The Christmas Holiday!!!!

This Christmas season I had the opportunity to churn out a few cakes! Let’s see: 2 red velvet cakes, 3 dozen red velvet cupcakes and a cheesecake… And another dozen of red velvet cupcakes to complete today. Yum! I do hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I pray that your New Year will be 10x’s better than you can ever imagine! God bless you guys!

Also, major shout out to my brother Tyler (@tylerganggg) who is the head photographer for my blog. He is amazing guys! 

In celebration of my coworkers who have birthdays in December, as well as the holiday season, I decided to make cupcakes! Chocolate cupcakes with caramel buttercream frosting. Generally, I am NOT a buttercream kind of girl… unless it comes on one of those awesome sheet cakes from Sam’s or BJ’s (that whipped buttercream is delicious!); but this was one of the easiest buttercream recipes that I have come across since I began baking. I took two dozen cupcakes to work and came back with two empty Tubberware containers! I guess that means everyone liked them. :-)

Crisp Salted Oatmeal White Chocolate Cookies! 

I found this delicious recipe over at Smitten Kitchen one day last week and just new that I had to try it! While directions say to line the baking sheet with parchment paper, I opted to bake them 3 ways. The first batch was baked on a lightly greased cookie sheet; this cookie was a little dark on the bottom, but not burned, with a slight crust around the bottom edges. The second batch was baked as the directions suggested. I guess they turned out how they were supposed to! (lol) The third, and final batch, was baked directly on the cookie sheet; no “Pam” or parchment paper! They came out just as well as the second batch. Based on the pictures from Smitten Kitchen, i see that I didn’t make the cookie thick enough, but I am absolutely pleased with all 3 of my results. Personally, I love a crunch cookie and these salted oatmeal white chocolate cookies lived up to the CRUNCH! 

I made a pound cake for Aunt Octavia’s birthday. I hope she enjoys it!

Pineapple cake with ginger pineapple filling and vanilla cream cheese frosting!

An Apple Pie Cupcake Story

Sea Salted Brownies

I was gchattin’ yesterday (as I do everyday) and my bestie boo said something that sparked a brand new cupcake idea! I hope to put the idea to the oven soon enough! Keep your eyes open, guys! :)