Joy the Baker adds pineapple, coconut, nuts and more to her Kitchen Sink Carrot Cake, and then bakes it in a Bundt cake pan and tops with thick cream cheese frosting to make a celebratory dessert.
Get ready to make an instant best friend: Joy the Baker, aka Joy Wilson, is a chatty, sassy pancake-lover, blogger and self-taught baker who’s sure to charm you with her girl talk and sweet recipe combo. Visit her blog for a fun coffee-break read (be prepared to crave cake afterward) and check out her new cookbook, Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes.
Joy’s lighthearted, unpretentious approach to baking shines through in her cookbook. It’s hard not to love chapter titles like: “pancakes pancakes pancakes, and other lesser breakfast items”; “i need a hug or a brownie. maybe both.”; and “i think i just ate chocolate for dinner.” Her treats are perfect for sharing with family and friends and, of course, for spring holiday celebrations like Easter and Mother’s Day.
We’re featuring a celebration cake and a travel-friendly treat for Easter weekend. Try these recipes from the Joy the Baker Cookbook today:
Kitchen Sink Carrot Cake
Browned Butter Peanut Butter Crispy Rice Treats
"Butter is good; browned butter is better," says Joy. Browned Butter Peanut Butter Crispy Rice Treats make great take-along sweets for any get-together.
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Tres Leche Cake….Yummy!
Orange-almond bundt cake
Love rice Krispy treats of any kind!
I am attempting the new styled "Cupcake pops on a stick" everything tastes better when it's on a stick.
Banana Bread, sugar cookies and an Easter Bunny Cake
I am attempting the new craze "cupcake pops on a stick" everything tastes better when it's on a stick.
Sorry, new at this, didn't mean to post twice. Hoppy Easter.
Coconut cake!!
M&M cookies. not very springy, but i love them.
I'm planning on making strawberry and mint popsicles!
I'm making lemon bars for Easter !!
I'm making a chocolate banana cream pie for Easter
I am planning to make blueberry pound cake with my niece!
I'm going to make some chocolate chip banana muffins. They're not "dessert " pre say, but they're awesome. And addicting. And breakfast! (I love sweet things for breakfast!)
egg shaped sugar cookie cut outs!
Apricot pie is a recipe I've been meaning to make for a while and you have to wait for the right season.
i'd love to have joy's book – i'm baking challenged, but something i'd like to make next will involve toffee…
Meyer lemon tart with fresh blueberries!
Ohhhh tres leches is a favorite!
Meyer lemon tart!
pastel rainbow bundt cake!
Lemon pound cake
I make a delicious mango mousse, layered w/ pound cake – light and refreshing!
Rhubarb crisp!
pineapple cake with coconut frosting
Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes with Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting! Mmmmm…..!!!!!
German Chocolate cupcakes!
My grandmother's Honey Cake with layers of cream made from caramelized sweetened condensed milk.
springtime cupcakes
coconut cake with boiled icing and sprinkled with toasted coconut. My mother's recipe…Yum!
Lemon curd trifle with fresh berries. Springtime deliciousness!
coconut and cardamom krispies
hummingbird cake!
I'm making Ricotta Pie!
Incredible Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake!! YUMMMM!!
I'm making Portuguese sweet bread in honor of my grandfather for Easter. He made the best, but unfortunately took the recipe w/ him when he passed away. I've gotten close a few times, but never quite good enough.
Rum Rasin Pie
Flour less chocolate cake…
Raspberry Cheesecake Cupcakes!
U am plainling on makeing a vanilla wafers and Banana pudding with bananas in it……. TUMMMY
I'm attempting a lemonade cheesecake tart.
Rhubarb crisp!
Blueberry Cheesecake
I'm pulling out my Easter cookie cut outs to bake and decorate sugar cookies.
Coconut Cake!!
Yum………the goodies look amazing and delicious!!
Red velvet cake. It's not just for Springtime, it's for anything!
It's my favorite!
I love to bake!
Pound cake with pistachios and chocolate chips