Rose Bakes

If you want to bake a new cake for Christmas – this Spiced Oat Cake needs to be the cake. This cake is the perfect combination of warm flavors – cinnamon and nutmeg, oatmeal and brown sugar. Plus the most delicious cream cheese frosting you’ve ever tasted.

Please note: This is not a paid review and it’s my complete and honest opinion on the book and recipe I chose.  I am publishing this recipe with the permission from the author. 

So first up – a confession.  Back in September, Alyx from Sugar by Alyx, asked for volunteers to try her new cake cookbook and share a recipe. I immediately volunteered. I love to support other bakers in any way I can.

Besides, Alyx self-published this book and I’m always in awe and admiration of anybody willing to work that hard for their dreams.  Publishing is hard work and I always strive to be a cheerleader for entrepreneurs!  🎉

Fast foward to a short time later when Alyx sent the book to me.  But when it arrived, it was a busy week and I couldn’t immediately dive into it.

Then when things slowed down, I had an afternoon set aside to do the cake. But I couldn’t find the book. I looked and looked and looked that afternoon with no luck.  To say I was horrified would have been a massive understatement. Continue Reading ▶