Banana Orange Bread

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I'll be honest, most of the time I skip breakfast. I know it's the most important meal and all that, but I'm just not hungry first thing in the morning and I am too tired to want to make breakfast.
This bread is so good and has such a bright flavor, and if you make it the night before it's a quick thing to grab in those groggy hours after waking.
With or without the glaze, this bread was a huge hit in our house!


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Flower Pot Cakes

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This Sunday is Mother's Day, in case you didn't know. I wanted to share something special that you could make for your mama and show her just how special she is. 

Of course, these are so adorable and delicious they deserve to be made more than once a year. I think the fact that it's spring is reason enough to make these sweet little flower pot cakes.

Who could resist an individual flower pot filled with rich chocolate cake, cream cheese pudding, oreo "dirt", and an edible flower?? Not me. Yummy desserts that are also cute are hard to say no to!

Flower Pot Cakes
By: Back For Seconds
serves 24

You will need:

• ingredients for your favorite chocolate cake or a mix and the ingredients to make it.
• 24 mini flower pots (mine are about 3" high)
• 1 package of oreos
• 48 gummy worms
• ingredients listed below for the Cream Cheese Oreo Pudding
• Supplies for edible flowers shown in this post here

1. Mix up the batter of your favorite chocolate cake recipe - I love devil's food cake for this.  If you don't want to make it from scratch, just use a box mix. I won't tell ;)
2. Grease pots well and fill 1/3 full with batter. 
3. Place pots on a baking sheet. Bake at 350* for about 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
4. While cakes are baking make the cream cheese Oreo pudding. (Recipe below)
5. Once the cakes are cool, fill the pots the rest of the way with the pudding, leaving just enough room for the "dirt" on top. You will have some extra pudding - eat that with a spoon ;)
6. Crush a sleeve of oreos and sprinkle on top of the pudding.
7. Refrigerate for a couple hours before serving.
8. When ready to serve, decorate with gummy worms and edible flowers. (you can substitute real or silk flowers if you don't have the time to make your own edible ones. They will still be pretty!)

Cream Cheese Oreo Pudding

By: Back For Seconds

• 2 large boxes chocolate instant pudding
• 4 Tbs soft butter
• 5 oz soft cream cheese
• 5 cups milk
• 1 sleeve oreos broken into chunks

In a large bowl beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add in pudding mix and beat until incorporated. Add milk and beat for 3 minutes. Stir in oreos and refrigerate. 

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Edible Flowers

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I am sharing something fun with you today! I'm going to show you how to make these pretty little edible flowers!
(I have a super cute Mother's Day dessert that I will be sharing tomorrow that I used these for - stay tuned!)
You can use these to dress up your cakes, cupcakes, treats in a jar, or just make them for a fun party favor. These are a really fun thing to make with your kids too. Let's get started!


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Double Stuffed Brownies

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I told you about a guilty treat I occasionally indulge in in this post a few days ago.
You may have thought they looked pretty sinful all on their own, (they are) but I had greater plans for those puppies.

If you're counting calories or watching your weight....step back, turn off the computer, forget you ever saw these. These are SO good, SO rich, and SO addictive. But not exactly healthy ;)
After you eat one, you realize you don't ever want that flavor to not be in your mouth. So you have no choice but to eat another...and another. I'm telling you these are dangerous! But worth it - so make them ;)


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Trouble on a Plate - Oreo Style

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I'm sorry to do this to you.
Of course, if you're anything like me, you have already done this a thousand times.


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Coconut Carrot Mini Cakes

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Carrot cake. You either love it or hate it, right?
I happen to love it but only if it doesn't have nuts. Or raisins. Nothing against nut and raisins - I like them, just not in my cake.
Actually, if I'm gonna be honest, the main reason I like carrot cake is it's marvelous ability to be the base for massive amounts of cream cheese frosting. Can I get an "Amen"??
However, I recently discovered that it can be amazingly delicious without all that frosting! (I still made a cream cheese glaze though - I'm not an animal!)  With the addition of coconut and a healthy dose of chocolate chips, this carrot cake rocks! Even if you think you don't like carrot cake, I bet this recipe could change your mind. It is moist, fluffy, and full of goodness!

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Peanut Butter S'mores Cups

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Can you tell I have a fondness for peanut butter? It always seems to creep into my baking experiments. Is there an ingredient or flavor that you just can't stay away from?
These s'mores cups were so easy and so tasty, and way less messy than the traditional s'mores.
I think you should try them ;)


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