Having a child in school for the first time this year, has finally given real meaning to Teacher's Appreciation Week. Boy do I sure appreciate them and everything they do! We've been blessed with such great leaders in our kiddo's life this year. Not only are they so fantastic with the kiddos, they don't mind enjoying all our extra treats! Since Teacher's Appreciation Week is near, I thought it ... [ read more... ]
Mother’s Day Cupcake Bouquet
Mother's day is just a few weeks away, and what better way to say "Thanks Mom" then with some flowers? Flowers that just happen to double as cupcakes that is! A couple of weeks ago I posted the Pretty As A Daisy Cupcake Tutorial and I received lots of questions wondering how I assembled the cupcakes into a bouquet. So this week I baked up another bright and cheery bouquet so I could show ... [ read more... ]
Easy Two-Toned Cupcakes
For those of you that may be just now joining in, this week I'm trying out some fun new Wilton cupcake products, and giving them to one lucky reader! If you haven't entered yet, don't worry...you can head on over here and enter until tomorrow. (April 19th, 2013) A few days ago I shared some of my experimenting with the Colorburst Batter Bits in my Birthday Cake Cookie Bars. Today, I'm back to ... [ read more... ]
Key Lime Pie Truffles
One of the things I really love about baking and blogging is it pushes me out of my comfort zone. I try new flavors, new ingredients, and new desserts that I otherwise never would have ever given much thought to. My abilities are constantly being stretched as well as my creativeness and flavor preference. Turns out the whole worlds doesn't revolve around chocolate and sprinkles...I know, I know, ... [ read more... ]
S’mores Cake Pops
If you have been following MBC for awhile you might remember the S'mores cake pops I posted about in the past. Unfortunately, they were one of the old posts that hadn't made it to the new site yet. However, they were simply way too yummy to be left behind forever...so today I'm bringing them back and even better! My original S'mores pops were a graham cracker cake stuffed with marshmallow filling ... [ read more... ]
Pretty As A Daisy Cupcakes
Surprise! I baked you some flowers! We still have snow up here in the frozen tundra, and the weather man says it's never ever going to stop. Well that's what I heard at least...so I thought some flowers would make it feel a bit more springy around here. However, I've never really been a fan of getting or giving real flowers, and I'm definitely not very good at growing them. Since the only green ... [ read more... ]