Texas Sheet Cake

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When I see anything about a Texas Sheet Cake, it makes me think of my Grandmother. When I was younger I remember her making this and I always enjoyed it. I bought a jelly roll pan from Pampered Chef and decided to try making one myself. So I set out to find the perfect recipe. There were a few that I found that I wanted to try, but my grocery delivery wasn’t going to be arriving until later in the afternoon, so this meant that I had to pick a recipe included ingredients I had on hand.  [Read more...]

It is March Madness at Pamcakes!

It’s March Madness and that means there are a few seasonal flavors available at one of my favorite cupcakes spots here in Philadelphia. This weekend Pamcakes introduced the Irish Car Bomb and Mint Cookies n Cream cupcakes so you know I had to stop by and pick them up so that I could share them with you! I mean, it would be totally wrong if I didn’t do that, right?

In addition to those two seasonal flavors, I picked up another cupcake that I haven’t tried yet. Yeah, I know, I’m surprised there’s a flavor I haven’t had yet too! I just got back from Vegas where the weather was absolutely gorgeous – high 60′s, low 70′s every day. I came back to Philadelphia and it was quite chilly! So needless to say, I’ve got spring on my mind so the other flavor I picked was Strawberry Lemonade. Yum!

So let’s cut to the chase…

Isn’t that a beauty?

It took everything I had in me not to dig into that cupcake as soon as I brought it home.

I should’ve had dessert before dinner.

I love the shamrock sprinkles on top – how festive!

This cupcake features a Rich Chocolate Guinness Cupcake, Irish Whiskey Ganache Filling & Bailey’s Irish Buttercream frosting.

Sounds divine, doesn’t it?  Well, it was.

As usual, Pamcakes hit the nail on the head. The flavor was on point.

I mean…I could smell the booze when I cut into the cake.

Doesn’t that say enough right there?

And that Irish Whiskey Filling? Oh my. I couldn’t get enough of it!

I love Cookies ‘n Cream. It’s one of my favorite flavors ever. Ask anyone.

So you know I had to try this flavor with a mint twist when it hit the Seasonal Menu.

Now as I’ve said before, I’m not a huge mint fan, but I do like the flavor,
so I usually don’t mind giving it a chance.

I know this isn’t a Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mint Cupcake, but I was definitely confident that Pam could definitely beat the pants off of Crumbs Bakeshop if she were to make one. And even this Mint Cookies ‘n Cream Cupcake was waaaaay better than the cupcake from Crumbs. By far.  And this doesn’t surprise me at all since I think very highly of Pamcakes, and I haven’t really had anything at Crumbs that really impressed me.

This cupcake features a Vanilla Cake blended with Mint Oreo Cookie Crumbs, topped with Vanilla Mint Buttercream and Cookie Crumbs.

One word for this…LOVE. I adored the Vanilla Mint Buttercream.

It was the perfect combination of Vanilla and Mint. It wasn’t too overpowering.

I think I’ll look forward to this one every March!

I can’t believe it’s already time to Spring Forward next weekend, can you?

I swear I was just basking in the glory of my extra hour of sleep!

But I’m definitely looking forward to warmer weather, longer days, and not having to wear a coat.

Baseball season is coming up soon too! Right now it’s Spring Training.

So this cupcake is the perfect way to get ready for Spring.

This cupcake features a Lemon Speckled Cake topped with Sweet Strawberry Buttercream.

Now I’m a huge fan of the Pucker Up Cupcake because I’m all about lemon. I love it.

So I knew I had to try this one. And it was definitely a keeper!

This was one of our favorites.

The cake was so moist, and the strawberry buttercream had the perfect amount of strawberry in it.

After we finished it, we wanted more.  But hey, what’s new?

What’s your favorite Spring Cupcake flavor?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles {Holiday Favorite}

I love making cookies—not necessarily for the finished product, but for the raw cookie dough! This is probably why I very rarely get the number of cookies out of a batch of dough that I’m supposed to. Because I eat some of the cookie dough here and there and before you know it – the dough is gone.

I had the pleasure of meeting the author, Lindsay Landis, at Food Blog Forum—Orlando back in the Spring. That’s when I heard she was working on a cookbook that was all about cookie dough. It sounded amazing and I knew that I had pre-order it so I could get it as soon as it came out.

The book is titled The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook: Cookies, Cakes, Candies, and More  and it has so many awesome recipes in it! The photographs are absolutely beautiful and I loved how it turned out. For the holidays I decided to make the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles and I’m so glad that I did. Even my 5 year old niece gobbled up about 5 of these little suckers! This may be one of the first recipes that I’m trying from the book, but I know it certainly won’t be the last!

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The Best of Both Worlds – Pecan Pie Brownies

It’s so hard to believe that Thanksgiving came and went so quickly.  Everyone seems to be on Christmas overload already, and I have to say that I’m just not ready yet.  It’s not even December yet! So many people have their Christmas trees up, stores are playing Christmas music, and it’s supposed to snow a little here in Philadelphia tomorrow. I guess sooner or later I’m going to have to get with the program!

I knew I was going to see my sister and my Dad last week so I wanted to make a certain dessert to share with them.

And let me tell you that this dessert was a huge hit.

I’ve shared the recipe with some friends and everyone that made them absolutely loved them.  And it’s because they are absolutely amazing!

Your life will never be the same after you try these Pecan Pie Brownies from Just a Taste. Believe me.

I had the pleasure of meeting Kelly from Just a Taste when I was in Disney World for Food Blog Forum Orlando. She’s so nice and she shared so much valuable information with us! I read her blog and she always has recipes on there that I want to make. She also has an amazing book out titled “Food Blogging for Dummies”.

Right when I saw this recipe on her blog I just knew it would be a hit.

Check out some of the pictures I took while making this recipe; there’s a link to the recipe at the end!

Mmmm, brownie batter.

You know this is going to be good.

Boiling!

Mmm, pecans!

I wanted to eat this with a spoon!

Pour the sugary goodness over the partially cooked Brownies!

Out of the Oven – Letting them cool was very hard when you have no patience!

Getting ready to cut!

Click here for the Pecan Pie Brownie recipe from Just a Taste!

It’s a good thing that this recipe makes two pans of these Pecan Pie Brownies. There was plenty to give away while having some for myself! :)

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Lemon Pound Cake with Vanilla Frosting


Before we get into this gorgeous lemon pound cake, I wanted to let you know that Google is closing Feedburner, so there’s a new way to get new posts emailed to you. All you have to do is sign up for the updates over there to left. Sign up so that you don’t miss a beat! I wouldn’t want you to miss a favorite dessert or a wonderful cupcake review! [Read more...]