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How to Make a Minecraft Cake

February 27, 2015 by Jenn

I bought myself a Nintendo for Christmas.  Guess what game I wanted to play first?  Minecraft!  Well, that’s a lie.  It was vintage Super Mario, but that doesn’t go with this cake.  Guess what game I wanted to play second?  Minecraft! 

 

 Once, many moons ago, I made a grass block Minecraft cake, and that took such a ridiculous amount of time, that I decided I would never do it again.  So when I thought about making another Minecraft cake, I chose to make this cake out of mini cake blocks instead of one big giant one.  Both giant block cakes, and Minecraft landscape cakes have been created in wonderful ways already all over the internet.  So my problem was how was I going to produce a fresh cake idea when I was late to the party?  I decided (with Paul’s expert advice . . aka his idea) to go with a background/backdrop of the cake being an un-mined, yet to be explored area that Minecraft Steve is working on, and in front of him, an area of land where he has already been, therefore exposing the various different block types. 

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Hot Chocolate Push Pops

December 11, 2013 by Jenn

Continuing on here with our Hot Chocolate theme of late, I’ve made a tutorial on hot chocolate push pops!  I adore push pops.  If I had kids, this would be the only way to serve desserts.  It would totally save the mess of cupcakes smeared all over faces, and tables, and clothing.  Or maybe I’m just imaging I would have prim and proper children who would daintily nibble at the push pop.   Hmmm, kids are sounding better and better!  They’d be like the Downton Abbey babies…but without the nannies, or servants, or castle.

To make these Hot Chocolate Push Pops you will need a batch (or two depending on how many pops you want to make).  If you haven’t tried my homemade brownie recipe, make sure you do!  It’s so good . . . but a box mix will work just fine too if you don’t have time for scratch.

These push pops are very simple to assemble.  The only challenging part is cutting the brownie with the cookie cutter!  I had indents on my palm, but after a couple pushes, I smartened up and used a knife (I was smart enough to show that in the video).

 

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Homemade Brownie Recipe

September 20, 2013 by Jenn

Oh my gosh, I’m having the worst chocolate craving right now!!  What is better than a gooey, moist, chewy brownie?  Maybe a glass of milk to go with it?! I’m going to have to make up another batch of these . . . to give away of course.  Of course, not.

A brownie isn’t a brownie to me unless there are chocolate chunks or chocolate chips!  These brownies have all of my prerequisites for a delicious brownie…so if you’re a brownie snob like me, check this recipe out.  There’s nothing worse than a brownie that tastes like CAKE.

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S’mores Brownies

August 30, 2011 by Jenn

As I’ve said before, S’mores are one of my favourite treats that come around summer time.  They seem like the epitome of relaxation, and carefree times.  For me, this summer was NOT relaxing or carefree, but I still managed to fit in some time in front of the campfire (in the backyard, but hey, whatever works, right?)

Having two (or….three) in front of the campfire one night, just didnt seem to be enough time for my relationship with S’mores.  Therefore, in order to keep the love burning I found this recipe to make.  It was originally posted on How Sweet It Is, and I had resisted the first time it appeared in my mailbox. . . but that devil on my should kept telling me to make it!

So I gave in to temptation.

And I made them.  And they were worth it.  Every single crumb.

You can follow Jessica’s directions on her beautiful site 🙂  I followed her tips and recipe.

First up, graham cracker crust . . . melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs.

Then for the brownie layer!

This recipe is one from my collection, so I will add it for you below.

When the brownie mix is finished, it’s time to pour it onto the graham cracker crust!

Bake, bake, bake, and voila! You have a yummy brownie layer.

Now for the fun part!  I used JUMBO marshmallows for this recipe.  The orgingal on calls for the large ones, but I have been dying to use these marshmallows in something!

They “poofed” up like buns in the oven.  And got HUGE!

YUM!  The whole kitchen smelled like toasted marshmallows . . . it was one smell from baking that I was glad to have as a perfume 🙂

Aren’t my two helpers the cutest!  Big sister was my photographer for this post, and little sister was my gopher and cupcake pan mover.  Thanks girls!

Graham Cracker crumb crust, brownie middle and toasted marshmallow topping.  What more could you ask for?

Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.
Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in cocoa.
Blend in sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Blend in dry ingredients.
Pour batter into greased baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until done. Cool.

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