S'more Cupcakes

 

S'more Cupcakes....they just sound delicious, don't they? 

I had to try them when the recipe was posted on Cookies and Cups Blog here. I of course put my own little twist in this. 

The recipe called for chocolate - I used for white chocolate. Here's the nice thick layer of chocolate covering the cupcake. Instead of a chocolate cupcake I also did a white cupcake. 

Sounded lighter to me and I'm not much of a chocolate fan.

 Can you see the layer of graham cracker crust at the bottom? Yummy.

 And notice the roasted marshmallows on top.

These things weren't that easy to put on the cupcakes! Easy to roast in the oven but then they stick to the parchment paper and getting them off and onto the cupcake was a challenge - very sticky too!

The finished product. Yum. A graham cracker layer crust, white cupcake, white chocolate layer on top and a marshmallow buttercream frosting!

The kids sure enjoyed it last night! And the parents gobbled them right up too! This is a keeper recipe!

 

 

Happy Baking to you! Jen

 

 

 

Happy Birthday in Purple and Pink

I was busy this week making Birthday cookies for a special 10 year old girl. And of course, just like any girl that age I believe, purple and pink are her favorite colors. I brought out some of my sprinkles and disco dust for these fun little cookies!

What's a birthday party without a sparkly cupcake, right?
And what says little girls more than pretty shoes....

Tiaras.....
fancy dresses....
and purses? I thought they all would be perfect for a little girl party.
And don't forget the fun party cookies - cakes, candles, balloons and party hats!



Happy Baking.
Jen

Cupcake Creation

I've seen this several times and always want to try it. A cupcake made in an ice cream cone. Really not that hard at all. You can use any cupcake recipe you have and just bake the batter in the ice cream cone. I set the cones in a baking dish and baked for 30 min. They cooked just perfect. But the interesting thing about this - the cone got a bit mushy. Not what I would have thought after baking it!!! I used regular sized cones and mini ones as well.

I had a recipe for an icing that had Golden Graham cereal in it and used that. These creations were just okay....Looks much cuter than it really tasted I think.
But Trevor did enjoy his bite sized version!
HAPPY BAKING.
Jen

Happy 4th of July Treats

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

I had to make something for Pat's birthday so he would have some home made treats that day! Nothing too fancy or creative. Just some big monster chocolate chip cookies.....


My little taste tester seemed to like them.


And some white cupcakes with my leftover icing from my cake. Couldn't let that go to waste now could I?




Hope everyone had a good 4th of July!
Happy Baking
Jen

Cooking with Trevor

So this blog is about my baking adventures, right? This is one that Trevor and I had this weekend!!! I thought I would share because we had a lot of fun.

Trevor wanted to cook something with me - mainly so he could do his favorite part - break the egg. I found a recipe online that makes only 2 cupcakes!!! PERFECT. A new blog that I found called How Sweet It Is. Her recipe is here. So as it was raining outside we got to work making our treats for the afternoon. Trevor helped me with it all - the breaking of the egg, measuring, mixing and decorating.


Our course waiting for our masterpiece to be done is always a bit challenging and we have to check and see how it's doing in the oven.


These are the finished products! Not bad and that's all we wanted to eat this afternoon anyway!

So let's get to decorating. I hadn't thrown out the icing I had been using this week so I had several colors already made up for Trevor to choose from. Of course it was very important to test each color to see how they tasted first.
And Mom's icing always turns Trevor's face a different color! The price we pay for good icing.


Trevor has never decorated his own treats. Boy did he have fun squeezing the icing bags just like Mom and putting on all the sprinkles himself.

Ta-Da! Our work is done. By the time he was done there was icing all over his pants, face, hands, countertops. What a mess but it was well worth it. He had a blast doing it.

They are very pretty, don't you think? I had a few other colors but Trevor just wanted to eat those and not decorate with them.

The cupcakes were quite YUMMY!!!

This was something fun to do in the afternoon that didn't take very long. I'm sure we will try it again sometime!

Happy Baking!

Valentine's Cake and Cupcakes

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's my Red Velvet cake I made. It was delicious! I didn't have a heart shaped pan so cut the 2 9 inch round pans my self. Not a bad heart shape I must say! Raspberry filling was in the middle.
















And then what do I do with the leftover icing? I made cupcakes! My little man Trevor sure thought these were tasty! He gobbled 2 up right away.