Kaylee's Birthday Cupcakes....

So these cupcakes turned out so darn cute!! And they were good. Well worth all the work that went into them. They looked like actual ice cream cones and they were good, good, good!!

I got the idea from this blog... unleash your inner cake diva. The only thing I did different was instead of baking the merguine for so long, I only baked them for like 45 to 50 minutes. I did not want the topping to be crispy, I wanted them to be soft.

Of course the little cupcake was for the birthday girl herself and she had no problems getting it down. It was quite cute ans she dug right in!!

So these cupcakes turned out so darn cute!! And they were good. Well worth all the work that went into them.

Days 3 & 4 Food Network's 12 Days of Cookies....

So day 3 of Food Network's 12 Days of Cookies is Barefoot Contessa's Coconut Macaroons. Now Coconut Macaroons are right up my ally....mmmm, yummmm!! I do have one Coconut Macaroon Recipe that I really like, but I am going to give this one a dry.

Day 4 (today) is Anne's Dried Cherry and Almond Biscotti. I do not recall that I have have tried any sort of Biscotti, and not sure that I am going to attempt to make it. I have seen it made and does not look too difficult, but maybe one day.

Food Networks 12 Days of Cookies

I love the holidays and baking. I especially love the Food Networks 12 Day of Cookies. Great recipes. There was one year that I actually managed to make 10 out of the 12 Days of Cookies recipes. It was great. I loved it as did the kids and the hubby....Check them out and you can even subscribe to have them emailed to you everyday :)

Yesterday (Monday) was Day 1 and the recipe was
Paula's Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies.
Now, don't those sound yummy? Mmmmhmmm :)

Today (Tuesday) is Day 2 and the recipe is
Aarti's Gingerbread Cookies‏.
Who does not love good gingerbread cookies.....I know I do.

I just wanted to share this, cause I love getting new cookie recipes. Happy baking!!

Angel Food Cake

Well, after trying the Heavenly Coconut Cake I have become an Food Network - Alton Brown fan. So, before we moved to Elko, I was watching that show one night and seen him make an Angel Food Cake...OH YUMMMMMM was my exact thought. So, finally I have made it and I can tell you...I love Angel food cake but I will never buy another store bought one after making this one. I decided if I can master the coconut cake I can handle just about anything....YEP, I can handle this one.

Last week Smiths had blackberries on sale10/$10. I stocked up and I made lots of blackberry goodies. After making this Angel Food Cake I decided to use the lemon sugar that I had made and toss with the blackberries. Then I made up some whipping cream and used the homemade lemon extract that I had made. Oh, and in the cake I had used the homemade orange extract where extract was called for. Then I layered it all up and made blackberry short cake type things. They were really good :) A must try dessert!!

Oh yes....I almost for got...I used a bunt pan because believe it or not...I do not own a tube pan. That is something I need to invest it.

Recipes for the extracts and sugar coming very soon :)