HCB: Banana Refrigerator Cake with Dreamy Creamy White Chocolate Frosting

FINALLY!  **fist pumping up to the heavens!**

That is what I shouted as I took a bite of this cake on Sunday morning, right after I finished frosty it with the mac-dreamy creamy white chocolate frosting. (And for the record, the code word here is DREAMY).

Because, man for the past two weeks, my baking mode has been dampen by the last two cakes in the list.  I was sooo ready to like something, anything... and if this cake should have failed me, I was going to sit in a corner and rock back and forth until my baking charm came back.

However, it was meant to be.  This week cake was the very reason why I love Rose’s book in the first place.  It was simple, great ingredient combination and if followed to the T, you are going to be rewarded with a fabulous cake, which you will bake again, and again, and pass on to your children.

Of course the main ingredient here is Bananas.

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HCB: Sybil’s Pecan Torte with Coffee Cream

I have no idea what is going on with me, but I guess I have not been very inspired with the last couple of cakes.  I’m putting all the blame on the combination of the never-ending search for a new house, the pending house packing ahead of us (which I have not even started) and the actual move out date (still to be confirmed) that has me all bend out of shape.  The combination of all of this is totally affecting my baking mojo.

I think also the fact that the last couple of cakes in the HCB list have been all about nuts.

The cakes, not the people. 

And I think I'm totally over nuts.

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HCB: Le Succes

This is my 10th baking post with the Heavenly Cake Baker group and so far there has been spectacular cakes (Ingots) great cakes, good cakes and I knew that with over 400+ pages of recipe there was bound to be one that was going to be just “blah”.

I think I found it this week.

Because, well … Uh…Ok.. ok… I’m going to come clean:

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