Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

37 Pumpkin Recipes

Why is it that it is only acceptable to have pumpkin everything during the fall? I believe it should be socially acceptable to enjoy pumpkin in all it's many forms all year round. Let's raise up and say "We want pumpkin everyday all year round!" Let me hear you. 

I was looking for some Pumpkin recipes and found a whole bunch. I thought I would share the love. :) Here are 37 delicious, drool-worthy pumpkin recipes from soups to pasta to desserts from some of my favorite blogs and such. I started with desserts because I believe in having dessert first. 

Desserts:


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin cheesecake
                                                   


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin brownies

3. Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler (Do I have to share?)



37 pumpkin recipes clean eating pumpkin ice cream




37 pumpkin recipes slow cooker sticky caramel pumpkin cake

7. Pumpkin Creme Brulee (I love creme brulee!!)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin creme brulee


37 pumpkin recipes oatmeal pumpkin cream pies


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin cheesecake with salted caramel sauce


37 pumpkin recipes white chocolate pumpkin spice fudge

11. Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffle (Low Carb!!)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin cheesecake truffle




12. Pumpkin Better Than... Cake (a poke cake!)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin poke cake

13. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting (Good anytime of the year!)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting

14.Pumpkin Roll (No list would be complete with out a Pumpkin Roll recipe.)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin roll moist

Breakfast:

15. Pumpkin French Toast (yes, please.)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin french toast


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin donut holes

17. The Best Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls (I'm drooling right now.)
37 pumpkin recipes the best pumpkin cinnamon rolls

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes


37 pumpkin recipes starbucks pumpkin scone

Pasta:


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin pasta


37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin pasta

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin pasta

Soups:

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin soup

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin soup

37 pumpkin recipes moist pumpkin bread

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin cornbread

Beverages:

29. Crock Pot Pumpkin Spiced Latte (take a sip of that after a long day!!)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin crock pot spiced latte

30. Pumpkin Pie Frappe (Drink your pie!!)
37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin pie frappe

31.  Best Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte  (save you a bit of money :) )

37 pumpkin recipes best homemade pumpkin spice latte

37 pumpkin recipes iced pumpkin spice coffe


Extras:


37 pumpkin recipes homemade pumpkin pie spice

35. Homemade Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer (Just another reason to drink coffee)
37 pumpkin recipes homemade pumpkin spice coffee creamer

37. Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies (Kids will love these.)

37 pumpkin recipes pumpkin rice krispies

I hope you get your fair share of pumpkin this Fall and everyday of the year. And don't forget to share the love of Pumpkin with those that you love. I hope you have a very happy Fall (and lots of Pumpkin). :)

Peace, Love, Bake on.

                                                   Andrea

Monday, February 9, 2015

How to Make a Heart-Shaped Valentine's Day Cake (without a heart-shaped pan)

Any occasion that I can bake up something festive is right up my alley. Valentine's Day is one of those holidays where it's easy to bake up something special.
There's something out there for everyone when it comes to festive bakery treats. The best place to find festive treats to make for Valentine's Day (or really any holiday) is on Pinterest. I love Pinterest. I could talk all day about my love for Pinterest. Anyway, I saw a pin that I thought was really ingenious. It was directions on how to make a heart cake without having to use a cake pan shaped like a heart (those can be difficult to find). So, I thought I was share it with ya'll because something so cute and easy must be shared.


Valentine's Heart Shaped Cake
adapted from BetterRecipes.com

1 cake mix (2- layered or 9x13 size)
Eggs, oil, water (as directed on cake mix)
Frosting
Red food coloring
Sprinkles or other decorations

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix up cake mix according to directions on the package. Divide the batter evenly into an 8 inch greased round and 8x8 greased square pan. Bake for the labeled amount of times on cake mix (or until when a tooth pick comes out clean).
Remove from oven when baked. Cool in pan for ten minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. Once cake has cooled, cut the round cake in half. Assemble to cake on a serving tray of some sorts. Use a little bit of frosting to "glue" to pieces together (Follow the picture guide below from BetterRecipe.com) Frost cake and decorate with sprinkles or other candy decorations.
Take pictures at your amazing creation and enjoy!


Heart Shaped Valentine's Cake Easy
BetterRecipes.com

I hope my directions don't confuse, but in the likely chance that they do please go to BetterRecipes.com for beautiful photographs and detailed instructions. I hope you have a very happy and LOVELY Valentine's Day!

Peace, Love, Bake on.

                          Andrea 



Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Christmas Cupcakes.

It has been a very busy Christmas season. I meant to put up a new post several days ago, but time got away from me. 
Let me first say, Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family have a very blessed Christmas. 
Now, its the day before Christmas, aka Christmas Eve, and you are thinking to yourself, "What can I make for dessert that's festive, creative, and easy to make?" Well, I believe I have the answer for you. Cupcakes. 
Make any cupcake you like and any frosting you like. After piping the frosting on, decorate like this (below). 

Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

You may be wondering what "this" is. All I did was melt some almond bark, put in a sandwich baggie with a small corner tip cut off, and then wrote words with it.  It's really that simple. 
Everyone who saw these cupcakes were amazed. They couldn't figure out how I did it. I basked in the glory of stumping some people. Not only, these cupcakes are festive, and it looks as though I put immense work into them but in all reality, it was pretty simple. 

Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

To make these you will need:
  • Frosted cupcakes
  • Chocolate to melt (almond bark, chocolate chip, Wilton melties)
  • Sandwich baggie, with a small tip cut off in one corner.
  • Wax paper
Directions:
  1. Melt chocolate in a bowl in the microwave. Place a sheet of wax paper on cookie sheet (That's what I do so that it can easily be moved).
  2. After chocolate has melted, spoon some chocolate in the sandwich baggie. 
  3. Now carefully, with the baggie like you were piping frosting, write words on the wax paper. 
  4. Allow to cool (you may put it in the freezer or the fridge so that it will harden quicker or to store)
  5. Carefully remove from wax paper, and place gently on top of frosted cupcake.
  6. Enjoy and be amazed. 
    Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

    Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs
           

Easy Christmas Cupcake ideas and DIYs

Have a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to comment or email me. 

Peace, love, bake on.

               Andrea 


Friday, October 31, 2014

Halloween Cupcakes

I hope everyone is having happy fall. Halloween is upon us. I was busy tonight making treats for my brothers and sisters to take to school for their Halloween parties. I had a lot of fun. They were fairly easy to make, just time consuming to do. They ended up looking pretty great. 

Halloween cupcake ideas Mummy frakenstein ghosts monster

I found a lot of ideas off Pinterest. I love Pinterest. Pinterest has everything a person could ever need know(well, at least about cupcakes). 

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween    

1. The first cupcake I made was a mummy cupcake. I just made my own version of grease frosting (I call it Crisco frosting). It makes really white frosting because there isn't any butter in it. I then cut a small tip off the end of a sandwich baggie. I piped frosting on the cupcake, and then added Reese's Pieces for the eyes (or M&Ms). This was really easy to do. 

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

2. The second cupcake I made was the ghosts. I made these ghosts on mini cupcakes for my little brother's class. He has a fairly large class, so it made it easier. I made Crisco frosting again. I cut a tip off of a sandwich baggie again, but this time I made a slightly larger cut. A tip when doing this, make sure to make a clean, straight cut. If you have the 1A or 2A frosting tip then you could also use that. I then colored some left over frosting black, and then piped little dotted eyes on each ghost. 

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

3. The last cupcake I made were green monster cupcakes. I made more frosting, which I then dyed green. I pipped the cupcakes in a swirl using a baggie; you could again use the 1A or 2A tip here. I couldn't find mine. I melted some white melties (white almond bark). I put the melted chocolate in a baggie with a small tip cut off. I piped enough to make eyes for my cupcakes. After, I placed a M&M on each of the dots I just made with the white chocolate. Now you have your eyes.

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

While those cool, I cut up Airheads in different shapes. I did triangles and rectangles. After the eyes cool and harden, place on frosted cupcake, and then add eyes. I then added Mike and Ikes on the side for ears. I let the kids help decorate these. It was a fun activity to do with them. 

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

Easy and fun ways to decorate your cupcakes for Halloween

I hope ya'll have a happy Halloween. Keep warm, and trick or treat to your hearts content. Eat as much candy as you can get, I know I will. 

Happy Halloween.

                         Peace, love, bake on.

                                  Andrea