for the Versatile Blogger “award.” This is a blogger to blogger award that is all for fun. If you would like to accept and participate you can visit: http://cupcakecrusaders.com/2012/09/16/fun-with-blogger-to-blogger-awards/ (But please don’t feel obligated, it’s all just for fun).
Thank you so much! this is truly appreciated
Love this idea!!! Need to start baking, or you might have to settle for a cupcake!
Looking forward to either or! Can’t wait to see what you come up with
Delicious competition! Don’t think I’ve done a cake, though. I’m more of a cupcake sort of girl. Maybe by the end of the month I will have something to contribute. For now I will just enjoy the deliciousness. Otherwise, as the lovely lady above said, you might have to settle for a cupcake.
Mmmmm! Cake, don’t mind if I do. Wedding Bake Off winning Cardamom Cake from me…. http://shoreditchbakes.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/wedding-bake-off-part-3/
I’m entering in my latest cupcake, it is the BEST EVER! Do I sound vein, well even though my sister says I am, I’m not!! It really is that good!
http://ahealthylifeforme.com/2012/09/18/white-peach-cupcakes-with-brown-sugar-frosting/
I have a good recipe I want to try. Will get it done soon and post the result. How exciting. Can’t wait!!
I love these competitions – it means I can spend ages drooling over other baker’s cake pictures! My entry this time is a Vanilla and Chocolate Zebra cake – easy to do with simple ingredients and tools, but makes something totally different
http://bakingforbears.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/talking-the-stripes-off-a-zebra/
this is absolutely my cake recipe made from scratch!
http://reciperecollections.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/spiced-apple-cider-autumn-cake/
Ok, here is my favorite {freshly posted}….. just for you……bitty bite oreo cupcake! With a name like Buckle up for this Sweet Ride “bitty bite” Oreo Cupcake how can you resist! LOL!
http://temptingthyme.com/2012/09/21/buckle-up-for-this-sweet-ride-bitty-bite-oreo-cupcakes/
Biscoff cake with a surprise (healthy) ingredient : http://doctoratehousewife.com/2012/07/29/speculoos-cake-with-a-surprise-ingredient/
White wedding cupcakes!!! We absolutely love these! Add the buttercream frosting and it’s perfect!!! http://busyomahamom.com/2012/09/21/white-wedding-cupcakes/. http://busyomahamom.com/2012/09/21/the-best-buttercream-frosting/
What a fun contest! I’d like to enter my Greek Yogurt Pumpkin Cake with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Frosting (http://inspireandindulge.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/greek-yogurt-pumpkin-cake-w-cinnamon-brown-sugar-frosting/)
I’m so glad you picked cake for this month’s contest! I’ve been baking birthday cakes recently for my classmates, so I’ve got three recipes I’d like to share. But if I can only enter one, I’ll enter the Purple Ombre Cake because it’s so beautiful inside!
1) Purple Ombre Cake with Blackcurrant Frosting: http://cynthesizingfood.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/q-how-do-you-impress-a-master-cake-baker-a-with-a-purple-ombre-cake/
2) Salted Caramel Chocolate Ganache Cake: http://cynthesizingfood.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/salted-caramel-chocolate-ganache-cake/
3) Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting: http://cynthesizingfood.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/sweet-and-simple-carrot-cake/
I have never entered a competition before, so I am going to take the plunge here with a Three Ginger Cake, to be found at http://suffolkdiary.wordpress.com/category/bake/
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This one’s definitely a “use what you’ve got cake”. In fact it’s a “leftover” cake: http://doctoratehousewife.com/2012/09/17/kitchen-sink-cake/
It was supposed to be Tres Leches Cake but I got inventive and did cupcakes with it instead. Nom nom nommy! http://imagesbytdashfield.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/tres-leches-cupcakes/
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Nutella Glaze, because I always keep canned pumpkin on hand and there is always Nutella in the cupboard, its my kids favorite. http://hollieshobbies.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/pumpkin-bundt-cake-with-nutella-glaze/
Pound cake recipe – http://imagesbytdashfield.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/old-faithful-not-the-geyser-or-geezer/
The end result of the pound cake – http://imagesbytdashfield.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/last-night-i-did-it/
Hi! Here’s my recipe for my favourite chocolate and almond cake: easy, but yummy!
http://thegreedyfrog.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/if-al-pacino-were-a-cake-chocolate-cake-with-a-crunchy-almond-crust/
Thanks for the chance to enter my very first bake off … Recipe submitted is one of the family favorites: Peanut Butter Fudge Cake …. It’s sooo good & rich. Just like eating a giant peanut butter cup … http://t.co/JulyYvz9
What a great way to share talent! I absolutely LOVE this! Here’s a fab and delish strawberry cheesecake cupcake recipe! http://yum2three.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/strawberry-cheesecake-cupcakes/
Enjoy!
I’m loving your monthly bake-off challenges! These cupcakes have become my absolute favorite and may I say perfect for Fall! It’s a mouth full, but these “Punkin Ale” Cupcakes with Salted Whiskey Caramel Frosting are purely mouth watering. Enjoy
http://thedreameryblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/punkin-ale-cupcakes-with-salted-whiskey-caramel-frosting/
Oh, almost missed the challenge this month… so glad l managed to enter before the deadline!
Only question now is which cake to enter!! My Kit Kat and M&M cake is the most popular one on my blog but I think I’ll go for my husband’s favorite one – Coconut cake – as it is light as a feather, incredibly easy to make and everyone who’s tried it loves it. Enjoy!
http://fikaandmore.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/cookies-and-cake/