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Small cake recipes from scratch. These mini cakes are made in a 6″ cake pan or sometimes an 8×8″ square pan and then stacked to make 2 layers. Small batch cakes are perfect for celebrating date nights at home, anniversaries and even can serve as small wedding cakes!
In the pursuit of cuteness, I made us a mini ombre cake. If you’re new to the word ‘ombre,’ you’ve been spared horrible hair dye jobs (lucky you!). Ombre is when a color fades from dark to light. In this…
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Brownie trifle for two with Irish Cream pudding, whipped cream and chocolate shavings. This recipe is lovingly sponsored by Kerrygold, makers of my favorite ingredients when baking! I did a thing. I made a small batch of brownies, a small pot…
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Mini cheesecakes with graham cracker crust made in a muffin pan. Small batch mini cheesecake recipe makes 4 mini cheesecake cupcakes. Before we get to the land of perfectly chocolate-glazed mini cheesecakes with heart strawberry cut-outs, we have to start…
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Mini chocolate cake for two; perfect for celebrating anniversaries, date night, or just because: chocolate. The last time I made this mini chocolate cake for two, we ate it in the car on the way to dinner. And if I…
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Chocolate tiramisu with chocolate peppermint mousse, homemade chocolate ladyfingers and peppermint bark. I wanted to call this ‘Chocolate Peppermint Tiramisu’ or ‘Peppermint Bark Tiramisu,’ but I ended up calling it ‘Christmas Tiramisu’ in my head, because a title like that…
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Easy Pumpkin cake made in ramekins for two. Two mini pumpkin cakes! Yep, with a how-to video, too! You’re looking at a recipe that just jumped into my permanent rotation for Fall. This easy pumpkin cake made in ramekins has…
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Slow cooker bread pudding made with fresh bread. Crockpot dessert recipe for the win! Bread pudding made in the crock pot. Admittedly, I don’t use my slow cooker for many things. I wish I did, though. I so desperately need…
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Gooey butter cake that tastes like a glaze donut? Yes, you heard me right. You can’t miss this recipe! Shhhhhhhhhh! Do not tell my editor I’m sharing this recipe here today, ok? Please? As you may know from my absence,…
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Cake mix waffles made with a chocolate cake mix. Just 1 1/4 cup dry chocolate cake mix makes 4 perfect chocolate waffles! Hey, it’s hot outside. Or is that just you? Don’t be silly, it’s me too. I’m hot, you’re…
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Chocolate bread pudding with caramel Rolos. The best 5-ingredient chocolate caramel bread pudding for two! We are gathered here today to talk about how it only takes 5 ingredients to have a fantastic dessert. And no one knows this better…
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Peach cobbler made with fresh peaches, Southern Style! This peach cobbler for two recipe is Texas-style with a thin batter, you’ve got to try it! Big exciting news, y’all. If you know me in real life, when I get excited,…
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Homemade funfetti cake recipe for two. Small sprinkles cake for two. If ever there was a cake that I could eat all by myself, this is it. Homemade funfetti cake for two. I mean, sure, my chocolate fudge cake was eaten…
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I have to confess: when Greek yogurt first became a thing, I over-dosed on it. My fridge was filled with every color and flavor of Chobani. I may have even had an entire shelf devoted to it. It was a glorious,…
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Small carrot cake with caramel cream cheese frosting is a one-layer cake for Spring and Easter! My poor, poor husband. He’s thousands of miles away from this luscious carrot cake with caramel cream cheese frosting while I’m over here with my…
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This recipe comes to you from my second book, Comfort and Joy: Cooking for Two. While the cover features my famous (well, internet famous!) 15-minute puff pastry, it does in fact have 15 dessert for two recipes in the back….
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He cheated. She lied. It’s over. Like a knife through the heart. I’m here for you, friend. And I come bearing chocolate. Chocolate sour cream break-up cake, to be exact. This mini cake serves one newly single lady. Or, one…
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I didn’t make this cake for my Valentine. I made it for ME. I love white chocolate and rose, so I made myself a miniature cake. It’s not that my Valentine didn’t help me eat this mini cake for two…he…
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Quarter sheet cake, Texas style! A small Texas chocolate sheet cake made in a quarter sheet pan! In the past 3 years, we’ve moved 3 times. I met and fell in love with my husband in California. We talked about…
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I’ve been carrying around this little notebook for 5 1/2 years. In it, I write all the desserts I want to scale down for two. I’m always consulting the list and checking things off. It’s because of this little notebook…
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Here at Dessert for Two headquarters, we (me, myself, and I) have a lot of strategy meetings. We throw around a lot of corporate jargon (‘synergy’, ‘end-game’, ‘big picture thinking’) in these meetings to discuss what exactly constitutes a serving size. The…
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Icebox cake with chai caramel, gingersnaps and whiskey for two. Made in a mini 6″ cake pan. Did you eat all of that salty caramel sauce? I told you not to! Fine, I did, too. But then I made another…
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Blackberry cheesecake parfaits for two are so fun and pretty! They’re made with a fresh blackberry sauce and layered into jars for serving. No bake recipe! Can we please spend the rest of summer eating no bake cheesecakes out of…
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This is an old recipe that was begging for a photo update. While pinterest is filled with gorgeous photos of cheesecake popsicles, this little blog was cranking them out in 2011–pre-pinterest. I was also cranking out awful food photography, but that’s besides…
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I partnered with BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers to bring you this post. Thanks for letting me partner with brands I love and use in my own kitchen. I was provided with product and compensated for my time, but the opinions and…
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