Celebrate

Yesterday was one of my best friend's birthdays. I decided to make her cookies and creme cupcakes. We had attempted some a while back and although they were pretty tastey, they weren't exactly my definition of cookies and creme cupcakes, they were more like french vanilla cupcakes with crushed Oreos on top. I decided that this would be the perfect cupcakes to make. I picked up a box of Betty Crocker's Butter Cake Mix (I didn't have time to do it from scratch), got Cream Cheese frosting (my favorite), and Double Stuffed Oreos. Once I got home I got to work!

I started by placing half an Oreo in each cupcake wrapper.

I chopped up the rest of the oreos and added it to the mix.

Then garnished the cupcake with the other half of the Oreo.

Oven Toasted

It's been a hectic last couple of days! Wednesday I was on set from 6 in the morning till 6 in the afternoon, for 3 episodes of a spanish show filmed down here (which took most of my energy to do anything at all Thursday). Then Friday during the day we shot a PSA for a "living green" campaign. It was shot at a grocery store (I can't wait to see how it came out). That night we were going to have a dinner at my house for my dad's birthday, so while at the grocery store, I got inspired and decided to whip up a toasted coconut cake. I bought coconut milk, cream cheese frosting, shaved sweetened coconut, and the cake was a hit. It lasted about 2 days at my house! It had been a while since I baked and I remembered how much I love it! And not to mention how much my family and friends love it.