Kitchen-by-the-Sea - Delicious Food & Entertaining

Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Frosting

It took us years to share a vanilla cake because we didn’t just want any recipe—we wanted one we genuinely loved. After testing countless versions, we finally landed on what we think is the perfect vanilla bean cake. These vanilla cupcakes are that recipe in cupcake form: soft, flavorful, and full of real vanilla. We use buttermilk for extra flavor, a mix of vanilla extract and vanilla beans for a rich, true vanilla taste, and finish them with a cream cheese icing that’s tangy, creamy, and not overly sweet.

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Lemon Cake with Maria Cookies

It’s finally springtime! And for us, that means spring desserts. In this case, it means a lemon cake with a Maria cookie crust, vanilla bean cake layers and lemon curd cream topping. The cake starts with a cookie crust. We use Maria cookies for the crust base. After baking off the cookie crust, we add the vanilla bean cake batter on top. Once the layers are baked and cooled, we make a lemon curd. The lemon curd then gets folded together with whipped cream. We then top the cake with more of Goya’s Maria cookies.

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Chocolate Cake with Coffee Icing

We make a lot of cakes around here, but when it comes to our birthday we always make the same cake. It’s no secret we are big fans of the combination of coffee and chocolate and this cake is just that. This chocolate cake with coffee icing cake starts with our favorite chocolate layers. After those are baked it all gets topped with a coffee buttercream. It is truly our favorite cake combo.

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