Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
- 1 boxed white cake mix
- Water, oil & egg per cake mix directions
- 4 different colors of food coloring
- 24 wafer ice cream cones
- White Frosting
- Sprinkles
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Fill each ice cream cone 1/2 to 2/3 full of cake mix and place cones in a muffin pan. Bake each batch at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Let cool completely.Divide the frosting into four small bowls. Use food coloring to color each portion of frosting. Frost the cupcakes and spinkle as desired.
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Pudding Parfait
- 1 Pillsbury Moist Supreme yellow cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 (4 serving size) chocolate or vanilla flavored instant pudding
- 2 cups milk
- 8 oz whipped cream
- 16 oz frozen strawberries
- 8 oz clear plastic cups
Bake cake according to package directions. Let cool. Cut into small cubes.
Make pudding according to package directions. Mix 4 oz. of the whipped cream into the pudding.
In the clear plastic cups, alternate layers of cake cubes, frozen strawberries and pudding. Top with whipped cream, if desired.
Strawberry Tapioca Jell-o
In our house, this is simply referred to as "pink jell-o." Since they were little, I have asked my kids what I should fix for a meal when we have company coming and the answer is pink jell-o every single time.
- 5 cups water
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 ounces whipped cream
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon small pearl tapioca
- 1 small box strawberry jell-o
- 1 cup frozen strawberries, well drained
Boil salt and water. Add tapioca and cook slowly for twenty minutes or until tapioca is transparent, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add sugar and jello powder. Stir well. Cool overnight in refrigerator.
Before serving, add berries and whipped cream and mix well.
Snickerdoodle Cookies
This recipe comes for the back of the Gold Medal Flour package.
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 2-3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the first four ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in the next four ingredients.
Shape dough into 1" balls. Mix the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Roll the balls into the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Bake for 8 - 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Immediately remove from the baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack. Makes about five dozen cookies.
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