Chocolate Diet Coke Cupcakes

This post has been sponsored by SheSpeaks, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company.
All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Everyone who knows me well knows that I love Diet Coke®. I've been a fan for years!
There's just something about the delicious taste and that fizz that keeps me coming back
for more.

Many years ago, I heard that you could bake a low-fat cake by simply adding a 12-ounce
can of Diet Coke® to a box of chocolate cake mix. That's it. No oil, eggs or water needed,
just a can of diet soda and cake mix. Diet Coke® and chocolate - I was sold!

Mini Angel Food Cake {baked in a loaf pan}

Angel food cake is one of my all time favorites, especially during the summer when it's
served with lemon curd or whipped cream and fresh berries!
Such a light and refreshing dessert.

Mini Bundt Cakes #EasterSweetsWeek

Welcome to this year's #EasterSweetsWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife.
We’re so glad that you’ve joined us for this week long event of Springtime and Easter
dessert recipes! We're sharing tons of treats this week plus a few fantastic giveaways!
You’re going to love what we have in store for you.

Mini Macaron Cake

I made this little cake for my daughter's birthday in December and I thought I would
share it with you to show you just how easy it is to make an impressive cake from a
boxed cake mix.

Chocolate Cake In A Jar

Do you have a go-to dessert?
You know, the dessert that you take to family reunions, holidays and picnics when you
don't have the time or energy to think of something else to make.

My go-to dessert is this chocolate trifle.  For years I made it in a glass trifle bowl.  If I'm
serving a large crowd, I make it in a punch bowl. I've even made it in a large glass jar,
but my favorite way to take chocolate trifle to a party is in this plastic bucket/jar thing
I found at Walmart! It has a handle and it's own lid, making it super easy to carry to any
type of event!

Mini Cookies 'n Cream Bundt Cakes #SummerDessertWeek

This post was created for #SummerDessertWeek. I received samples from some of our
sponsor companies, but as always, all opinions are my own.

Welcome to day three of #SummerDessertWeek hosted by Angie of Big Bear's Wife!
This week I have joined 24 other bloggers and we're sharing some of our favorite
summer desserts.  On Monday I shared my Homemade Angel Food Cake with Sugared
Berries! We're also hosting an awesome GIVEAWAY! Be sure to scroll down after the
recipe to enter!

Angel Food Cake with Sugared Berries #SummerDessertWeek

This post was created for #SummerDessertWeek. I received samples from some of our
sponsor companies, but as always, all opinions are my own.

Welcome to the first #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear's Wife.
We're so glad that you've joined us for this week long event of desserts and giveaways.
You're going to love what we have in store for you.

Mini Chocolate Cake

My parent's 57th wedding anniversary was the perfect excuse to make this adorable
mini chocolate cake.  I pinned this recipe in January, right after Christina posted it
on her blog, Dessert for Two. I thought it was the cutest thing ever!

The Perfect Cupcake

Banana Yogurt Snack Cake

This post is in partnership with Stonyfield and Barlean's.  As always, all opinions
are 100% my own.  Thank you for supporting brands that make Me and My Pink
Mixer possible.

So I was at my parents house the other day and my mom had four very ripe bananas
sitting on her kitchen counter.  I said "do you have plans for those bananas?" She
said "no, I'll probably just give them to the cows." Sorry cows, but those bananas
came home with me :)

Thanks to mom, my recipe today is for a banana yogurt snack cake.  You could totally
turn this recipe banana bread if you like, but I decided on a snack cake because one,
it bakes faster in a square baking dish and two, cake sounds better than bread :)

Cute & Easy Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Hello sweet friends!

I can't believe I have made four different types of cupcakes in the past six days.

It seems like I was on a long cupcake making break and it felt good cover my counter top
with cupcake liners and sprinkles again.

How to Make Cake Flour {DIY}

Have you ever noticed how many different types of flour there are?
Geez!
All-purpose flour, whole wheat, spelt, almond, coconut and bread flour just to name
a few.

I don't know about you, but my pantry isn't large enough for all of that, nor do I use all
of those different types of flour on a regular basis.

Hot Chocolate Mug Cake for One

Only two more days until Christmas!

Are you ready?

Cinnamon Bun Mini Cakes

When I was little I asked Santa for a Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas.
I wanted that little oven so badly!
Mini boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix and tiny cake pans - I would have been in heaven!

Santa was good to me that year, but he never did come through with that Easy-Bake Oven.
My mom said I should just learn how to bake in a real oven and so I did.  Thanks mom :)
I cranked out cookies, brownies and cakes for my brothers and they were happy, but deep
down I still longed for that little oven that baked cakes with a light bulb.

University of Tennessee Graduation Party Cupcakes & Free Printable

Over the weekend I had to pleasure of making cupcakes and a dessert for a friend's
party she was hosting for her daughter's high school graduation.

Morgan will be attending the University of Tennessee this fall, so the party theme was
orange and white for the Tennessee Volunteers.  I made red velvet cupcakes with cream
cheese frosting and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.  Keeping with the party
theme I decorated the cupcakes with Tennessee logo toppers and washi tape flags.

Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake

It's hard to believe that the month of May is almost over.
School is winding down around here and most high school graduations are next
weekend. Even though our daughter, Madison just finished her junior year at
James Madison University, we still received several high school graduation
announcements from our friends who have kids that are graduating this year.


Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake is a perfect dessert to serve for graduation parties, reunions
or family picnics.  It's easy to prepare and serves 20-25 people.  I made it three
years ago for Madison's graduation party and the punch bowl was empty in no time!

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake cream on top
Tell me the name of your sweetheart.

How many of you remember jumping rope to that song?
Any one, any one?
Do kid's even jump rope anymore?
Well they should.
Just sayin'.

Anyway, for some reason that song popped into my head as I was editing these photos
and now I can't quit singing it.
Don't you hate when that happens!

Iced Almond-Lemon Loaf Cake

Believe it or not, I didn't start eating yogurt until I was in my early thirties.
Which was just last week, by the way :)

Yogurt just wasn't something my mom ever brought home from the grocery
store, so I never really thought about it.

I have my husband to thank for introducing me to this creamy, delicious,
healthy goodness.  He has been a yogurt fan since he was young and he
often consumes 3-4 containers of Stonyfield yogurt a day!

Today I use yogurt in many of my recipes, so I was super excited when
my friends at Stonyfield sent me a copy of Yogurt Culture by Cheryl
Sternman Rule.

Older Than Dirt Birthday Cake

Happy Monday!
I thought I would kick off the new week with a little birthday humor :)

Over the weekend one of my co-workers, who enjoys picking on me by the way,
celebrated his birthday.  John loves when I bring sweet treats to work, so I thought
I would make a special cake for his birthday and bring it to work today.

Strawberry Jell-O Poke Cake

Strawberry Jell-O Poke Cake is a dessert my mom use to make when we were kids.
My brother's and I loved it!
It's such a light and refreshing cake and easy too since it's made from a boxed cake mix.

For Easter I decided to take a trip down memory lane and make Strawberry Jell-O Poke
Cake for our family get together.
Chilled whipped cream pudding frosting combined with fluffy white cake tastes so good
on a warm spring day!
Heck, who am I kidding - it tastes good any day!