- Part 88

Cocktail Popsicle: Blackberry Prosecco Popsicle

Blackberry Prosecco Popsicle ~ Think Kir Royale and trade out the champagne for Prosecco, throw in some blackberries with a splash of lime, some zest and you have a Sunday brunch cocktail re-fashioned into an any-day-of-the-week popsicle treat.

I know I’m a day behind and this was to supposed to go up yesterday for Wednesday’s Popsicle Cocktail, but have you ever had one of those weeks where your brain is a day behind on everything? That’s me this week. The only upside, Friday comes much quicker and whoo hoo to that!

Hit the jump on over to Endless Simmer for my recipe and notes to making this!

Tres Leches Cupcakes

Tres Leches Cupcakes ~ Dunk it, pump it or drizzle it. Whatever method you use to infuse your Tres Leche Cupcake (“three milk cupcake) is fine. Just be sure that one of the three milks is coconut milk. Then finish off this dairy-dream cupcake with some dulce de leche buttercream frosting, a little dusting of chocolate shavings, and you’ll be peeling away the cupcake wrapper faster than a kid with a…uh, cupcake.

Last week I was huffing and puffing about my laziness and I was all about turning out desserts that I couldn’t eat in order to save the stretched out seams on my fat jeans. Then I realized . . . boring! Who wants to make desserts and not partake? Maybe once, maybe twice but beyond that is madness!

Hello decadence. Hello cupcake. Continue reading Tres Leches Cupcakes

Banana Split Surprise Cake

This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and Kraft.

Banana Split Surprise Cake ~ Get your eating pants on; this is a fork-to-mouth, plate-clearing addiction! This three-story cake has two layers of banana flavored cake with a surprise cheesecake-centered layer dressed up with a funfetti effect. Caught between those layers is a light banana cream frosting, and finishing it off (like a traditional banana split) is chocolate drizzling, sprinkles, and maraschino cherries.

Banana Split Cake — Banana Split Surprise Cake

As a self-taught baker sometimes concept to reality can be a complete bust; others times things come out as expected. And then there are the occasions when the results even exceed my expectation. Continue reading Banana Split Surprise Cake