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Posts Tagged ‘dessert’

Cups o’Cake

Well, I was supposed to be reorganizing that nightmare we call our “pantry” today, but the Husband requested cupcakes, so cupcakes he got. Vanilla Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 egg whites  1/2 cup shortening 1 cup […]

Recipe: Homemade Not-Tootsie Rolls

Need a quick last minute gift for someone?  Then take an hour or so and whip up some homemade things that are eerily similar in taste, texture and appearance to Tootsie RollsTM.  But which, for legal reasons, are not actually Tootsie RollsTM. Homemade Not-Tootsie Rolls Ingredients 2 tbsp softened butter 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder […]

Recipe: Lemon-Lime Glazed Cake Thingies*

*Yeah, that’s a technical term. This recipe started by accident, a huge nightmare of a failed buttercream mishap.  Today was the Girlchild’s birthday party, and I got all ambitious after the Thanksgiving cooking and decided to make her cake myself.  The cake part was simple, a tried and true Nestle’s chocolate recipe, and for the […]