Another Theme and it's Tron!!

Pin It One of the mom's at Cole's school asked me if I would make cupcake for her son's upcoming birthday party.  I said no problem I would love to, then came the theme.  Most theme's don't stump me but when Tron came back I did do the Scooby Doo .. Rut Ro.  I hit up Pinterest and sadly it was very limited.  Thankfully he liked a simple theme of just the circle logo.  

Sunday I made the cupcakes, I found a really yummy Yellow Cake on Can You Stay for Dinner (another amazing site for recipes).  It is a very simple recipe to follow and the cake turned out super moist and yummy!  Click the link above for her yummy recipe.

Now to the Tron Design:

Next on my list was to make the tron cupcakes.  I saw a few different versions on Pinterest but I'm not a fan of black frosting.  So I though I'll frost the cupcakes then I'll make black round disk (using my silicone cupcake pan) and then melt aqua melty to do the circle inside.

What you need:


2 Bags Black Candy Melts (Wilton)
1 Bag Blue Candy Melts (Wilton)
Cupcakes Made
Frosting (You can use can or make Buttercream)

For the Black disc I melted the melts in the microwave for 1 minute and then put a spoonful into my silicone cupcake mold. NOW when it is all set take a knife around to loosen and then carefully pop out.  Believe me my first batch broke because I didn't do that!

For the Blue I melted the melts in the microwave for 1 minute and then put into a pipping bag with a small tip to make my circles.  I put back into fridge to harden up and then I frosted my cupcakes and added the disk on top. That way people could take them off if they didn't want to eat and they didn't get a mouth of black frosting which I think taste gross.

Have a wonderful day hope you try to make these, they were fun!

I’ll bring the cupcakes

A friend from high school invited me and the boys over to her house for Cinco de Mayo!  You know me invite me over I’m there.  She said to bring some cupcakes, she joked just pick some up.  Ok you know me so not bringing anything store bought or heck just the regular old cupcakes!  I saw these cute cookie monster cupcakes and then I saw this really cool cupcake with cookie dough in the middle!  I thought would that be the “ultimate” Cookie Monster Cupcake.  So I merged the two cupcakes and here is what we got!

I started with the Cookie Dough Cupcake that is a two partier to do.  You make the cookie dough part put it in the freezer for two hours then you make the cupcake part.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 3 eggs

1. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt; set aside. Beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and the vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls; place onto a baking sheet, and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.
2. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
3. Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer to break up. Add the cake mix, water, and canola oil; continue beating for 2 minutes on medium speed. Spoon into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each 2/3 full. Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Then I went to the decoration part.  I’ve seen some amazing Cookie Monster Cupcakes.  Now the ones I found on pinterest are very elaborate.  I only had a little amount of time so I made a quick blue buttercream frosting. Added some eyes and made some cookies that I used to shove in the mouth.

• Blue Frosting or Blue Sprinkles
• White chocolate Circle Melty
• White frosting (glue)
• Mini Chocolate chips
• Cookies (for mouth – I cut mine in half)

Frost the cupcakes I just used blue frosting but you could use white and then coat with blue sprinkles.  For the eyes I used some White Chocolate Melty I had used a little white frosting for glue and put a mini chocolate chip for the black of the eye.  Shoved those in the top of the head and then put the half of the cookie for the mouth.  Mine was the easy version but still cute!

And here you have it cookie Monster Cupcake made from a cupcake with Cookie Dough in the middle!  YUP I know pretty freaking genius.  Hey I have to give myself a pat on the back every once in a while … lol.

Have a wonderful day!!

Ringing in the New Year in Style!

Well Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 and we can say we’re going to do a lot of things but right now I’ve decided to just do one day at a time and be better then I was before!  Well it’s what I’m going with right now, stop giggling and just let me live in a little bliss for today .. hehe!

My friend had us over to her house for a little get together for the count down and I made a few things to share.  I can never go to a party empty handed.

I took this Apple Pie Cucake and tweaked it a bit to include Sparkling Apple Cider.  I thought it was perfect for the new year!

Then I had to make some dips. The first dip was a Weight Watcher Feta & Spinach Dip.

And the hit of the party was the Weight Watcher Hot Artichoke Dip. 

Happy New Year!  Hope you all had a wonderful year and many more blessings to come this new year!  What did you do for the New Year?  Did you make anything yummy?

Leftover Turkey & Cupcakes!

I found this amazing recipe to use the last of my turkey.  I used my hard apple cider instead of beer (it’s my special treat every once in a while .. lol). I used Agave instead of honey.  Cole liked this so much that he had me put it as his warm up the next day at school.  The Turkey Chili with Whole Wheat Orzo is one of the best chili’s I have made.

This was the best butter cream icing I have ever made, talk about super buttery .

I took this S’Mores Cupcake recipe and tweaked it since I didn’t have time to make the pretty frosting.  Ok the thing is I didn’t have a kitchen torche and Rick’s Man Cave scares me to go out there to get his torch.  I did the base the same with the graham cracker & chocolate cake part.  Just used a butter cream frosting instead (see above recipe).

Something warm for your tummy and something sweet for your sweet tooth .  Do you have something on your menu tonight?

WWW ~ Cole's 6th Birthday, Cupcakes & Treats

Oh my what a weekend we had! Friday was Cole's birthday so I made cupcakes for the classroom and gave them each a color book and of course a lolipop rings! The individual cups cake turned out great!!!

Then Saturday was my first Saturday off in a while. It was so nice but it wasn't like it really was a day off! LOL we had a busy day it started early and didn't stop. I was a little sad the lady that filled in for me had a GREAT day, yes just a little jealous ... haha!

Now my second attempt at cupcakes was a cupcake cake ... let's just say it tasted good :). The kids had so much fun and I was so happy to be able to let all the kids enjoy themselves.

Cupcakes for the classroom

My attempt at a cupcake cake!

I learned that the frosting with tips is tricky!!

I had color books with crayons on the tables for the kids.

I obviously can't count I had one extra :)

The kids, some even dressed up!!!

You know how hard it is to get all kids in pic & facing forward!

We had face painting!

Cole loving transformers went for bumble bee!

Yes and a daddy got talked into by daddy's little girl!

Fun with Balloons, Pizza, Cupcakes and toys!

Rick thought my cake would be funny looking so he got Cole a special cake

Check out mom in her "Super Mom" Cape

Only one ding dong had to go dirty with the S M on cake

GG with her 3 grandsons

Cole's BFF from across the street came to the party and his mom Brenda came along. It was so nice to actually sit and talk to her. We're going to put the boys in a parade next weekend. While talking I found she loves the peanut butter treats I bring over so I found two new recipes to try!! I'm so excited I have a new adult friend to talk to, talking to the kids can only take me so far. I even hung out talking to her and her husband for a few hours on Sunday! Yeah, now onto the treats.

Chocolate Yummies

(Nutrition Information)

• 7 Crackers Keebler® Grahams Original
• 2 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1 package (12 oz., 2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 2/3 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 3 cups Ready-To-Eat Cereal Rice Krispies®

1. Coat 13 x 9 x 2-inch microwave-safe dish with cooking spray. Arrange KEEBLER GRAHAMS ORIGINAL crackers in single layer in dish, breaking crackers as needed to fit. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over crackers.

2. Microwave on HIGH 1 minute or until marshmallows are puffy. Remove from microwave. Cool completely.

3. In 2-quart microwave-safe mixing bowl combine chocolate morsels, corn syrup and butter. Microwave on HIGH about 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir in peanut butter. Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal, mixing until combined.

4. Spread evenly over marshmallows. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm. Cut and store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Crisps

(Nutrition Information)

• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows
• - OR -
• 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® Cereal
• 1/3 cup desired flavor jelly

1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter until melted.

2. Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal. Stir until well coated.

3. Using buttered spatula or wax paper evenly press half of the cereal mixture into 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Spread with jelly. Press remaining cereal mixture on top. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Best if served the same day.

Moments you write down to remember

I've been so wrapped up in my drama that I forgot to post that Cole is now back to school/daycare full time! We're on day 2 of good reports, Knock on wood they keep coming! So update on my car I'm almost finished filling out the stupid collision report, which mind you is silly if it was a hit and run and you have NO CLUE who the other person was. My agent told me it's just a formality to get the reduced deductible. Yup the things we do to save money! Next step is to get it to the repair shop to get a estimate. Hopefully pretty quickly since when I got into the car this morning running late since Cole was unwilling to get going. I sat down in and had a refreshing feeling, a feeling of a WET butt! Oh yeah since it was running down the door my left leg was wet too! Not just a little wet but super SOAKED so when I got to work was walking around like I was Caden with a wet diaper! Welcome to my day that just kept going down from there.

All I wanted to do was get home but then of course I needed milk and banana's staple of my household! Which then left us getting home around 6:30ish, unpack the bags, get dinner started and hey why not put together pot roast for tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow we'll have dinner before 7:30pm. Ugh one day I think things will fall into place, at least tomorrow Leah comes to clean. Yippee as soon as she's done in the bathroom I'm going to run in there lock the door and sit on my clean toilet. Since it will only be clean for those brief few minutes of pure blissful joyful nirvana. Then I will slip back down to earth only because 1st child will be banging on the door to you know go pee and the 2nd child would be crying like no tomorrow. Back to reality, it's those little Calgone Moments that I need to Cherish. That and this moment:

Last Thursday I had this brilliant idea to make cupcakes to say thank you to the host parents that had been taking Roy to school for me. The thing is like it always is I have a million things to do and before I know it it's past 10pm and I really should get some sleep. So it's a mix for the cupcakes this time, sorry. After I pulled them out of the oven I was so tired and didn't have enough tooth picks to keep my eyes open to wait for them to cool. So I get up early to frost these brilliant ideas and ran into the kitchen to find this. Yup my oh so amazing husband frosted them for me. Yup a moment to write down in history, sometimes he can be a turd and really make me want to really runaway. Then days like last Friday make me run back into the room and kiss him on the head, who promptly brushes me away with a grumpy go away ... well that was short lived! I've been meaning to post this moment so the next time I'm pulling my hair out I can come back and read this and do my count to 10 and then maybe recount to 10!