Valentines Cookies

My youngest worked hard putting her Valentines together for her classroom to celebrate the day. She is such a chip off the old block:-)

Playing along with Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

Fondue for Two

Supports the Girl Scouts too:-) Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

Tackling Valentines Cupcakes

It's time for Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom . This week, I made some Valentines cupcakes for a Daisy meeting tonight. Here is how they turned out:


They are just yellow cupcakes with homemade pink buttercream frosting.

I had some embellishments leftover from my youngest's birthday cake (tune in next week for pictures of that!).





The septor is for one of my little Daisies who is allergic to dairy (can you imagine...me...with a Daisy who can't eat cupcakes???)

Valentines Mistake Cake

It's time for Carrie's Friday Foto Fun! Here is that cake I was going to post a couple weeks ago:

Cute right? I think it is perfect for Valentines Day don't you? Yeah, well this little ditty gave me a workout. But the upside is you get to learn from my mistakes. Here are a list of errors you can avoid since I made them for you:

First mistake: I was trying to make the cake while caring for my ailing child.

Second mistake: I didn't level the cake off.

Third mistake: I didn't put it on a cake board.

Fourth mistake: I tried to fill a cake without making a damn around the edge.

By the way, this is a chocolate cake (out of a box) filled with raspberry jam (from a jar) iced with chocolate frosting (from a can) and garnished with melted white chocolate. So, if you heed the warnings above, you can throw this together on the fly too:-)

Valentine Brownies

This week, I am sharing the special Valentine's Day treat that I made for my family.

Aren't these cute little heart brownies? They couldn't be easier!

I love how Semi-Homemade these are. Here are my tools:

I just made brownies right out of a box. I cut them with bread tube (but you can use any heart-shaped cutter you have at home). Then, I used the cake stencils and powder sugar in a shaker to make the designs on top. Here is a closer look: