EZ Colorful Cupcake Topping

*** 3/25/2016
Accompanying video now available at YouTube—"EZ Colorful Cupcake Topping"

"Gluing" colored sugars onto glaze-topped cupcakes results in festive-looking snacks that have less topping than those with swirly, buttercream mounds of frosting. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Those Two-Tone Confetti Cupcakes

Last month, I made Cinnamon Two-Tone Cupcakes with 1/2 box of yellow cake mix, using Wilton two-tone cake inserts. I observed that the interior columns of the cakes were blobby. This time, for the other half box, instead of a cinnamon and nutmeg mix for the interior part, I used 3 tablespoons of rainbow jimmies. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Chocolate Cereal Blocks Etc

The classic Rice Krispies cereal treat has been around for decades. Over time, I’ve noticed these cereal yummies have undergone two noticeable changes:

• Microwave directions for melting butter and marshmallows, replacing the kettle method
• Proliferation of pre-made packages

Chocolate Cereal Blocks Etc is my frequent deviation from the classic cereal treat. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/04/chocolate-cereal-blocks-etc.html and comment there, please.

A Convenient Ganachey Icing

My convenient recipe is for making a ganachey icing—-two ingredients, like a regular ganache recipe, but much easier and more flexible for flavors. I also point to a couple of recipes that emulate Hostess cupcakes and list other convenient baking recipes. (How convenient for the year-end holidays!) Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/convenient-ganachey-icing.html and comment there, please.