French Vanilla Toffee Cake

I don't know if I'm the last one to notice all the different flavors of cake mixes but when I saw the French Vanilla one I had to get it.

I thought it would be super delish if I added some toffee bits to the whole thing..

and it was suuuuuper yummy!

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Ingredients:

French vanilla cake mix-according to box directions

toffee bits

buttercream frosting

I say you can't go wrong if you add a little toffee...

I used my basic buttercream frosting recipe and topped that with toffee bits.

Layered it up...

frosted and ready to eat!

Super yummy-delish!:)

Enjoy!!

Fun-Fetti Grenade Cake Pops

What a Blast these were to make!!

These were a figment of the hubby's imagination for our all boy-little man Kam's birthday.

Funfetti was the cake flavor of choice from the birthday boy:)

Is it weird to have a funfetti grenade?!?!

I think it sums up Kam very well!!

We decided to make a special white one for him.

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Ingredient List:

funfetti cake mix

frosting

fondant

dipping chocolate

wooden sticks or dowels

First off we made these little caps for the top of the grenade.

We were kinda just winging it with the fondant parts;)

We then made curved levers

These little squares really made the white one look like a real grenade!

Had we had a bit more time we definetly would have made some for the colored ones as well.

Shape them into somewhat the shape you want them to be-although the caps and levers are very forgiving if your shape is off.

Dip the stick in the chocolate first then press into the pop.

Once we dipped the white one we added sprinkles.

add a small drop of the chocolate to the fondant square and place on the side of the grenade.

Voila!!

A "pretty" grenade!!

We didn't dip these ones, just kinda spread the chocolate on so they looked really rustic.

These were a ton of fun and were a hit among all the kids but especially the boys:)

Printable Frosting Recipe

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Chocolate Celebration Cake

My sister-in-law first made this cake and sent down a slice and let me tell you I had to have the recipe for it!! Chocolate dipped strawberries are one of my favorite things, so a cake with them piled on top of sounded perfect to me!!

Original recipe is from Taste Of Home-I love their recipes and use them often.

Love, love, love these;)

I can't for the life of me get my frosting to go on smooth-so I used a butter knife to make this design on the sides.

This cake is basically just a boxed mix thats been "enhanced" with extra ingredients added

for moistness.

This recipe makes a lot of frosting and next time I won't make the full amount of ganache either but I will definitely be making it again!

Full recipe available in the printable

The top has a ganache poured over and dripping down the sides a little.

Thats a ton of frosting!!

This would make an excellent Valentine's Day cake:)

Enjoy!!

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Cinnamon Dolce White Chocolate Cupcakes

This cupcake for Merry Mondays is an ode to my sister:)

Her favorite drink from Starbucks is the Cinnamon Dolce White Chocolate Mocha.

I can't believe this is the last Merry Monday-it's been so much fun!!

Thanks Taylor and Claire for teaming up to host!!

This is one sweet cupcake and I'm told it tastes exactly like the drink-Yay!! I've never actually tasted this drink but I might sneak a taste next time she gets it;)

I love the sweetness of the white chocolate paired with the spicy cinnamon and then there is the meringue filling-to die for good!!!

Our inspiration:)

We started with a basic white cake mix which we added the cinnamon dolce syrup to.

We wanted really light and airy cupcakes so we used egg whites and they were perfectly fluffy:)

Cut out the center...

then over flowed them with the meringue filling..

topped them off with a delectable white chocolate frosting/glaze.

A sprinkle of spicy Saigon cinnamon finished them off quite perfectly!

Enjoy these with a cup of strong coffee;)

Merry Monday to you all!!

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Pecan Surprise Bars

These are so totally, smashingly delicious bars!!

One thing I LOVE about baking with Michelle {co-author} is that she remembers everything!!!

Like taking pictures of each step.

Like what was the last ingredient we put into those cookies or that cake.

Like what time we put them into bake-because I forgot {heehee} to set the timer-again!

I especially love that she introduced me to these bars!!

So thank you Michelle for baking with me!!!

As always the complete recipe is available in the printable.

Here is a little step by step rundown...

1 yellow cake mix, 1 egg, 1/2 c. melted butter.

Mix together.

Dump it into 13x9 inch baking dish.

Press it out nicely:)

Pop it into a 350 degree oven for 15 to 20 mins.

Start the filling by combining 2/3 c. reserved cake mix, dark corn syrup, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla. Mix well.

Partially baked crust.

Pour in the filling.

Top with chopped pecans and bake for another 30 to 35 minutes.

Cool and cut into bite-sized bars.

The bottom layer is so good-very gooey and caramelly and then you have the crunch of the nut topping-Totally delicious!!

Enjoy!!!

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Two Cooks, Two Cookies, Too Yummy!

Fudge and Marshmallow-Topped Cocoa Cookies
In honor of National Cookie Day, Michelle and I tried two recipes we've never made!

These cookies both start from sugar-cookie mixes and look YUMMY!

They were.

These deliciously yummy chocolaty cookies are from the Betty Crocker site.

And I'm pretty sure you can tell how I feel about them!!

They are the perfect mix of chocolate and marshmallow-with a bit of sprinkles;)

The cookie itself is from a sugar cookie mix!

Crazy easy!

You mix all ingredients and pop into 375 degree oven for 9 minutes and then plop on 1 marshmallow pop back in the oven for just a minute or two.

Then you press down the marshmallow and top with the chocolate frosting.

But let's talk a bit about the frosting part of these cookies-

It is soooo good and sets up nicely for that perfect sloooow drip:)

But you do have to be kinda quick because it sets fast!

So yummy I had to stick the rest of 'em in the freezer for less temptation!!

Give this one a try!

Perfect for taking to your cookie exchange or sending to your kids school Christmas party!

Enjoy!!

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Chocolate Snowballs

Here is another great and very easy cookie recipe!! This would be a good one to do with the kids...

yep, you use the sugar cookie mix to start.... :)

In large bowl combine sugar cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, baking cocoa, almond extract and slivered almonds (these are optional!). Mix until soft dough forms.

You can either roll you dough into 3/4-inch balls or just take a spoonful and wrap around a Hershey kiss. Mix it up... around the holidays they come out with some cool new flavors of kisses!! I went with the original milk chocolate and the new Mint Truffle kisses! Place balls onto cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Remove to a cooling rack as soon as you take them out of the oven.... let cool for 5 minutes.


Roll cookies in powdered sugar. Let cool completely for about 15 minutes and roll in powdered sugar again. Double sweetness! :) Enjoy!

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**Recipe from Betty Crocker

Happy Cookie Day!