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!!

Lemon Cupcakes with Raspberry Filling

These were for my niece's birthday party.

Her mom asked me if I could do some jumbo sized cupcakes that had to be yellow to go with her adorable vintage pumpkin theme-you'all got to check out this post-way to cute!!

So I decided on lemon since she already had the raspberry she wanted them filled with:)

The above picture is from the party and courtesy of Stephanie at

The Whispering Creek House

I'm told they were a hit:)

Recipe rundown:

white cake mix

fresh squeezed lemon juice

raspberry filling or jam

1 recipe butter cream frosting

pearl sprinkles

{recipe available in the printable}

Enjoy!!

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"Funfetti" Cupcakes

I was inspired to try my version of Funfetti by Little Bitty Bakes blog-this girl does everything funfetti!! I'm talking granola bars, pancakes and even oatmeal!!

Instead of using funfetti cake mix I used sprinkles as my fetti in a basic white cake recipe.

Here's to a Valentine's Day cupcake!!

I used Magnolia Bakery's buttercream frosting recipe.

I used softsilk cake flour this time hoping for a lighter cake but it was still a little dense-I think it's me and something I'm doing wrong-I'm going to keep trying different recipes:)

My "funfetti":)

I just poured the sprinkles in with the cake mix.

poured them into liners and baked them.

I used pink melting candy to make these hearts.

Frosted the cupcakes

Maybe more sprinkle???;)

Enjoy!!

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Chocolate Cupcake with Caramel Icing

Aren't these sooo pretty!!

I love the way the Caramel Icing is dripping down the cupcake!

I think Caramel and Chocolate totally belong together-sooo yummy!:)

I found this recipe here over a year ago and made them shortly after-finally getting around to posting them;)

They really look nothing like they were supposed to-the frosting wouldn't stiffen up so hence the Icing-which I thought looked really cool! Except that I decided to use paper liners on these and when you pulled the paper off some of the delicious Icing pulled off with 'em:(

Overall they were good but kinda dry-this always happens to me when I make from scratch cake...Any suggestions???

I've heard that you MUST sift and all ingredients should be at room temperature.

Is there any other tricks to making scratch cakes??

I really love my box mixes, but would like to figure this out cuz supposedly{;)} scratch tastes sooo much better!

Anyway these are your basic chocolate cake ingredients:

flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs and milk.

They have 3 oz. of melted semi-sweet chocolate added-you could add what you like.

I added milk chocolate instead, I think a German sweet chocolate would be really yummy:)

Frosting Ingredients:

butter, brown sugar, milk and powdered sugar.

Cook the butter and brown sugar together for a couple minutes, stir in milk and start adding powdered sugar.

Enjoy!!!

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Spiced Sweet Potato Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

Make this cake and bring it with you to Thanksgiving dinner-its so good you can't have it just sit on the counter and tempt you all day!!

Trust me on this one!

I found this recipe last year from a blog called Roost. She's a Southern girl now living in Seattle.

I love her blog-the earthy ingredients, the photos and of course her recipes:)

Sweet potatoes. Cooked. Peeled. Mashed.

Sift, Sift. Important step in any from scratch cake! Sift all dry ingredients.

You won't regret it!

Batter loaded into a bundt pan.

My, look how pretty that baked up!

Drizzly, Gooey glaze!

Sooo yummy!

Your family will love you more than before! They will love you from their insides;)

And their tummies will thank you!

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Spiced Apple Drops

Here is a sure crowd pleasing cookie for anyone who loves apple!

It's got little chunks of apple and yummy cinnamony flavor.

Very easy and the Apple Spiced Frosting really tops it off;)

First peel and slice an apple, then throw it in the food processor or finely chop it.

Beat the butter on med-high speed for about 30 seconds.

Add half of the flour, then add the sugar, brown sugar, egg, half of the cider,

cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and cloves.

Beat til thoroughly combined, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally.

Then beat or stir in the remaining flour and cider.

Stir in chopped apple.

Add the chopped pecans.

Stir until combined.

Drop onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 to 12 mins or til edges are lightly browned.

Cool on cookie sheet for about a min.

Remove and place on cookie rack.

Once they are cooled frost with Apple Spiced Frosting.

Apple Spiced Frosting

Look at 'em all! Sooo much apple goodness!

They sure don't last long...

Enjoy!!

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