Foodie Friday - St. Patty's Day Cuppies

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!  :)

These were super easy!  Just boxed cupcakes, green colored frosting, rainbow sour airhead candy strips rolos and butterscotch candies.  YUM!!!  And FUN!!! :) 

Have a great day!
Tammy

Foodie Friday - Hot Chocolate Cuppies!

Hi y'all...
I was over looking at My Pink Stamper's blog and she had a recipe for Hot Chocolate Cupcakes.  Sounds good, right?!?!  And with this cold weather I thought it was perfect. I halved the recipe and it made 12 perfectly.  I used egg beaters so 1 1/2 eggs was no problem tha way.   I thought I'd do a cream cheese frosting, but then I thought that I should try to do somethig with marshmallows!!!  SO, I tried something.  My oven usually takes a few minutes longer than recommended so at the 16 minute mark I put some mini marshmallows on top of four of the cuppies and put them in for four more minutes.  They turned out beautifully!  :)
YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!

Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 packet Hot Chocolate

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with cupcake liners.
2. In bowl of stand mixer combine dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients: eggs, hot chocolate/milk mixture, vegetable oil and vanilla.
4. Beat on medium speed until well combined, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
5. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full with batter.
6. Bake for 16 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Let cupcakes cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling

GO Chargers!!

My daughter is a cheerleader for her Jr. High and they are the Chargers.  I made them these cute cuppies and toppers to have as a treat before one of the games and I also gave them these pencil holders cut with my Cricut - I will post those soon.  How cute, fun and easy!  
Enjoy!!! :)
Tammy

Thank you sweetie!

Hi all! 
It's time for....Another challenge at SSDS!!  :) 

http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/

We have a great sponser and the price is nice so I think join us!!!  :)  Please do and let me know that you did so I can take a peak. 

The theme this week is Thank You SO I made this sweet card to tell my girlfriend how sweet she is!!! :)

TTFN,

Tammy

Happy Birthday to...

Hi my crafty friends!!!!
I made a couple b-day cards with no one in particular in mind.  I'm sure we all enjoy having cards ready and I guess that is what these will be for.  :) 

What card is your 'go to' card - I guess for me I mostly make 'all-occasion' cards and will often even wait to add a sentiment until I know who I'll be sending it to.

I'm also kinda a hoarder and when I have a card that I really like and didn't have someone in mind when I made it, I find that I sometimes have a hard time giving it away.  Weird?!?! 

Enjoy today!!

Foodie Friday, more cheesecake cuppies! :)

Happy FOODIE FRIDAY!!!  :)
Okay, you saw a similar post last week but I actually made these again....folllowing her recipe closer.  :)  These are DELISH too!!  My BF likes them better than the first, but I still lean toward the first ones, although it's close.  THese are really good too! 
I originally got the recipe from one of my fave blogs.  Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.

She has an AWESOME blog and you HAVE to check that out too!!!

Here is my addaption to the recipe but much closer to her original post.


Confetti Cheesecake Cupcakes with Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS
white cake batter - that means make it according to the directions

Filling
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baker's mystery flavor .  you could use plain ol' vanilla if you don't want to mess with this)


Preheat oven to 350 and line 24 muffin tins with liners. 


Make cake according to pkg directions and fill liners about 1/2 way with the batter. 

Mix filling ingredients until smooth and put a dollop in each liner.  Bake for about 17 minutes or until set.


Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 stick salted butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baker's mystery flavor (you could omit this, or use vanilla, but again, I really like this!)
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup white cake mix (MIX--NOT BATTER)


In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter, cream cheese and extract(s) on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar and cake mix and beat on low until just combined. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. If frosting is too thick, mix in a bit of heavy cream or milk until desired consistency is reached.

Frost cuppies once they are cooled!  

These had a nice cheesecake filling, imagine that! :)  YUMMO!  Makes enough to share, but who wants to???  :)

Enjoy!
Tammy
Oh, and she says to ADD SPRINKLES for God's Sake!!  :)  So I did...this time.  ;)

Foodie Friday....Cheesecake Cake Batter Cuppies

Happy FOODIE FRIDAY!!!  :)
Today I am going to post the recipe for my fave cuppies yet!!! :)  OMG!!! These are delish and YOU HAVE TO TRY THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)
Yes, that's an order.  They aren't that hard, heck if I can do it, you can too!!!

I originally got the recipe from one of my fave blogs.  Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.

She has an AWESOME blog and you HAVE to check that out too!!!

Okay, I'm done bossing you around.  :) 

Here is my addaption to the recipe.  Next time I may actually try to do it according to the directions, but these turned out sooooo good I may not.  :)  Although, I'm sure her way is fab!



Confetti Cheesecake Cupcakes with Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS
white cake batter - that means make it according to the directions
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon wedding cake flavor (OMG!  This is fab!  The cookbook queen used baker's mystery flavor, also found on Amazon. And you could use plain ol' vanilla if you don't want to mess with this.) I love wedding cake and when I looked online for the mystery stuff she'd recommended I found this so I got both and will try the other, but had to try this one first!!! :) 

Preheat oven to 350 and line 24 muffin tins with liners. 

Make cake according to pkg directions then add the other ingredients.  Bake for about 17 minutes or until set.


Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 stick salted butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon wedding cake flavor (you could omit this, or use vanilla, but again, I really like this!)
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup white cake mix (MIX--NOT BATTER)


In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter, cream cheese and extract(s) on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar and cake mix and beat on low until just combined. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. If frosting is too thick, mix in a bit of heavy cream or milk until desired consistency is reached.

Frost cuppies once they are cooled!  WOW!!  I even got a cake decorating kit from Amazon when I was purchasing the flavoring and got to use that.  :)  YAY, ME!!!  I hadn't ever done that before! 
Enjoy!
Tammy
Oh, and she says to ADD SPRINKLES for God's Sake!!  :)  LOL!  I guess I was feeling sassy.  ;)

Happy FOODIE FRIDAY!!!  :)
Today I am going to post the recipe for my fave cuppies yet!!! :)  OMG!!! These are delish and YOU HAVE TO TRY THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)
Yes, that's an order.  They aren't that hard, heck if I can do it, you can too!!!

I originally got the recipe from one of my fave blogs.  Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.

She has an AWESOME blog and you HAVE to check that out too!!!

Okay, I'm done bossing you around.  :) 

Here is my addaption to the recipe.  Next time I may actually try to do it according to the directions, but these turned out sooooo good I may not.  :)  Although, I'm sure her way is fab!



Confetti Cheesecake Cupcakes with Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS
white cake batter - that means make it according to the directions
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon wedding cake flavor (OMG!  This is fab!  The cookbook queen used baker's mystery flavor, also found on Amazon. And you could use plain ol' vanilla if you don't want to mess with this.) I love wedding cake and when I looked online for the mystery stuff she'd recommended I found this so I got both and will try the other, but had to try this one first!!! :) 

Preheat oven to 350 and line 24 muffin tins with liners. 

Make cake according to pkg directions then add the other ingredients.  Bake for about 17 minutes or until set.


Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 stick salted butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon wedding cake flavor (you could omit this, or use vanilla, but again, I really like this!)
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup white cake mix (MIX--NOT BATTER)


In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter, cream cheese and extract(s) on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar and cake mix and beat on low until just combined. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. If frosting is too thick, mix in a bit of heavy cream or milk until desired consistency is reached.

Frost cuppies once they are cooled!  WOW!!  I even got a cake decorating kit from Amazon when I was purchasing the flavoring and got to use that.  :)  YAY, ME!!!  I hadn't ever done that before! 
Enjoy!
Tammy

Foodie Friday Margarita Cupcakes

WoW!!!  These are some sweeeet treats!  Very good but really too sweet, next time I'm gonna cut down on the sugar a bit.  I got this recipe from my BBFF, Christy.  Check out her blog for more fab pictues adn the original recipe...here is mine with some tweaks made and comments on what I will do differently next time.  I also made cute little tequilla worms and laminated them for each glass.  I, of course, kept them so I will have them to use again!  :)  There is no tequilla in these, but maybe next time!?!

Margarita Cupcakes

CUPCAKES:
One box white cake mix made according to package directions.  Let cool and tear one up in bottom of margarita glass (mine didn't all match and I din't have enough for everyone and luckily I found some at the Dollar Store!)
FILLLING:
Beat (for 2 minutes) together 1 small pkg (4 oz) vanilla instant pudding with 1/2 c. whipping cream, 1/4 c. lime juice, 4 drops green food color, 1/2 c. powdered sugar. Let rest for 3 min, and then place in fridge.
Next time I will make the pudding first, add the whipped cream, lime juice, food coloring and 1/4 C sugar.  The way this was it was more like frosting itself and I'd prefer more more of a pudding filling. 
ICING:
Melt 5 oz of white chocolate and set aside.
Mix 1 stick of butter (room temperature), 3 1/2 c. powdered sugar, pinch of salt, 1/2 t. salt, 1/2 t. vanilla, 1 T. lime, and 1/4 c. sour cream. Add in chocolate just until combined.
Too sweet for me...next time I will start with 2 1/2 C powdered sugar and 1/2 C sour cream.  I'll add more sugar to taste. 

Garnish edges with green sugar made by adding a couple (3) drops of food coloring to 1 C of sugar.  There was a ton of sugar left over so maybe don't use quite so much.  the top with a lime slice. 
My daughter helped me and we had lots of fun making these!!! :)   Isn't she adorable!!! :)  Love her, love her! 

TTFN,
Tammy

Cuppie Birthday

Happy Birthday to my friend Neaner!!  :)  I'm not sure what I'm gonna get for her yet, but I jave the card ready for her!! :)  Her b-day is next week so I'd better start shopping soon.  I'm posting like a crazy lady this week because there are so many fun challenges!  :o)
And, of course you know I love my bugaboo digi stamps! 

I'd like to enter this in to these:
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ cake
http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/ use mist, ink, or paint
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ birthday
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ anything goes with sentiment
http://tickledpinkstampschallenges.blogspot.com/ sketch
http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ annything goes (post 3)
http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/ for the girls (post 3)

Cuppie cake card

YAY!!  It's Friday!  That is niiiice!  Tonight we are gonna go get our tree too - yay!!!  Christmas will be in the house!
I expect to get some serious wrapping done over the weekend and a Christmas party on Sunday.  Fun!  I may do some baking but I am actually taking the week before Christmas off with the kiddos so I may wait so that they can help me. 
I wanted to share a cuppie cake card that I recently made.  I think it turned out pretty darn cute. 
 



Well, as the card tells ya....Have a great day!
TTFN,
Tammy