The Best Lemon Buttercream Frosting

And here is the yummiest lemon frosting that went with the cupcakes I posted yesterday. 1 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 5 cups powdered sugar 1 tablespoon lemon zest yellow food coloring, about 1 drop 1 In mixer bowl, beat together butter and lemon juice until combined. 2 Add powdered sugar, … Continue reading

Chocolate Easter Bunny Nest Treats

Made some Easter treats for the neighbors. Came out pretty cute I think! I found this fun little Celebrate It Easter Nest mold at Michaels (see below) and decided to get creative. I made some chocolate cake batter (from a box), spooned the batter into the molds and baked as directed. It made 24 nests. … Continue reading

Halloween Brownie and Sugar Cookie Cups

Getting my Halloween on over here. Made these little cuties for Porch Treats yesterday. Click here for an explanation of Porch Treats. These are not hard to make at all (see below) so if you are in need of a cute Halloween treat, give these a go. 1 pouch sugar cookie mix plus ingredients to … Continue reading

Teddy Grahams Go Swimming

I’ve seen variations of this all over Pinterest so decided to make it my own for porch treats. I think it would be a fun summer food craft to do with the kids if you have littles at home. 1 box Rice Krispie Treats or 1 pan of homemade Rice Krispie treats cut into rectangles … Continue reading

Under the Sea Graham Crackers

More fun with porch treats for the neighbor kids! Definition of porch treats? Click here! Saw this cute idea and then adapted it a little bit to suit me. I think they are adorable. 1 – 2 boxes graham crackers 1 tub blue frosting 1 bag Swedish fish 1 bag goldfish crackers 1 bag Vanilla … Continue reading

Homemade Sugar Cookie Decorating Kits

I have quite a few new followers to my blog (thank you for joining me on my food adventures!) so some of you may not know that I have a day job in the film and television industry which keeps me pretty busy, until the pandemic hit. March 13 was my last day on set. … Continue reading

Puddin’head

How fast can 2 able bodied reasonably talented in the kitchen young ladies (ok, 1 youngish lady and 1 younger lady) put together a birthday cake?  Turns out the answer is pretty darn fast!  Yesterday was Jaren’s (my daughter’s fiance) dad’s birthday and Courtney wanted to make him a cake but it was like 7:30 … Continue reading