White Cake with Lemon Cream Filling

I wanted to bake on my day off for July 4th, and decided on this recipe that I'd seen in my Facebook feed from King Arthur flour.

This recipe is a bit of work -- make the cake, make the lemon curd (I used my Instant Pot), make the pastry cream (I made it from scratch), make the whipped cream.  Fortunately I had plenty of time to enjoy the process.

I adjusted the recipe slightly -- I used all of the lemon cream in the middle of the cake, and topped the cake with plain whipped cream.  Since it was July 4th, I added raspberries and blueberries.  The cake layers didn't rise as much as I'd expected, but it was still a delicious cake that garnered lots of compliments!

Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

I save a lot of recipes that I see while scrolling through Facebook.  Some are from companies and bloggers that I follow (like King Arthur Flour and Smitten Kitchen) and others are posted by friends.

I saved this recipe for Raspberry Buttermilk Cake last summer.  A few days later, I found out that we were celebrating National Raspberry Cake day at work.

This cake was both beautiful and delicious.  And it was incredibly easy to make.

Fortunately I had the perfect sized piece of parchment paper, that I'd saved from some disposable foil cake pans.  That made it even easier!

Red Velvet Bundt Cake

My son loves red velvet cake, and he especially loves red velvet from Nothing Bundt Cakes.  Last year I bought his birthday cake from there, but this year I decided to try a copycat recipe.

I make this recipe from Six Sisters Stuff and substituted semi-sweet chocolate chips for the white chocolate chips.  It turned out delicious!  I still prefer the chocolate chocolate chip Bundt cake, but I enjoyed this one too.