Elements by Lia Eastman Handcrafted Jewelry: cake

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Suprise Cupcakes

I made these delicious cupcakes today -- they are tasty and very easy to make!

List of stuff: German chocolate cake mix, 8oz of softened cream cheese, 1/3 cup of sugar, dash of salt.

Prepare German chocolate cake mix as directed.

Mix cream cheese, sugar and dash of salt in a separate bowl.

Line cupcake tray with liners and fill cupcake liners 1/2 full with cake batter.

Drop a teaspoon (a blob the size of a quarter?) of the cream cheese mixture in the center of each 'cupcake'.

Bake cupcakes according to the directions on the box.

Enjoy!

Before I put the cupcakes in the oven, I sprinkled them with Halloween decorations (instead of using frosting). The cream cheese sinks into the center of the cupcake -- that's your yummy surprise!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Eh?......Am I drooling?

Ok, so this last treasury that I assembled on Etsy just about did me in. I never realized how many people sell tasty eats on Etsy! So many tasty, tempting, treats to look through! With that said, I have to gripe for a minute...... Etsty-ers were complaining the other day about how hard it was to make the front page. I don't blame them! When I think of what 'handmade' means to me, I think of the craft shows I have been to. Quilts, food, painted wood items, crafted dolls, etc. Etsy has a bad habit of posting too many 'luxe' items on the front page. IT IS NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT ETSY IS ABOUT! Not that the items on the front page aren't beautiful, (perhaps not MY taste), but where is the representation for the rest of the Etsy shops? Anyhoo....here are a couple of my treasury inspired postings for today!