WAIT, don’t go.

Yes, it’s a cake, with beer, but…..

Ohhhhhh, this cake.

I myself can not tell you the absolute amazing-ness of this cake.

You see, I made this cake when a raging cold decided to invade my head.

Again, I ate too much and could barely get my rings off that night.

Like everyone else, I had left over desserts.

Every time I walked by them, I would take a spoonful.

NOT GOOD.

Gluttony is my middle name.

Unfortunately, I had to throw them down the garbage disposal.

The trash can isn’t good enough for me….remember this?

2 days later I needed a dessert. A quick one.

I needed a dessert that I could just fancy up.

Some grilled pound cake was in order, topped with delicious Smucker’s Spoonable toppings.

They make dressing up dessert simple.

They are easy and delicious.

Slather some pound cake with some butter, grill and top with some sweetened ricotta and Smucker’s Spoonable Strawberry and Hot Fudge Sauce.

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~ The Hungry Housewife

I loved how my husbands birthday cake turned out this year.
Simple and clean.
It’s a 3 tier 10″ yellow cake, with buttercream.
It came in at a whopping 7″ tall. Huge.
We had a massive Halloween/Birthday party and as always, the cake got devoured!

I used this Spider template for the top of the cake. And used black sugar to make the spider.
Countless curse words flew from my mouth trying not to get the black sugar from going everywhere.

I also made some cute Happy Birthday bunting. I cute triangles from black scrapbook paper, and used cooking twine to thread through the triangles.

Don’t you just love it?

Oh and BTW, Whats up with every single Halloween costume at the store being skanky and sexy?

I am not in the sexy mood this year.

So I went COMPLETE opposite with my homemade halloween costume

I “dressed” as a White Trash Housewife.

Went to Salvation Army and got a couple Moo-Moos, some hair rollers, fake eyelashes(That I put on crooked), some .50 knee highs and used my sisters 7 year olds cigarettes that she has in her Halloween costume bin…..and called it a night.
My sister was a “Person of Walmart”….classic! And my sister-in-law was Lucy.

Annnnnnd, the next day, I got off the couch TWICE.
And I begged my husband for McDonalds to make my hangover go away.

~ The Hungry Housewife

Welcome to Kristans of Confessions of a Cookbook Queens {virtual} baby shower!

I decided on white on white cupcakes, cause I’m boring and predictable.

No, truthfully, I like clean and simple. Soo, white on white is what I wanted.

Cute huh?

These cupcakes would be perfect for just about any ocassion.

Think white wedding cupcakes, white baby shower cupcakes, white bridal shower cupcakes.

You can dress them up as I did with simple chocolate letters.

“L” is for Kristans little ones name “Lucy”. Love that name.

For the chocolate letters, all you do is line a baking sheet with parchment paper, melt white chocolate in a bowl. Put into a zip lock baggies, snip the corner and pipe your desired letter onto the parchment paper. Place in the fridge for 5 minutes and the letters will come right off. I also used a drop of pink frosting for my pink letters and hearts.

And the frosting is just about the easiest you can come by…
Pudding mix, milk, cool whip and meringue powder.
I love it because it is not toooo sweet.

(The photo above was just for 1/2 of the recipe written below,for enough frosting to frost the cupcakes, follow the recipe as written)

Another thing I love about this recipe is that it starts with a White Cake Mix that you doctor up nice and good.

These cupcakes are PERFECTLY moist, flavorful(in a non boxed mix way) and rise wonderfully.

Dare I say these are the best white cupcakes I have ever tasted? YUP.

I found variations of this cake part of this cupcake on weddingcake101 and recipe girl.

Thank you Shelly from Cookies and Cups for putting together this wonderful virtual baby shower for Kristan!

Please do take a few minutes to look at everyones fabulous creations for Kristan!

Cookie and Cups Zebra Cake Cupcakes
She Wears Many Hats Pretty in Pink Party Marshmallows
Two Peas and Their Pod Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
Bluebonnets and Brownies Apple Cider Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting
My Baking Addiction Sugar and Spice Cupcakes
Picky Palate Pumpkin Brownie Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream
Blooming on Bainbridge Twinkie Cupcakes with Pink Cherry Frosting
Food for my Family Pomegranate and Lime Olive Oil Yogurt Cupcakes
Bakingdom Homemade Twinkie Cupcakes
Sprinkles Bakes Princess Torte Cupcakes
Glorious Treats Sweet Baby Cupcakes with Easy Fondant Toppers
Sweet Sugarbelle Damask Cookies
Buns In My Oven Maple Cupcakes with Maple Frosting
Dine and Dish Neapolitan Cream Filled Cupcakes
Chocolate and Carrots Whole Wheat Chocolate Cupcakes
Bake at 350 Little Pumpkin Cupcakes
Living Locurto Baby Shower Printables

~ The Hungry Housewife

Four boobs.

Have I lost you?

Do you know what “Four Boobs” is?

I dunno, maybe I made it up.

“Four Boobs” is an actual medical condition when a womans boobs are overfilling her bra causing the boobs to spill out of the top of her bra.

This condition cause the unsightly appearance of boobs sitting on-top of boobs under her shirt.

It’s quite tacky.

There is a cure for this.

Get a correctly fitting bra!

I swear it works.

Consider this a Public Service Announcement.

Bundt Cakes remind me of boobs.

Anyways…..

This cake is good people….really good. EXPLODING with all sorts of flavors.

It starts with a cake mix, but tasted NOTHING like it.

We have cinnamon, buttermilk, maple extract, bananas……oh my.

Oh and I added a streusel filling cause I want to be your BFF.

~ The Hungry Housewife