mini strawberry lemon cakes

this might be one of my favorite recipes so far.

it was another spur of the moment,

bake with whatever i find in the cabinet kind of night.

i baked lemon cake mix (yes i know. another cake mix,

but hey, it was late and spur of the moment.)

instead of baking the cake in a regular cake pan, i divided

the batter into muffin tins, for easy individual servings.

i whipped up some semi-homemade frosting and mixed in

a little strawberry extract for added flavor.

top with sliced fresh strawberries and enjoy!

Bride & Groom Chocolate Covered Strawberries

nearly two years ago, the world lost the most beautiful person i've ever met.
Kate was not only beautiful on the outside, but even more so on the inside.

Heaven is extremely lucky to have her. (but i know she feels luckier to be there.)

over the past two years i've had the privilege of getting to know Kates older sister Aftan.

Aften is just as gorgeous. She is extremely creative, faithful, hilarious, fashionable and

all around adorable; i definitely see the relation between the two of them.

six months ago Aftan got married! when she asked me if i was interested in helping

with some of the pre-wedding "crafts" i was thrilled.

unfortunately i had to work the night before our arts & crafts day at the Hunt household,

so i knew i would be particularly tired that morning.

while working from home over night into the early morning hours i decided to

take a stab at a new recipe idea i had seen online. i know what youre thinking.

who starts a project at 12am. yep. i do. blame my moms side of the family, thanks to them,

i have the worlds worst sleeping patterns. anyways, what better than strawberries and chocolate

to give you a little pick me up? of course couldnt take plain old chocolate covered strawberries.

instead i made brides and grooms.

they were perfect. i was so happy with how they came out

and even happier seeing the look on Aftans face when she saw them.

heres how they came out.



lemon-kiwi-mango-coconut cake

sounds complicated right? wrong.

i needed a quick dessert to take to a spur of the moment party,

this is what i came up with.

sorry for the lack of proper pictures to illustrate this delight, since it

was a somewhat rushed quick production, i didnt have much time for hardly

any shots, let alone fancy ones.

1. bake a lemon boxed cake (told you it was spur of the moment)

2. peel and slice almost any kind a fruit- i chose mangos and kiwis.

3. cut cake widthwise to create two layers. ice bottom layer and add fruit, place more

icing on top of the fruit and place top layer.

4. Ice entire cake and add coconut to sides.