Cupcakes & Cakes

10 Football Food Ideas ~ Super Bowl Segment on KCAL9 (video)

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Need food ideas for the Super Bowl? I got’em right here! 10 of my favorite football-shaped food ideas just in time for the Big Game on Super Bowl Sunday! Thanks KCAL9 for having me!

January 27, 2015 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Mad for Plaid Holiday Party Brought to You By RumChata Cream Liqueur

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RumChata liqueur, with its delicious blend of real Wisconsin dairy cream, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla perfectly balanced with five times distilled Caribbean rum, inspired this Mad for Plaid Christmas Party theme! The name “RumChata” comes from the fact that the liqueur is essentially horchata, a Latin sweet rice beverage, with rum. The horchata keeps the […]

December 4, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Cake

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My Little Pony has been around for years, but the new 4th generation Friendship is Magic has exploded into an Internet meme. Whether you’re a brony or a pegasister, young or old, male or female – this cake should appeal to you. I was somewhat aware of the My Little Ponies Friendship Is Magic popularity […]

November 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Butterfinger Candy Birthday Cake

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My son is crazy about Butterfinger candy so I made him a cake themed around the sweet. The chocolate cake is my absolute fave from the back of the Hershey’s Cocoa container, Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake, with a chocolate ganache frosting and a butterscotch butter cream filling. The topping: crushed Butterfinger candy bar. Sinfully good. […]

June 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Chocolate Frosting and Vanilla Cake Recipe

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I have been baking my little heart out in search of a scrumptious vanilla cake recipe. Think I found it! After much research and much more trial and tribulation, I went with a type of genoise preparation to give this cake a light yet moist texture that epitomizes a traditional American yellow cake. What is “genoise,” you […]

June 27, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Coconut Buttercream Frosting

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I have been whipping up a cake and butter cream storm in my kitchen of late. You see, I’ve been trying to perfect a yellow or vanilla cake recipe as my chocolate cake recipe rules! (Actually it’s Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe, but I can still take a teeny bit of credit for its successful […]

June 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Super Bowl Cupcakes

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Bring on the sporty sweets to compete with the spicy fare on most Super Bowl party tables by trying these cupcake ideas for your Big Game Day!  These cupcakes are some of my favorites! For the Beer Cupcake, I printed a photo of beer on to photo paper and wrapped it around a cupcake topped with mini marshmallows and frosting. For the Ref […]

January 25, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Christmas Ornament Cupcakes

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My daughter and I made these cupcakes for her school Christmas party. The ideas was inspired by a cupcake from my friend Tammy Massman-Johnson’s book, “Kids in the Holiday Kitchen.” It’s a great book for kids and my daughter flagged just about every page adding her own ideas to the awesome ones in the book! This baking […]

December 17, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Nutcracker Cupcake

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What fun I had making an army of Nutcracker Cupcakes ready to take on the Mouse King and all others in the famed Christmastime tale! Nutcrackers used to be so expensive, and now it seems that just about every stylish budget store (read Target) has a collection of them sporting a variety of themes. My daughter […]

December 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Christmas Holiday Fruit Cake with Egg Nog Glaze

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This fruitcake is perfect for the holidays due to the ample amount of spirit in the recipe! My mother receives an Irish Whiskey cake every Christmas from some saucy relative.  The cake is wrapped in a whiskey-soaked cloth and packed in a round tin.  Intrigued by this annual sophisticated gift, I pry off the lid of […]

December 1, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes

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Sweet yes; yet ominous too. Obvious candies give this holiday cupcake his character. What I mean are his eyes made from the tips of candy corns and a dab of frosting. Somehow, when I photographed it, it stared back as if to say, “Don’t even think of eating me as a cupcake or otherwise.” Your kids will […]

November 15, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Baked Alaska Mint Chocolate Cupcakes

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I tried to make Baked Alaska in high school to impress a boyfriend for his birthday. I busied myself with his affections and forgot about the dessert in the oven. Big mess! The moral of the story: A watched pot may never boil, but unwatched Baked Alaska will surely melt! This dessert, in its traditional […]

November 14, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Football Corset Cupcakes

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Laces out! Give a cupcake the winning edge by wrapping it in paper that looks and feels like a football. 1. Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes and ice them with white frosting. 2. I purchased the football paper at Michaels – it actually feels like plastic, which makes it more durable. 3. Make a […]

September 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Hamburger Cupcakes

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These chocolate cupcakes, dipped in orange chocolate to resemble a bun and garnished with fruit roll-up lettuce and tomatoes, will be a big hit with kids. Try them at a Super Bowl party or a tailgating event. Steps: Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes, cool, and remove the paper cup. Cut the tops off half […]

September 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Trophy Cupcakes

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Win big by topping chocolate cupcakes with trophies. These are great for a Super Bowl party as well as a celebration to end a local team’s championship sport season. Steps: Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes and ice them with chocolate frosting. Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) […]

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