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Cookies & Creme ‘Two Kind’ Cheesecake

Published on July 7, 2026July 7, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

This recipe was a variation of Shyanne’s Two-Kind Cheesecake. Someone accidentally messed up and made the cake part according to the box directions, but it was still pretty amazing! The cake just wasn’t like a brownie but still good. I had to add a little liner of parchment paper around the top of the pan to hold everything in as the cake was a bit taller than the original recipe but it all worked out well.

We used a whole family pack of cookies but not all of those actually went into the cake… there was a lot of quality control happening. If you are looking for an easy to make dessert to impress, then this is it!

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Creamy Whipped Icing

Published on May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

We make a lot of birthday cakes around here and sometimes people don’t want their icing super sweet like our buttercream icing so I’ve been working on making a less-sweet version and this one seems to be a winner!

If you don’t care for cream cheese you can try it with butter, but we really don’t mind the hint of cream cheese in ours. This also reminds us a lot of the icing we use for my husband’s favorite bean cupcakes… so good! We don’t use any sugar or flour in those and no one ever knows any different!

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Tres Leche Cake: Facil y Delicioso!

Published on May 7, 2026May 6, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

Its been a while since I’ve had a Tres Leche Cake, so I had to give it a go again… it was just as good as I remembered!

You can add any kind of fresh fruit that you like, we used strawberries this time, but you can use whatever is in season, or go without any fruit at all.

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Shyanne’s ‘Two Kind’ Cheesecake

Published on December 5, 2025July 7, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog7 Comments

This recipe was chosen last year for one of the birthdays, but we never actually made it. This year, we tried it out and changed things a bit to work better for us. Everyone loved it, but the original recipe was a little dry. After the changes, it was amazing!

Shyanne really loves this and would ask for the ‘two kind’ cake when she wanted more…lol. This works with any boxed cake mix and would also work with a packaged brownie mix. You could make the brownies as directed on the package and bake them in the springform pan so they could be your ‘crust layer’.

If you happen to ‘mess up’ and make the cake according to the box directions it will be OK… just don’t ask me how I know… lol.

**Special thanks to my son-in-law @moments2lifephotography for the amazing cover photo!

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Dairy Free Cream Cheese Icing

Published on July 25, 2025July 20, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

One of my kiddos who loves Red Velvet Cake recently requested one for her birthday. We had to make it dairy-free… it was a little work but we succeeded. I used a boxed cake which said it was dairy-free.

I’ll try to update this with a printable recipe card later but you can print out the cream cheese icing recipe and write in the changes.

Cream Cheese Icing