Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! It might be a little late to pick out all of your four-leaf clovers from your Lucky Charms box when you read this, but I still wanted to share this luck-filled recipe that you could even try this weekend! I was trying to decide what would be the best thing to end my #weekofgreen series, and I instantly thought of baking something! I have always wanted to make something with cereal, so after researching online, I came up with these Lucky Charms cupcakes. You've probably seen this recipe around the internet, so these three places were where I found the inspiration to do them myself. They were so much fun to make, and I hope you have just as much fun seeing the results!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• (1) box of Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix
• (1) cup of water
• (1/2) cup of vegetable oil
• (3) eggs
• (1) container of Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Vanilla Flavored Frosting
• (3) cups of Lucky Charms™ cereal
• (24) cupcake liners in various rainbow colors
• Cupcake tin

DIRECTIONS

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! I hope your day is filled with love from the people around you, or just love for yourself like you deserve. I am ending my WEEK OF LOVE series on a sweet note, with some delicious Strawberry Jam Linzer Cookies! These are super easy to make and you more than likely have all the ingredients already in your cupboard and refrigerator. I went the easy route and bought a pre-made dough mix from the grocery store, it just was a lot faster than making my own.

 WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• (1 Bag) Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
• (1/2 Cup) Softened Butter or Margarine
• (1 TBSP) All-Purpose Flour
• (1) Egg
• (2) Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutters - 1 large, 1 small
• (1) Rolling Pin
• (1/3 Cup) Strawberry Jam
• (1/4 Cup) Confectioner's Sugar

I'm a big baker, and I really love adding my own flair to whatever I'm cooking in the kitchen. I'm not a professional, and this is not a food blog but I thought I'd switch it up and share with you a favorite cupcake recipe of mine. It's along the lines of that Semi-Homemade Show with Sandra Lee? I start with the traditional Funfetti cake and cupcake mix from Pillsbury, but then I like to add to the frosting tub I get and put my own twist of frosting on top. Whether it's with food dye, a flavor or anything in between. In this take, I'm making it buttercream.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• (1) Pillsbury cupcake mix
• (24) cupcake liners
• (2) 12-cup cupcake pans
• (1) cup of water
• (1/3) cup of vegetable oil
• (3) large eggs
• PAM cooking spray
• (1) freezer plastic bag

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Spray cupcake tins with PAM cooking spray, and then fill with cupcake liners.
3. Combine cupcake mix, water, oil and eggs into a big bowl. Blend together in a mixer or by hand for two minutes.
4. After everything is mixed well, begin to fill cupcake liners about 3/4 full. Spread evenly between the 24 tins.
5. Cook in oven for 22-24 minutes.
6. Let cupcakes cool for about 10-15 minutes.
7. While waiting for cupcakes to cool, begin to put together your buttercream together.

INGREDIENTS (BUTTERCREAM):

1. (1) tub of vanilla frosting
2. (1/4) of powdered sugar
3. (1) tbsp. of vanilla extract

 

1. After cupcakes have cooled, frost generously with butter cream frosting. (Since I'm not a professional cook, I made a D.I.Y. frosting tube to make it easier.)
2. Then top with sprinkles or something chocolate. I decided to top with a chocolate M&M! It is delicious.

Happy Friday! Hope you all have a lovely weekend. So excited it's finally here (again) and the weather is absolutely gorgeous outside. It's the perfect time to mix and concoct some tasty drinks to bring to the party. It's so hot here right now, that really anything fruity is at the top of my list. It's my goal to at least make one of these at home, so check out my IG to see if I can come up with all of the ingredients. Here are 5 cocktails to sip and taste this weekend. Let me know if you try any of them!

Sex In The Driveway



The Espinoza

The Blue Hawaii


The Hurricane


Blackberry Ginger Crush