Peanut Butter Cup-cakes!

Who doesn't love Peanut Butter and Chocolate?! I made these Cupcakes for my friend's birthday, and boy were they a BIG HIT! They are a scrumptious Chocolate Cupcake topped with Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream.


Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream

1/2 Cup Vegetable Shortening
1/3 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
4 Cups Sifted Confectioner's Sugar
5 Tablespoon's Milk


Thoroughly combine Vegetable Shortening and Butter. Once combined you can add Peanut Butter and Vanilla.




Next add Confectioner's Sugar 1 or 2 cups at a time. This is where things get a little messy for me. After i'm done with this I have sugar EVERYWHERE! And I always seem to be wearing black...hmmm.


After you've added all the sugar...your icing will be dry.



Whip in 5 Tablespoons of milk and your done!



If you want you can store it in the frig for up to 2 weeks! Just make sure you re whip it before you use it After your Chocolate Cupcakes cool...get your decorating bag and a 1M Tip...your ready to decorate! I find its easiest to stick your decorating bag in a tall glass and cuff it down the sides. It will now be so easy to fill the bag with icing!!!! Swirl your icing on top!


Aren't they adorable?! I topped them with little chocolate sprinkles...


...and little mini peanut butter cups!









mmm delicious!!!!
ENJOY!


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Visit wilton.com/recipes/ for This Buttercream Recipe and other Baking ideas!

Cupcakes to 'cake' off the season.

My boyfriend's birthday was on September 2nd and for his birthday he asked me to make him cupcakes in his favorite college football team, Louisiana State University's colors. Take a look at how cute they came out!!


I made a delicious Purple Vanilla Buttercream and swirled it atop extra moist vanilla cupcakes and finished with some yellow nonpariels.



Since Football's his favorite and their first game is this Saturday night I made small football's out of brown fondant.


I also made a few cupcakes that looked like footballs.


ADORABLE!









Geaux Tigers!!!


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A Beary Happy Birthday

My Poppy, he loves bear's & he loves baseball. His Birthday was on August 11th and for the second year in a row we had a big shin-dig at our house for him! I spent days thinking of a cake to make him. When I visited my new favorite store and saw this pan I new exactly what to do.

So I wanted to share with you some pictures from his party!


Isn't he cute?!



I made him a cute little fondant yankee hat to match my Poppy's.
See...


I even made him a flag to hold.


Look at this litte bear paw.


He was a scruptious chocolate cake with the Chocolate Buttercream from my last post.



Poppy had such a great time...
And boy was he happy when he saw his cake...



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Chocolate Buttercream

When I was in High school I worked at the Shoprite Bakery. I never got to bake anything but I sure could write "Happy Birthday" on a cake if needed and I was a pro at using the bread slicer. Anyway, My experience at The Shoprite Bakery really jaded my view on Buttercream. The Buttercream mixture they have is to say the least, horrible. It's loaded with sugar and is practically a death wish for anyone with diabetes. The cake they make is pretty good but I could never eat more then a sliver because it's so sweet. Then I met Whipped Cream. Ahh, how I love you so. So light, fluffy and you taste JUST RIGHT! So anytime I've ever ordered a cake from ANYWHERE I've gotten Whipped Cream instead.

My mom's Birthday was this past Tuesday and we were on vacation and decided to have an impromptu COOKOUT!!! But we needed a cake. Where to get one? Hmmm.....

Hello?



Over here...





A little bit to the right....






left a little....












ME! I CAN BAKE THE CAKE!!!!!!!!!! DUH!!!!!!



SO, While I was at the grocery store getting my supplies, I had a revelation. What if, I could make my own buttercream that wasn't too sweet. Could it be done!? Could I make a Buttercream that didn't taste like a entire bag a sugar?!?
I can damn well TRY! So I grabbed my ingredients and was on my way. Once home I then realized, I don't own an electric mixer! Good thing Tim's father was around, because I put him to work. He whipped and whipped until he couldn't whip no more!!! Thank's Ernie!

Nervously I dipped my finger into the Chocolate Buttercream and took a taste. WOW! To my surprise it wasn't to sweet at all. In fact, if it was cold I'd mistake it FOR Whipped Cream! WOW! Man was I excited. So I baked up a beautiful Chocolate cake and slapped on the Chocolate Buttercream. Topped it with some white and milk chocolate drizzle, some extra chips and was so PROUD of my creation!

I am proud to say, I am no longer afraid of Buttercream (only Shoprite's)!!!




(Not Shown; Vanilla, Butter, Milk)





I love chocolate chips, they are so photogenic! Hey, look at the cupcake liner...too cute right? Get them here!





Can you just look at the scrumptious hunk of chocolate bliss?!!??! MMMM.

























Chocolate Buttercream
(Yields 3 Cups of Icing)

1/2 Cup Shortening
1/2 Cup (1 stick) Butter or Margarine, Softened
3/4 Cup Cocoa
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
4 Cups (1 lb)Sifted Confectioner's Sugar
4 Tablespoons of Milk

In a large bowl, combine and cream Shortening and Butter. Add Cocoa and Vanilla. Gradually add Sugar, one cup at a time. Icing should appear dry. Add milk.

You can keep the bowl covered with a damp cloth until ready to use.
When not in use it's best to keep in the fridge, in a airtight container. Can be stored for 2 weeks.


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Ice Cream Cupcakes

On Sunday my Mom and I were at Stop and Shop looking for a yummy desert. We stumbled across these....




MMM- Vanilla ICE CREAM CUPCAKES! I know. SO AMAZING! We Had to get them. And I knew I had to Blog about them.


Look how cute they packaged them!!! In a little Cupcake Tray!





Let's get a little closer...








mmmmmmm!








ahhhhhh!








Whoa baby. That's one delicious cupcake!




Oh, I'm sorry.. I forgot to mention there were CHOCOLATE ones too! Silly me.



But you don't want to see those.



Really?



Are you sure??



OK, if you insist....












Ooooo the deliciousness.





Tell me how can you go wrong with an CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM CUPCAKE?! It's not possible!!!














Well, all good things come to an end. And unfortunately enough for our diets we ate them all...










OOPSS!!!!!!







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Stars and Stripes Cupcakes!

Here we go another set of adorable Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes. This time instead of doing cute toppers (which I loved). I made more stars and some stripes! Of course some of them had to be red, white and blue sprinkled too!

I am really getting the hang of fondant and am having fun creating new designs for Holiday's, Birthday's and such!!!

Cheesecake Pops!

WARNING: THESE POP'S ARE EXTREMLY DELICIOUS! IF YOU ARE ON A DIET....PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.


Well, she did it again..Bakerella of course. Cheesecake Pops!? I mean come on now. What's next? I acutally saw them before on a bunch of Blogs but never tried them. When I saw Bakerella's I knew I had to do it!!!

These little pops are so darn cute and even more yummy, and they are super easy! You can use a Bakery bought cheesecake or make your own. I used one from a local Bakery and I had to resist not to eat the whole thing before I got home with it. I followed Bakerella's lead with the sprinkles and chocolate shavings. I also bought a Ready made Graham Cracker Pie Crust from the Bakery Isle of the supermarket, I thought it would be easier to use this rather then buying a whole box of graham crackers that I probably would end up throwing out because I wouldn't use it all. The ready made Pie Crust was the perfect amount.

Here's how I made them...

After getting home with my cheesecake (crustless btw). I stuck it in a big bowl and mashed it all up. Then shaped them into balls. FYI these balls are a little harder to make then regular cake balls because the cheesecake is so gooey.






Then I stuck those puppies in the freezer for about 45 mintues or so. While they were freezing I crumbled the Graham Pie Crust into the Pie pan it comes in.






Next, I rolled the frozen-ish Cheesecake Balls in the Crust. Now it was a little easier to shape the balls in balls not lumps. HEHE.






Popped them back in the frezzer for another 10 mintues. Then I got my chocolate and decorations ready, set up my styrofoam, and got started. I took my lollipop stick and stuck it in the chocolate first then stuck it in the Pop.

NOTE: These pops are MUCH heavier then Cake Pops. You need to make sure you only dip the pop once and get it completely covered in chocolate. Because they will start to slip down the stick if you play in the chocolate too long. I know from experiance.
=( Most of the time I spooned the chocolate over the pop to get it covered. But quickly! This will defiently take practice to get them perfect!

They still came out pretty:














Do you want to see the inside??

Should I post another Warning??

Oh lets just get to it....









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Thanks Bakerella