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The Sweet Occasion

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Looking for your favorite new sweet treat? Here you'll find everything from easy baked donuts to fluffy cinnamon rolls!

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  • Breakfast
  • Brownies & Bars
  • Cakes & Cupcakes
  • Cookies
  • Frostings & Fillings
  • Ice Cream
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  • Pies, Tarts & Crisps

Learn to Bake

I'm sharing my top tips & techniques so you can bake with confidence!

Baking Guides
  • Six essential baking ingredients that you should stock in your kitchen in bowls with a linen set on a flat marble surface.
    The Essential Baking Ingredients You Should Stock
  • Baker's Tools-1
    15 Essential Kitchen Tools for the Baker
  • Essential Guide to Baking Substitutions
    Your Essential Guide to Baking Substitutions
  • Baking with kids-1
    Baking with kids: the tips to making it a success

Breakfast Favorites

  • Square slices of blueberry sour cream coffee cake with vanilla glaze set on a round wire rack.
    Easy Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake
  • Close up overhead shot of soft and fluffy cinnamon rolls smothered with cream cheese frosting.
    Soft & Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls
  • Overhead shot of cream cheese glazed baked banana donuts on a flat surface.
    Banana Baked Donuts (No Mixer!)
  • Close up of no yeast cinnamon roll muffins drizzle with a simple vanilla glaze.
    Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins (No Yeast)

See more Breakfast Recipes→


Brownies & Bars

  • Close of up plum bars with oat crumble crust and topping cut into square on a round french cooling rack.
    Easy Plum Bars
  • White chocolate chip brownies cut into squares.
    White Chocolate Chip Brownies
  • Close of up cut lemon bars with graham cracker crust topped with a piping of whipped cream and a slice of lemon.
    Lemon Bars with Graham Cracker Crust
  • Birthday cake brownies topped with sprinkles and cut into squares.
    Easy & Fudgy Birthday Cake Brownies

See more Dessert Bars→


Cakes & Cupcakes

  • Round layered cookie dough cake with buttercream and chocolate ganache drip
    Cookie Dough Cake
  • Overhead view of coconut cheesecake with a layer of toasted coconut and dollops of whipped cream.
    Creamy Coconut Cheesecake
  • Lemon mascarpone cheesecake on a cake stand.
    Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake
  • 8 Inch cake on a cake stand with sprinkles around the bottom edges.
    8 Inch Round Vanilla Cake Recipe

See more Cakes & Cupcakes→


Cookies

  • Vanilla Macaron-2
    Vanilla Macaron Recipe
  • Close up of s'mores cookies loaded with marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers on white parchment paper.
    Brown Butter S'mores Cookies
  • Lemon butter cookie sandwiches with lemon buttercream and a glass of milk.
    Lemon Butter Cookies
  • Overhead shot of funfetti cookie sandwiches stacked on their sides in a pink baking pan with sprinkles.
    Soft & Chewy Funfetti Cookie Sandwiches

See more Cookies→


Frostings & Fillings

  • Jar of almond cream with a wooden spoon.
    Almond Cream
  • Jar of homemade lemon cream with spoon
    Lemon Cream
  • Square chocolate cake topped with silky chocolate fudge frosting.
    5-Ingredient Chocolate Fudge Frosting
  • Swiss Meringue Buttercream
    Swiss Meringue Buttercream

See more Frostings & Fillings→


Ice Cream

  • Flat lay of no churn cherry chocolate chunk ice cream in waffle cones
    No Churn Cherry Chunk Ice Cream
  • Bowl of homemade vanilla ice cream.
    Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Container of s'mores ice cream with a sugar cone and ice cream scooper.
    S'mores Ice Cream
  • Three mint chocolate chip ice creams with sugar cones on their sides next to container of ice cream.
    Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

See more Ice Cream→


Pies, Tarts, & Crisps

  • Whole blueberry apple pie with a lattice crust top.
    Blueberry Apple Pie
  • Baked cherry apple crumble in a white bowl topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    Easy Cherry Apple Crumble
  • Two white dishes with strawberry peach crisp and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    Easy Strawberry Peach Crisp
  • Lemon Tarts-2
    Lemon Tarts

See more Pies→

Hello! I'm Maria, a professionally trained pastry chef, blogger, and photographer. Here at The Sweet Occasion, you'll find easy and impressive baking recipes for everyday occasions that save you time. My goal is to inspire home bakers to bake from scratch.

More about me →

Strawberry Favorites

  • Pan of baked fresh strawberry cinnamon rolls topped with whipped cream cheese frosting.
    Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
  • Square slices of strawberry cake sheet cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting and a with two forks and a bowl of strawberries.
    Fresh Strawberry Sheet Cake
  • Two bowls of roasted strawberry ice cream.
    Roasted Strawberry Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Three strawberry crunch cupcakes with cream cheese frosting lined up on a white wood board with flowers in the background.
    Fresh Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes

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