Peanut Butter Cup Cake, Yummy!

It was my husband's birthday on May 30th, and he L-O-V-E-S peanut butter cups. I was SOOO lucky to have found Bakerella's Peanut Butter Cup Cake recipe (originally from Family Circle magazine- but I think her version is better!) Try it, and you'll be hooked! Thanks, Bakerella!

If you want the recipe, visit Bakerella at her blog! She's awesome!

A Pirate's Life for Me!

A Pirate's Life for Me!!!

We celebrated my twins Isaac and Sophie's first birthday

last Saturday, and it was lots of fun!

I researched a LOT of pirate cakes on the Internet, and

I combined some ideas and my own to create their pirate birthday cake.

It was fun and a little stressful to make, but everyone thought it came out great! It beats paying $30+ for a store-bought cake!

First, I baked a 9 X 13 sheet cake (french vanilla).

Next, I baked the ship in a football mold I had laying around.

Hint: DO NOT use all of the cake batter for the football mold, or it won't bake well. I let the cakes cool off entirely and frosted them.

I used vanilla frosting and a few random drops of blue food coloring to make the ocean foundation for the cake. I used chocolate frosting for the ship and used a knife to make the wooden texture on the ship's deck.

I used mini pretzels for the ship's railing and printed out the sails on my computer. To put the sails up, I used bbq skewers. I found plastic pirate characters at Joann's Fabric Store to put on the ship.

As party favors, I gave away Goldfish crackers in small self-sealing bags wrapped with red ribbon and a card thanking our guests for coming. I hope you have fun at your next pirate themed party!