Last night we had our Evening of Excellence for the young women and I was in charge of the treat so I decided to make whoopie pies. I found this recipe in a magazine (can’t remember which one). It was meant for Halloween as they had rolled the edges of the pies in orange sanding … Continue reading
So here are the Cupcake Haunted Houses that the girls made at Activity Night last night. They came out really cute! The idea and instructions come from the cookbook “What’s New Cupcake” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. The instructions are long, they take up 3 full pages in their cookbook, and I just don’t … Continue reading
This is recipe #14 in Susanna Tee’s “1 Mix, 100 Muffins” cookbook. I love muffins and would eat them every single day for breakfast if I could! 1 cup mini white marshmallows (I had some of those large size marshmallows that are chocolate and vanilla swirled so I used those instead) heaping 1 1/2 cups … Continue reading
These were for the girls in my class at church and they are divine! The recipe comes from “Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor” by Anne Byrn. cupcakes: 1 (18.25 oz) plain devil’s food cake mix 1 (3.4 oz) package vanilla instant pudding mix 1 cup whole milk (I only had skim so used that … Continue reading
Here’s our latest fondant cake for our friend Kali’s wedding. The layers were alternating chocolate and vanilla (adapted from the White Almond Sour Cream Cake recipe) topped with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and then wrapped with Ivory Pettinice Fondant from Funfinity. We wrapped the bottom of the layers first with a red ribbon and then a … Continue reading
It was my friend Kristi’s birthday last week so Courtney and I put together a surprise birthday cake for her. Courtney started calling Kristi “Kristilicious” several years ago at Girls Camp and Kristi loves the nickname so much (not!) that Cort decided to put it on her cake. The cake is an 8″ Chocolate Sour … Continue reading
Bob had his Sunday School class over tonight for a barbecue and swim party so I made these treats for them. I found the recipe on the back of the Betty Crocker sugar mix pouch. They were really easy to make and really tasty to eat! 1 (17.5 oz) pouch Betty Crocker Sugar cookie mix … Continue reading
Here is the last cake of the week! It’s been a week full of challenging cakes. This one was for Little Evelyn Belle who was turning 1 and my friends Pam (Evie’s grandma) and Shayla (Evie’s mom) wanted a Disney Princess cake or a Tangled cake so we decided to give the old Barbie doll … Continue reading
My friend LaRobyn’s little boy Alex turned 3 and she had a birthday party for him on Friday morning. Alex is obsessed with trains, he loves them so she had a pirate choo choo train party for him. Courtney and I found a 3D train pan at Michaels and were so excited to use if … Continue reading
Today is my husband Bob’s birthday and so Courtney and I decided to be daring and attempt a 3D cake of his 1974 VW Bus which Courtney and her friends call “The Twinkie”. I’m not gonna lie, it was a little tricky but it came out ok, not perfect but not a total loss either. … Continue reading
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