Chocolate Cake

Not a very good pictures but do not judge the taste by its look. I made this cake for my youngest son during his kindergarten graduation last May. It’s one of the easiest cakes that you can prepare on any occasions. I am not going to make this entry any longer so here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Cake:
Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake mix

Frosting:
1 container Betty Crocker chocolate frosting

Topping:
1 jar of maraschino cherries
2 dozens kit kat wafers

Filling:
1 cup whipped cream
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. sugar

Red ribbon

Preparation

1. Prepare the chocolate cake according to its package direction.
2. While the cake is baking, prepare the filling.
3. Mix all ingredients for filling and set aside inside the fridge.
4. Let the baked cake cool completely before filling and frosting.
5. Carefully cut the cake into two layers.
6. Place the filling on top of the first layer.
7. Place the second layer on top of the first layer cake with filling.
8. Now you can start frosting.
9. Slowly arrange the kit kat wafers around the frosted cake.
10. Tie the red ribbon around the cake to hold it.
11. Top the maraschino cherries and you’re done.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookies but I don’t bake them very often though. I make a huge batch of these cookies during Christmas to giveaways together with other goodies. This recipe is very easy to make so anytime you have cravings with something sweet then try the chocolate crinkles.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients

3 eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp. instant coffee
2 cups all-purpose flour
Sifted powdered sugar


Preparation

1. In a mixing bowl beat eggs, sugar, chocolate, oil,
baking powder and vanilla until combined.

2. Slowly add the flour and beat.

3. Cover the mixture with cellophane wrap and chill in the fridge for about an hour or two or until easy to handle.

4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.

5. Roll balls in sifted powdered
sugar and coat generously.

6. Place balls one inch apart on an
ungreased cookie sheet.

7. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or
until edges are set and top is cracked.
8. Let cool on wire rack. Enjoy!

Black & White Brownie Cupcakes

I made these Black and White Brownie Cupcakes two weeks ago to satisfy my sweet tooth. The recipe was taken from Kusina Ni Manang. It’s my first time to make this kind of sweet and I was surprised that it turns out really good. The kid’s got all excited and cleaned the platter in a flash. Oh! I used the Ghirardelli Ultimate Fudge Brownie Mix instead of the Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownie Mix that Manang used because I was not paying attention and picked the wrong box. I did not add any red wine too.

Black and White brownie Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 box Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate BrownieMix1/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup (8-oz) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Preparations:

Preheat oven to 350 deg F. In a medium bowl, stir together brownie mix, water, oil and 1 egg until moistened (about 40 strokes). Line muffin tin with paper cups and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Using electric mixer, mix cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg and vanilla on medium speed for 1 minutes or until smooth. For each cupcake, place rounded tablespoon of cream cheese mixture on top of batter. Bake 28-32 minutes. Makes 16 cupcakes

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