Chocolate Chip Applesauce Cake

A few months ago I was poking around my Google Reader and came upon a most delicious-looking recipe for applesauce cake over at Noble Pig. First, if you haven't read the blog before, go check it out. I'm not sure what's better, the story-telling, the recipes, or the wonderful photography. Seriously, that is the kind of blogger I aspire to be. But I digress.

I leave you to explore the Noble Pig's blog for the recipe. Even though the recipe came from scratch it was incredibly simple to put together. To illustrate, you'll use one bowl and no mixer. How simple is that? And look how yummy it looks when you cut into it:
I'm still not quite sure how this made it out of the house whole, but now that I've tried this once, I don't think I'll be so lucky the next time I make it.

Great Canadian Heinz Ketchup Cake

In honor of Canada Day (today, July 1) this week's recipe comes to us straight from the great white north. A few weeks ago my friend Stacie found this recipe for ketchup cake on Heinz Canada's website and I knew I just had to try it out. And I think if you wanted to throw some blueberries on top for decoration, this could totally work July Fourth celebrations, for those of us in the US.

Now before you get all worried about eating a cake with ketchup in it, don't. The recipe only calls for 1/2 cup of it, and includes cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, so you really can't taste the ketchup at all. It's really just another spice cake recipe with a wicked-tasty cream cheese frosting.