Football Cupcakes and a WINNER!

First of all, I owe y'all a winner from the Shutterfly giveaway.  The winner of 50 free announcements is:

Karen Watson
who said...
My daughter just has 3 more classes to take before she graduates college, hopefully that will be at the end of the Summer! Please add me for your draw!

Congrats Karen!  Drop me an email to claim your prize.  I will draw another winner in 72 hours if I have not heard from Karen.

Now for tonight, I have a few pictures of the football cupcakes I made.  Yesterday I showed off my football cake.  Well...I also had to make cupcakes for my little man to take to school.  I went with a super simple idea...

I just cut lots of football shapes with my Silhouette.  I then made "football" marks on them with a Sharpie.  Added a toothpick to the back and I had cupcake toppers.

A simple cupcake recipe with green icing on top and we were ready to head to school!

I will continue on with more sports party ideas tomorrow!  Y'all stay tuned!

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~

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Football Cake

This week I will be blogging all about the sports party I threw for my 7 year old.  First up is the football cake.  I got the idea for the cake from Pigskins and Pigtails.  My little boy fell in love with that cake so I had to recreate it...my way....

Just bake a rectangular cake and decorate.  The red and green is just icing that is dyed.

Just use some green food color to dye some coconut for around the outside.

I used fondant to make my line markers and my football.

Plus fondant letters for that extra special name in the end zone.

I make all of my kid's cakes every year for their birthday.  I must say this one was fairly easy.  It was my first time working with fondant and I loved it!

I also took straws and made a goal post for the end zone.

My little boy was thrilled!

Stay tuned for more sports party fun!

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~

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Bleeding Hashbrains with @countrycrock @clevergirls #veggieworld #spon

This post is sponsored by Country Crock. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Bleeding Hashbrains?  You don't know what those are?  Well they are a fun way for you to serve potatoes to your kids!  I love fun, creative food ideas.  Especially ones that allow me to "craft" with my food.  You know make it look fun and in this case a little gross for the little man in my life.....

Do you all find it difficult to get your kids to eat their vegetables?  Yep me too.  But when you can make it fun and they can be zombies eating hashbrains....well then it is a whole other story!  Plus veggies with Country Crock added to them taste so good they are sure to gobble them up...  

I got the recipe for Hashbrains from The Clare Crespo Cookbook.  It is full of fun recipes your family will love.  Zucchini boats anyone?  The Hashbrains are a fairly simple recipe.  They are made with real potatoes that you grate yourself.  A few more simple ingredients then you shape them and bake them in the oven.  Easy enough for a weeknight but cute enough for a kid's dinner party. 

Get easy step-by-step instructions for the Hashbrains plus many more veggies made with Country Crock that are not only fun to eat but fun to look at as well.  Everything from pretty flowers to brains.  Now that is variety in a cookbook.  The best part is the cookbook is a FREE DOWNLOAD!  You read that right.  Gorgeous full color pictures of amazing veggie recipes that your kid's will eat up.  The original recipe is for just the Hashbrains by the way...I added the ketchup blood myself!  If you have boys, you understand....

Display veggies proudly on your dinner plate.  With Country Crock, there is now no need to hide them.  They become the center of attention for your kids!  Want to know a fun fact?  8 out of 10 kids think veggies with Country Crock are delicious.  Now those are pretty good odds. 

 

Be sure to like Country Crock on Facebook for even more veggie ideas, tips, and tricks.  Follow them on Twitter as well.  Let me know if you make bleeding brains for your kids.  

Are you looking for quick and simple tips and recipes to make serving veggies more fun? Download the free Clare Crespo Cookbook here for fun and whimsical recipes your family is sure to love! 

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Time for some sweets for your sweet this Valentine's Day!  Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting.  I don't generally post recipes and this is certainly not a food blog.  But I always make something sweet for my four valentines on Valentine's Day.  I thought I would share with y'all tonight.  I do love to bake and I can just call this one a "food craft" right?

This is a store bought cake mix dressed up with some super simple homemade frosting.  First bake your cupcakes according to the directions on the package.  I made regular size and mini ones.  

I found my peanut butter frosting recipe in a magazine years ago.  I scoured the net and could not find this exact recipe.  It is super simple and oh so good!  So let's get started:

Peanut Butter Frosting

1/3 cup peanut butter (you can use chunky if you desire -- I did not)

2 cups confectioner's sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 teaspoons honey

4-5 tbsp milk

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl with the electric mixer on low speed.  Add just enough milk to make an acceptable spreading consistency.  Yield:  2 1/2 cups.  

(recipe courtesy of August 2008 edition of electric coop magazine)

Easy right?  Just spread it on.  Then I took some melted chocolate and free handed some piped hearts on parchment paper.  Let them dry and add them to the top.  Oh so yummy!  All of my sweethearts like them too!

What are you making for your valentines this week?  Anything extra special?

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~Angie~

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