Babycakes mini cupcake maker

I got this for Christmas and love it! I'm working on getting some diabetic/sugar free or low sugar cupcake/muffin recipes together that I can make in my new little maker. :-)

Happy National Cupcake Day 12-15-10

I almost forgot it was National Cupcake Day...I didn't get any cupcakes made, but here's a few pics of some I found on the web.

Pics of some Gingerbread Houses (found on the web)

I love gingerbread houses...

Peanut Butter Fudge (reduced sugar)

1 pkg. peanut butter chips 2 cups Splenda sweetener 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. salt 1 cup mini marshmallows 1/2 cup chopped peanuts 1 small can evaporated milk 2 tablespoons butter In a saucepan, add milk, sugar, butter and salt and stir until boiling. Continue boiling for 5 minutes. Immediately add peanut butter chips, marshmallows and peanuts. Stir until all is melted and blended well, then immediately pour into a 9 in. pan coated with non-stick spray. Put in fridge until firm and cut into small squares. Enjoy!

White Chocolate Fudge (reduced sugar)

1 pkg. white chocolate chips 1 cups mini marshmallows 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1 tsp. vanilla 2 tablespoons butter 1 tsp. salt 1 small can evaporated milk 2 cups Splenda sweetener

In a saucepan, mix sugar, butter, salt & milk and stir until boiling. Boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and immediately add white chocolate chips, pecans and marshmallows. Stir until all is melted and immediately pour into a 9 in pan coated with non-stick spray or lined with foil and then coated with non-stick spray for easy clean up.

Put in fridge until firm and cut into small squares. Enjoy!

Reindeer Cupcakes

Super Easy and Super Fun to make with your kids during the holidays!

1 box chocolate cake mix (prepare as directed on pkg. for cupcakes)
1 can milk chocolate frosting
red m&m's
white chocolate chips
twisted pretzels
black decorating gel

After cupcakes have cooled completely, add frosting, then a red m&m for the nose, two white chocolate chips for the eyes. Add a tiny bit of black decorating gel on top the chocolate chip eyes. Break a pretzel twist in half and place on the cupcake to look like antlers.

I bet Santa would really like these on Christmas Eve! HO HO HO!!

Mom's Fruitcake

I know fruitcake gets a bad rap, and I admit, the one's you see in the stores don't look too good, but my mom's fruitcake is really good, so give it a try. (Mine is baking in the oven right now :-) a picture to come later. 1 pound pitted dates (optional) I leave those out because I don't really like them 1 container of candied cherries 1 container of candied pineapple chunks 1 pound chopped pecans 2 cups Splenda sweetener 1 cup flour 2 t. baking powder 1/2 t. nutmeg 4 eggs 1 t. vanilla Line an angel food tube pan with foil and coat with non-stick spray. Preheat oven to 250. Cut fruits into smaller pieces, mixed with chopped pecans. Stir in dry ingredients and mix gently but thoroughly. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with vanilla and pour over fruit mixture. Mix well until all ingredients are combined. Pack the mixture in your pan and bake for 2 hours. Top of fruitcake can be decorated be removing cake from oven after 1 hour and garnish with pecan halves, pineapples and cherry halves. After garnishing, return cake to oven to finish baking. Cool completely, preferably overnight, before removing from pan and slicing. Store in airtight container in the fridge. The cake gets better each day, and lasts a month or longer in the fridge.

Happy Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Bread

1 3/4 cups flour 2 cups Splenda sweetener 3/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 cup oil 2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup pumpkin 1/2 cup chopped pecans Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Combine pumpkin, water, eggs and oil and mix well. Add dry ingredients slowly and beat thoroughly. Stir in nuts and pour batter into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for an hour and 15 minutes. Cool at least 15 minutes before removing from pan.

Halloween Cupcakes

1 pkg. sugar free chocolate or white cake mix (prepared as directed on package for cupcakes) sugar free chocolate or white frosting cupcake liners halloween decorations such as sprinkles, colored sugar, candy decorations, etc. For orange frosting, add some drops of orange food coloring to the white frosting and mix until you get your desired color of orange. Make cupcakes, frost and decorate, then eat your yummy treats!

Super Easy Cinnamon Twists

1 can of Pillsbury breadstick dough (12) butter cinnamon Splenda sweetener Spray a large cookie sheet with non-stick spray. Unroll the breadsticks and twist each one. Spread some butter on top of each and then sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sweetener. Bake at 350 until golden brown. For a quick glaze, mix some Splenda sweetener, milk and 1 tsp. vanilla, adding just enough milk to get the consistency you need. Spread over warm cinnamon twists.

Sugar Free Banana Caramel Cake

1 box of Pillsbury Moist Supreme Sugar Free Yellow Cake Mix
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 large eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
2 bananas, sliced
Smucker's Sundae Syrup Sugar Free Caramel Flavored

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13 x 9 baking pan with non-stick spray. Beat cake mix, cinnamon, eggs, water and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Beat in mashed bananas. Stir in nuts and spread into prepared pan.

Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for a few minutes. Top each serving with sliced bananas and caramel syrup.

Sugar Free Cake Mixes

now available from Pillsbury, made with Splenda and oh sooooo good. They have 2 flavors...classic yellow and devil's food chocolate and also 2 frostings...white and chocolate.
I made cupcakes with these mixes and they taste great. I do recommend that before you use the frosting, take a spoon and mix the frosting before trying to spread. It tends to be a little thick but once you work with it, it becomes really creamy like regular frosting, and the flavors are really good, I prefer the chocolate.

Happy Birthday Cookies (reduced sugar)

1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup Splenda sweetener 1/2 cup toffee chips 3/4 cup mini m&m candies 1/2 cup peanut butter & semi sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup chopped peanuts 1/2 cup or 1 stick softened butter 1 egg 1/2 tsp. vanilla Preheat oven to 375. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients and beat 1 minute until light dough forms. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes or until firm and golden brown. Let cookies stand 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes a great gift, especially nice to put cookies in a birthday gift bag.

Mini Neopolitan Cupcakes (reduced sugar)

1 box pillsbury strawberry cake mix

(mix as directed on box)

1 can pillsbury strawberry frosting

sugar free white frosting

sugar free chocolate frosting

mini cupcake liners

makes 2 dozen mini cupcakes

After cupcakes are cooled completely, frost with a little strawberry, vanilla & chocolate frosting. You could also bake chocolate or white cupcakes and mix up the frosting by putting strawberry on chocolate or white on strawberry, etc.

Brownies in a cone (fun for birthday parties or a summer treat)

1 pkg. sugar free brownie mix ice cream cake cones sugar free white or chocolate frosting colored sprinkles Prepare brownie batter as directed on the package using 3 eggs. Place the ice cream cones in muffin cups and spoon about 3 tablespoons of batter into each cone. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and the top is dry. Cool completely then frost tops with chocolate frosting and add colored sprinkles. Option: melt 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon of shortening in microwave. Dip tops of brownies in the melted chocolate and allow excess to drip off, then add sprinkles.

Fun Marshmallow Bars (reduced sugar)

1 pkg. sugar free chocolate cake mix 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup melted butter 1 egg 3 cups mini marshmallows 1 cup m&m's 1/2 cup chopped peanuts, cashews or whatever nut you like In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, butter and egg. Press into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Sprinkle with marshmallows, m&m's and nuts. Bake 2-3 minutes longer or until the marshmallows begin to melt. Cool on wire rack and cut into bars.

Brownies

1 1/3 cup softened butter
2 2/3 cups sugar or Splenda
4 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
confectioners sugar, optional

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and salt, gradually add to the creamed mixture. Spread into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until the top is dry and the center is set. Cool completely. Dust with confectioners sugar, optional.

Peanut Butter Cookies (from Paula Deen)

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
1 1/3 cups Splenda sugar replacement
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet
In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup Splenda, the egg and vanilla, and stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into balls about the size of walnuts. Place the balls on the cookie sheet. With a fork, dipped in Splenda, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven and sprinkle the cookies with some Splenda. Cool before removing from pan.

Layers of Yum

1 box sugar free white cake mix (mix and bake cake as directed, adding 1 cup crushed chocolate chip cookies into the mix) fresh, sliced strawberries 1 large box sugar free vanilla pudding (mix as directed and add 1 cup low fat cool whip into the pudding) In a large bowl, or individual dessert cups, layer pieces of cake, strawberries, and then pudding and repeat layers until you reach the top. Refrigerate for about an hour before eating. Optional: low fat vanilla ice cream can be substituted if you want to eat right away.

Strawberry Shortcake

1 angel food cake (I buy the sugar free "Splenda" cake from Walmart's deli)
fresh strawberries, sliced
light cool whip

Put some angel food cake in a bowl, top with strawberries and some cool whip, it's that simple and sooooo good.

Cinnamon Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease 1 loaf pan
Mix the following ingredients and pour into prepared pan.

2 cups flour
1/2 cup Splenda (same as 1 cup sugar)
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla

Mix the following ingredients and sprinkle over smoothed batter. Using a knife, cut in a light swirling motion to give a marbled effect.

2 tablespoons regular sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. butter
1/4 cup chopped pecans
Bake for 50 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Remove loaf from pan and cool on rack.