Baking Party!

So my friend, Tiffany, and I wanted to make cake pops together and she wanted to dip cookies in chocolate...so we did!

What started out with the two of us ended up having 4 people decorating, laughing and overall having a great time!

I can't say too much since we didn't do that much, but I did try out a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe. I really dont know how it tasted because I didnt have any.

PICTURES!

I just realized that we didn't take any pictures of the cake pops! oh well. That means I'll have to make them again HAHAHA.

Anyways, Tiffany [girl in the last picture] has some in her bag if you can see them!

Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes with Oreo Ice Cream

To celebrate my 100th post (this one's number 100!), I decided to make something REALLY special. Vanilla and oreos and ice cream - some of my FAVORITE things.

So I took Magnolia's vanilla cupcake recipe, cut it in half, added 12 oreos crushed. I ended up with 24 cupcakes still. Afterwards, I added cookies and cream ice cream on top and brought them for my friends to try. They liked them enough. I think that it wasnt the best, but it was still pretty good.

I was going to do a giveaway, but it's one of those things where the 100th post just crept up on me so quickly (and being super busy with school and extracurricular activities) and I havent had the time to think about what I wanted to give away. Oh well, 200th post I'll be sure to do something special!

Devils Food [cup]Cake with Peanut Butter [and Nutella] Frosting [sms]

This week's SMS, Devils Food Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting, was chosen by Holly of Phe/mom/enon.

This recipe was so amazing. It was pretty easy to whip up - at 10pm for the next day. I had made these and brought these to the event last weekend down in Southern California. I put them in nice boxes and in the car with me the whole time.

Nice boxes with cupcakes in them!

I had topped these cupcakes with both a peanut butter frosting as suggested by the book and a nutella frosting.
I just made half of the frosting and 1/4 of it, I put peanut butter in until I felt like it was spreadable and pipable and same with the nutella with the other 3/4. It was pretty easy to make and super sugary and yummy!

The nutella ones I just piped and put sprinkles on. Simple is often best.

The peanut butter ones, I decided to go crazy with. I had promised my friend these Mouse in the House Cupcakes which was just a cute way to decorate cupcakes, so I made them that way. Super simple and super fun!

I think regardless of the decorating technique, both were successes. I really enjoyed this week's SMS and baked them super early meaning that I have more time to bake other things. [aka use up the pumpkin puree that I have]

My friend Danny with his peanut butter cupcake!
Andy and I with his Nutella cupcake

Recipe for the cake here! Make sure to check out the rest of the SMS bakers on the blogroll.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

When I normally have this urge to bake, I just find something and bake it. Typically it'll be something easy since I don't have everything onhand. When I bake for a purpose, I get all the materials and I'll have everything ready for myself. This time, I decided to bake with apples. There were a whole bunch of great apple recipes, but just didn't feel right. Then I decided to just look for a super easy one that also had good reviews. I found one!

This one was super easy to just throw together. The batter was a bit thick, so I added some vanilla extract to give it another dimension to it. Super easy, and super yummy!

I've frozen a whole bunch of them for a quick breakfast for the next couple of weeks. Should be fun!

recipe found here

Spiced Pumpkin Cookies and [cup]Cakes [sms]

This week's SMS, Spiced Pumpkin Cookie Cakes, was chosen by Debbie of Every Day Blessings of The Five Dee’s.

I had the same problem getting the pumpkin, but when I finally did, these were really easy to make.

I feel like the cupcakes were better than the cookies, but all in all, they were really good. I don't really have too much to say since I'm back in Southern California for the weekend, but the cupcakes are up north and actually LONG GONE. haha. I did get a horrible tan this weekend by wearing a spaghetti strapped dress and out in the sun basically from 9-3. STRAIGHT.

Recipe for the cookie cakes here! Make sure to check out the rest of the SMS bakers on the blogroll.