Black and White Brownie Ice Cream Cake 2 _ Bakers Royale

Black and White Brownie Ice Cream Cake

Black and White Brownie Ice Cream Cake

Load this ice cream cake with your favorite brownie and you will have everyone in line waiting for seconds. To cut down on the prep time, I softened Dreyers ice cream and then layered the flavors into a loaf pan and filled the vanilla portion with some of these...

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May 20, 2012 / 30 comments »
Ginger Apple Beer 2-Bakers Royale

Ginger Beer

Ginger Beer

I’m sharing a new addiction that Brendan of Endless Simmer introduced me to: ginger beer. Yes, this is a baking blog, so I should leave the beer talk to others, but then I’ve never been a rule follower. I am fairly good at recognizing my limitations. So let me...

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May 18, 2012 / 8 comments »
Monster Cookie Bars 2-Bakers Royale

Monster Cookie Bars

Monster Cookie Bars

So the more popular version of this is a monster cookie, but I really love this as a cookie bar since it gives way to more textures. I kept most of the monster cookie components with the oatmeal, chocolate, peanut butter and candy. But here’s where I deviated, aside...

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May 15, 2012 / 29 comments »
Nutella Cupcakes-Bakers Royale

Nutella Cupcakes

Nutella Cupcakes

Let’s get this straight these Nutella Cupcakes are good for you. Here’s where it becomes good for you: Good eating equals good living. Profound, I know. Good thing I can inspire eating through baking and not through writing.

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May 13, 2012 / 29 comments »
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Watermelon and Blackberry Margarita Popsicle

Watermelon and Blackberry Margarita Popsicle

For this Mother’s Day serve your brunch cocktails on a stick. I will be making this one along with a few others. If your name is Teri and you are reading this, I’ll make yours a mocktail popsicle. For everyone else, lets enjoy margarita popsicle by way of some...

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May 9, 2012 / no comments »
Watermelon and Blackberry Margarita Popsicles

Watermelon and Blackberry Margarita Popsicle

Watermelon and Blackberry Margarita Popsicle

For this Mother’s Day serve your brunch cocktails on a stick. I will be making this one along with a few others. If your name is Teri and you are reading this, I’ll make yours a mocktail popsicle. For everyone else, lets enjoy margarita popsicle by way of some sweet...

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May 9, 2012 / 14 comments »
Strawberry Shortcake Bars 2_Bakers Royale

Strawberry Shortcake Bars

Strawberry Shortcake Bars

I couldn’t decide whether or not I wanted to make a regular strawberry cheesecake or strawberry shortcake, so I went with a combination for what you see here. It has a cheesecake filling with a little dry yellow cake mix and puréed strawberries. Along with that I threw in...

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May 7, 2012 / 39 comments »
Sex on the Beach

Cocktail Popsicles: Sex on the Beach Popiscles

Cocktail Popsicles: Sex on the Beach Popiscles

Nevermind the name of this cocktail turned popsicle. Gimmicky-I know, but that’s what its called and its really good. It’s traditionally made with orange and cranberry juice, vodka, and peach schnapps, but I went for the less mainstream version. The other version of this drink uses pineapple and Chambord...

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May 1, 2012 / 9 comments »
Neapolitan Zebra Bundt Cake_Bakers Royale

Neapolitan Zebra Bundt Cake

Neapolitan Zebra Bundt Cake

I know I just made a zebra cake, but I loved the design of the cake so much. And I when I saw Betty Crocker’s Neapolitan Bundt Cake I loved it and decided I needed to make it from scratch (I’m not a box cake fan-too light and airy)....

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April 29, 2012 / 27 comments »
Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Baking Basics: How to make Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

Baking Basics: How to make Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

There are many ways and minor variations to making Swiss meringue frosting. At its core Swiss meringue buttercream frosting is made by heating egg whites and sugar to create a syrup that is then whipped into a meringue state. From there the meringue takes on the addition of having...

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April 25, 2012 / 55 comments »