Food Friday: Hello Kitty Cake Fail

For our ten year anniversary last month my husband gave me a Hello Kitty Cake Pan, complete with Hello Kitty food coloring to go with it! Of course I was super excited to bake a Hello Kitty cake, and could not wait to do it! Enter the cake mix (my favorite kind, Funfetti). Everything was going well until it was time to get the cake out of the pan.

Yes, I sprayed it with Pam. Yes, I let it cool properly. The cake mix just wasn't strong enough, the cake fell apart. This was just one part of the problem though, because the cake could be pieced back together, which we did, even though it looked pretty bad. Next time the cake will be from scratch for sure! The second problem was all that I had to decorate the cake with was a butter knife. At least it tasted great!

 Have you had any food fails recently?

Baked Donuts!

We bought a donut pan several months ago and have had so much fun creating baked donuts with it! Why would you want to make baked donuts? Sure they don't taste like their deep fried counterparts, but they are delicious and they are a lot healthier too!

We have enjoyed sharing them with our friends, and seeing their surprise when we show up with them. They look like they would have taken a lot of time and effort to make, but it's just as easy as making a cupcake!

We used the recipe that came on the pan, but you can also use any cake recipe (and even cake mix if they aren't the "moist" kind), and of course dessert breads work well in the pan too. We can't wait to continue our experiments with them.

Make It: Pudding cookies!

Awhile back I was looking for a perfect "go to" recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Cooking in high altitude has always meant chocolate chip cookies that were either too flat or otherwise not quiet right. Then I came across this recipe for Vanilla Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies and I have never looked back!

I just whipped up a batch last night to take with me to visit my sister in laws today. They all agreed, best cookies ever! For this batch I used 1 cup of Hershey's Milk Chocolate Chips and 1 cup of Hershey's White/Vanilla chips. It was a fun departure and added an entirely different flavor! I imagine that this cookie recipe would be a great base for all kinds of different chips!

What is your favorite kind of cookie?