Did you just find out that you’re expecting a girl or a boy? Frost with white frosting and serve cake slices or cupcakes as a creative way to announce the big news! Ingredients: 1 white cake mix Food coloring (blue or red) Mix up the …
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7 Minute Icing to the Rescue
For his sixth birthday party last weekend my youngest requested chocolate cupcakes with white icing. My mother was the baker and happily obliged. That is until we had a mini-crisis–she could not find her special buttercream icing recipe. Only an hour from party time, Mother …
Jiffy Peach Cobbler
Jiffy pie crust mix helps make this quick and easy dessert. I got this recipe from my mother-in-law several years ago, she uses vanilla instead of the almond extract. 2 (29 oz) cans sliced peaches in heavy syrup 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon almond …
Mix Tricks: Coconut Bundt Cake
This is one of my favorite recipes for a potluck dessert. It can be adapted from Triple Chocolate to Lemon Blueberry to White Chocolate Strawberry just by changing the cake mix, pudding mix and add-on flavors. The cake in the photo is the coconut version. …
Ice Cream Bombe
I love making ice cream cakes in the summer. My family loves eating them so much that they now ask for them all year long, as it has become their preferred birthday cake. And it couldn’t be easier to put one together! Don’t be alarmed …
Caramel Mocha Truffle Cupcakes–Can You Say Yum!
For these cupcakes, I altered the recipe for Caramel Lightning Cake from The Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition), by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. For truffle filling: 1 ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips ¼ cup flavored creamer (I used eggnog flavor, …
Sugar Cookies for Valentine’s Day
Cake and cookie designer Ally Plummer shares her recipe for sugar cookies today that’s perfect for a Valentine treat. To add elegance to sugar cookies, frost and monogram with your Valentine’s initial. This is a wonderful gift idea for neighbors. Attach a note that says, …
Spider Cookies
Spider cookies are the perfect treat to make and eat while reading a Cobweb Christmas. 1 6 oz. bag chocolate chips 1 6 oz. bag butterschotch chips 1- 12 oz. bag of chow mein noodles 1 cup peanuts (optional) Melt chips together, add chow mein …
Virtual Advent 2009: Christmas Cookie Tree
Last year I tried something new. I wanted something fun for an extended family Christmas gathering that would be different from the normal fruitcake, chocolate balls, shortbread and tarts. A friend of mine told me about something she’d seen called a Christmas Cookie Tree. I did …
Microwave Divinity and Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
Here are two simple Christmas cookie recipes you can make in a snap! Microwave Divinity and Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls are perfect for sharing and gift giving. Either of these would be wonderful to take to a Cookie Exchange party. Microwave Divinity 2 ½ cups …