Toffee Cakey Brownie with Marshmallow

I have been thinking about cake for the past week. No joke. It was seriously troubling, but instead I ended up making these brownies. Another lazy day in the kitchen, so I used boxed mix. I added in some leftover toffee bits as well as sprinkling some on top the last 5 minutes. Topped off with some marshmallow that needed to be used up as well. Result? Absolutely deliciouuuus! I think next time, I would bake it just a little longer to toast up the marshmallows more.

No recipe included, but it's just a boxed brownie mix. Follow the package instructions, mix in some toffee bits. At the last 5-10 minutes, sprinkle more toffee bits and marshmallows.

Banana Cream Poke Cake

Have you seen this pin on Pinterest? So did I and I got pinspired and bought all the ingredients and then I got lazy... til today. Woke up, the sun was shining and bright (it's was 50F!) and quickly made the cake batter to pop into the oven while I let the dogs out.

I haven't ate too many pies in my lifetime, but aside from apple pie, banana cream always stuck out in my mind. I use to loooove the taste of banana or banana flavored things, which once in awhile I still do, but I rarely eat bananas now. Winter started pretty early here and I am definitely craving for a taste of spring! I'm thankful that today gave me a dose of what spring will be like and top it off with this dessert? OHHH YEEEA.

Isn't Easter at the end of this month too? This would surely make a great dessert to serve! I would even make these into cupcakes and definitely let the pudding set just a little before pouring over the cake. I... Well, I got too impatient and added the cool whip too soon. Not only was it not fully thawed, it created a huge mess just trying to spread it. Also, I could only find one package of banana pudding at my local Safeway. Who knew banana pudding was so in demand right now?! Neither did I.



Banana Cream Poke Cake
Original recipe from the country cook

1 10 oz. box yellow cake mix, follow instructions on the back of package
1 package instant banana pudding
3 cups milk
1 tub frozen whipped topping, thawed
15-20 vanilla wafers, crushed

Prepare the cake according to package directions.
Let it to cool and poke holes all the way through the cake (I used a chopstick since that's all I had).
Whisk banana pudding into milk and let sit for a minute.
Spread over cake and make sure to push pudding into the holes.
Place cake into fridge so pudding can set.
Spread thawed cool whip and top with crushed nilla wafers.

Keep refrigerated.

Holiday Baking: Confetti Cake Batter Cookies

Simple recipes with minimal ingredients makes holiday baking stress free and I will take all the help I need. These are seriously so simple to make and you can also make the dough, scoop out into balls and freeze ahead of time. I'm not a fan of cake batter flavor anything (except candles), but these cookies turned out super moist and really good!

P.S. Sorry for the poor quality of photos... gloomy skies make ugly photos :(



Confetti Cake Batter Cookies
Recipe from Sallys Baking Addiction

1 box (18.25 oz) vanilla/white cake mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable/canola oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, mix together everything but the sprinkles. Gently fold in the sprinkles.

Drop rounded 1-inch balls of dough onto baking sheet. You can also roll the top of the cookie dough in more sprinkles.

Bake for 9 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.