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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
Today’s recipe isn’t really a recipe. But a cake. From a box. Keeping it simple. And because I lack even the most basic of actual cake decorating ability, it’s just decorated with M&M’s. But hey, M&M’s are pretty fun, right? I originally was picturing this cake being very chevron. I think that might have worked better with M&M Minis, but I think this still has some of the chevron style I just can’t get enough of. Box cake + frosting {Read More}
Such a yummy recipe to share today. Simple to make? Check. Delicious? Check. Fabulous for the holiday season? Check. Hey, that works for me. Peppermint Stick Cake Bars. These are made the way that magic cookie bars are – a bottom layer, yummy toppings and sweetened condensed milk. I’ve found that to be quite the winning combo. To take it to a whole other level, it is then drizzled with Duncan Hines Frosting Creations Peppermint Stick Frosting. I ADORE peppermint {Read More}
McCormick recently asked me to be a part of their Spooky Squad, and share some of their (and my) fun Halloween ideas with my readers, as well as host a giveaway full of great Halloween baking goodies. McCormick has a number of fun Halloween recipes up on their website and on their Monster Mash Pinterest board. I decided to make their Candy Corn Cupcakes and put my own spin on them by topping them with Candy Corn Cake Pops. You {Read More}
I have a fun Halloween giveaway to kick off the week for you. A great big giant packed full of Halloween fun giveaway from the folks at Kraft Foods. Check out all these great goodies, so many great things I could barely squeeze them all into the photo… Halloween Oreos and Jet Puffed Marshmallows – two of my holiday (or anytime) favorites for sure!!! This week I will be sharing fun ways that I’ve used the kit that Kraft {Read More}
For my birthday last month, my mom picked me up a Cakesicle Maker… And you can make cute things with it. Things like this… And like this… And even like this… It’s pretty simple to use, you can use a regular cake mix, no modifications needed. You put one tablespoon of cake batter into each of the little wells and bake for about two minutes. Now I say “about” two minutes, because the temperature was a bit up and down. {Read More}
I know it’s August. I know it’s supposed to be 115 degrees here in Phoenix today. I know fall (at least in the desert) is a long way off. But I’m tired of waiting. It’s time for pumpkin, my much loved, glorious, delicious, fabulous pumpkin. Pumpkin is one of my favorite ingredients to bake with, and the combo of pumpkin and cinnamon in the oven is blissful. So calendar and temperature aside, pumpkin season has arrived in this house. And {Read More}
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