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Fresh bread is something I love having in the house. Everyone loves it and it makes a great snack or breakfast. I am always making bread and recently the top pick has been this Zucchini Bread Recipe. This Zucchini Bread never lasts long in our house and it is one I normally double the recipe of so I can stick a loaf in the freezer. The Best Zucchini Bread Ever! This Zucchini Bread Recipe is moist and delicious! Seriously you are going to want … [Read more...]
This Orange Cream Cake recipe is super simple and super YUMMY! With only 2 ingredients it is a great cake to make with the kids! Really the kids can make it themselves and then you put it in the oven :) A friend of mine told me about using coke to make a cake so we tried using orange soda and the kids loved it! This 2 Ingredient Orange Cream Cake is one that you can make with out needing eggs, oil or anything else that you normally need to make … [Read more...]
The school year is almost over and for some parents, you are starting to plan your child's graduation party. Whether your child is graduating from kindergarten, high school or college these Easy Graduation Cap Cupcakes are sure to be a hit. They are very simple to make with the addition of some candy to the top of the cupcake flavor of your choose. Here are some yummy cupcakes you could use to make your graduation cupcakes - These are some of … [Read more...]
Pie, one of those amazingly tasty desserts that has soo many different varieties that you could make a pie a day and still have something new to eat! Then you have the addition of ice cream on top of a nice warm slice of pie and it is heavenly! There are different ways to make a pie crust, you can make a pie crust in a food processor or using the traditional method to make a pie crust, or if you want to get fancy make a lattices pie … [Read more...]
Spiderman, Spiderman, if he can't do it no one can. This is the song I would hear over and over again by my friend's son. To put it mildly, he is obsessed with Spiderman. Everything he does somehow relates back to Spiderman. His clothes, to the way he played at the playground. EVERYTHING! His birthday came and it was obvious to me, a Spiderman cake was a must! For this cake, you can use any filling and cake you would like. I made the caramel … [Read more...]
Its cookie baking season again! My favorite show stopper cookies is sugar cookies with royal icing. Check out my favorite royal icing here This is a great recipe when using cookie cutters because it doesn't spread. Your cookies will be the same shape after you bake them as they were before. I am normal not a fan of sugar cookies because they can be dry and hard but these cookies a soft and chewy! No Spread Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe … [Read more...]
These are the perfect cookie to leave out for the Grinch to distract him from stealing your Christmas joy on Christmas Eve. You can change up the colors to match any theme you have. This is a great take on a yummy sugar cookie. The Whoville sugar cookies are fun, festive and easy to make, but they look like they will take forever ;) Don't tell your friends they don't take forever when you bring them to your parties :) If you love these make sure … [Read more...]
My husband is in love with the store bass pro shop. We stopped there on out way home for our last vacation and spend three hours there! To make it up to me he bought me my first cast iron skillet and I am so in love with it. I have now been wondering how I ever lived without it. The first thing I wanted to try it out with was something baked. I just knew my yummy fall apple carrot cake would be great in it, if you don't have a skillet you can … [Read more...]
Perfect! Open it up. Quickly! Its the nightmare before Christmas sugar cookies! How jolly are these Jack Skellington Homemade Halloween Sugar Cookies. You are more than welcome to pipe some black icing on top of the edible marker face to make Jacks face pop but I loved the look of them with out it. Go ahead and make these cookies and you will find yourself saying," Isn't that wonderful? It couldn't be more wonderful!" Check out here on how to … [Read more...]
These Mummy Nutter Butter Cookies are super easy to make. You only need a few ingredients and you will have a treat the kids will love. I also love the Twinkie Mummies, but sometimes the kiddos do not need that much sugar so these Mummy Nutter Butter cookies have the same idea but they are smaller and have less sugar. Plus if you are having a party with a lot of kids, these might be a better option then making a ton of twinkies! Mummy Nutter … [Read more...]
When you are making cupcakes there are many different types of frosting you can use. This recipe is for homemade whipped frosting if you are looking for buttercream use this Homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipe and if you are looking for chocolate frosting use this Chocolate Frosting recipe . You can use this frosting on cupcakes and cakes and have a great flavored treat. If you are looking for cake recipes use my favorites, Boxed cake made to … [Read more...]
If you are looking for an awesome Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe then this is it! There is also this one that we love as well that is a little bit different then this Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe. Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe Ingredients: 1 3/4 C Flour 2 C Sugar 1 C Cocoa 1 1/2 TSP Baking Soda 1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder 1 TSP Salt 2 Eggs 1 C Whole Milk 1/2 C Oil 2 TSP Vanilla … [Read more...]
If you are looking for something to take with you to a fourth of July party or just want something fun for the kids to enjoy, than give these Homemade Cupcakes a try. If you would like you can even change things up and add some patriotic sprinkles or even use food coloring to dye your cake mix. You are going to want to use this homemade cake recipe from a boxed cake for these Homemade Cupcakes which will give you an amazing cake that … [Read more...]
This Easy Swig Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe is amazing and super easy to make. This Cookie Frosting Recipe goes perfect with the Swig Sugar Cookies, and I love the pink color! However you can change the color of the frosting easily and make the cookie frosting whatever color you want to, pink, purple, blue, green the color choices are unlimited with this cookie frosting! Cookie Frosting Recipe Cookie Frosting … [Read more...]
I always bought my pizza dough instead of making Homemade Pizza Dough until my mother in law showed me how to make Homemade Pizza Dough. With a few ingredients and some time for it to rise, you will have the best pizza dough on your hands. If you would like to you can substitute the all-purpose flour for whole wheat flour in this homemade pizza dough. You can play around with it and use half whole wheat and an half all-purpose flour, it all … [Read more...]
If you are looking for an amazing frosting recipe this cream cheese frosting is amazing! If you are looking for the perfect butter cream frosting recipe check out this How to make Buttercream Frosting like a bakery, but this cream cheese frosting is perfect for when you are making a cake that has fruit involved, like when you are making these Blueberry Cupcakes. If you are looking for an awesome cake recipe for your everyday cake needs, Making a … [Read more...]
As a kid I remember the Paddington Bear story and when it was announced it was coming to the big screen I was excited to share the story with my kids, and now you can purchase the Digital copy of the Paddington Movie and have a fun Paddington Party too! Of course for any party I have to have a sweet treat, especially something that is cute! So using the new Duff Brand Cake Mix I whipped up theses super cute Paddington Bear cupcakes and … [Read more...]
Easy to Make Easter Bunny Cake | Easter Dessert Are you ready look like a superstar the kitchen this Easter? Well this Easy to Make Easter Bunny Cake Easter Dessert will help make you look like one without much effort. Since it's not your normal cake shape it looks like it was hard to make but really it's just one round cake cut in half and standing up.you can play around and gave your bunny face if you would like but I prefer mine with just the … [Read more...]
Bunny Ears Cupcakes Hippy hoppy Easter on its way! These cute bunny ear cupcakes will make any one smile. Now that my two-year-old daughter, I am always looking for recipes that look fun but don't take a lot of effort so she can help. I love the fact that you can do the same cupcake in mini or large cupcakes with just the change of the size of your marshmallow. You can make these cupcakes with my How to make a boxed cake mix taste like a bakery … [Read more...]
One of my good friends is pregnant and was craving my meringue cookies. Since Valentines day is coming up i thought it would be cute to make them into a loving treat. These cookies can be changed into any color you would suit your sweethearts style. These Meringue Cookies will be a hit on Valentine's Day, no one can resist a homemade cookie that is not only delicious, but filled with love because they are homemade! You can make these even fancier … [Read more...]