Quick and easy honey frosting recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. This cream cheese buttercream frosting has no powdered sugar. It's perfect for spreading and piping swirls on cakes and cupcakes. It has a tangy flavor with hints of vanilla and cinnamon spice. As a baker and cake decorator, I have necessary ingredients in my pantry all the time but last weekend, I did not have powdered sugar which was surprising because that's never happened before. We had friends coming over in an hour and I needed to make a quick icing to pipe swirls on my Easy Almond Cupcakes (Sour Cream Cupcakes). I ..read more

Soft, moist, easy almond cupcakes recipe with almond buttercream frosting, homemade with simple ingredients. Also called white almond sour cream cupcakes (WASC). The first time I made this recipe, I decided to really embrace almonds and used almond flour. Needless to say, it was a disaster! They were so dense and oily. I learned my lesson and went with good old all-purpose flour from that point onwards and so should you. Now, remember almond extract is very strong and not everyone's cup of tea. For instance, my son can't stand it and always scrunches his nose when I make these but I love them ..read more

Quick and easy orange frosting recipe (orange buttercream icing or creamsicle frosting), homemade with simple ingredients and perfect for Summer desserts. It's fluffy, creamy, perfect for piping and holds its shape. Variation with cream cheese also included. Summer is in full force and that calls for this recipe along with my Lemon Frosting (Buttercream Icing) and Lemon Curd (4 Ingredients). It has a natural pale orange color but I always add a little bit of orange gel coloring to make the color even more vibrant. The strong citrus flavor comes from 3 ingredients: orange zest, orange extract ..read more

The best quick and easy almond buttercream frosting recipe, homemade with 5 simple ingredients. Flavored with a combination of vanilla and almond extract. It is smooth, fluffy, creamy and perfect for piping swirls on cupcakes as well as cake decorating for birthdays and weddings and icing cut out sugar cookies. My mom's old fashioned recipe uses almond extract only. However, I found that overwhelming and so medicinal tasting. Now, I like to use half vanilla and half almond extracts for a more balanced flavor profile. This icing tastes unbelievably delicious on my White Wedding Cupcakes. With ..read more

Easy cotton candy cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Starts off with yellow cake mix. This layer cake is filled with whipped cream frosting and decorated with colorful rainbow fluffy cotton candy. The colors, flavors, and overall appearance just portray fun and excitement. And if you like this cake, or cotton candy in general, you will definitely want to check out these Cotton Candy Cookies. For more fun, check out the Easy Candy Cake with Halloween Leftovers and Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies as well as this Best Birthday Cake. These are all fun and simple ways to use candies i ..read more

Quick and easy cotton candy cookies recipe with cake mix. These crispy, chewy chocolate cookies are topped with buttercream icing and pink cotton candy. Great for serving at kids birthday parties! There is something about carnival food that stirs up all these feelings of childhood nostalgia, just like this Homemade Funnel Cake or even these Chocolate Caramel Apples. Today's crispy cookies have a strong chocolate flavor, which balances out the sweetness from the toppings perfectly. They are awesome to serve at a carnival party along with this stunning Cotton Candy Cake (With Cake Mix). [feast_ ..read more

Easy and best funfetti cupcakes recipe, homemade from scratch with simple ingredients. Topped off with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting. These confetti cupcakes are soft and moist and full of rainbow sprinkles. Also known as sprinkle cupcakes. Perfect for birthday parties for kids and even adults. Funfetti Frosting, Funfetti Cake, and Funfetti Cookies. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Key ingredients for best confetti cupcakes Water- Needs to be hot, but not boiling. Oil- Adds moisture to the cupcakes. Sour cream- Makes them soft and moist. Egg- Use a large one at room temperature. Vanilla extrac ..read more

Easy galaxy cookies recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. These chocolate chip cookies are decorated with pink, purple, black, blue buttercream icing swirl and sprinkles. These are so fun for space themed parties, such as Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, or even something strange like Dr. Who. In fact I have a Star Wars Cake that would go great alongside these cookies. But the best part is that they not only look amazing but taste delicious. If you want more desserts with this theme, check out my Galaxy Cupcakes and Galaxy Cake, because these desserts are, well, out of this world! I ju ..read more

Easy chocolate mint truffles recipe, homemade with 5 simple ingredients. They are loaded with mini chocolate chips and are super rich and creamy. These little candies are something fun that my family makes during the holidays, probably as much as these Red Velvet Truffles and these White Chocolate Truffles. I have tweaked this recipe to make it even more creamy and the chocolate mint flavors are much more balanced now. Also, adding a little cream cheese helps cut down the sweetness. If you can't get enough this chocolate mint flavor combo, you must try my Chocolate Mint Brownie ..read more

This quick and easy key lime cookies recipe requires simple ingredients. They are sugary and crispy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside. This weekend, I played around with one of my Mom's recipes and ended up with these key lime cookies from scratch. My Mom's key lime cookies with sweetened condensed milk tasted more like macaroons rather than cookies...lol. The taste was great but I just had to make the texture more cookie-like and finally, SUCCESS! These key lime cookies with coconut have all the flavors of a CLASSIC chewy sugar cookie but with a zesty twist. The lime flavor ..read more