A blog full of sweets and treats that are delicious, fun and simple to create.
Happy Friday! I have two fabulous things for you today, and both include coffee! First, I have a deep, dark and delicious chocolate cake, with a hint of coffee. If you are a chocolate lover, this cake is for you. Dark, rich, not overly sweet, moist, it’s got it all going on. It has a hint of coffee, enough to really compliment the chocolate, but if you aren’t a big coffee fan, don’t worry, it’s not overpowering, I promise. And {Read More}
I have always thought of myself as a chocolate girl. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Everyone loves chocolate, right? Well lately I’ve been feeling like I’m in a bit of a baking rut, craving new flavors, something different. Oh my goodness, it turns out I am pretty darn head over heels for the flavors of lemon and lime. They are so refreshing and perfect for summer sweets and treats. These Lemon Cupcakes are sweet, with a lovely light lemon flavor and the {Read More}
Another fun margarita inspired treat today that’s perfect for Cinco De Mayo parties, spring and summer get togethers or just any random Tuesday. Margarita Cupcakes! Sweet, salty, tart and yummy, all together. Sounds great to me! I added a tequila glaze to these that you could omit if you like (or make with something other than tequila) and topped them with a yummy lime frosting. These start out with a vanilla or white cake mix, which is a great base {Read More}
The fun dessert trend of push pops doesn’t seem to be slowing down – if anything it’s really taking hold! I was excited to find Push Pop containers at my local Target recently, which of course means that some followed me home. Somehow that always happens at Target. While there are SO many things you can do with push pop desserts (check out my pal Courtney’s Push-Up Pops book for lots of great ideas!) I tend to keep it {Read More}
My little one turned three this weekend, so obviously a cute cake was called for. I went with one of our favorite characters… Hello Kitty. I often hear people say that they aren’t a decorator, they don’t know how to decorate cakes, so on and so forth. Let me tell you a secret. Me neither! I couldn’t tell a number 8 tip from a number 45 tip (or if those are frosting tips). I can’t freehand draw on paper, much {Read More}
Many of you have asked if I would share a post of my Target Easter finds, and I would love to. But this post is even better because Target has given me a $75 Gift Card to give to one of you so that you can do a little Target shopping as well. Yay! So get ready to see some of the great finds on the shelves at Target, see the super cute Flower Pot Cupcake kit I picked up {Read More}
Looking for some quick and easy cupcakes for Easter? Here you go! PEEPS make it so easy to quickly whip up some super cute cupcakes full of spring colors. To make these I simply made a white cake (box or your favorite recipe – whatever works for you!), frosted with colorful frosting, added a few sprinkles and finished with a PEEPS Marshmallow Chicks. Easy Peasy. But let’s not leave out the bunnies… I adore the combo of pink, yellow and {Read More}
Over the weekend I decided to re-create a bundt cake that I made last year for St. Patrick’s Day… Such a fun colorful cake, and I have to give all the credit for the idea on this one to the amazing Cooking With Sugar. She makes some of the funnest cakes ever. Go check out her site! This year I wanted to make the cake from scratch instead of using a mix. I learned two things in that process… First {Read More}
It’s Friday, let’s have cupcakes! Have you ever had a Daim Bar? For those of us in America, the Heath Bar would probably be the closest thing we have. I was first introduced to Daim Bars, a crunchy butter almond bar covered in milk chocolate from Sweden, when I worked in cultural exchange. I spent over a decade working with au pair programs (cultural exchange child care programs), and made many friends all over the globe. It was a wonderful {Read More}
Someone has a special occasion coming up… Those sweet little PEEPS – it’s their 60th Anniversary! Congratulations PEEPS! Clearly they need a cake, I mean 60 is a big deal! Well, and they need cupcakes, why stop at cake when you can also have cupcakes? I found these sweet little brightly colored anniversary PEEPS at my Target, they were hanging out with their PEEPS, the Easter Chicks and Bunnies. I believe this version is an exclusive to Target, but don’t {Read More}
Ready for an incredibly easy salty sweet cupcake to kick off the week? How about a Butterfinger Mini Pretzel Cupcake? I think yes. I was wandering through the grocery section of my Walmart one day when I came across these, Utz Mini Pretzels Covered With Real Butterfinger… And obviously I bought them, you know, for “research”. Hello salty, sweet, crunchy, goodness – how you doin? As is usually the case with my grocery store, they appear to have had some {Read More}
Wanted to share a super simple sweet little Valentine’s Day Cake with you… This cake uses one of my favorite recipes – Pink Velvet! The recipe is for cupcakes, so for a cake you’ll need to add some time to your baking and keep a close eye on it. I tend to bake my cakes more by eye than by timer as my oven has been a bit temperamental lately. Probably about 40 minutes for two 8″ cake {Read More}
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