Posts under ‘Other Sweets’

Brown Sugar Oat Muffins (with Ground Flaxseed)

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The first recipe I’ve decided to try from my new The Taste of Home Cookbook is for brown sugar oat muffins.  The original recipe did not list ground flaxseed as an ingredient, but a tip for baking muffins is listed next to the recipe.  It reads as follows… Add Some Flaxseed Milled flaxseed is packed [...]

Nutella Crepes

Nutella Crepes

If you’re a cupcake lover and you haven’t picked up a copy of February’s issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine, you must do so now! There are so many cupcakes in that magazine! This post is not about cupcakes though, it’s about crepes, which you can find an article on in said magazine. The article [...]

Cookie Exchange!

Chocolate Goodies

Last night I went to my local women’s group cookie exchange. I was generally quite unimpressed with the cookies (no offense to any of those women who may be reading this, but I’m really picky!), but there were some yummy treats. Of course, I was a huge fan of the fudge I made with a [...]

Mini Banana Whoopie Pies

Mini Banana Whoopie Pies

I’ve been in a whoopie pie mood lately. I’ve never made them before though. I chose mini banana whoopie pies for my first time (recipe here). Now, I didn’t have any sour cream so I substituted with organic vanilla yogurt. I don’t know if this was my problem, but all of my “pies” turned out [...]

Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

I wasn’t planning on baking today, but we had two seriously over-ripe bananas sitting around that I knew would end up not getting eaten. I couldn’t waste them, not when the temptation for banana muffins was too strong! I searched BakeSpace for a banana muffin recipe and found this one, called Snow Day Muffins (blog [...]

Cupcake Pops

Cupcake Pop Cutters

My daughter’s 3rd birthday is Saturday and I was determined to make Bakerella’s cupcake pops for that special occasion. This is my cupcake pop story. I won’t bore you with step by step photos as you can find that on Bakerella’s website, but I will note my supplies. Make ‘n Mold – pink chocolate melts, [...]

More Matcha Recipes

I have found some notable matcha recipes today and need to share them with you. * Chocolate and matcha tea cakes (looks more like muffins than cakes) * White chocolate and matcha marbled cake * Matcha eclairs And I made a matcha cocoa the other day and I must say it was very, very nice.

Via Cakespy: Blondies vs. Brownies

This has not much to do with cupcakes, but at least it’s still in the baked sweet goods category. This topic is something I haven’t been able to clear up for myself – what is the difference between a blondie and a brownie. I personally had decided that a blondie was somewhere between a cookie [...]

Bakerella’s Cupcake Pops

Cupcake PopsOriginally uploaded by Bakerella If you’re a cupcake lover, you have probably heard of (and perhaps made your own) Bakerella’s cupcake pops. These are the most creative and brilliant cupcake creations I have ever seen. The process of making them does not actually look very difficult – I would love to make these for [...]