Category Birthday

Simple Bubble Guppies Birthday Cake

I wanted to make my daughter's birthday cake and wanted to make it very simple because the summer has been nearly 100 degrees every day. A couple months prior, I did some research on Pinterest and Ebay. Found an item on Ebay that had 12 Bubble Guppies pieces for $7.99 + $5.99 shipping/handling. Figured for $14 she could also play with the pieces later...Read More

1st First Birthday Party Cake

It's quite simple really. Your baby is about to turn one. Do you go all out? Have a cake shop design and make a hundred dollar cake? Or make your own cakes for less than $10? As much as we wanted a huge party to celebrate our daughter's 1st birthday...we really didn't. Yes, we wanted to see all of our friends and family but we knew the day could go up or down based on her naps and mood...Read More

Cake, Cake, & More Cake

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Cakes, cakes, and more cakes. YES, I love to bake. I also like surprising friends and family with making them their own special cake or cupcakes for their birthdays. Here’s just a glimpse of the many different cakes you will find on my food blog. Most of these are simple and not time consuming whatsoever.
 
Barbie Doll Cake & Ken Doll Cake:
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BEST Cream Cheese Frosting


For The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting EVER:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 cups of confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
1 tsp. of vanilla extract
Optional: Add a ½ teaspoon or full teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa to give your frosting a chocolate beige coloring...
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St. Patrick’s Day Cauldron Cupcakes

  Ingredients for Cupcakes:
  1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Yellow Cake Mix, 15.25 oz.
  Cake mix requires: 3 eggs, 1 cup of water, and 1/3 cup of butter
  Ingredients for center filling:   
  1 cup of sour cream
  1 cup of white sugar
  1 cup of sweetened coconut
  Ingredients for frosting:
  6 oz. Ghirardelli Dark Melting Chocolate wafers
  6 oz...
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Ghirardelli Chocolate Cake Frosting

 

Ingredients:
 
·         6 oz. Ghirardelli Dark Melting Chocolate wafers
 
·         6 oz. Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet or Bitter-Sweet Premium baking chocolate chips
 
·         1 cup of Sour Cream 
 
Preparation:
 
Optional: You can substitute chocolate for white chocolate…
 
Over a double boiler or in the microwave in a microwave save bowl, melt your chocolate and stir ...
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Dirt Bike Cake

My Grandma Bustle would make this cake for special occasions. My Aunt Peggy says it is her favorite cake which inspired me to make it. Best decision ever. This cake is delightful. I want to make it many more times!
 
Ingredients:
 
1 box of cake mix, yellow cake mix or butter flavor. I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Yellow recipe (15.25 oz...
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Cheesecake

For the Crust:
2 1/4 cups ground graham crackers (about 1 and a half sleeves of graham crackers)
 
2 Tbsp. sugar
 
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
 
10 Tbsp. melted butter
Cheesecake Filling:
3 x 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, room temp
 
1 cup sugar
 
3 eggs
 
1/2 cup Dulce de Leche (Nestle brand, La Lechera, found at Super King’s in 13.4oz...
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Cupcake Recipes & Decorating

Please take a look at my page for creative cupcake ideas with recipes and decorating techniques. ENJOY!
 
For The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting EVER:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 cups of confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
1 tsp. of vanilla extract
Optional: Add a ½ teaspoon or full teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa to give your frosting a chocolate beige coloring...
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Chocolate Chip Heart Cookie

You’ve all seen them. Mostly at the mall walking by the Mrs. Fields cookie stand. We got them at parties when we were kids. Well I bought myself a Giant Heart Cookie Pan from Wilton to see if they were easy or difficult. I had a recipe I planned to use but decided to go with the Wilton chocolate chip heart cookie recipe that came with the pan for my first attempt...
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