One day as I was browsing recipes, I found and printed this one out and added it to my stack of “to try“. It sounded really good. It sounded easy. It looked fun to make! As it turned out, it WAS!! The original recipe is right here at Your Home Based Mom. The recipe is officially […]
Cupcake Flowers
Back in the spring, I pulled pages out of a Martha Stewart for these candy flower cupcakes. They hung out in my three-ring binder. {the pages…not the cupcakes. Although, that woulda been nice!} A few weeks ago, I pulled them out of the binder and made cupcakes. I also wanted to try this recipe for […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes {Gluten Free}
Cupcakes and cookies. Mix the two together. Mmmm. This recipe has been a favorite of mine for a Looooonnng time! I gave them a try using a few tweaks to make them gluten free. They turned out delicious! I’m so happy! PrintChocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes {Gluten Free} 18-24 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1 […]
Cake and Roses and Fudgy Frosting
There is something about a beautiful cake that just makes me smile. I love Lisa’s cakes and pictures and ALL HER FOOD over at Celebrate Creativity. Trust me. You want to take a few minutes to go gaze. Here’s her Sweet Category. Check out her beautiful cakes. I had read her tips about icing […]
In the Farmhouse Kitchen: Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cake
{affiliate links included} THE CAKE CATEGORY was feeling a little left out or neglected or some such thing. You know ~ with all the pies that have been hanging around here. A friend told me she had tried Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Cake Mix and it was simple and yummy. It made me think […]
Because Cake
My tiny children turned into teenagers this year. Granted, they haven’t been tiny children for several years now. But as parents are wont to do, we’re convinced those little people really can’t have morphed into growing-up already!! We celebrated this teenage thing last weekend with a birthday party for them both. I have pictures to […]
Three Things {Cakes}
Today I bring you three favorite cake recipes! Vanilla Rich Chip Cake This is a McCormick recipe and you can print it out by clicking on the cake name above and hopping over to their website. I ate this at a friend’s house and she sent me the link, so I could make it too. […]
Marshmallow Peeps Surprise Cupcakes
I clicked over to Pinterest a few weeks ago to browse for a bit. Pinterest has started doing that whole picked-for-you bit and selecting pins for your feed. I hadn’t paid that much attention and probably really wouldn’t have realized they were doing this, except a few days earlier I had read a sarcastic humor comment […]
Harvest Apple Cake
This cake has long been a favorite recipe of mine. I’ve made it for a lot of years and don’t even remember when I first made it. I find myself pulling out the recipe every autumn and at other times of the year too! When I have extra apples, I chop up enough for this […]
Pumpkin Cake
I like sheet cakes and this Pumpkin Cake is another of our family favorites. It is simple, yummy and moist. I like sheet cakes because they make a good bit and don’t take a lot of time to make! Along with apple dumplings and apple crisp and pumpkin pie, I find myself thinking about this […]