Baking in the Kitchen with Sassy

I had the best time decorating these cupcakes with Sassy. She was eager to help and couldn't wait to learn as much as possible. I thought the Cupcake Flower Pot would be the perfect project to do with her because it is fun, cute and easy.
I got the idea for these cupcakes from Rhee from the Pioneer Woman's Blog.
I used a cupcake instead of icecream and it worked great. I will definately make these again and next time I will try pudding.

Cupcake Easter Baskets

Katie made these cute cupcakes. 

Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes

Recipe from Taste of Home

Ingredients

• 1 cup Guinness (dark beer)
• 1/2 cup butter, cubed
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• TOPPING:
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy whpping cream

Directions

• Grease a 9-in. springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper; set aside.
• In a small saucepan, heat beer and butter until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; whisk in sugar and cocoa until blended. Combine the eggs, sour cream and vanilla; whisk into beer mixture. Combine flour and baking soda; whisk into beer mixture until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Remove sides of pan.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and cream; beat until smooth (do not over-beat). Remove cake from the pan and place on a platter or cake stand. Ice top of cake so that it resembles a frothy pint of beer. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 12 servings.

 

Heart Shape Cookie Bouquet

Nothing says, "You're the Sweetest" like sugar cookies. And what is better than one cookie on a stick? Two cookies sandwiched between WHITE chocolate. Yummmm. I had a great time passing out cookies to all my SWEET HEARTS. I got the idea for the sandwiched cookies on a stick from," Taste of Home." But I used the No Fail sugar cookie recipe.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake

This is a delicious and light variation of cheesecake, with only 245 calories per slice.

Spice Out with Ginger, Clove and Poppy