Cookie Monster Cupcakes

My latest cupcake adventure tonight was making Cookie Monster Cupcakes. I made funfetti cake mix for the cupcakes.

I colored vanilla frosting blue and piped it onto the cupcake with an extra large blob in the middle to build up some height and then smoothed it out. I rolled the cupcakes in a shallow bowl of blue sprinkles.

I cut a little slit in the side of the cupcake and gently shoved a chips ahoy cookie about halfway in.

I put yogurt covered peanuts on top for the eyes and piped some melted chocolate on for the pupils.

Set it in the fridge to firm up and done! The kids had a blast helping me. This was definitely one of the funnest baking experiments.

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Sunflower Cupcakes

Tonight I made sunflower cupcakes. Most definitely not a low fat treat but hey, that's how I do. Double chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla fluff filling.

Topped with green vanilla frosting piped with a star tip. That is topped with an Oreo for the flower center and then yellow frosting piped around with a leaf tip.

I really had fun making these. For 24 cupcakes, I used 3.5 containers of frosting.

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Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

I made this cake for today's Easter dinner with my family. Soooo rich and yummy. The bottom layer is 60% cacao dark chocolate, the middle layer is milk chocolate, the top layer is white chocolate. The recipe doesn't call for it but I added a final layer of cool whip too. It looks so nice and layered when you release it from the springpan.

Here's the recipe.
http://annies-eats.net/2010/05/07/triple-chocolate-mousse-cake/

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Kids Birthday Cakes

For her birthday, my daughter asked for a farm cake (including the farm animal cupcakes from a previous post)

My son asked for a 3-D soccer ball cake.

It was a fun family event baking and assembling these cakes.

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Peanut Butter Bon Bons and White Chocolate Pretzels

I love my peanut butter bon bons. Peanut butter, rice krispies, and powdered sugar mixed together until "dough-like" consistancy. Dip in melted chocolate and top with a variety of candies, caramel, nuts, coconut, whatever.

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A Fun Cake

This one made me laugh. I made the cake from yellow cake mix, cherry pie filling and 2 eggs. The frosting is cream cheese.

I made the 3-D center plum with my 3-D sport ball cake mold. The arms are made from cupcakes. I piped milk chocolate for the writing and details. Fondant was used for the cape.

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Valentine's Day Cakes

I mixed a regular cherry chip cake mix (the powder), 2 eggs, and a can of cherry pie filling to make these cakes. The frosting is regular canned cream cheese frosting. I melted white and milk chocolate and piped out words and heart shapes onto wax paper and placed them onto the cake after they cooled and hardened. Very yummy.

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farm animal cake

My daughter requested farm animal cupcakes. I loved how they turned out. I made pigs, chicks, and sheep. Sheep had mini marshmallows for fur. Chicks had yellow coconut dyed yellow. Pigs were just pink frosting with spice drop noses.

For my son, I made a normal sheet of rice krispie treats except I used cocoa krispies to create the brown textured football effect. I cut and shaped it into a 10"x8" football and then created the lace details with piped frosting.

A new blog theme

I created a blog a long time ago and realized my last post was in 2009. It was a basic personal blog and i really didnt have much to say. I thought about how much i love spending hours and hours creating yummy baked goods. I post a lot of pictures on facebook but thinking i should blog it! Nice to have a list of all my culinary experiments .

So here is my latest idea. It was a 9" double layer devils food cake. I took blobs of thick dulce de leche canned caramel and swirled them into the batter. Frosted with regular vanilla frosting. I used a basketweave technique with a fork to create the basket outside.

I gave it to the lovely ladies at the daycare who so bravely try each baking experiment I bring in.