- Part 81

Toffee Crunch Cupcake

Toffee Crunch Cupcake with Caramel Frosting ~ Grab your toffee crunch in a cupcake crumb with a little caramel frosting dipped in some chocolate and rimmed with chocolate covered toffee bits. Its decadence meets gluttony-but should a cupcake be anything else but that?

If you haven’t noticed by now, I don’t have a subtle hand when it comes to cupcake decorating. I like my cupcakes loud, obnoxious, over stuffed, overfilled, and over frosted-basically over the top. Which is funny because that is totally the opposite of me? Continue reading Toffee Crunch Cupcake

Clementine Cooler

Weekend refresher: Clementine Cooler ~ A subtly sweet & sour vodka chill with Clementine tangerines and club soda.

I don’t know how else to say this, but it’s hot, freak’n hot and I’m a wimp in the heat. Not only does it make me lazy, but it turns baking into a roasting event for our tiny home. So while baked goods may rise to heavenly heights, it turns my boys into cranky little beings. With that, I decided to give them a break from basting in their own sweat and decided to post a summer cocktail for your weekend enjoyment. Continue reading Clementine Cooler

Churro Ice Cream

Churro Ice Cream ~ Double the fun, double the dessert minus the guilt. Skipping the messiness and of a deep fryer, this Churro dessert is headed straight for the creamy custard churning of an ice cream maker. Running throughout the rich cinnamon and vanilla ice cream base is a melted Churro crumb swirling its way through for a deep authentic flavor.

How do you get the cinnamon and sugar taste of those beloved Churro sticks found at a state fair or amusement park without actually deep frying Churros and chopping them up for a final churn? You make a Churro crumb by combining yellow cake mix with a cinnamon and sugar streusel, then add it in during the last churning stage. The little bit of dry cake mix gives it all the needed flavor, too much and you will have cake batter flavored ice cream.

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