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Let's Celebrate! Small Cake Recipes

Close up of chocolate cake with pink frosting

Small Chocolate Cake Recipe (6 Inch)
Small Vanilla Cake on white platter with blue table

Small Vanilla Cake Recipe
Small 6 Inch Yellow Cake For Two with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting for cake portion control.

Small Yellow Cake (6 Inch)
Close up of small red velvet cake on cake stand

Small Red Velvet Cake (6 Inch)

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Close up of 6 Inch Cheesecake on white cake stand

6 Inch Cheesecake Recipe
Lasagna For Two

Lasagna For Two
Gravy In Gravy Boat

Homemade Gravy Without Drippings
4 Inch Cheesecake Recipe

4 Inch Cheesecake Recipe

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Appetizers
Banana Coconut Milk Pancakes (Dairy Free)

Breakfast
Garlic Hummus Chicken Salad Sandwiches with a creamy garlic hummus spread - pack them for lunch or have them ready for dinner when you know you won't have time to cook.

Lunch
Italian Sausage Alfredo with mushrooms and rigatoni in cast iron pan

Dinner
Small Cheesecake recipe

Dessert
White bowl filled with green onion salad

Sides
Mexican Mocha in a white mug on a red plate

Drinks
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I’m Carla, a 30-some childfree woman from Pittsburgh who’s sharing recipes for two and small batch recipes made from scratch because not everybody cooks for a crowd.

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Date Night At Home Romantic Dinners For Two

Have an easy romantic dinner at home with Spaghetti Carbonara For Two with bacon and cheese! Serve it with white wine and dessert for a stay-in date night.

Spaghetti Carbonara (Dinner For Two)
Rice Stuffed Chicken with mushroom, cheese, and spinach sliced on a white dinner plate

Rice Stuffed Chicken
Chicken with tomatoes in cast iron skillet

Balsamic Chicken With Tomatoes
Asian salmon in bowl with rice and vegetables

Asian Salmon Recipe (Ginger Garlic Salmon)

Less Than A Dozen Small Batch Cupcake Recipes

Unwrapped Small Batch Chocolate Cupcakes

Small Batch Chocolate Cupcakes
Close Up of Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

Yellow Cupcake Recipe
Vanilla cupcake with paper liner unwrapped

Small Batch Vanilla Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcake unwrapped

Red Velvet Cupcakes (Small Batch)

Small Batch For Small Cakes! Frosting Recipes

Small Batch Buttercream Frosting makes enough to frost 6 cupcakes or one 6 inch cake.

Small Batch Buttercream Frosting
Looking for the best chocolate buttercream recipe without leftovers? Look no further than this Small Batch Chocolate Frosting!

Small Batch Chocolate Frosting
Small Batch Cream Cheese Frosting in a bowl with wooden spoon

Small Batch Cream Cheese Frosting
Bowl of pink strawberry cream cheese frosting

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

All Aboard the Gravy Boat Gravy Recipes

Gravy In Gravy Boat

Homemade Gravy Without Drippings
Gravy from drippings in white gravy bowl

Gravy From Drippings
Turkey gravy in pewter gravy boat

Turkey Gravy From Drippings
Blue bowl filled with brown mushroom gravy

Mushroom Gravy

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