Power Ranger and Mr. Incredible Baking Extravaganza

My nephews Austin (power ranger), Carson (Mr. Incredible) and Jackson baked some Halloween chocolate chip cookies on Friday. We just used a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe, but put Halloween m&m's on after the cookies came out from the oven. They had to practice their ninja kicks to prepare for trick or treating, so they pretty much just ate all the m&m's. I tried though. We did manage to make a cookie that looked just like a pumpkin without even trying. Amazed?

Ginger Cookies

I made these cookies with my nephew Parker when I went to visit him in Minnesota. My mom would always make these in fall and we would come home to the amazing smell of these cookies in the house.

Ginger Cookies

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 Tbls ground ginger

1 egg

cinnamon/sugar mixed together

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add egg and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Roll into balls and dip balls in cinnamon/sugar mixture. Bake at 350 for exactly 9 min.

Chocolate Raspberry Cream Birthday Cake

This was Nate's birthday cake. Happy Birthday!

Chocolate Ecstasy Cake:

1 box chocolate fudge cake mix
1 16oz container sour cream
1 box instant chocolate pudding
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup godiva liqueur

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour whatever size pan needed.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil and liqueur. Beat until ingredients are well blended. Batter will be thick. Spoon into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 min.

Truffle Frosting:
24 oz desired chocolate
2 cups whipping cream
1/4 cup godiva liqueur

In a medium saucepan bring whipping cream just to boiling over medum-high heat. Remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate, let stand 5 min. Stir until smooth. Stir in liqueur.

Cover and refrigerate overnight. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy.

Raspberry Cream filling :
8oz raspberry cream cheese
8oz cool whip
small jar marshmellow cream
fresh raspberries

Whip together cream cheese and marshmellow cream. Fold in cool whip. Fold in raspberries to taste.