Funfetti Cupcakes

Funfetti Cupcakes are a moist, delicious, and colorful way to relive a childhood favorite.  Whip up a batch of these to celebrate a birthday, or anytime you want a fun and festive dessert!  

Funfetti Macaroons

Need a quick and easy treat?  These Funfetti Macaroons will remind you of eating birthday cake.  Even better, these sprinkle-filled cookies are ready in just 30 minutes!  

Birthday Cake Truffle Recipe (inspired by Momofuku Milk Bar)

I have a confession: Although I have lived in the greater New York area for five years, I haven't been to any of David Chang's ten NYC restaurants.  Not to Noddle Bar, or Ssäm Bar,  or Ko, or Má Pêche or even any of the Milk Bar locations.  For someone who claims to love food, that's a pretty terrible record. 

However, I have had the chance to enjoy a famous B'Day Cake Truffle from Momofuku Milk Bar.  The truffles are small treats no larger than the size of a donut hole.  But one bite was enough to convince me that I shouldn't wait much longer before making a dedicated trip to Milk Bar.     

Until I make that long-awaited trip, I thought I would try whipping up a batch of birthday cake truffles at home.  Luckily, a few other bloggers had already done some research into this very topic.  I found the recipe for the cake and cake crumbs on The Baker Chick, and my process for making the truffles is very similar to the one shared by Bake Like a New Yorker.  I made a few adaptations, such as adding oreo cream and decreasing the amount of cream cheese.  I also substituted rainbow nonpareils for the regular rainbow sprinkles.  It was a minor change that had a pleasant result: when I added the nonpareils, the batter turned a delightful shade of light pink.    

Basic Sugar Cookie Recipe

After making my very first batch of sugar cookies earlier this summer, I've rolled, cut, baked, and decorated about 350 sugar cookies.  Wow- that's a lot of cookies!  I still feel like a rookie when it comes to decorating sugar cookies, but I feel like I could bake them in my sleep. I've learned that, like many things, cookie making is all a matter of practice.