An old classic, with a New Twist...

Growing up, I loved to cook/bake and my mom was terrible at it. She would avoid getting in the kitchen at every opportunity, so at 5 I was making my own toast and at 8 I was baking muffins, cupcakes and pretty much anything that came with instructions!

Then in my high school Home Ec class, I learned about this fun pull apart bread that was pretty easy and really tasty. It has been with me ever since. I usually make it about once a year for old times sake, but I got to thinking the other day about this very simple recipe and decided I should start making it more often. Its very inexpensive and really easy, that I could let my 4 1/2 year old help out and we could make it our fun dessert project, each month putting a new clever tasty spin on it. So this is the first of hopefully MANY posts about Monkey/Pull Apart Bread and the Fun and Tasty Ways to spruce it up. 

This month- Pumpkin Pecan Caramel Monkey Bread

Ingredients: 

1/2 C Sugar 

1 tbsp Cinnamon 

1 tbsp Pumpkin Spice Jello Instant Pudding Mix

1 Can of homestyle biscuits 

1/4 c Brown Sugar, 

1 Stick of butter

1/4 C Glazed Pecans

Put the sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pudding mix into a medium mixing bowl. cut biscuits into 1/4's and put into the bowl of the mixture. Toss to coat the dough pieces. Spray an 8" round cake pan with non stick spray. Put sugar coated biscuits in the pan, in one flat layer. 

Add the brown sugar and butter to the mixing bowl and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and pour the melted mixture over the biscuits. Top with glazed pecans. 

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Allow to cool 10-15 minutes and enjoy.

Please feel free to post comments with your own favorite version of this classic dessert :)

New Flavor Friday A little Late..

On Friday I was working on cakes and forgot to post the new flavor! So here it is! 

Cinnamon Caramel Apple! A cinnamon vanilla cake is filled with my homemade caramel apple filling and then topped with a cinnamon caramel buttercream. 

 

These yummy cupcakes will be a premium flavor due to all the caramel-y goodness :) But get them this week for 15% off! So instead of $27/dz regular size and $30 for 2dz Mini's, you pay only $23 or $25.50!!! So order them this week! To Order, Email me at: buttercreambling@aol.com

Happy Monday Everyone! 

Buttercream Bling News!

Over the weekend I helped put together a party that Erica Williams and I have been planning for a little over a month now. It turned out wonderfully! She has it up on the blog now, so go check out our hard work and let me know what you think! If you need any assistance with upcoming celebrations, please let me know. We can help out with all kinds of things from Decorations, Printables, Planning, Food, Desserts, Staging, Etc! And we can work with almost any budget so please let us know. 

                  Click Here to check out the blog post and to get all the details! 


                                                                            ALSO.... 

I am featured on the A to Zebra Celebrations blog for the Spooktacular Giveaways they are doing. Check them out and enter to win one of 3 party packages valued at around $150 each! These vendors are seriously talented. You dont want to miss out!

New Flavor Friday

This week's new flavor is....

Double Strawberry Cheesecake

Its a fresh strawberry cake filled with a homemade strawberry filling and then iced with cream cheese frosting.

:)

Order it today, saturday or sunday at 15% off!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Giveaway Monday, + How To Train Your Dragon Party!

Check out this adorable How To Train Your Dragon Party that was posted on the Never Grow Up Party Planning Blog. Its too cute! Of Course, Featuring my cupcakes!

Also, just for fun, I thought I would do a giveaway! All this week, post a comment on this Blog Posting by clicking Comment below and on Friday I will draw one winner to receive a $10 gift Certificate from me. Enter everyday if you want to increase your chances to win! 1 Entry per day limit please! Good Luck and Happy Monday!

New Flavor Friday

This weeks flavor is a new twist on an existing favorite in my line up! My pumpkin pecan cheesecake cupcakes always have people coming back for more and it was requested that I find a way to mix some marshmallow into a pumpkin cupcake and of course I rose to the challenge! So this weeks flavor is....

Pumpkin Marshmallow!!! Its a moist pumpkin cupcake filled with Marshmallow fluff, and topped with a small amount of cream cheese frosting, half a large marshmallow and graham cracker crumbs!

Try this new combination or the old favorite this week at a discount! All orders for either pumpkin flavor placed Friday, Saturday and Sunday will receive 15% off! To order, Email Me

Breakfast Gone Wildly Deliscious- Cupcake Style

I saw this post last night from Random Thoughts of a Super Mom, for Candy Corn Waffles and I thought, I am going to be an awesome mom in the morning myself and make those for my kiddo's. So when my eyes popped open to sound of silence, it quickly became my mission to get downstairs, throw together the best breakfast ever, and surprise my boys before they got up for the day. So I whipped up these super fun, super easy waffles (I added some Banana Flavoring to the mix) and the house was still silent. So then I thought, oooh I will make some homemade Dark Chocolate Ganache to go over them, I know a little much for breakfast but I am being an awesome mom right? So I make the ganache and still silence. Then I remember some Banana Cream Icing I made a week ago still in the fridge, so plop some of that on them and then it hit me, glazed Pecans!!! Lucklily, I had just made some of those as well. Since the boys were still sleeping I just let the creative juices flow. When I was done, I had this beautiful tasty looking Banana, Chocolate Pecan Halloween Waffle and no kids up to eat it. So I enjoyed breakfast in the piece and quiet and I gotta say, it was HEAVEN. :)

Now Im off to wake up my little sleepy heads and surprise them with what's left of the best breakfast ever! Here are some pics for ya!

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

Sale!

Today only! Get your dozens HALF OFF!!! :) Some rules and restrictions apply but its a great deal. Only catch is that they have to be for this weekend! To Order: Email Me

Happy Tuesday!

New Flavor Friday

I have been waiting quiet a few days to announce this new flavor and its been so tempting to let the cat out of the bag! But I was strong, and kept it to myself. Till Now!

This weeks new flavor is: Take 5

I start with a caramel cake, then fill it with more caramel sauce. Then I spread on some creamy chocolate ganache then top that with my best EVER Peanut Butter frosting and then the whole thing gets dipped in chopped nuts and pretzels! My test subjects have not stopped raving about this one!

Now that I have your attention... :)

This is a specialty flavor due to all the heavenly goodness, but oh so worth it! This weekend only, mention my blog and get 2 dozen minis for $23 (usually $30) or a dozen regular size cupcakes for $21 (usually $27.50).

To order, Email Me

Happy New Flavor Friday!

New Items

I have been wanting to make these little guys for a while now, and I finally set aside some time to play with things and these are too darn cute. They can be customized to match any theme, color scheme, holiday, etc.

 

Above is an assortment of my newest treats. 

*Half White Chocolate/Half Milk Chocolate Oreo Pops, $12/dz

*Chocolate Covered Oreo Pops $10/dz

*Chocolate Covered Mini Oreo Pops $12/2dz

*White or Milk Chocolate Covered Marshmallows $15/2 dz

 

S'mores Anyone? 

These tasty treats are perfect for keeping clean hands! Can also be dipped in chocolate. 

1 Dz Undipped- $15

1 Dz Dipped- $18

All orders can be completely customized to match your event. Use them to add color to a dessert table, or as favors. To place an order, email me

All orders placed Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Sept 16th-18th) for pickup anytime before Oct 31st will get 15% off!!!

The mini Oreo Pops are perfect for little ones! :)

 

Happy Friday Everyone! 

 

Polka Dot Cake by Snowy Bliss

This blog being about all things baking, I just HAD to share this!

Snowy Bliss Posted this adorable cake and I am already dreaming up ideas about how to use it for my own parties/clients in the near future!

She has a whole tutorial here: Polka Dot Cake Tutorial

Go check it out and tell her I sent you!

Happy Monday! {Special}

It's finally cooling off and I am SOOO excited to be taking my kids to the park today that I am running a cupcake special as well to share the love. :)

So all orders placed TODAY OR TOMORROW for this week or weekend (must be for pick up/delivery by this sunday, Sept 17th) will be given the following pricing when you mention this blog post!

*Regular size dozens $16!!! (reg $22) (Specialty flavors $18, reg $27)

*Mini Dozens $8!!! (reg $12.50) STILL A 2 DZ MINIMUM! (Specialty $10.50, reg $15)

These are GREAT prices people! So place your orders for this week/weekend asap!

New Flavor Friday

It's a little late today but better than never right?  Well just in time for Happy Hour! 

This weeks new flavor is....... Beer with lime. It's better than it sounds! :)

A moist lightly Lime cake has a touch of beer in it, then after baking its injected with more beer with lime and topped with a delicious Vanilla Beer Buttercream and lime zest.

Welcome to the Happy Hour Cupcake Line up! Order yours this week (till next friday) for $9/Mini Dozen or $18 Regular Dozen. After that, they go up to regular prices.

Happy Friday Everyone!

My treats become the stars... of the Party!

Over the weekend I hosted a Labor Day Party for some friends and of course I created some wonderful treats! The printables were created by Never Grow Up Party Planning where I help out in addition to running Buttercream Bling. Thanks to Maria Sauerbrei Photography for the pictures!

                         The ever popular Butter Cookies, every time I make these, people love them!
                                                Purchase them for your next event for $15/ 2 dz

                                 These cupcakes are Strawberry Short Cake Flavor and are $25/ 2 dz

                          In addition to the cookies and the cupcakes, I also made my newest addition
                                                             Marshmallow Pops, $15/dz

Help me spread the word!

I am currently doing a lot of marketing in my area to get the word out to new people! I have handed out flyers locally, I have done some exposure events, I am featured on several Facebook Pages and Blogs, and I have donated cupcakes to several organizations! This time, I am giving out free samples to pretty much ANYONE who wants them! :) So I asked my followers on Facebook to sign up to get samples brought to their place of business to share with everyone there! I will be taking samples this Thursday September 8th to businesses in the Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, AJ and QC areas. If you would like to sign up to get some brought in for your office, post here or Email Me.

If you have ANY ideas or tips that would help me spread the word about Buttercream Bling, please let me know! If you hear about Boutiques or see someone looking for donations, please send the info over to me.

In return for your help, for every new LEAD you bring to Buttercream Bling, (that I follow up on) I will give you a $10 Gift Certificate! For each new person you refer to me who orders (minimum order of $40) I will give you a $10 gift certificate! So you can be racking up the gift certificates left and right, just by helping me spread the word!!!

Thanks for being a fan and following the blog!

Winner of the Welcome Contest!

I did a Random.org drawing and the winner of the $20 gift certificate is Lindsay! Congratulations! If you are not local, please get with me by emailing at buttercreambling@aol.com and I can let you know what items are ship-able. :)

For everyone else, If you participated by posting a comment, you get 20% off your next order! Email me as well to get a coupon!

Thanks to everyone for participating, i will do another giveaway soon!

New Flavor Friday

It's Friday again and I am happy to announce the new flavor for this week is..... Vanilla Caramel Latte!!!! I made the first batch last night and these cupcakes are so pretty when baked. Its a vanilla cake with a caramel swirl baked in and then they are filled with a homemade Caramel Latte Filling and and then topped with a Salted Caramel Vanilla Whipped Icing. :)

(sorry the pic sideways, for some reason when it downloads, it rotates, and I cant seem to figure out why. lol)

Get your Vanilla Caramel Latte Cupcakes for $12 per Mini Dz, or $20 for a Regular Size Dz. These prices are good for orders placed this weekend ONLY. After that, regular prices will go into effect!

Yummy Recipe Wednesday!!!

I recently became a fan of a new and very quickly growing page on Facebook called Crock Pot Girls and they posted a seriously yummy sounding and super simple Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe, made in your crock pot (with the extremely high temperatures we are still enduring here in Az, you couldnt pay me to turn on my oven so this is perfect!)!!! I think I will have to try this out sometime soon! So here is the recipe and make sure to check out there page, there are soooo many recipes between the ones they post in the photo's section and the ones fans are constantly posting in the discussion forum, you will find a lot of great things to try! So Good Luck and Happy Yummy Recipe Wednesday!

Slow Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake

1 package devils food cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 2/3 cups water
1 package Jell-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding Mix
2 cups cold milk
1 bag (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions
Prepare cake mix into batter using eggs, oil, and water. Pour into crock-pot.

Prepare Jell-O Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix using milk. Pour this over cake mix in crock-pot. Sprinkle chocolate chips all over the top of the batter.

Cook in crock-pot on high setting for 2 1/2 to 3 hours until cake is moist but not jiggle, and little volcanoes of spitting chocolate appear on top. Serve with ice cream, whipped topping, or on its own for a really special dessert.

Notes For best results use a crock-pot liner so sides don't burn to your crock-pot.

You can use just about any kind of cake mix or pudding mix or even different kinds of chips. Create anything you want with this simple recipe!

Auction Posted!

I have posted a new Auction on my Facebook Page!!! Its a great way for people to get my treats at a discount! Some of the items can even be shipped! So get over there and bid, auction ends tomorrow at 3! Buttercream Bling Facebook Page

Never Grow Up {Party Planning}: Tea for 2 {Party & Collection} Baby Shower

Just thought I would share a party I threw a couple weeks ago (With the help of the Amzing Erica Williams) and is featured here:
Never Grow Up {Party Planning}: Tea for 2 {Party & Collection} Baby Shower: Never Grow Up Party Planning and Buttercream Bling have teamed up! Here is the behind the scenes info on our latest Tea Party Baby Shower th...

New Flavor Friday {+ Giveaway}

Every Friday you can look forward to coming to my blog to find out what the new flavor is! In addition to posting the new flavor, I will be doing a giveaway for a free dozen of that flavor! So check in often!

This weeks flavor is: Fluffernutter!

Its a vanilla cake (can substitute chocolate cake upon request) that is filled with LOTS of gooey MARSHMALLOW FLUFF (yes, that messy, unbelievable yummy stuff we ate when we were kids) and then topped with cream Peanut Butter Icing and chopped Peanuts! Its just like a Peanut Butter and Fluff Sandwich only BETTER!!!

This flavor is now officially on the flavor list so it is available anytime but you can post below to enter to win a mini dozen for free (contest runs from now until noon tomorrow) or skip the waiting and just order your mini dozen for only $10! Thats 20% off the regular prize and this discount is only available today, FRIDAY AUGUST 26TH. So email me at buttercreambling@aol.com to order ASAP!

To enter to win the free mini dozen, post below and when we hit 10 posts, ill draw a name at random. Contest ends Sat aug 27 at noon. winner will be posted at noon. pick up will be required on either 8/27 or 8/28. Good Luck, make sure to tell your friends so we can hit 10 faster! If we dont hit 10 comments, no winner will be chosen. :(

Welcome to the blog!

I am excited to be launching my first EVER blog, and it will involve all things BAKING! Please help me out by telling all your friends and family about it!


To start us off, I would like to run a contest just for followers, so post below with a comment about how you heard about this page, and I'll leave it open till September 1st! Then I'll draw one name from the comments below and the winner will get their choice of $20 worth of my goodies! :) The winner will be announced on September 2nd right here on the blog, since I am not asking for contact info, you will have to come back to see if you won, and the winner has 48 hours to claim their prize!

So start posting! So you can win this awesome $20 Gift Certificate!