sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

Mix things up! Yeehaaa… yum yum… it’s Cowboy Cookies. Or, in this case, Cowgirl Cookies. A friend introduced these to me and I love them. Especially the name. [...] Monday, August 24, 2009

Milk & Cookies Simple. Just the way I like it. Normally, if I want chocolate chip cookies, it’s due to an immediate craving for chocolate. Resulting in the [...] Monday, July 20, 2009

Triple Chocolate Trifle Or more appropriately… How to Make the Best of a Messed Up Cake. This dessert comes courtesy of my sister. She wanted to bake a cake for me – [...] Saturday, June 27, 2009

Fast Food Fun Cupcake Buns + Brownie Burgers + Cookie Fries = One Happy Meal! Or many… I can hardly stand how cute these little guys are. You’ve probably seen [...] Sunday, June 14, 2009

Cheesecake Pops! Okay, be honest. How many of you saw this coming? After last week’s cheesecake success, It was finally the perfect opportunity to give these little [...] Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cheesecake! Need a fork? Or maybe a shovel. This is one ginormous piece of cheesecake. And oh boy, was it good. The cheesecake, that is. Personally, I can do without [...] Monday, May 25, 2009

Candy Cup Caps Can you guess what I’m going to make with all this stuff? Little bitty candy cup graduation caps. That’s what. I don’t even know anyone [...] Monday, May 4, 2009

Hey Y’all! My cake fell … and it was fantastic! Actually, it was supposed to fall. It’s a recipe for a flourless chocolate cake that I used straight from [...] Monday, April 20, 2009

Eye Candy I absolutely had the most fun making these Miniature Easter Basket Cupcakes. I know this idea has been done a ton of different ways before, but I [...] Thursday, April 9, 2009

Bundt, what’s matcha? Matcha is what I used to make the marbled part of this bundt cake green. Matcha is a fine powdered green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies or, in this [...] Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Fourteen for the Fourteenth Fourteen Layer Cake. This is apparently a favorite at family get togethers in the South. Now, I’m from the South and I’ve never heard of such [...] Monday, February 16, 2009

Thaaank You, Betty! This recipe may be harmful to certain New Year’s Resolutions. Proceed at your own risk! When it comes to sweets, I really have very simple tastes. [...] Monday, January 12, 2009

Snow Globe Coca-Cola Cupcakes Did I get your attention? I hope so. Because I’m guest blogging today on the website, Cupcakes Take the Cake! And to celebrate the occasion, [...] Monday, December 22, 2008

Butterscotch… my new best friend! I’ve developed a new found fondness for butterscotch. I was using some morsels as decorations for some pops (I’ll show you sometime later) [...] Saturday, November 22, 2008

Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Maple Brown Butter Frosting Last month I asked you guys for your favorite cookies. I learned about a bunch that I had never heard of before. Among them, pumpkin chocolate chip [...] Monday, October 27, 2008

Help me win! Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes filled with Chocolate Ganache and Topped with Creamy Goat Cheese Frosting Man, that’s a mouthful. (And it was a [...] Sunday, October 19, 2008

Fire & Ice Cupcakes Chocolate, chipotle, cinnamon … sizzle! That’s right, I said chipotle, as in pepper. As in, why in the world would I put that in a cupcake. Well, [...] Sunday, August 24, 2008

Perfectly Peanutty! Pretty, peanut butter cookies with just five ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter1/2 cup sugar1 egg4 oz. Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate, melted1/2 cup [...] Thursday, August 21, 2008

I made a soufflé “the easy way!” A warm, fudgey, melt in your mouth, cup of chocolate heaven. I’m not sure if I’ve ever tasted a soufflé before and I know I’ve never [...] Monday, August 4, 2008

Cool off with Cool Whip! It’s been reeeeally hot outside lately, so I decided to try out a cool looking recipe that I’ve had lingering around for a while (since 2005 [...] Wednesday, July 23, 2008