cake

Name: Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 1 box yellow cake mix, plus all ingredients to prepare; 1 3 ounce banana cream pie pudding mix, plus all ingredients to prepare; 1 8 ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed; 20 vanilla wafer cookies, coarsely chopped

Blueberry Orange Coffee Cake

Jul 19, 2018

What’s better than cake for breakfast? This Blueberry Orange Coffee Cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and orange zest!

Hi guys!

How was the week?

I’m finally getting over this cold that I was starting to think I would have forever so we actually ventured out of the house and saw Incredibles 2 which was so good. I’ve never seen the first one but I loved this one.

I’ve barely left the house besides that. This cold has kicked my butt.

I’m really hoping I’ll be well enough for lake trip this weekend because it’s been over a month and my tan is just about gone.

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Apple Upside Down Cake

Aug 31, 2017

Simple and delicious Apple Upside Down Cake! Moist cinnamon-spiced cake topped with apples in a buttery brown sugar sauce.

Hi guys, happy almost Friday!

Not to be dramatic but this Apple Upside Down Cake is my favorite thing I’ve made in forever.

And you know that I don’t usually like any dessert with fruit.

But see, I’ve been craving pineapple upside down cake for literally months now and I was too lazy to make one so I finally broke down and bought one last week while I was in the middle of a week long argument with the boyfriend.

And then I couldn’t even enjoy it because I was too busy saying things like, “I keep dreaming about these giant bugs and google tells me that means I have anxiety and you won’t kill them for me!”

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S’mores Poke Cake

Aug 08, 2016

O. M. G.

Y’all. It’s s’mores week!

S’MORES WEEK!

This is the 3rd year that Nicole and I have done this and if you didn’t know, National S’mores Day is Wednesday (August 10) so get your booty to the grocery store for all the supplies you need.

And if actual s’mores bore you, Nicole and I have 10 fun s’mores treats planned for the week!

TEN! So many s’mores!

(We probably should have gone for matching s’mores tattoos instead of pineapples, huh?)

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Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting

Feb 24, 2016

I am loving spring flavors right now. No surprise since it’s been in the 80s in Texas for the last week or so. How crazy is that?

I keep thinking about how much I want to go back to Colorado and then I see their weather and I’m like, “Ehh… maybe I’ll just stay in Texas and continue to wear flipflops all year.”

I am especially loving all things berry right now. I feel like I’m going to the store every other day for more strawberries! I’m loving them in everything, especially in treats like these Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting!

I’m still loving having a stockpile of Pillsbury mixes and frostings in my pantry. But this time, I want to chat about the cake mixes because they are my alltime fave. If you ever see me instagramming or snapping cupcakes, I can guarantee I made them with the Pillsbury Moist Supreme mix.

Seriously, the softest cupcakes you will ever make.

So for these cupcakes, I took the white cake mix and made it according to the box instructions, except I added just a bit of fresh lemon zest. It gave the cupcakes a nice freshness – and also gave me an excuse to put strawberries on top.

Because lemon and strawberry is just the most perfect combo!

For the frosting, I used the Pillsbury Creamy Supreme in vanilla and stirred in some pureed strawberries. Such an easy way to make a store-bought frosting your own!

The soft lemon cupcakes with the strawberry frosting was so delicious.

My oldest has a birthday this weekend and has requested that I make these again for the party!

If you want to stock up on Pillsbury products for all your baking needs, make sure you download the Ibotta app to save $.75 and then visit Pinterest to discover more ways to #MixUpAMoment with Pillsbury!

I’ll be using Pillsbury products to make a super cute Easter treat in a couple weeks so make sure you check back!

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Fluffy Cheesecake – No Bake Cheesecake

Feb 12, 2016

This post sponsored by Kraft.

No Bake Cheesecake – creamy cheesecake in a graham cracker crust. No bake and it turns out perfect every time! Only 4 ingredients!

Okay.

You have to choose a favorite dessert. Have to.

What do you choose?

I 100% go for cheesecake. Plain cheesecake. Not too sweet, but sweet enough cheesecake.

Nothing beats it.

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Caramel Apple Shortcakes

Sep 15, 2015

Thank you Sara Lee Desserts for sponsoring this post! Click here for more deliciously easy recipe ideas.

Good morning guys! Or night! Or whenever you’re reading!

Hope all is well! I also hope you’re in the mood for apples! And caramel! And cake!

It’s that time of year. You know, the time of year when we’re all thinking about entertaining! So many holidays and dinners and football games!

Today I’ve got a sweet fall-inspired treat that you can whip up in minutes! So if you have unexpected guests or if you just have too many other things going on, you can still have a fabulous dessert!

One of my favorite tricks is to keep Sara Lee All-Butter Pound Cake in the freezer. There are so many ways you can dress up the delicious pound cake to make it uniquely yours.

For this recipes, I took a couple apples which we all have on hand this time of year and cooked them with some butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon until they were soft and delicious. I scooped some of that onto the sliced Sara Lee All-Butter Pound Cake and then drizzled caramel sauce over top. Oh, and I had to top it with whipped cream too! Obviously.

Perfect dessert! And ready in less than 20 minutes!

Sara Lee All-Butter Pound Cake is great to keep in your freezer for spontaneous desserts. Be sure to check out the Sara Lee Facebook page for more tips and tricks to dress up your favorite Sara Lee products!

And let me know: what is your favorite way to make Sara Lee All-Butter Pound Cake #UniquelyYours? A yummy trifle? French toast? Cut into cubes and dipped in fondue?

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Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

Aug 06, 2015

Lemon-Lime Pound Cake – moist citrus pound cake with a lemon-lime glaze and candied lemon slices. The perfect spring cake!

Things that happened this week.

Fat baby (who isn’t a baby) took all the post-its off recipes I want to make in several cookbooks and put them on recipes that he wants me to make.
Husband made me mad and came home with bacon guacamole as an apology. Because you can buy my love with bacon guacamole.
I became addicted to Pretty Little Liars podcasts. (Extra weird because I was kind of over the show.)
Fake Ginger hit 10,000 Facebook likes! Woooo!
HEB suckered me into buying Home because they had coupons for $5 off the movie and then you got Swedish Fish and popcorn free. You know I love Swedish Fish. Anyway, I cried multiple times during the movie. Because Disney movies have that effect on me.
I bought a new bundt pan! Hooray!

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Pineapple Snack Cake

Jul 20, 2015

Delicious Pineapple Snack Cake made with DOLE Crushed Pineapple in 100% Pineapple Juice is perfect for any occasion.

If there’s one thing I love, it’s a cake that can be eaten for breakfast.

I mean, I can justify pretty much any cake for breakfast (leftover birthday cake? Duh.) but I love a coffee cake or a fruity cake because no one can judge me.

This Pineapple Snack Cake was my breakfast for several mornings last week. And before you start thinking it’s not a breakfast cake, let me assure you that it’s doubley breakfast-y.

Because pineapple, of course. Fruit = breakfast. That’s just a fact. Aaaand it has a cream cheese frosting. What is cream cheese? Breakfast food. See? I can justify anything for breakfast.

I love using DOLE Canned Fruits in recipes (you guys know I am the worst at cutting pineapples and mangoes!) and the DOLE Crushed Pineapple in 100% Pineapple Juice was perfect for this cake.

DOLE Canned Fruit is naturally fat free, cholesterol free, and contains very little sodium. They are also rich in vitamins A and C. I am forever using the DOLE Canned Fruit varieties in fruit salad because they are so convenient. It’s perfect for all your summer desserts or for healthy snacks. Mandarin oranges mixed into cottage cheese is a one of my favorite snacks! DOLE Canned Fruit is available at your local grocery store or super center in the canned fruit aisle. For more information on the DOLE Canned Fruit and to see all the varieties they offer, visit DOLE.com.

This cake stays so moist thanks to the crushed pineapple and it is absolutely delicious. The cream cheese frosting and the toasted coconut is perfect on top.

And remember, it totally counts as breakfast food.

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Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Apr 23, 2015

Banana Pudding Poke Cake – super delicious cake that starts with a boxed mix and is filled with banana pudding! Tastes like an old-fashioned layered banana pudding!

I tried to make lemon bread the other day.

Because I’ve had Starbucks lemon bread on my brain for weeks but last time I tried to reload my Starbucks card, it charged my paypal account 3 times and still hasn’t loaded that money onto my card.

So I broke up with Starbucks.

We’re getting back together next week when the S’mores Frappuccino comes out.

But anyway, shortly after I’d gotten all my wet ingredients mixed together and then measured flour into a separate bowl, I realized I have no baking powder.

Or baking soda.

Or salt.

Doh!

Banana Pudding Poke Cake!

I couldn’t not have cake though so I found a cake mix and poked some holes in it and turned it into a Banana Pudding Poke Cake.

Banana pudding is my alltime fave dessert so I was all about this.

The pudding soaks into the cake and makes it super delicious. Plus, it’s topped with whipped cream and then crushed vanilla wafers.

Honestly.

Could’ve eaten the entire cake myself.

More Cake Mix Recipes

Yield: 15 servings

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

adapted from The Country Cook

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix, plus all ingredients to prepare
1 3 ounce banana cream pie pudding mix, plus all ingredients to prepare
1 8 ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed
20 vanilla wafer cookies, coarsely chopped

Instructions

Prepare cake mix and bake as a 9x13" cake, following the instructions on the box. Cool for about 10 minutes. Take a fork and poke holes all over the cake.
Prepare pudding mix according to the package instructions. Let cool slightly if you had to boil it. Pour over the cake.
Refrigerate until cool. Spread the frozen whipped topping over the top and sprinkle with the cookies.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 211Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 291mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 1gSugar: 21gProtein: 2g

Carrot Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

Apr 06, 2015

Carrot Cake with Buttermilk Glaze – delicious carrot cake with pineapple, coconut, and nuts! It’s drizzled with a buttermilk glaze and topped with cream cheese frosting!

I promise there’s a reason this looks like the biggest hot mess of a carrot cake ever.

And that reason is because it’s the world’s best carrot cake.

You’ve got your typical carrot cake recipe with lots of carrots, coconut, pineapple, nuts and then when you pull it out of the oven, you drizzle a buttermilk glaze over it and it all seeps in and makes the cake extra delicious.

And then after it cools you cover it in cream cheese frosting which makes it extra, extra delicious.

Like I said, best carrot cake ever.

So I guess it’s officially carrot cake season. Which is strange because I think of the months January – December when I think of carrot cake. I don’t know, spicy carrot cakes just feel like winter to me.

But officially, carrot cake season is the couple weeks before Easter. Because, you know, Easter Bunny and all that.

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Mar 29, 2015

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes – fluffy and moist vanilla cupcakes with Cinnamon Toast Crunch buttercream! The cereal is crushed up and used in the frosting!

Happy Sunday! Tomorrow my kids go back to school after 9 days off so we’re living it up with Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes! And probably a trip to the park to fly some kites that I found in the back of my closet while packing.

My kids are total cereal connoisseurs so they were pretty impressed by these cupcakes. They were, however, more impressed with the Skylanders Skystones game that came in the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Do you remember being a kid and being SO EXCITED when there was a toy in the box? I can remember standing in the cereal aisle and asking my mom for a specific kind just because it had a toy. And lucky me, I was an only child so I didn’t even have to fight anyone for the toy!

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Lemon Angel Food Cake with Strawberries and Mint

Mar 12, 2015

I have to tell you guys, I’m having a week.

This whole moving thing is waaaay more stressful than it needs to be. We’re 3 weeks out and STILL waiting for paperwork to be signed. We don’t have a date for the movers, I haven’t talked to the kids’ school, and my husband’s still going to work every day even though his leave was supposed to start on Monday. And to top it all off, the house that I really, really, really wanted to rent got snatched up by someone else since the rental company couldn’t hold it longer than 2 weeks. Gahhh, I only had to wait 4 or 5 more days before I could put down a deposit!

So now we have to find a new house. Or move on post. Which we don’t want to do. At all.

Stress does not describe what I’m feeling.

Good news though!

I went to the eye doctor earlier this week and he said that I DEFINITELY need to be wearing glasses everyday. Which probably sounds like an “ugh” to most people but I have been actively trying to fail an eye exam since 1994. So this was good news to me.

Also, maybe I won’t have headaches anymore.

But I have to wait 3 weeks for the glasses to get here. And at that point, we may or may not be on our way to Texas.

I definitely had cake for dinner more than one night this week. But it’s angel food cake so it’s basically just egg whites and egg whites are a perfectly healthy dinner. Right?

I’ve been working my way through all our herbs since we can’t really take them with us so I mixed some mint with the strawberries. I don’t really love biting into a mint leaf but I let the mixture hang out overnight in the fridge and the mint flavor really infused the strawberries. It was delicious!

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Red Velvet Cupcakes (+ a giveaway!)

Feb 18, 2015

First things first, I spent all of yesterday afternoon watching Mockingjay. I had heard pretty horrible things about it and perhaps my standards are low because I watch 3 movies a year but I kind of loved it. Like, I read the books several times so I knew what was happening but I was on the edge of my ~~seat~~ bed for most of it.

Also, yes, I am a sucker. I bought it on digital because I had to watch it RIGHT THEN and then I’ll buy it again when it comes out on DVD. Even though I’ll probably never watch it again.

This is how I work.

Anyway, today is not about me wasting money. Today is about a cookbook that I’d like to give away!

My friend Christina of Dessert for Two recently released a fantastic cookbook also titled Dessert for Two.

The cookbook is filled with classic and not-so-classic recipes that have been scaled down to only serve 2 (or sometimes 4) people. Like, this cupcake recipe? Only makes 4 cupcakes! Which means I had one for me and all 3 kids and there were none left to call my name while I watched my money-waster movie.

I think it’s a genius idea and I really wish someone had pointed me in the direction of small batch desserts when I went through that mug cake phase last year. Because those things are awful.

I have a long list of things I want to make from Dessert for Two and I started with these Red Velvet Cupcakes because, well, it’s always a good time for a cupcake. They turned out delicious and like I mentioned, I really loved that there was just enough for me and the kids without having extras to deal with.

To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below.

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King Cake Cupcakes

Feb 13, 2015

As you guys know, I’m from Mobile, Alabama which is known for many things. Most of which I don’t actually remember because… well, because I’m me. But here are some of my faves:

Dropping a moonpie on New Years Eve.

The Battleship.

Hurricanes.

The Senior Bowl.

And having the first Mardi Gras celebration in the States.

True story.

I bring this up every Mardi Gras because if there’s one thing us Mobilians hate it’s overhearing someone talk about how Mardi Gras is from New Orleans.

Seriously, 99% of my Mobile Facebook friends belong to the “Mardi Gras was in Mobile before New Orleans was even a city” FB group.

We get to claim it. Take that, New Orleans!

(For the record, I love New Orleans Mardi Gras, too. I just like Mobile’s a smidge better.)

Anyway, Mardi Gras has long been my favorite holiday and even though it’s not celebrated here in Colorado, I still sit on my front porch and throw things at the neighbors when they walk by.

Just kidding. But I want to.

King cakes are one of the many things I love about Mardi Gras! If you’ve never had one, it’s like a giant cinnamon roll shaped in a ring and then it’s iced and covered in Mardi Gras sprinkles. Or, you can make my favorite kind which has the cinnamon roll thing going for it but also has a sweetened cream cheese filling. It’s to die for.

And that’s what these King Cake Cupcakes are except to make life easier for all of us, I used cans of crescent rolls. So really, these guys took absolutely no time to throw together.

You should definitely make them Tuesday for Mardi Gras or Sunday for Joe Cain Day!

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

Feb 04, 2015

Flourless Chocolate Cake – rich, decadent chocolate cake with a chocolate glaze. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, an anniversary, or a special birthday.

Well guys, we’re moving.

Gahhhhh.

Yep, we’re moving from my beloved Colorado to Fort Hood, TX.

I was trying to be tough and not let my husband, who obviously has no control over this, see that I was upset so I went about business after he told me. And then he asked if I was okay and I started full-on ugly crying while vacuuming.

I think it was just the shock of it. Like, two days ago they were telling him that he’s going to the promotion board next month and giving him the summer field schedule. And then surprise! You’re moving to Texas!

Once it kind of set in, I was excited. Fort Hood isn’t exactly at the top of my list of places to live but I really love the adventure of it all. A new place, a fresh start.

And then I was like, “BUT I JUST FOUND A HAIR GUY I LIKE! THIS IS HORRIBLE!”

Plus, everything’s a lot more complicated this time. When we moved from Alabama to Colorado, we just had the 2 kids and no one was in school yet. Now we have another kid and 2 different schools to deal with. I mean, by the time we get there and get settled, the kids will have only have a couple weeks of school before summer.

I know things will be fine but right now I’m just overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done.

If you live in the area, I need to know where the good dog park is, where the splash pad for the kids is, and where the best Mexican restaurant with a variety of margarita options is. Okay?

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