Chocolate Fudge Frosting

This heavy, rich frosting is thick and wonderful on cakes. It’s cooked on the stove to melt the sugar down like your would for candy. The cake this goes on must be covered tightly to prevent the frosting from drying out and hardening.

Maple Sugar Frosting

Mention frosting and most people imagine buttercream piled high on top of cupcakes. However, frosting is not just buttercream and can include a wide variety of confectionery toppings. Maple Sugar Frosting is a sweet, fluffy delight that can be used for cakes, cookies, or even bread. It is simple to make and has a marshmallow-like texture that is fun to make and eat.     CandiAnne’s Note: We were stationed at Fort Drum, NY for 4 1/2 years and maple weekend is a huge thing there. You can visit numerous producers, taste their wares, and grab some syrup or other …

7-Minute Maple Frosting

If Paul Bunyan had a signature scent, it would be the fragrance of this freshly torched maple frosting. It filled my home with a warm toasted marshmallow scent and satisfied the desire for a pop color on top I was craving as well. Oh and it also takes less than 5 minutes to whip up (pun intended) and add to any cake, cupcake or pastry.       CandiAnne’s Note: We were stationed at Fort Drum, NY for 4 1/2 years and maple weekend is a huge thing there. You can visit numerous producers, taste their wares, and grab some …

Pumpkin Bars

Soft pumpkin cake bars topped with a creamy frosting of cream cheese and cinnamon! Deliciously rich but simple for the family. You can even expand this recipe any way you wish! Good luck keeping this from other hands. Already half the pan disappeared the night I made this!

No Cream Ganache

Ganache is a simple mixture of equal parts chocolate and heavy cream. What if you don’t have cream though? Easy, cream is just milk with more butter fats so add butter. Equal milk and butter to equal the chocolate.