Happy Happy Tuesday everybody and more importantly, Happy Valentine’s Day!!! I thought I would be a total cliché and make a strawberry cake to not only share with all of you, but also to share with all of my work peeps to say Happy Valentine’s Day to them too! (That’s why the pics below show a double recipe for the frosting fyi).
Obviously I can’t make a strawberry cake without chocolate frosting, because it doesn’t get much more Valentine’s Day than overpriced chocolate covered strawberries, ammiright? Juust kidding, kind of, hehe.
Strawberry cake has been a lifelong food love of mine, so really any reason to make this is a good one, especially since this is a recipe my mom has passed down to me, and it is beyond easy to make and did I mention insanely, awesomely good?
Yeah, it is, and then when you throw this mousse like whipped chocolate frosting on top, y’all, mmm, mmm, mmm, you just don’t even know. Basically I’m saying that you and your loved one(s) need this in your life, because this is too darn good to not make. I hope you all have a wonderfully love filled day and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
frosting first… flour and milk into your saucepan (PLEASE NOTE THE PICS OF THE FROSTING SHOW A DOUBLE RECIPE)…
after cooking up for a bit…
after that cools for a bit, place butter and sugar into your mixer bowl…
after whipping the heck out of it…
now add the flour/milk mixture…
now whip the heck out of this and now add the cocoa powder…
mix again…
now for the cake, literally every ingredient for the cake into your bowl…
all mixed up…
into your pan…
nice and baked, then frosted, yum!!!…
and enjoy!!! 
- 1 Box White Cake Mix.
- 1 (3 or 6 Ounce) Packet of Strawberry Jell-O.
- 3 Tablespoons of All-Purpose Flour.
- 4 Eggs.
- 1/2 Cup of Water.
- 1 Cup of Vegetable Oil.
- 1/2 of a (15.5 Ounce) Package of Frozen Strawberries In Syrup.
- 9x13 Pan.
- 5 Tablespoons of All Purpose Flour.
- 1 Cup of Milk
- 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla Extract.
- 2 Sticks (1 Cup) of Unsalted Butter, Softened.
- 1 Cup of Granulated Sugar.
- 2.5 Tablespoons of Cocoa Powder.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- With a handheld or stand mixer with paddle attachment, you can place all of your ingredients into your bowl, and mix just until smooth.
- Spray your pan liberally with non-stick spray, and pour your cake batter into your pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes, then loosely place aluminum foil on top of your pan and continue to bake 20 minutes, but be sure to check periodically because every oven is different, if it springs back to the touch in the middle it's done.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
- In a medium sized sauce pan, place the flour and milk into it and on medium heat, and while stirring constantly cook the ingredients together until the consistency of thin mashed potatoes is reached.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract, and now let this mixture cool to room temperature.
- Once your flour/milk/vanilla mixture has cooled completely, with a handheld or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, place your butter and sugar into your bowl and whip and whip until light and fluffy.
- Now add your milk/flour mixture into your butter/sugar mixture and whip, whip, whip until the consistency of whipped cream is reached (takes at least 5 minutes of constant whipping).
- Now add your cocoa powder and mix until completely mixed in, now frost your cake and enjoy!!!
- Please note that the pictures above for the frosting are a double recipe because I made 2 separate cakes when I made this recipe 🙂
Luckily, today’s cocktail is aaaalll of those things, with a bonus of it being freaking delicious. This Kiss Me Quick Cocktail (OMG so cute right?) is a bit more work than most cocktails I post here, but I just couldn’t pass up making this lovely and beautiful raspberry sauce to go in it. 
This delicious libation also includes pineapple juice (which IMO makes everything better) and Cake Vodka (also not too shabby haha). If you want to make this extra Valentine’s-ey then I highly recommend throwing in some cute heart sprinkles like I did for your Valentine. I think this is such a fun and fruity cocktail and I hope you get to make this too. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!! 
then the raspberries…
after simmering for a while…
nice and strained (the fruit left over)…
back into your saucepan (minus the fruit leftovers) and cook for a bit longer…
raspberry sauce done…
now for the cocktail, raspberry sauce into your glasses…
then the pineapple juice and cake vodka…
and enjoy!!!
You guys, if you don’t have the ingredients for this cake at home, go ahead and just go to the store so you can get this stuff cooking as soon as possible. If you can imagine the way a moist milk chocolate cake mixed with warm gooey uncooked brownie mixed with 
Oh, and the fact that I basically threw the ingredients into the crock pot and left it for a few hours and came back to this amazing and decadent dessert makes it a billion times better than it already is. I may or may not have thrown some vanilla ice cream onto my 
Also, if you’re looking for an easy & sexy dessert for your special Valentine this Sunday, then here you go, look no further. Have a wonderful day!!! 
yummies, cake batter…
into your Crock Pot…
for the pudding…pudding mix & milk…
after whisking for a few minutes…
now, pudding into your cake batter…
now, milk chocolate chips…
bake, bake, bake…not pretty y’all but looks are soo deceiving in this case
and enjoy!!!
Basically what I’m saying is that I literally have had no time to do anything food post-wise, hence why this wasn’t posted yesterday, and hence again why I’m frantically writing this because y’all this dip is too stinking good not to share as soon as possible. 
This dip is easy, it’s super quick and soooooo amazingly good. I mean, it doesn’t hurt that I dipped one of my absolute favorite cookies into it…droool. Anyways, so if you’re looking for that sweet and decadent dip for Super Bowl Sunday, here you go! I hope you have an absolute wonderful day, a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
mix, mix, mix, then the rest of your ingredients…
mix, mix, mix…
now the mini M&M’s…
mix again…
and enjoy!!!
and enjoy again!!!
If you’re not an avid football fan like I am, you’re probably sitting there all siiiggh, but I just can’t bring myself to apologize because I’m super passionate about my Falcons. So, speaking of the Super Bowl, which I will be 100% glued to the TV the day of just so you know, this week I will be bringing you guys 2 different dips, one savory and one sweet (that’s Thursday’s recipe). Because what is a Super Bowl party without dips? 
Well, it isn’t a proper viewing I’ll tell you that much. Sooo today I’ve brought y’all an absolutely wonderful and ding dang easy dip, it’s got cream cheese, it’s got sour cream (obvi), it’s got salsa, lots of cheese and lots and lots of flavor 🙂 I couldn’t get enough of this stuff, it’s addictive, just go ahead and make this I have a very good feeling you’ll be as happy with it as I am. I hope everyone of you is having a spectacular week so far and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
mix, mix, mix…
and enjoy!!!
Trust me, I most definitely needed some of these delicious little bites this week, but unfortunately I totally finished all of these last weekend because they’re so good. I hope y’all don’t mind that I did a healthier recipe, but I’m still feeling the mild holiday bulge, so I thought a lighter recipe would be a good idea. 
So, about these bites, these bites are no joke like dessert, sweet, a little bit salty, and nice and chewy. If you’re not necessarily a fan of cashews, you can totally substitute them out for whatever you prefer, but they’re a personal favorite of mine so there you go. I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful Friday, a great weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
then add your dates, coconut, coconut oil and water…
pulse all together…
roll into balls and roll into the coconut…
and enjoy!!!
I was lucky enough to try these delicious cheesy potatoes at a Christmas party and the hostess was nice enough to send me the recipe after I told her I was officially obsessed with this dish. Funny enough, she had first tried this deliciousness at a work party and also confessed her love of the recipe to the bringer of this dish, so here we are, sharing it on the Internet, but I have no idea of it’s origins haha. You really can’t beat (a basically) one bowl recipe, I mean obviously you’ll need a smaller bowl for the corn flakes/butter mixture but that’s no biggie. 
I had everything ready to go into the oven before my oven was even done pre-heating if that gives you any indication of how fast this one is to throw together. This casserole is so deliciously filled with hash browns and cheese that cook up so well together, and let’s not forget the absolutely wonderful, crunchy and buttery topping, you will definitely be going back for seconds 
all mixed together…
now for the topping, corn flakes ready to be crushed…
butter into your crushed corn flakes, then mix them up…
then the corn flake/butter mixture on top of your casserole, with a nice sprinkle of paprika…
and enjoy!!! 
If you’re not from the South you probably won’t get how scary that can be, because it never fails that ice always, always accompanies it, and y’all there is just no driving to be done when there’s ice. Sooo, with the very real possibility of people being housebound for possibly several days, a mad dash is made to the grocery store and you buy as many essentials (bread, milk, peanut butter, 
Basically everything was gone, including the ingredients for the recipe I had been planning on making, so I had to improvise. Cinnamon roll waffles are something I’ve been wanting to make for a while, and lucky for me there was literally this one lone can of cinnamon rolls left in the whole store, so there you go, that’s how this wonderful treat came about. 
Just so y’all know, I did get iced in, and spent the better part of Sunday pouring buckets of hot water on the driveway then taking a shovel to it in hopes of getting out of the driveway to go to work in the morning. Oh, also, it’s going to be 70 degrees this coming weekend…like I said, temperamental. I hope you guys get to enjoy this recipe soon (if you can even call it a recipe because it’s so simple) and thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and weekend!!!
onto your waffle iron…
and enjoy!!! 
Sorry to those of y’all looking for something extra decadent and smothered in butter today, I just can’t, my body is mad at me, but I promise Thursday I will have something in the unhealthy/awesome vein. On the bright side, this smoothie is awesome y’all. Since I feel like my digestion was so off, I knew I wanted some ginger root and fresh mint in this, because both are aces in helping with that kind of stuff. 
Also, the green tea has the wonderful kick of caffeine as well as tons of good stuff in it for you. Obviously the addition of the strawberries, banana and date add loads more vitamins and of course flavor. Can you tell I’m mildly enthusiastic about this smoothie? Anyways, if you’re feeling that holiday bloat in a big way like I am, then I can’t recommend enough to have this for a few breakfasts this week 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!!! 
just pretend I put a pic of everything in the blender…and enjoy!!! 
