Cakes

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing a retro classic that never fails to put a smile on everyone’s face, my pineapple upside down cake. Juicy pineapple rings and sweet cherries bake into a sticky brown sugar caramel, and when you flip the pan, you reveal a beautiful, glossy top…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing one of the most beloved potluck desserts of all time, my chocolate eclair cake. It tastes just like a bakery eclair, with silky vanilla custard and a glossy chocolate topping, but there is no choux pastry and no oven involved. Layers of graham…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing the prettiest cake on my blog, my strawberry crunch cake. Soft pink strawberry layers are stacked with a creamy strawberry cream cheese frosting, then rolled in a sweet, crunchy coating of cookie crumbs and freeze-dried strawberries. If you have ever scrolled past this…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing a dessert that takes the flavors of Boston’s famous dessert and makes them easier than ever, my Boston cream poke cake. A soft vanilla cake is poked full of holes, filled with silky homemade vanilla custard, and topped with a glossy chocolate ganache….

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing the dessert I bring to every potluck, my fudgy Texas sheet cake. It is a thin, super moist chocolate cake baked in a jelly roll pan and covered with a warm, glossy fudge frosting that soaks into the cake while it is still…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing a dessert that makes people say “wait, there is soda in that cake?” with my Southern Coca Cola cake. It is a moist chocolate sheet cake made with cola and buttermilk, studded with tiny marshmallows, and covered in a warm, fudgy frosting that…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing a dessert that makes chocolate lovers weak in the knees, my chocolate blackout cake. It stacks three moist chocolate layers with a thick, silky homemade chocolate pudding filling, and the whole thing is covered in a blanket of chocolate cake crumbs. Inspired by…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m bringing back a childhood favorite with this homemade ding dong cake. Picture soft, moist chocolate cake wrapped around a thick layer of fluffy cream filling, all covered in a glossy chocolate ganache. If you grew up unwrapping chocolate snack cakes from your lunchbox, this…

Hi, I’m Raya, welcome back to my kitchen! 👋 Today I’m sharing my favorite dramatic dessert, a jet-black black velvet cake layered with thick, tangy cream cheese frosting. If you love red velvet, you are going to be obsessed with its darker, moodier cousin! This cake has a deep, almost cookies-and-cream chocolate flavor, a super…