2012 is the year of THE COOK...right?

For Christmas I got a wonderful mixer.

It is A-MAH-ZING.  I have not made too many outrageous foods:

• Pizza Dough
• Soft Wheat Pretzles
• Cake (or sumsing) Napoleon quote
• Sugar cookie bars...so yummy!!  I got this recipe from Pinterest.

This year I am hoping to become a better cook.  Maybe I will blog about it...maybe I will not.
Here are some recipes that I hope to try this week.

• Sopapilla
• Lasagna Cups

Maybe you will read how they go, maybe you will not. (Sometimes I wish my blog would write itself.)

Cookery and Love,
Casi

Pop it, Lock it, Poka Dot it!

Bakerella ella ella a a a. amen.

I am currently obsessed with these super amazing treats.  Please take some time, or all day to peruse her site!

Side note: My space bar is acting super weird.

Main note: Bakerella has a wonderful Cake Pop book with step by step directions and pictures to boot!

Here is my finished product and first attempt at making the cake balls.
Yummmm....

I wanted to start out small and move on up to making the cooler cake pops.
This was a lot of fun and actually relaxing!  

Unfortunately my candy coating of choice was off-brand and coated very thinly. 

For dark cake mix I would def use a dark candy coating as well!!

Also, they are so little you do not realize how many you have consumed so be-careful!
 My next attempt is going to be the flower pops..YIKES ;) I'll keep you all posted!

My lip gloss be poppin'

Casi

Stop everything...

....and make this iced coffee...right NOW.  I mean it. Why aren't you making it yet...? 

oh, you have no idea what I am taking about are you?!  

Here goes, and you are welcome in advanced :)

I used my lovely stove top espresso maker (I usually get two servings) to make delicious espresso.

 Set this aside while you prepare the glorious glass of yummy-ness!!

Fill a glass with ice...

picture from Pioneerwoman.com

 Dump a big 'ol spoon full of sweetened condensed milk into it :)

Pour desired amount of espresso over said ice and sweetened condensed milk...oh glory, sweet glory!

 Top off with milk, half and half, or what ever else meets your fancy.

ENJOY! :)

Picture is from Pioneerwomen.com

Oh my word...this is so great and yummy!!

Here is the original recipe,(props to pioneerwomen, of course) I tweaked it to my liking :)