750 best muffin recipes

Without telling too much about this book, they have muffin recipes you would expect like fruit muffins and bran muffins, but also the unexpected like Collard greens and garlic muffins. I had a chance to try two recipes so far: Apple Cider Cranberry Muffins (below) . . .

. . . AND Pumpkin Spice Muffins (pictured below):

Happy Birthday

Today was actually my 27th birthday, but I didn't make this cake for myself. I made it for my coworker whose birthday is also this week. It's fun for me to bake and decorate, so it's like a gift to myself AND a gift to my coworker :)

Fall Cake Ideas

Here are some cakes I did last Fall, but thought I would re-post them in case you needed inspiration :)

Chocolate Cake Contest

Some of my cakes were featured on "Cakes We Bake" and also entered into the Chocolate Contest:



Please stop by Cakes We Bake and vote for any of the cakes above at: http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/photo/listFeatured

Thanks!

My Father's Day Cake

While this didn't turn out quite like I had planned, it still tasted pretty good.

I tried a new caramel icing recipe, which didnt stick to the sides of the cake at all, so I had to frost the sides with butter cream, and I tried to make the top resemble a baseball, so this was the end result:

Strawberry Shortcake Rendition

A spontaneous strawberry shortcake cake:

Father's Day Cake Ideas

I saw these cakes online, and they inspired me to make my father a very unique Father's Day Cake. . . so I wanted to share them with you:

NOTE: I did NOT make these cakes.





What great ideas!!! I'll post photos of my Father's Day Cake when it's made (in June)

HAPPY BAKING!

Argyle Cake

My husband's 29th bithday cake - to satisfy the preppy man in him!



This cake is covered with chocolate fondarific (brand of fondant-like icing)



Diamonds are made by using cookie cutters and cutting out shapes in rolled fondarific/fondant.

Guess the game

SCRABBLE!

Cupcake Wreath

Easy Chocolate Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Chocolage Ganache Frosting:

Cupcake Recipe:

- Devil's Food Cake Mix

- 15 Oz Canned Pumpkin

- Semi SweetChocolate Chips

Mix, pour into cupcake pan, bake at 375/400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until done.

Ganache Icing:

- 8 Oz. Semi-sweet chocolate

- 1 Cup Heavy Cream

Melt chocolate and milk together (I use low heat setting in microwave), let cool until it can be piped out onto cupcakes. . . or you can dip the cupcakes into the runny ganache for a smoother look

To make the leaves I used a Leaf chocolate mold, and swirled several colors of chocolate together with toothpicks. Chocolate can be bought by the bag at craft stores like Michaels/AC moore. Let cool and pop our of mold.

To make the acorns: Use caramels, roll into shape, dip one end in chocolate and then roll in cookie crumbs.