Vanilla-Date Swirl Cake

The original recipe was for an easy vanilla-flavored cake, which I've made several times before. I wondered how I could jazz it up this time, and decided to swirl in some date syrup (dibs at-tamar/silan). Although I didn't quite get the swirl I wanted, it looked pretty, and did flavor the cake nicely. 

Vanilla Dinette Cake,

with Melted Chocolate Chips

I made this cake with almond milk in place of regular milk. I like to sprinkle chocolate chips on cake like this, and then melt the chocolate in the microwave. In this case, I also added just a little coconut oil to the chips before I melted them. I liked the effect! 

Zebra (Marble) Cake. 

Another view. Less zebra-y, but still a marble cake with alternating vanilla and chocolate. Recipe from Lauren Chattman's Cake Keeper Cakes.

Zebra (Marble) Cake

A marble cake in which vanilla and then chocolate batters are slowly and alternately added to the baking dish. If you do it right, in the end, it should resemble zebra stripes! If not, it's okay, it'll taste good, anyway. I substituted ground hazelnuts in place of a half-cup of the flour. Recipe from Lauren Chattman's Cake Keeper Cakes.