Happy Tuesday! As a way of celebrating this week I made Funfetti Waffles for you!!!
I am so glad you could join me today. I do not normally post on Tuesdays but you see today is my birthday and I wanted to share it with you!!!! And of course it had to be something Funfetti!!
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What a great way to start off the weekend with these Cotton Candy Funfetti Cupcakes!
To finish off the week and because it is FRIDAY I wanted to share with you the star of my daughter’s birthday last week. These cupcakes. I am pretty sure she had no idea that this was what I was going to be making for her. When she saw them she literally was speachless. And let me tell you that is no small feat.
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This is the last of Funfetti for awhile. It was Fun! As I said yesterday it was great trying to think of new ways to incorporate the Funfetti Cake Mix into recipes. Well I am pretty excited about this last one! I was quite curious as to how this was going to work. I was pleasantly surprised that my idea went pretty smoothly. No natural disasters in the kitchen, so that is always pretty encouraging.
Making a cookie recipe is a great way to get the kids into the kitchen to help. My 4 yr old stood up on her chair and helped a little with this one. She actually did more licking of the beaters than anything else, but it was great making them with her. So if you have some time grab a cake mix and bake!
recipe adapted from here
1 and 3/4 cup Funfetti cake mix
1/4 cup all purpose flour, plus extra for handling dough
6 tablespoons butter, slightly chilled
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
sprinkles
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare cookies sheets with parchment paper.
2. Prepare a small bowl with sprinkles.
3. In small bowl whisk together cake mix and 1/4 cup flour. Set aside.
4. In mixer beat butter and sugar till blended together.
5. Add one egg at a time and beat well each time. Then add vanilla.
6. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture.
7. Stir in sprinkles.
8. Dough will be sticky so you will need to sprinkle it and hands with flour.
9. Roll dough into balls. Then roll balls into sprinkles.
10. Place on cookies sheet and bake for 11-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
11. Cool and ENJOY!
We had a party this weekend. It was for Giulia’s 1st birthday. Since I made her cake funfetti last week I thought it would be cute to add a few other treats to the table that were funfetti inspired.
This popcorn was surprisingly good. I didn’t even pop the corn until the guest had already arrived. So it was me and my twiny there throwing together these ingredients to produce this. It was so easy and quick.
I can’t quite decide what to make of it. Or how the guest liked it. But let me tell you, I put two bowls on the table and when I came back to munch on it, it was gone. So did they like it? I think so!
We were divided half adults, half kids. So I really do not know who liked it more or if this is more kid friendly or adult friendly. If I find out, I will tell you.
Most recipes for this on the net will call it cake batter popcorn. Since I am a tab bit more technical I decided to call it Cake Mix Popcorn. You see you don’t add the batter, you add the mix. The batter is after you put in the eggs, oil and water. This is just the mix straight from the box. Now that I have that out of the way. On to the recipe!
recipe adapted from here
8 cups popped popcorn
3/4 cups white chocolate chips
3 tablespoons funfetti cake mix
2 teaspoons shortening
sprinkles
1. Pop popcorn and set aside to cool on cookie sheet.
2. Melt white chocolate. Add shortening to thin it out a bit.
3. Add cake mix. Stir till combined well.
4. Put popcorn in bowl. Pour white chocolate mixture over the popcorn then mix.
5. Shake sprinkles over for color and decoration.
6. ENJOY!
I really had no intention on making this post. My first post back from vacation was going to be about my vacation.
But this is a very important day and I couldn’t let it go by unnoticed.
Today my baby girl turns 1. I can not believe it has already been a year. Time does go by so fast. Where did it really go?
Giulia has been such a blessing to me. We did not expect her. We actually thought we were done having kids and then surprise!
What a great one it was!
So today I share with you the first cupcake she poked her fingers into and did not eat! It was great either way!
These cupcakes are moist and so colorful. I was so happy with the way they looked inside when I took a bite. Very festive for this special day.
recipe for the cake adapted from here and for the icing from here.
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Dash of salt
1 1/4 cups milk
1/4 cup sprinkles and more for decorating the top of the cupcakes
1. Preheat oven to 350 and prepare muffin tins with cupcake liners.
2. Mix together butter and sugar, then add egg one at a time till combined.
3. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Combined well.
4. Add milk. Batter will be on the thick side.
5. Slowly fold in sprinkles.
6. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
7. Cool while you prepare icing.
8. Decorate as you desire and ENJOY!
4 tablespoons butter softened
5 oz cream cheese directly from the refrigerator
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons milk
1. Mix butter in mixer for 30 seconds.
2. Add cream cheese till combined.
3. Mix in powdered sugar one cup at a time.
4. Mix in milk.
This icing was made thick so I could pipe onto the cupcakes and so it would hold its shape.
You can add more milk to make it more spreadable if you would like to spread the icing on.
Store cupcakes in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
