'Cuse Cake Off

Well this is a first!  It's my first "competition" that I have entered my baking into!  My friend posted a Syracuse sports blog post on my Facebook wall and challenged me to enter the 'Cuse Cake Off as part of Nune's Magician bake off.  I only had one day to get something together.  I decided to make mini cupcakes and form them into one giant Otto (Syracuse's mascot is an Orange named Otto!)

I entered the competition and it went live today!  Check it out here.  I am in the lead as of now - Otto Cupcake Cake (Vicki S.) but this is only the first round, I need to make it into the final four.  So if you have some free time, cast your vote - or even leave your comment below if you like the cake!  I appreciate all of your support!

Bake on!

Pure Decadence!

You may find this surprising, but I actually try not to eat TOO many sweets...now, how can I do this with all of the sweets I bake on a weekly basis?  I wish I had a definite answer, I just try and take half a bite to make sure its tasty and sweet enough for whomever I am giving them too and then I walk away!

This latest experiment with baking, was VERY difficult to walk away from - it was a lot of my favorite sweets/desserts combined into one cookie!  This is a super simple recipe, because nothing is from scratch, but together it's a whole lot of YUMMY!  So, you start with smaller cookie tins (I used mini-cupcake tins) and you cover the bottom of each of the tins with pre-made frozen chocolate chip cookie.  I used Pillsbury.  And don't forget to spray your cookie/cupcake tins with an anti-stick baking spray!

Next up, squish a Reese's mini cup into the cookie mix, and then top it all off with brownie mix.  Bake it for 18 minutes, let it cool for a bit and then pop them out for some deliciousness.  Let me know what you think if you try it out!  And kudos to Pinterest for sharing this recipe with me!

Trix Treats

Most people have heard of and love Rice Krispie Treats, but have you heard of Trix Treats?  I didn't before I saw this image on Pinterest! I nicknamed them Trix Treats, because I thought they sounded cuter than Trix Krispie Treats.

Basically, I did the same thing I normally do for Rice Krispie Treats - melt 1/2 stick of butter, a bag of mini-marshmallows (in a double boiler) and then mixed it into 6 cups of Trix cereal.  I poured it into the pan and let it sit for a while.  The best part of the Trix Treats- they are SO colorful, and definitely filled with sugar!  I brought them to my youth group on Sunday, and they couldn't stop eating them!  So easy to make, and so fun for any occasion!  (I'm going to test them out with Fruity Pebbles and maybe Cocoa Pebbles!).  Have you created anything like this? Bake on!