Get that oven preheating.
Each year we create a list of some of our favoritecake recipes, one for each month.
This year the list includes everything from ano-bakestrawberry stunner to a rolled pumpkin cake.

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The dark brown sugar is what gives this cake its characteristically deep, molasses flavor.
The sponge is baked in one large sheet and then punched out into perfect little circles.
Then all there is left to do is assemble.

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It uses ladyfinger cookies, which you might be familiar with fromtiramisu, to create a stunning presentation.
If you bake nothing else with stone fruit this year, make it this peach pound cake.
The recipe has only 5-star reviews, which we think speaks to just how good it is.

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This is why we think learning to craft an ice cream cake is the ideal July project.
August: Berry Chantilly Cake
“FABULOUS!!!
We made this cake in parfaits for my daughter’s wedding!

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Guest couldn’t get enough of it.
Give it shot and leave a review letting us know what you think.
Especially with a rich, chocolate-buttermilk frosting on top.

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This recipe infuses the cake batter with pumpkin for an autumnal take on a traditional jelly roll cake.
Whip up this masterpiece as a capstone project on a year of impressive bakes.
To make the light-as-air frosting you’ll have to make an Italian meringue, which is no small feat.

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