Stuffed mushrooms: simple, delicious, and always a crowd pleaser
stuffed with parsley, parmesan, garlic, and the mushroom stems
stuffed peppers with mozzarella
what to do with five pounds of chocolate?
make bunny chocopops!
what to do with extra Cadbury eggs lying around?
use them for decorating carrot cake cupcakes!
Preheat your oven to 350° F. Mix your dry ingredients together: 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp. of baking soda, 1 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1 1/4 tsp. baking power, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, 1/8 tsp. ground cloves, 1/2 tsp. salt
Using a food processor, shred about 4 large carrots or however many it takes to get about three cups. In a separate bowl, mix four large eggs, 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar, and 1 1/2 cups sugar together. Add in 1 1/2 cups of vegetable oil and then stir in the carrots and your dry mixture. Pour in to liners and bake for about 22 minutes. If you aren't a fan of cream cheese frosting, you can ice them with your favorite vanilla icing, but we went with a simple cream cheese frosting.
For the frosting you'll need: 12 0z cream cheese, 8 tsp. of butter (room temp), 1 tbsp. vanilla extract, and 3 3/4 cups of powdered sugar
Mix cream cheese + butter, then add vanilla. Gradually add in your powdered sugar and ice the cupcakes once they are cooled.
To make our cute little nests, we added three Cadbury eggs to the frosting and shreds of the extra chocolate we had lying around.
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