sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

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

Strawberry Oreos Equal………….? I was going to take my niece to see the movie, Kung Fu Panda, but just my luck, she had already seen it. So, instead we made panda bear cupcakes from the [...] Friday, June 27, 2008

Got milk? I hope so… …because you’ll want some with this one. See what happens when I crave chocolate. I’ve been waiting to make this cake after seeing the [...] Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie… Oh My! There’s nothing like a good chocolate chip cookie… unless of course, if it’s super-sized and more than an inch thick. So when I found this [...] Thursday, April 17, 2008

It’s no SHAM…these ROCK! You guessed it… Mint Oreo Truffles ummmmm… good. These might even be better than the originals (well, maybe). And, they’re just as easy to [...] Thursday, March 13, 2008

Get the Scoop… … on these homemade ice cream sandwiches. I scored these cute ice cream sandwich molds on clearance at Williams-Sonoma after Christmas and finally got [...] Monday, March 3, 2008

Cupcake Love Sometimes simple is just as sweet. I know I’m a little late posting these, but I thought I would share the recipe. It’s a really good cake [...] Sunday, February 17, 2008

For Valentine’s Day, give someone a big kiss! An Oreo Kiss, that is. So, if you have a chocolate lover on your hands, then try these tasty treats and their hands might just be all over you. Oreo [...] Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Super Bowl Funday? So I had an idea for using the Oreo Truffle Recipe I’ve shown before and turning those into little tiny footballs. Well, let’s just say the [...] Monday, February 4, 2008