cake batter crispy treats

I love cake batter.  I could take a bath in it.  It's so good.

I wanted to make something fun.  Something delicious.  Something I may or may not want to share with friends.  Then I saw this pin and jumped for joy.

cake batter + sprinkles + rice krispies treats.

oh mama.

I doubled the amount of cake batter it called for... next time I add more cake batter.

I just can't get enough of that stuff.

popsicles + purple cake = my birthday!

Today is my birthday.  Mondays are not the best days to have a birthday so I'll share with you my birthday weekend...

my cute mister and me!  he's the best. can't wait to hang with him tonight.

it's always hot around my birthday, but holy crap.  110?  Really?  Thank goodness it's raining today.

Friday evening, my sweet friend Amanda made me some rosemary lavender salt scrub... the best part about this?  the yoga poses shrinky dinks!  Makes me want to time travel to 1986 for a few hours and play shrinky dinks with my 8 year old self.

after we had dinner with our favorite couple, we drove over to this new popsicle joint in town called Steel City Pops.  They have some pretty great flavors.  I got banana, which had cinnamon in it, which was amazing.

We went back on Sunday and I got pineapple jalapeño.  Equally amazing.

let's just skip over to Sunday.

I made my own cake (I always do... I like baking my own birthday cake)

My sister-in-law, her boyfriend and his roommate (formerly my husband's roommate) made dinner for us.  I bet you think we had Mexican... nope.  Pizza.

John and me.  Ready to do the birthday cake thing.

Ellen and me.  Let's blow out these candles.

Purple hombre cake?  yes!

and yes.

it's just boxed cake and food coloring.

no fancy instructions.

yay for happy birthdays!!

and feeling pudgy on Mondays!!

strawberry margarita cupcakes

the mister doesn't drink.  he never has.  even if I make something with alcohol in it, he won't touch it.

so I made these little darlings for a cinco de mayo get together a couple of weeks ago.

and I hoarded a few for myself in the fridge.

these were made with vanilla cake mix.

I mixed margarita mix (with tequila already in it) into the cake mix instead of water.

I also put the marg mix in the frosting along with a few fresh strawberries.

There's salt on that lime... it really balances out the flavor.

DIY number one cake topper

photo props are easy to make and can make your photo shoot more exciting.

here is a tutorial on how to make an easy cake topper.

(you could do this with any number letter or simple shape)

use card stock to trace or draw a number one.

cut them both out.

place a skewer, popsicle stick, lollipop stick, or whatever you have on hand that may emulate one of this items.  I twisted some craft wire and used that.  boom!

mod podge + glitter = FUN!

voila!  reusable and super cute for a first anniversary photo shoot!

rainbow cake!

I have been wanting to make one of these for quite a while.  I've seen many different versions on Pinterest and all recipes.  I was excited to try it out for my sister-in-law's birthday.

it was the perfect crowd... no one knew what was underneath that white icing.

when out came a rainbow, there was a lot of oohs and aahs.  It made me feel so happy and excited!

beautiful and delicious!

love hangover

yesterday was Valentine's Day... just in case you forgot.

We don't really go all out for V-day and we didn't really plan on celebrating it, but I had a little pocket of time yesterday afternoon so I made some nutella rice krispies treats and cut them out like hearts.

Mister could live in a house of these things and he'd probably eat the walls down and be homeless.

We also got a nice treat from our new culinary school friend...

orange chiffon cake.

score.

she's going to make me fat.

Christmas dump, part 5... blueberry breakfast cake

oh, Pinterest!  how you inspire me with recipes and projects!

I made this for breakfast on Christmas morn.

it was gone very quickly.

I think my family liked it.

blue cake

we had a party last night.

it's someone's birthday today... let's have ice cream cake!

today is my husband's birthday.

happy birthday, David... the best husband ever (seriously.  Other people just think they have the best husband ever)!

David loves this picture of himself.  That is why I chose it.

My husband's favorite cake is ice cream cake.  I usually spend way too much purchasing one, but last year I made ice cream cupcakes and they were delicious. So this year??  We're turning those cupcakes into a cake.  Let's see how it turned out...

I baked a chocolate cake in a springform pan.

scraps from leveling it off... tasty and dangerous.

melty ice cream (my husband would give his right arm for this)

melty ice cream spread on top of leveled cake.

now for the most frustrating cake frosting ever..

don't judge.  it's hard to frost melty ice cream... even after I let it harden in the freezer over night.

he loves chocolate... it's gonna be a happy birthday!!

my 100th post!

let's celebrate with cake pops!!!

oh, suga suga.

I usually buy an ice cream cake for my David when it's his birthday, but this year I decided to save my money and make ice cream cupcakes instead.  Very easy.  Very delicious.

still working on this whole sugar addiction... it's a hard habit to break.

cake topper.

I'm trying to duplicate this.

more pics and crafts to come...

meatless mexican... a week late.

cinco de mayo has come and gone and now I post a mexican veggie meal.

This is what we had last wednesday for dinner...

cheese quesadillas and homemade guacamole!

tres leches cake!

completely meatless... and not even on a Monday? what are we? loco?

forgotten pound cake.

Organizing pics... found a few about a pound cake I never blogged about... David helped me make it.

isn't he adorable in his boxers... like a little homemaker!



this was after we ate the delicate crust off the top!!

It was good... especially with vanilla ice cream.

I think I have a severe sugar addiction. I must get back to more crafting and less baking!!!

birthdays, sharpies and shaky faces.

this is what my saturday night consisted of...

I decided to bake a cake for our two friends nordan and nathan who are both experiencing birthdays within a week of each other. So we headed to nordan's most distinguished kitchen for the festivities. On the way there, we decided to shake our heads as fast as we could while taking a picture... this is what we came up with...

we all look like we have something terribly wrong with us.

Then, cake time at nordan's... mmm, mmm, mmmmmm!

this is all that was leftover.




david, wipe your mouth!

Why does Nordan keep a bowl full of sharpies on his kitchen table??? So I can draw on napkins with them while we have birthday banter.

pic 1

pic 2

tonight, I will knit.
coming soon... a crafty blog post!

mexican wedding cakes or cookies??

I don't know if they should really be called cakes... they look and act like cookies to me. I made some for a party the other day... here's the results.

doughy.


ready to bake.


STEAMIN' HOT!!


this one took on it's own form in the oven.


a delectable treat!!