Here’s the last Valentine’s day creation of the week. Just plain old cupcakes decorated like crazy! All of the cupcakes are red velvet, but I used two different recipes. The darker cupcakes are red velvet cake mix from the store. The from scratch recipe for the bright red cupcakes came from Joy the Baker: Bright...
I found this recipe in Bakerella’s archives. Here is the recipe she used, and my modifications are in italics. Mini Cherry Cheesecakes 2 pkg. (8oz.) cream cheese, softened to room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 Tbsp vanilla 1 Tbsp lemon juice Nilla wafers 2″ aluminum mini baking cups (I only had the regular-sized...
These are a perfect example of an idea going awry. I was originally going to top these cupcakes with brownie bits cut with a heart cookie cutter. That was a disaster — the brownies fell apart and looked nothing like the heart they were cut from. So…improvise! I decided to make XOXOs! The cupcakes are...
I found two similar recipes for these bars – one from Taste of Home and the other from Nestle Tollhouse. I combined the two and POOF, delicious and gooey raspberry treats appeared. I also have a deep-rooted love for all things raspberry (just as I do for all things maraschino cherry and just about every...
This idea and recipe came from Bakerella and the modified cake mix recipe she used was from the Bundt Classics Recipe Book. Rich Chocolate Cake 1 (18.25 oz.) pkg. dark chocolate cake mix 1 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant chocolate pudding 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup warm water 1/3 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 1...
