Sliders - Dessert Style

These are super cute sliders for dessert at a BBQ, kid's birthday, or any other party you're having.

They are VERY easy to make.

Here is what you need:

Nilla Wafers
Peppermint Patties
Butter Cream Frosting
Shredded Coconut
Food Coloring: Red, Yellow, Green

1. Make a recipe of Butter Cream Frosting and separate into two.  Dye one batch yellow for 'Mustard' and one batch red for 'Ketchup.
2. Put the shredded coconut into a small bowl and mix with green food coloring for 'Lettuce'.
3. Take a Nilla wafers and put a little bit 'Ketchup' and 'Mustard' on the flat side.  This will be the bottom on the Slider.
4. Stick an unwrapped Peppermint Patty to the small amount of icing, then pout a lot of 'Ketchup' and 'Mustard' on top of the Peppermint Patty, as shown in the picture.  
5. Pile some green coconut 'Lettuce' on top of the 'Ketchup' and 'Mustard', then top it off with a second Nilla Wafer.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream icing for my work potluck. Yummy!

2 ¼ cups All Purpose Flour
4 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp salt
¾ cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl.
3. Cream butter and gradually add sugar.
4. Mix in one egg at a time to the butter and sugar, then add vanilla extract.
5. Stir in melted chocolate and blend well.
6. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
7. Pour into greased and floured cake/cupcake pans, or lines cupcake pans.
8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes for cake pans, 15 to 20 minutes for regular cupcake pans, and 8 to 12 minutes for miniature cupcake pans.
9. Test with toothpick in the middle of the cake to make sure it doesn't stick to the toothpick.
10. Cool completely before icing.

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

I baked this and Chocolate Chip cookies almost a week ago, but I have been so busy that I haven't had time to post anything!


This chocolate cake is VERY easy to make and super moist.  Yummm! It is really good with Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting.  I used the leftover icing from my Swirl Cupcakes!

2 cups white sugar

1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour two nine inch round pans.

In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer.

Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake tests done with a toothpick.

Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Mix 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips into cake batter.

Frost with Butter Cream Frosting.

Swirl Cupcakes

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Split the recipe in half in two different bowls.
Melt 2 squares of semi-sweet chocolate and mix into one bowl of batter.

Fill one side of the muffin liner with chocolate batter and one side with white cake.  Swirl with a knife.

Mix cocoa powder into Butter Cream Frosting.

Coconut Cupcakes

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Substitute 1 tsp of vanilla extract with 1 tbsp coconut flavoring.
Add 3/4 cup of medium, unsweetened coconut.

Mix coconut into Butter Cream Frosting or frost cupcakes once the have cooled and roll frosting into a bowl of coconut.

Mocha Cupcakes

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Dissolve 1/4 cup instant coffee into 2 tbsp of boiling water, or more if needed.

Melt 2 squares of semi-sweet chocolate or 1/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Mix coffee and chocolate together and let to cool.

Add to previously made cake batter and follow instructions for baking.

I added 1 to 2 tbsp of instant coffee dissolved in 2 tsp of hot water to my Butter Cream Frosting and add icing sugar to make frosting thicker after adding liquid.

Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Filling

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Substitute 3/4 cup of milk with 1/4 cup and 2 tbsp of milk and 1/4cup and 2 tbsp lemon juice.  Add the lemon juice first and mix.  If you want more lemon, add 3/4 cup of lemon and no milk.

Add Zest of one lemon.

Lemon Curd

4 large egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
6 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice, strained
6 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup whipping cream
4 tsp powdered sugar

Whisk together egg yolks, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan.

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a spoon.

Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter, piece by piece.

Cover and cool in the refrigerator.
By hand, whip together cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
Fold cream into the chilled curd.

Fill a long tipped piping bag with Lemon curd and fill the baked cupcakes once they have cooled.

I frosted my cupcakes with my Butter Cream Frosting mixed with some lemon zest and raspberry jelly.  For some, it may be too sweet, so try dusting with icing sugar instead.

Filled with Lemon Curd

Raspberry Jelly

Lemon Curd

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

These cupcakes are great for any cookie dough lover.  I made my ususal butter cream frosting and shaved chocolate into it, to make a chocolate chip icing on top to finish it off.

I baked these cupcakes in silicone cupcake liners.  They work really well and look great too!

Cookie Dough

1 ½ cups flour

¼ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp sea salt

½ cup butter, softened

¼ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips  

White Cake

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

4 eggs

4 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups flour

3 ½ tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

For cookie dough:

Mix the flour, baking soda, and sea salt and set aside. In a large bowl, beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.

Add the egg and the vanilla extract and beat until smooth.

Mix the flour mixture into the sugar mixture until it is all incorporated.

Fold in the chocolate chips just enough to evenly combine.

Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place onto a baking sheet or plate and freeze until solid (about 2 hours).

For cake & adding cookie dough:

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.

Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.

Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well.

Stir in the milk until batter is smooth.

Pour or spoon batter into the prepared cupcakes liners, filling each 2/3 full.

Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes.

Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Once wool, mix chocolate shavings into butter cream frosting and spread on to cupcakes.  Top with chocolate shavings and enjoy!

Ready to go in the oven

The finished product.
Buttercream icing with chocolate shavings mixed in.
Topped with chocolate shavings.

Butter Cream Frosting

This is my go-to icing recipe.  I use it on all my cakes and cupcakes, unless otherwise specified.

½ cup margarine

½ cup shortening

1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

5 cups confectioners' sugar

¼ cup milk

Food coloring

In a large bowl, cream margarine and shortening until light and fluffy.

Add vanilla, confectioners' sugar and milk. Beat well.

Put into separate bowls and add food coloring to desired shade.

Cake Balls

I decided to try and make some cake balls, as I have seen them in Starbucks and they looked delicious.  This recipe was very easy to make, but it definitely makes a lot!

They are rich, so just one or two will do.  I am going to try cake pops next and decorate them.

All you need is:

1 baked white cake, warm (click on link to see recipe)

1 batch of butter cream frosting (click on link to see recipe)

Chocolate

First I made a white cake from scratch and put it in the oven.  While it was cooking, I made the icing.  When the cake was done, I crumbled it into the frosting(while still warm) and beat it all together.  I then rolled the mixture into balls and place them onto wax paper.  I melted chocolate, dipped the balls into it, placed them back on wax paper, and into the fridge/freezer to cool.