These easy cake and quick bread recipes are perfect for tucking right into a lunchbox to enjoy for dessert or perhaps an mid-day treat. Select from blueberry, zucchini, and pumpkin bread applesauce, carrot, and chocolate cakes and plenty more.
Moist, spice-kissed carrot cake is baked in lunchbox-friendly loaf form. Stir 1/2 cup raisins or chopped toasted nuts in to the batter if you want.
Buttery pound cake will get a dual dose of chocolate from cacao powder and semisweet chips. For perfect results, make certain your butter and eggs are in 70 degrees prior to starting the recipe.
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Plain yogurt is a terrific way to add moisture with little fat for your baking. Flecks of orange zest flavor the wedding cake along with the fresh orange topping.
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Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger root, and cloves add sweetness and spice for this moist zucchini bread. With this particular recipe inside your arsenal, "an excessive amount of zucchini" should never be an issue again.