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Sweet saturday: one minute peanut butter cake. Picture this scene: it’s 8:30 in the evening.

sweet saturday: one minute peanut butter cake

The sky is just starting to get dark outside your living room window. You ate a delicious, healthy and veggie-filled dinner a few hours ago and now you are ready to sit down to the most recent episode of So You Think You Can Dance and dive into a decadent plate of dessert. Oh wait, you have no dessert. No chocolate, no cookies, no ice cream, no cake, no pie, not even a Jordan almond. What’s a girl to do? Well she’s to go to her microwave. You can make a delicious, fluffy, moist peanut butter cake in your microwave in about one minute (30 seconds mixing, 30 seconds zapping). The options are also pretty endless. Buttered Up: Microcupcake: Technologic. 52 Weeks of Baking · Week Fifty-Two: Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake (AKA The End)

Raspberry Cheesecake Cupcakes. If you enjoy cheesecake, then you will love these cupcakes.

Raspberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

They consist of cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, a layer of homemade raspberry jelly, and are topped with cream cheese whipped cream. Can you say yum? Ingredients: Cheesecake (3) 8 Ounce Packages Cream Cheese 4 Eggs 1 Cup Sugar 1/3 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream 1 Tablespoon and 1 Teaspoon Flour 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract Fresh Raspberries for Garnish Cream Cheese Whipped Cream 2 and 2/3 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream, liquid not already whipped 3 Tablespoons Cream Cheese, softened Raspberry Jelly 1 and 1/3 Cups Raspberries, fresh or frozen 3/4 Cup Sugar 1/4 Cup Water Graham Cracker Crust 1 Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs 1/3 Cup Butter, melted 2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar 1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries. Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries

Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different. The strawberries are hollowed out and filled with a bit of liquor, then ignited with a match. For the cake portion, I chose a One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe because 1. it's quick 2. it is easy, and 3. it fits my prerequisite for a light ending on date night. SELF-FROSTING NUTELLA CUPCAKES.

When I bought the jar of Nutella last weekend I made a vow (yes I did) that part of the Nutella will be made into cupcakes.

SELF-FROSTING NUTELLA CUPCAKES

I’ve always planned to do that whenever I buy one but it never gets that far. Darn those nutella sandwiches and occasional spoon licking. Well, I finally made self-frosting nutella cupcakes and golly they were so beautiful and delicious. This self-frosting nutella cupcakes recipe was adapted from Connie of Pinoycook which she got from Baking Bites. 10 tbsp butter, softened 3/4 cup white sugar 3 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1/3 cup Nutella Preheat the oven to 325°.

Using a mixer, cream butter and sugar together Do this until light and creamy. Boston Cream Cupcakes Recipe at WomansDay.com- Dessert Recipes. Biggest Loser Curtis Stone's 60 calorie cupcakes: - National Comfort Food. There aren't many people, especially with the current cupcake phase going on, who doesn't love the comfort of a good, old fashioned cupcake.

Biggest Loser Curtis Stone's 60 calorie cupcakes: - National Comfort Food

Quick to prepare, simple to serve and definitely easy to eat, cupcakes are fantastic for get-togethers, cookouts and simple dinners. They can also be dressed up quite nicely for special occasions. This is Curtis Stone's (of Biggest Loser and The Next Great Restaurant fame) version of a healthy cupcake. It really is delicious and if served without mentioning that it is low-calorie, no one will be aware.

Only 60 calories and 1 PointsPlus each. Gastronomer's Guide: Simple Tiramisu. For a lazy summer afternoon, tiramisu is the perfect pick-me-up.

Gastronomer's Guide: Simple Tiramisu

Its literal translation is pick me up (tira mi su). Tiramisu is one of those desserts that has as many different versions as there are mothers in Italy. This is my simple yet traditional version of the easy to assemble, no-bake, no-cook dessert. Mascarpone can be found in Italian specialty stores usually in an 8-ounce or 17-ounce container. Feel free to use all 17 ounces if purchasing the latter size. Chocolate Cake with Raspberry White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. As good as the cake I shared with you yesterday was (and it was mighty good), I simply could not resist pairing that heavenly white chocolate cream cheese frosting with some real chocolate.

Chocolate Cake with Raspberry White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Quick and Easy Cake. When I first got interested in food, it wasn't cooking that intrigued me - it was baking.

Quick and Easy Cake

I didn't even like to cook, but baking on the other hand was my passion. It was magic that pulled me in. How do those simple ingredients like eggs, butter and flour mixed together create various beautiful cakes? For the love of dessert. Root Beer Float Cake. Before I made this cake on Sunday afternoon, I sat down with a nice, tall root beer float.

Root Beer Float Cake

Sure, it was 10:30 in the morning. Best Carrot Cake Recipe - Food.com - 9280. Wednesday Baking-Ice Cream Crunch Cake. This is yet another no-bake recipe for you to use when it’s just too hot to turn on your oven.

Wednesday Baking-Ice Cream Crunch Cake

Big Red Kitchen: Little Peach Cakes. More Food Crafts:Chocolate Covered Strawberry Mallow CandiesRainbow Cupcakes with Rainbow FrostingCandy Cake The title of this post sounds like a term of endearment someone may bestow on a cute little child, but no, the photo is a shot of my Little Peach Cakes made this morning for when my niece and nephew come over to play. My own children were amazed at how real these little cakes appeared. They were almost too cute to cut into and eat but everyone loves a fresh peach right? Five-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake. Banana Chocolate Cake. Midnight in Paris. Vanilla Raspberry Cake. Chocolate Bar Cupcake. The Whimsical Cupcake.

Animal prints is something I never really got behind. It was something that I only saw on 75 year old blue-haired ladies that are way cooler than me or on kids who looked like walking cheetahs. Not really the look I go for. Lately everywhere I look, there’s something with some form of animal print on it and I find myself liking it. Ok, not EVERYTHING but a few pieces here and there. Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. I couldn't believe my eyes this week when I saw the ad for Pumpkin Spice Lattes in my local Starbucks.

Pumpkin Spice already? But there's still a little more summer to be had, isn't there? Of course, it was impossible to stay upset for too long; after all, this is lovely pumpkin -- one of my favorite flavors of all time -- that we're talking about! Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Zesty Lemon Rosemary Glaze. Mariel here. Last week, I cooked dinner for an editor friend of mine from Epicurious, no pressure or anything. Thirty Top-Rated Cake Recipes at Epicurious. Easy Apple Cake. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013. Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically.

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Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! — Dizzy Dee. So, Someone gave me a link to This Yesterday, and after reading the comments I decided to try this, but with modifications.