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.
We’re giving away one copy of the Joy the Baker Cookbook to one lucky winner. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment telling us what springtime sweet treat you’re baking up.
So, tell us, what springtime dessert are planning on baking soon?
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Those rice krispie treats look yummy!
I LOVE cooking with chocolate! I LOVE baking, period!
Overnight French Toast Casserole!
oreo cookie, chocolate pudding pie—with whipped cream
i am going to so try the Peanut Butter Rice Crispies,, my mouth is all a flutter
For the kids, we did cake pops, which didn't turn out so bad. For the adults, we made something called a Hawaiian Wedding Cake, but we made them in cupcake form. We also made Molten Lava Cupcakes for the adults. All were hits to everyone who stopped by for Dessert!
Strawberry muffins.
Pineapple upside down cake with cherries pineapples and mango chunks
Cup cakes with pastel frosting!
I am planning to make cake pops. My friend made them and they were so good! I think I will also try the rice krispy recipe shared above.
carrot cake!
Lemon Truffle Pie….time consuming but definitely worth every minute!!
The absolute BEST Lemon Supreme Cheesecake!
Apple tarts
Lemon Cupcakes with a tart lemon filling and white chocolate, cream cheese frosting!!!
Strawberry lemonade muffins!
Monkey Bread
mixed berry crumbles
Lemon cupcakes! Lemon cake, lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream! YUM!
Boston Cream Cake… Yummie!!
What kid doesn't LOVE Rice Crispy Treats with something that suprises them.
The Kitchen Sink Carrot Cake looks amazing!!
Berry shortcake with a lemon whipped cream.
I will be making pudding cake.
My family LOVES a carrot ginger cake recipe with pineapple and macadamia nuts plus I'll be making lemon poppyseed tarts.
I am so excited about the possibility of winning Joy's cookbook! The springtime dessert that I am planning to make soon is a berry tart.
Springtime is my favorite time for desserts because of the abundance of fresh fruit! I'll be making a fresh strawberry cake sometime this week, made from scratch with a strawberry syrup mixed into the batter, in celebration of springtime!
It's not really "springy" per se, but I'm making a black forest cake for my boyfriend's birthday!
some cute little cups of delicious, cold chocolate mousse.
Rainbow Cake…A 6 layer cake with vanilla frosting. Each layer a different color.
strawberry shortcake
Red Velvet cupcakes!
Apricot Brandy Pound Cake! Yum!
I just made my favorite springtime dessert over Easter weekend – Paska – a tradition in my family. I can't wait to try many of the recipes in Joy's book, specifically her Zucchini Cream Cheese Pound Cake! I already own it, and am entering so I could give a copy to my Mom or brother, who also love to cook!
Fresh fruit smoothies!
the browned butter rice krispies sound great!
Fresh strawberry cupcakes!!!!
My grandmother hot milk sponge cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream
I'm baking a Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake w/ Macaroon Filling w/ Vanilla Glaze Drizzled on Top. Delicious – Just like a coconut cream chocolate Easter egg.
Lemon cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting!
These rice crispy treats sound so good!! I would really love to successfully make a apple pie. The ones I have made in the past have not turned out to well.
Strawberry Cupcakes!
Hummingbird Cake!
Chickadee Vanilla Cake Pops!!!
orange cream sherbet
Definately Strawberry and Rhubarb Crisp with some homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and fresh strawberries!
sugar cookies!
Cat
Lemon Meringue pie
Apple pie
Blueberry pie