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Bombpop inspired cupcakes

By Tricia on July 16, 2011 in Holidays, Recipes

Can any cupcake be more perfect for the 4th than a bomb pop inspired cupcake?

root beer chocolate cupcakes topped off with a white chocolate buttercream frosting (recipes coming soon).

Do you remember running after the ice cream truck to get one of these? The ice cold popsicle to quench your thrist after a brisk sprint to catch the ice cream man and sticky melted juice dripping down your arm till it reached your elbow? I stained many a play outfit because of these popsicles (the outfits were most probably already stained from everything else we got into back then).

To me, these are retro pops since no one under the age of 20 got the joke about making cupcakes look like bombpops. They scarfed them down all the same and I caught a few adults quietly cherishing a cupcake.

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Make it yourself Monday: Oreo Cakesters Wannabees Cookies

By Tricia on June 27, 2011 in Make it yourself Monday, Recipes

There are a few oreo cookie recipes around the web. The one that caught my attention because of her wonderful photography was Smitten Kitchen. I have tweaked it a bit and to me it tastes more like Oreo Cakesters (which are full of I don’t know what, cost an arm and a leg and my hubby loves them). These really do measure up and passed his taste test 100%.

This recipe made about 30 cookies which lasted only 5 minutes around here once the kids got their hooks into them. These cookies are super yummy and you can pronounce every ingredient. (Imagine if you could buy a pack of cookies at the store which said ” Ingredients: flour, sugar, eggs, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt” Yeah that would be awesome!

Oreo Cakester Wannabees Cookies

Here’s what you’ll need:
For the cookie:
1 1/4 all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
10 tablespoons softened butter (I used salted)
1 large egg

For the cookie creme
1/4 cup softened unsalted butter
1/4 cup palm shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a mixer, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. When thoroughly mixed, on low speed add the butter and egg. Continue mixing until the dough comes together in a ball

Take rounded teaspoons of the cookie dough and roll them into a ball between the palms of your hands. Place them on parchment paper or a silpat about 2 inches apart. Place in the middle of the preheated over and bake for 12 minutes rotating the cookies at 6 minutes to ensure even baking. Set baked cookies on racks to cool.

While the cookies cool, lets make the cookie cream.
Place the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl and on low speed slowly add the sugar and vanilla. Turn mixer to high and beat for a few minutes until light and fluffy.

Put the cookie cream into a piping bag. If you do not have one put it into a ziploc bag and snip the corner off to pipe out the cream onto the cookies.

Pipe a teaspoon amount of cream onto the middle of half of the cookies. Take the other half of the cookies and place on top of each cookie with cream on it.

Take the other half of the cookies and place on top of each cookie with cream on it. Press them down gently to spread the filling inside the cookie sandwiches.