Banana Split Cupcakes

Check out these banana split cupcakes by Juli Jacklin. She adapted the recipe from Taste and Tell. I highly recommend using Dell's Maraschino cherries to top the cupcakes.

New location for Kansas City Cupcake Co!

Their previous location was in Mission, KS, but now they are open in KCK, and offer lunch and breakfast items as well.

http://wyandottedaily.com/new-bakery-on-strawberry-hill-features-cupcakes/

Weekend Sweet: Homemade Pound Cake and Cinnaholic Cinnamon Rolls

I spent the weekend in Atlanta celebrating my mom's birthday. Her neighbor made a pound cake from scratch. It is delicious, and I ate a slice with vanilla ice cream.

My sister and I visited a new cinnamon bakery located in the Edgewood Retail District.  The place is called Cinnaholic and it was featured on Shark Tank.  The cinnamon rolls are great because you can add different frostings and toppings. Moreover, the cinnamon rolls are vegan. They are both lactose and egg free. My sister had a roll with cream frosting and raspberries.

S'Mores Are The BLTs of Dessert

Hey Kids!

It's National S'mores Day.  This is one of my favorite food holidays.  With only three ingredients, s'mores can be  surprisingly very versatile.  Graham crackers, a chocolate bar and marshmallow. S'mores are the perfect dessert sandwich. dessert. In fact, s'mores are classic and with the three great ingredients. they are the BLT of dessert.

Today Girl Scouts is celebrating the holiday with a new cookie flavor.

You can add peanut butter or fruit. You can make them fancy with homemade marshmallow and dark chocolate.  You can try substitute out graham crackers with other cookies.

Anyway,  I kinda made s'mores and banana pudding-inspired no bake dessert last weekend for brunch.

Ingredients

• 1 package of Little Debbie's banana moonpies
• 1 Hershey chocolate bar (should have bought two)
• 1 bunch of bananas (three bananas)
• 1/2 cup of heavy cream
• 8 Oreo cookies

Instructions

Open up four of the banana moon pies.  Slice horizontally like you would a bagel. Place them in a casserole dish. Lay down marshmallow side up.  Chop the bananas into bites.  Meanwhile, prepare a double boiler to make the chocolate syrup. Boil the water. Place the chocolate in a bowl that will fit over the boiler to melt the bar.  Add the heavy cream to your taste. Stir. Remove from heat.  Add a generous layer of bananas on top of the moon pie layer.  Then pour the chocolate syrup over the bananas.  Repeat the moon pie and bananas layers until you reach the top.  Then crumble up Oreos and sprinkle on top. 

Now Casting For Cake Hunters

I got an email from a casting agency today that is looking for people who are the hunt for the perfect cake. Now casting for NEW Cooking Channel Show, 'Cake Hunters'. Think of it as "Say Yes To The Dress" but instead of dresses, it is for cake.

Conditions:
1) You MUST be in the Greater DC area, Maryland, Dallas or Miami, Florida. (Must be within an hour and a half driving distance from these cities).
2) Your upcoming event (wedding, birthday, etc) must happen between Sept 2016 and Jan 2017.

Contact ASAP: castingcakehunters@gmail.com 
Please include your names, location, telephone numbers, approximate date of your event, detailed reason why you would love your Dream Cake. Please include one recent photo of yourself (the cake hunter).

The Best Cashews Ever From All Good Provisions

All Good Provisions sent me some cashews to review.  Their cashews are certified organic and are roasted with real maple syrup. These cashews have no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial color or flavors.  If you are like me and are allergic to peanuts, these cashews make a great snack.  I added them to my oatmeal. I sprinkled them on ice cream.  I ate most of these out of the bag.

If you are looking for back to school snacks or office treats, I suggest trying All Good Provisions.  BTW, All Good is hosting a contest called Allgood Culinary Adventures.  Enter to win!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Chocolate Fudge cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese filling and Frosting. Fresh fruit garnish to top it off. :) via IrishMomLuvs2Bake

New Wedding Cake Trend: Geode Cakes

I love geode jewelry; it is so beautiful! Then I saw this post on The Kitchn about geode wedding cakes, but I am not so sure it will catch on.  These wedding cakes are more like pieces of art, and they look like it will be hard to slice individual pieces for the wedding party.