Funfetti Cake Pops!!

today has been a reeeeaaaalllly loooooooooooooooong day ... lol. (did i emphasize enough???) haha!
what better way to unwind than to bake. =) .... along with some country music videos and a lil dancing around my little house ... =) lol.
last week a friend of mine gave me a cake pop that she made and with one bite i fell in love! so i decided to attempt making them myself. i've got my cake baked and it's cooling right now ... lol. the part i'm not looking forward too is mixing the cake and frosting ... works best if you use your hands! no worries ... CLEAN HANDS over here! =) lol.
crumble the cake ... i cheated ... i used a pastry cutter instead of my hands ... hahaha!
BEFORE ....

... ooooh yea ... lmfao!

...... AFTER.

all i gotta say is getting these cake pops to stay stuck is kinda hard!! lol.
they don't look very pretty but they do taste really good. lol

pretty pink!

and blue. =) hahaha!
don't be fooled if a recipe looks easy ... haha!

Cake Pops
1 cake mix of desired flavor
1 can frosting of desired flavor
1 bag Wilton Candy Melts
Cake pop sticks (sold at Wally World)
SPRINKLES!!

Bake cake mix as box says ... let cake cool ... crumble in a big bowl ... add can of frosting and mix together ... put in fridge for about an hour ... roll mix into balls ... melt candy melts ... dip stick into melted candy and place in center of each cake pop ... put in freezer for a couple minutes ... take out and dip each pop into the melted candy and sprinkle sprinkles on ... then put down on wax paper ... after candy has set place pops on a plate and place in fridge ...
enjoy!! =)

g'night friends! <3

Happy Hallo ... i mean .........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
haha ... i made these cupcakes for a coworker's son's birthday to take to his class. =)

awesome Halloween cupcake liners ....

i love Halloween ... ok ok ... i love candy ... haha!
i've already bought 2 bags of candy to "TAKE TO WORK" ... and yea ... the first bag didn't make it very long in my house ... didn't help that they were tootsie rolls. MY FAVE! lol. i still have majority of the second bag to take to work on Monday. haha!!

i was going for the Pumpkin Patch approach ... it started to work ... but then the frosting started to get warmed up from being held in my hand for so long ... i made it work tho. =)

Happy Birthday Little Guy! =)

i LOVE brown sugar!!

i love baking with brown sugar ...
i also love baking with cream cheese ...
and today ... i found a recipe for a Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting!

lmfao!!! i couldn't resist!
earlier i went to the store and grabbed another cake mix for $1 ... oh yes ... ONE DOLLAR! lol. perfect. =)
before i started making the cupcakes ... i opened the cupboards and tried to decide what leftover cupcake liners i wanted to use. then i saw some that i hadn't even opened yet!! and i love them!!! =)

so i decided to use these! i love animal prints! my house is actually decorated in giraffe print. =) lol

they're AWESOME!! lol.
onto the frosting .......
unsalted butter ...
cream cheese ....
vanilla ....
and brown sugar!!!

i do believe that this is one of my favorite frostings now ... lol. wow.
kinda thinking this frosting would've gone better on chocolate cupcakes but they taste pretty good on white cupcakes too! lol

awesome cupcake liners!!! =) lol

don't know why ... but i love this picture. lol. and i LOVE my new cupcake stand! thanks to one of my best friends! =)

sprinkles ... sprinkles ... SPRINKLES!! =)

mmmmmm ...

Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Combine butter, cream cheese, brown sugar and vanilla in bowl and beat at a medium speed until smooth.

now i gotta find something to eat for lunch ... hmm ...
ta-ta for now friends!! =)
and enjoy!

Lemon + Cream Cheese = Happiness

it's been awhile since i've baked using a cake mix.

i normally try to make everything from scratch ... but these sounded too good to not make exactly how the recipe says.

Lemon Cheese Bars ... or more like Lemon Cheese Slices ... only cuz i don't have a 13x9 inch glass pan. lol. i used what i had and used a 9 inch springform pan! haha!! so they'll be cut more like a cheesecake and not in bars.

oh well tho ... they'll taste the same either way.

i do believe this is the only thing that i've baked recently where i did NOT taste as i prepared ... lol. these bars slices get thrown together soo incredibly fast and only takes a total baking time of half an hour. lol.

cake crumbs pressed into the bottom to make the crust .....

mmmmm ... i love lemon! and yes ... yet again ... Wally-World brand ... lol.

... cream cheese ... egg ... sugar ... lemon juice ...

mmmmmmmm ... lemon cream cheese. lol.

lemon cream cheese mixture spread over the baked crust .......
and add the cup of crumbs saved ....

and VOILA!!!
yumminess!!

back in the oven it goes for another 15 minutes!!!

TA-DA!! perfectly browned on the top ... =)

it was a little crispy around the edges ... ok ok ... on the bottom too ... lol. i guess i baked it a little too long ... oh well. practice makes perfect right?! =)

despite it being a tad burnt ... it was actually pretty good! lol.
my lil seester asked if i could make her famous by putting her picture on here eating this deliciousness ... so here it is ... lol

"This is my 'savorment' face!" <--- her exact words. lmao!! she even asked if "savorment" was a word ... and even tho it's not ... lol ... you all get the picture. =) hahahaha!!

this is definitely gonna be one to try and not burn make again and hopefully get it right the next time ...

Lemon Cheese Bars Slices

1 package white or yellow cake mix with pudding in the mix
2 eggs, divided
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Combine cake mix, 1 egg and oil in large bowl, stir until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture into ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until light golden brown.
3. Combine remaining egg, cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice in medium bowl; beat until smooth and well blended. Spread over baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
4. Bake 15 minutes or until cream cheese layer is just set. Cool in pan on wire rack. (i baked mine an additional 5 minutes ... this might be why it was a little crispy)

Enjoy!!

Tonight has been a long time coming ... lol ... it's the premiere of the Pretty Little Liars Halloween Episode!!!! aaahhh! suuuper excited about it ... you all know where i'll be at around 8pm tonight! lol.

i know what you did ...
- A

=)