Friday, February 14, 2014

double chocolate cake!

The heart wants what the heart wants! I get flowers and my husband gets a homemade chocolate cake. hey.. it works for me! Since we've been snowed in for days it's easy to spend a couple hours baking a cake.  I used my favorite Hershey's chocolate cake & frosting recipe decorated it with these adorable confetti hearts.  






recipe from Hershey's

frosted soft sugar cookies!

Soft jumbo sugar cookies with a cloud of pink frosting are perfect for any holiday.. I made these for my nephew's pre-school valentine party.. I'm sure there are going to be a hit!



Cookies:
3 cups all purpose flour
2 sticks butter at room temp.
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350ยบ.
Whisk dry ingredients together in a bowl & set aside.
In a mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, mix in eggs one at a time and vanilla bean paste until well incorporated. Add the dry ingredients in slowly until well combined. Chill for at least an hour to stiffen the dough.  Form the dough into 1/4 cup balls and flatten slightly with a glass  bottom.
Bake 8-10 mins or until just the edges of cookies start to turn a little brown. 
Frosting:
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla
3 Tbsp milk
3 cups confectioners sugar
Whisk butter, vanilla and milk together. Slowly add in powdered sugar.
Enjoy! 

Saturday, February 8, 2014

valentine sprinkle cookies!

Looking for a quick and easy valentine cookie?! These are super yummy and so cute! Use your favorite soft sugar cookie recipe and add in about 1/2 cup of red, pink and white sprinkles to the cookie batter. I added some heart confetti to the tops right before putting them in the oven! YUM!! 


Monday, January 27, 2014

homemade hostess cupcakes!

Oh yes I did! Super yummy chocolate cupcakes with a creamy vanilla filling topped with chocolate ganache.  Perfect delicacy to share with the ones you LOVE!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

double vanilla valentine cupcakes!

a double dose of vanilla extract and vanilla bean makes this cupcake taste like a vanilla cookie.. {you know the ones you can buy in a box at the supermarket}. Dress them up with pink fondant hearts and blue fondant daisy's and they make the perfect gift to give someone special any day! 




Saturday, December 21, 2013

peppermint frosting!

pretty snowflakes sit on top of creamy peppermint frosting.  My oldest daughter gave these out as gifts to all her teachers.  I used my favorite cream cheese frosting and just replaced the vanilla extract with peppermint extract.