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BEST Cream Cheese Frosting

March 18, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Cupcakes, Dessert

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...

St. Patrick’s Day Cauldron Cupcakes

March 16, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Cupcakes, Dessert, Holiday

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...

Ghirardelli Chocolate Cake Frosting

March 4, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Dessert

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 ...

Dirt Bike Cake

March 4, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Dessert

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...

Southwestern Salsa

March 3, 2014 Posted in Entertaining, Mexican Food

I’m always looking for delicious salsas to make. I really like this one because you can add in what you like and don’t like as well as make it as spicy as you would like. I love all the colors in this salsa and it just tastes so darn good!

Ingredients:

½ cup red bell pepper, chopped

½ cup green bell pepper, chopped

½ cup yellow bell pepper, chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

4 tab...

Cheesecake

February 23, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Dessert

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...

Peach & Strawberry Puree

February 23, 2014 Posted in Cake, Dessert

I had some fresh peaches and strawberries and had just made a cheesecake from scratch for my mom’s birthday. At some restaurants they serve a side of raspberry sauce, caramel, or chocolate on the side to drizzle on the cheesecake. I wanted to give her all the options for her special day. She would have any toppings she could ever imagine...

Avocado Dressing

February 22, 2014 Posted in Sauces & Dressing, Soups & Salads

Delicious on salads, burgers, or sandwiches!

Ingredients:

1 large avocado = 1 ¼ cup

2-3 teaspoons lemon juice

½ cup of Greek yogurt or nonfat plain yogurt

1-3 teaspoons hot sauce to taste – Cholula

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

4 garlic cloves = 1 tablespoon minced garlic

½ teaspoon kosher salt

¼ teaspoon of white pepper or any pepper

Directions:

In a food processor add...

Cheesecake Cookies

February 18, 2014 Posted in Cookies, Dessert

With yesterday being President’s Day and having a wonderful 3 day weekend at home, I decided to make the dough for these cookies on Sunday afternoon and bake them for my neighbors on Monday morning. I already had all the ingredients and the wrapping goodies, including the American flag fabric. If you like cheesecake, then you will really enjoy these little bites of cheesecake heaven.

Yields: 5-6 do...