Sometimes I get ideas and unintentionally they morph into to something fantabulous. Last night was one of these times. I had a few jars of Biscoff Cookie Spread in my cupboard itching to turn into something tasty. I was sitting a work dreaming of what I could whip up when I got home and it hit me — FUDGE! Why have I not tried making Biscoff fudge before??!! So it started. I love eating a spoonful of Biscoff with a few chocolate chips studded through it so I figured, why not throw in my half bag of mini chocolate chips into the fudge and behold – I made a fudge that tastes EXACTLY like raw cookie dough. EUREKA! This stuff is addicting.
This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to suit your sweet tooth needs. This would also be a great substitute for a holiday plate instead of peanut butter fudge (even if you chose not to add the chocolate chips!).
INGREDIENTS:
12 oz. white chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
3/4 jar Biscoff Cookie Spread
1 cup powder sugar, sifted (this matters!)
3-5 oz. mini chocolate chips (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Line a 11 x 7 pan with parchment (this will save you a lot of work). In a large and heavy saucepan combined white the first four ingredients. Melt over medium heat. Make sure to stir constantly and get the bottom of the pan while stirring. It only takes a few minutes for this to burn due to the high sugar content. Once the mixture is melted and smooth, remove from heat and stir in sifted powdered sugar (if you don’t sift it you risk having lumps of pure powdered sugar studding your fudge – no good). After this is fully combined work quickly if you are adding the chocolate chips, which will melt and swirl through the fudge. Pour into prepared pan and cool at room temp until set. Cut and ENJOY!
You can choose to pour the chocolate chips over the top after it has been poured into the pan, or you can used chunky Biscoff spread, or crumbled Biscoff cookies, Heath Toffee Bits … the add-in possibilities are ENDLESS!
Most people associate this recipe with the holidays. Actually, I feel that a lot of people associate homemade baked goods with the holidays in general. Whether it be that holidays are special so people make homemade treats to spoil their loved ones or that we take a little more time around the holidays to do special things – like bake from scratch. This recipe is definitely in the top 15 of “What My Grandma Use To Make.”
and am I ever glad I did! This is such a quick and easy recipe. Six ingredients for this version – S-I-X! This and the fact that I almost always have these items in the house make it deadly, but I know how addicting it is … so I most likely share it each time I make it.
First it was a red, white and blue swirled vanilla cake frosted with a simple vanilla buttercream, decked out with a fondant and buttercream logo.
Second was 24 Finding Dory cupcakes – 12 chocolate, 12 vanilla, frosted with vanilla buttercream, topped with cute candy decorations (Pop Rocks, Starburst coral and fondant seaweed, and sticker characters from the movie.
Third was a chocolate and peanut butter explosion cake! Chocolate cake frosted with peanut butter buttercream topped with chocolate ganache and chopped up peanut butter cups.
Sometimes I have a deep desire to get my hands dirty. The other day was one such day. I hate gardening so I prefer to dirty my hands while baking; and if I am going to get my hands dirty making it, then I want to make something so good you can’t help but purposely getting it on your fingers so you can indulge in your inner child and lick your fingers! This bundt cake recipe is one such recipe.
Grease and flour a bundt pan ( I used a baking spray and flour). From reading the comments on Baking in Arizona’s page many people stated even using a nonstick bundt pan requires prepping the pan with grease and flour.). Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all cake ingredients together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer or by hand (but make sure to get all dry ingredient incorporated. Fill bundt pan with half the batter. Spoon half of the raspberry filling in separated spoonfuls over the batter just as you would do for a marbled cake. Use a knife to swirl the filling through the cake without scraping the sides or bottom of the pan. Pour other half of the batter over the raspberry filling. Cook 1 hour and test the center with a toothpick or knife. If it comes out wet cook in 3-5 min. intervals until it does. Remove pan from oven and let cool on a rack. After cooling for 20 minutes, gently run a knife around the outside and inside edges. Place serving dish on top of pan and flip to release. 
So I went to work making enough cake and cupcakes to feed a small army. I decided on keeping the cake flavors simple, but to go slightly crazy on the frostings!
I made 84 cupcakes (not all shown) and one double 13×9 cake. The cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and filled with chocolate ganache and decorated with PB cups and a printed sugar sheet (thanks Callie and Frank’s Bakery!)
The cupcakes were chocolate cake either frosted with marshmallow buttercream, espresso buttercream or chocolate ganache buttercream, and vanilla cake frosted with either peanut butter frosting, chocolate ganache buttercream, vanilla buttercream or filled with key lime curd and topped with marshmallow buttercream.
For the Key Lime Curd:
For the Cinnamon Cupcakes:
After letting my cupcakes cool, I used a large piping tip to hollow out the center of my cupcakes to make a good size whole for the curd to go into. I then piped a generous amount of frosting on top and sprinkled with gold luster dust for a pop of color and pizazz. These are birthday cupcakes after all!
Directions:
After I have made all my whoopie pies, I eat one. Someone has to do quality control! It’s a downright dirty job, but I will suck it up every time and eat one! Believe me, with this filling you will too!
Have Sweets, Will Share. 