Party Time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE !!

Today was my little sisters birthday party. Seeing as how she has finally become a teenager I decided to go all out with the desserts. (Lets be real...I would have gone into a baking frenzy regardless of how old she was turning...)

                                              

                COOKIE CAKE       RED VELVET CUPCAKES

With the help of some icing writers, cute candles and chocolate molds I turned this plain (but insanely yummy) chocolate chip cookie cake into something fun, eye catching and colorful!

Cookie Cake/Giant Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 oz chocolate chips
4 oz butterscotch chips (trust me, these make the cake 10x more delicious)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour a 12" pizza pan. Blend ingredients together. Bake for 15 minutes. EAT AND ENJOY!!

- If you do not like butterscotch chips you can always substitute it with 4 more oz of chocolate but i STRONGLY recommend you give them a try...

This giant cookie (or cookie cake as I like to call it) is a super easy and fast dessert to whip up. The surface is nice and flat making it easy to add writing or decorations like I did. This dessert is always a crowd pleaser and a favorite amongst my friends and family!

On another note... the Red Velvet cupcakes were a huge hit! You can find that recipe by scrolling down to my previous post.

BROWNIES

 For the brownies I used my absolute favorite recipe...The one inside the Betty Crocker box! For decoration I added some chocolate hearts. 

I swear to you they taste better than anything you attempt to make at home...

To make these chocolate heart molds you need 2 things: 

1) A heart mold set (you can find this at your local Walmart)

2) Colorful chocolate melts!! 

Stick a large handful of chocolate melts into a bowl and pop it in the microwave. Set the timer for 1 minute and then take them out and stir. The chocolate will not be fully melted but its important to mix it midway to avoid burning. Put the bowl back in the microwave and heat them for another minute. Be careful when you take the bowl out-it'll be super hot! Your chocolate will now be ready to poor into the molds. Once this task is complete pop them in the freezer and check on them until they're frozen! Their super easy to work with and slide right out of the molding container-sheet-thingy. They make for a great way to add some color to your plain desserts! 

BEWARE: THE LEFTOVERS CONTAINER

So I guess its safe to say I completely over estimated the eating abilities of 13 year old girls. Apparently among the 25 or so of them they were not able to eat the 48 cupcakes, giant cookie cake, batch of brownies, 3 containers of Ben & Jerrys ice cream (I was too lazy to take them out of the freezer for a picture...forgive me?) and platter of fruit I had prepared. In a normal household I would have enough leftover dessert for 2 months. In my house, I give it 2 days. 

All in all the party was a huge success and the desserts really were a hit! I am afraid to see what sort of savages will attack this leftovers container tomorrow. I wonder if any of the dessert will survive... 

Stay tuned. My next posting will be about my adventures through the journey of baking the seemingly delicious but difficult Cupcake S'mores. My mouth is salivating at the thought...