I also made these cupcakes for some Bunco prizes. I made regular shaped cupcakes (pictured here) and then I made some in the shape of bunnies (pictured at the end of the post). This recipe comes from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes”. I baked these cupcakes in Easter liners and topped them … Continue reading
(Sorry about the picture, I had already wrapped the bread up before I took a pic and didn’t want to unwrap it and wrap it up again.) So for last night’s Bunco prizes, I decided to have a little fun (the way we play Bunco is that everyone goes home with a prize, if you … Continue reading
I hosted Bunco last night at my house and these were the treats I made to serve for dessert. The recipe comes from “Martha Stewart Living”, the December 2009 issue. I felt a little like Martha yesterday as I made these treats and then I made treats for everyone to take home as part of … Continue reading
So this weekend was a mini cake and cupcake weekend. Here is the second round for our cute little neighbor, Emmy, who is turning 7 and thinks Justin Bieber is all that! 🙂 I ended up doing these on my own which was actually really fun! The mini cake is a 6″ chocolate (from the … Continue reading
My little great nephew Noah is turning 4 and his mom, my niece Amber, asked if Cort and I would make Muppet cupcakes for his party. The Muppets turned out to be pretty hard to make so we opted to make him a mini bday cake with Kermit on it (his favorite Muppet) and then … Continue reading
Courtney’s 20th birthday was on Thursday and I have been waiting for her to be gone for a long enough time for me to make her birthday cake. She had to go to work on Friday from 4:00 in the afternoon until 2:30 in the morning so I finally had my chance to do it. … Continue reading
And finally our last food project from yesterday, a Hunger Games birthday cake for our dear, sweet friend, Kaylee! We are pretty happy with this one, except for a few minor imperfections, it came out great! And, it is a tall cake which I was able to cover smoothly for the first time! In the … Continue reading
And bar cookie #3. 1 (14 oz) bag caramels 1/3 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 cups quick cooking or old fashioned oats 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup butter, softened 1 (6 oz) package semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup) 1 cup chopped walnuts … Continue reading
Bar cookie #2! Sort of like what my mom calls “Magic Cookie Bars” but with a chocolate chip cookie base. 1 (1 pound, 1.5 ounce) pouch Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 cup butterscotch chips 1 cup milk chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup flaked coconut … Continue reading
Last night I was in charge of the activity for our Young Women and Young Men at church so I set up a “Chopped” activity for them, sort of like the tv show of the same name on the Food Network. We divided them into 4 teams and gave each team a bag of ingredients … Continue reading
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