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Luscious lemon citrus cake will win your heart in one bite.

Words cannot describe my family’s love for lemons. Even if it isn’t summer, we always want anything that has lemon in it. Sometimes, we use lemon to marinate our meat to give it that extra zest. Sometimes, I make lemonade even if it’s really cold. And most of the time, of course, I make a dessert that has lemon as its main ingredient. Lemon in a sweet decadent dessert usually means heaven. My husband and I usually buy a lot of lemons at the grocery. The thing is, we usually fail to ask each other whether we already have this certain item.

So most of the time we have an onslaught of lemons at home. What to do with them? Of course, transform them to a dessert recipe that everyone will enjoy such as lemon citrus cake. Usually, that’s either a cookie recipe or a cake recipe.

Cakes are the safest bet though. They make good use of a lot of lemons and that will prevent us from wasting them. My husband usually loves lemon poppy seed cake, but he will eat anything lemony. This is where this lemon citrus cake comes in. It’s an amazing recipe that both my husband and my kids couldn’t get enough of. They love the taste and the softness of the cake.

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Quick Tip: You can freeze this loaf and eat it when you want to.

Have you tried pink flamingo cake yet? If not, you need to get your skinny bird legs into the kitchen!

My grandparents transported themselves from the brisk winters of Michigan to the sunny skies of Florida, a very long time ago. While there, grandma picked up a few new baking secrets that she brought all of us to love. One of the yummy desserts that granny bakes up while we snowbirds visit is the ever famous pink flamingo cake.

Pink flamingo cake is dripping with Florida flair. For fun, it is pink, and for two, it is made with crushed pineapple, cherry jello, and vanilla pudding. Yum!

Are you ready to make this yummy pink flamingo cake? If so, click on over to the next page and delight yourself in the recipe and how-to video!

Thank you 12Tomatoes and YouTube for this pink flamingo cake recipe!

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Quick Tip: Swap out crushed canned pineapple for fresh! Simple place the pineapple chunks into your blender and pulse a few times. Be careful to not over blend as you want a crushed texture not liquid.

Swig sugar cookies are grandma’s greatest invention!

Okay, so I’m not insinuating that my grandma invented swig sugar cookies, but I’m convinced that someone’s grandma did. Cookies like these are just too darn good to have been thought up by some random Joe. Swig sugar cookies are made with a magic touch that only grandmothers have. Now, of course, if you have a good recipe to follow, you can make these magical cookies just as good and grandma.

Swig sugar cookies are relatively easy to make and they don’t contain too many ingredients. You can make your own icing for the cookies but you don’t have too and the store bought stuff will work just fine.

Are you ready to make these swig sugar cookies? If so, click on over to the next page and delight yourself in the recipe and how-to video!

Thank you Bake. Eat. Repeat. and YouTube for this Swig Sugar Cookies recipe!

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Quick Tip: This recipe for swig sugar cookies is very easy to double.

Basement brownies gripped my taste buds with an unseen force that literally blew my hair back.

I am always on the prowl for fun and exciting brownie recipes. Seriously, I love them. When I came across these basement brownies I was intrigued. I mean, just look at the name, what does that even mean? Well, after making and tasting basement brownies I really didn’t cae how they were named because they were so good I think I felt my socks leave my feet in a rapturous knock.

Basement brownies are seriously easy to make and require only a handful of ingredients. You get to use a boxed cake mix which always makes things easier. Don’t like boxed cake mixes? Feel free to whip up your own 🙂

Are you ready to make these basement brownies? If so, click on over to the next page and delight yourself in the recipe and how-to video!

Thank you The Recipe Girl and YouTube for this basement brownies recipe!

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Quick Tip: I used Betty Crocker cake mix for these basement brownies but feel free to use any brand that you fancy.

Did I ever tell you about my granny’s famous cake recipe? Welp, settle in folks because you’re about to hear it.

My granny was an avid baker. In fact, she was just an all-around excellent cook. I don’t ever remember a time when I was at my grandma’s house that she didn’t have something sweet or savory in the oven. One of my fondest memories of grandma was her teaching me how to make granny cake.

If you haven’t experienced the glory of this cake yet, well, by golly, you are missing out! Granny cake is ooey, gooey, and just plain old delicious. I like this recipe for more reasons than one but the main would be that it is very easy to make.

Pretty much everyone LOVES this cake! Has the thought of making granny cake ran through your mind yet? If so, click on over to the next page and delight yourself in the recipe and how-to video!

Recipe and video courtesy of 12Tomatoes via YouTube.

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Quick tip: Allow your children or grandchildren to help you make this yummy granny cake!

Are You Getting Takeout More Often Than You’d Like To Admit? These Stupid-Easy Recipes Will Change All That

Have you ever come back from work and just sighed at the thought of cooking dinner for your family? It happens to me all the time. Occasionally things just get a little overwhelming and cooking is the last thing on my check list (or it doesn’t make the check list at all…) I know it’s fine to opt for takeout but if you do that several times a week, it tends to get expensive. And often, a bit unhealthy, too. Enter – these super easy crockpot recipes!

I fell in love with my slow cooker the day I got it, and it has made me feel like a better mom. Seriously, a kitchen appliance that makes you feel good about yourself – how awesome is that!

I used to make mostly meat stews and soups in the slow cooker but it can do so much more. These days I use it to make desserts (cakes, even) and all kinds of exotic dinner recipes. I bet there are several recipes on this list that you didn’t even know you could make in a crock pot!

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Have you heard? Carrot cake is all the rage when serving dessert at a dinner party.

Aunt Murrielle’s classic carrot cake is everyone’s favorite. My aunt loves to cook anything using vegetables as her main ingredients. Whenever we have a reunion and she is the one assigned to make something, we always expect her to make a cake such as a cucumber cake or even bean sprout cookies. The good thing about it is that you will not really mind that they are vegetables because they taste so good! All of my nieces and nephews, including my two kids, actually love all of her desserts. I have a lot of nephews who throw tantrums whenever they have to eat vegetables, but Aunt Murrielle’s desserts are always the exception. I even see a couple of my cousins begging her for her recipes, but she wouldn’t give them.

Aunt Murielle’s classic carrot cake is something that everyone requests even if it’s just for an afternoon tea. She makes the softest and the moistest carrot cake that everyone just couldn’t resist. Her classic carrot cake is already an institution in our reunions.

You are pretty sure that the serving platter will be empty by the end of a meal because everyone would really want a slice. I am not sure what is Aunt Murrielle’s secret, but everyone truly cannot say no to a slice of her wonderful carrot cake recipe!

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Quick Tip: If you like extreme sweet icing, then go ahead and add more sugar.