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Mochaccino Cupcakes

Posted on January 3, 2013 | 2 comments

To celebrate the new year, I baked for Hubby and I.  Decadent cupcakes, of all things.  Who’s gonna eat all this sweet goodness?!

Mochaccino Cupcakes

Actually, eating it is no problem.  Ha, ha!

These taste good!  A wonderful blend of coffee and chocolate.  It is a shame that my daughter-in-law does not live close enough to share these with me…she would love these!

I was lazy, and didn’t pipe the icing, but it didn’t affect the taste (hee, hee).  I didn’t feel like looking for my piping tips, and it is quite possible that I gave them away anyway.  So the cupcakes from the recipe look much better than mine!

I pinned the recipe to my Pinterest Sweet Tooth board.  If you’d prefer to skip all of those confections and just see the cupcake recipe, then click here.

I recommend not putting the cookie in the icing unless you plan on having all of those cupcakes disappear the same day.  The cookies become soggy (I should have known that, but I made this mistake anyway).

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Fudgy Toffee Bars

Posted on December 12, 2012 | 4 comments

Hubby and I are attending a family party this weekend, and I thought I would share one of the recipes that I’m bringing.  It is one of my family’s favorites.  I didn’t create the recipe; I found it in a magazine years ago.

Enjoy!

Fudgy Toffee Bars

Fudgy Toffee Bars

1-3/4 cups flour
¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
¼ cup baking cocoa
¾ cup cold butter
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
½ cup flaked coconut
½ cup English toffee bits or almond brickle chips

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar and cocoa.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Press firmly into a greased 13” x  9” x 2” baking pan.  Bake at 350º for 10 minutes. 

Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat milk, vanilla and 1 cup of chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. 

Pour over the crust.  Sprinkle with nuts, coconut, toffee bits and remaining chocolate chips; press down firmly.  Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Yield: 3 dozen

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Polka Dot Cheesecake

Posted on February 16, 2012 | 11 comments

The Polka Dot Cheesecake caught my eye sometime ago and I pinned the recipe to my Sweet Tooth Pinterest board.

On Valentine’s Day, a day for indulgences, I served this to my Hubby.  And to myself.

He loved it!  So did I.

Please ignore that Christmas tablecloth.  (Not to mention Valentine knick-knacks with a summer/fall plate.)  Fortunately, you can’t see the Christmas wall-hangings and a few other Christmas goodies I have yet to pack away.  Not because I love them so much that I must leave them up.  I just haven’t gotten around to cleaning house, except for the occasional tidying up.  You aren’t like that, I know.

The recipe?  Click here.  It will take you to The Baker’s Daughter where you will find the recipe along with a whole lot more yummy goodies.   And Melissa’s cheesecake looks way better than mine (I didn’t pipe my chocolate), but mine still tastes divine.   I’m sure your presentation will be fabulous too!

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