Cheesecake Brownies

Mahek of Brown Eyed Beauty has given her rendition of Valentines day pancakes, cake pops, and now she is serving up CHEESECAKE BROWNIES. Delish for v-day, b-days, or any day! Enjoy!

Cheesecake Brownies

What you’ll need:

•   1 package of cream cheese (8 oz)

•   1/4 cup sugar

•   1/3 tsp. vanilla extract

•   1 egg

•   1 brownie mix

•   2 eggs

•   1/4 cup water

•   1/2 cup oil

•   heart-shaped baking pan(s)

Instructions

1)    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2)    Mix together the brownie mix with 2 eggs, 1/4 cup water, and 1/2 cup oil. Mix together until no clumps.

3)    Pour into each heart shaped pan, dividing equally.

4)    Beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract until smooth.

5)    Pour on top of brownie batter. Take a knife and mix together, to make a marble design.

6)    Put the pans in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Hopefully you enjoy these treats as much as I do. Let me know if you use any of these recipes and what your feedback is!

 How do you celebrate valentine’s day?

Valentines Cake Pops

Thanks to Mahek of Brown-Eyed Beauty for this DELICIOUS recipe!

Valentines Cake Pops

What you’ll need:

•   1 Red velvet cake mix

•   1 cup water

•   2 eggs

•   1/4 cup oil

•   1 cream cheese frosting

•   1 bar of Candiquik (I chose the white one)

•   Cake pop sticks

•   sprinkles (if desired)

Instructions

1)    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and mix together cake mix, water, eggs, and oil. Mix until all the clumps are gone.

2)    Bake your cake according to the time listed on your box (it depends on the type of pan you’re using.)

3)    After you’re done baking, let your cake cool a bit. Then take a fork and break the cake into little crumbs. You may transfer the cake to a bowl to do this.

4)    Once the cake is completely cooled and is broken up into crumbs, add in the frosting. Usually people say to use the whole jar, but I recommend start off with half of the jar and adding more later. You don’t want your cake balls to be too soggy/oily.

5)    This next step requires you to use your hands so make sure they’re clean! Now DIG IN! Use your hands to mix the crumbs into the frosting.

6)    Once you’re done, take piece of the mixture and use your hands to roll them into 1-inch balls.

7)    Now set them on a plate or tray. Now take a tiny bit of the candiquik and melt it in the microwave.

8)    Once you’re done with that, take your cake pop sticks and dip them one at a time into the candiquik and stick it into each cake ball. This helps to make sure that the sticks will stay inside the cake ball.

9)    Now refrigerate these for 45 min-1 hour.

10) Melt some of the candiquik and dip each cake ball into it. Make sure to cover the whole thing!

11) You may dip it into some sprinkles if you’d like, which would add a touch of color!

This one may take a while, but they’re just so pretty!

Valentine's Day Pancakes You'll Fall in Love With

I'm excited to announce a Valentines Food Series for FFF, thanks to Mahek of Brown-Eyed Beauty. This week, get your tastebuds prepared for Valentines themed pancakes! It's the perfect way to say good morning, I heart you to your boyfriend (or roommate, or cat) this year. Everyone enjoy this recipe then head over to Brown-Eyed Beauty for more of her taste in food and fashion.

Valentine’s day can cause a range of emotions in people; they can either be extremely excited or extremely depressed! Well, I have the solution for all ranges of emotions, because obviously food can fix anything!

I have attached three valentine’s day recipes that you can make for your loved one, your best friend, or heck, yourself!

-Mahek

What you’ll need:

•   1.5 cup flour

•   3 tbsp. sugar

•   1.5 tsp. baking powder

•   1/2 teaspoon salt

•   1/4 tsp. baking soda

•   1 cup milk

•   4 tbsp. melted butter

•   1 egg

•   1 strawberry

•   heart-shaped cookie cutter

•   chocolate chips (if desired)

•   powdered sugar (if desired)

Instructions:

1)    Start off my mixing together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.

2)    In a different bowl, mix together the milk, melted butter, and egg. Then slowly mix this into the flour mix. (If you want, you can add in chocolate chips at this point.)

3)    Heat a skillet over medium-low heat with very little oil, and slowly pour in your mixture. About 1/4 cup should be perfect. Slowly use your spatula to spread the pancake out to make it big enough to fit your heart-shaped cookie cutter in.

4)    Cook both sides until brown.

5)    Take the pancake from the skillet onto a plate and then take the cookie cutter and press it down against the pancake.

6)    Once you’re satisfied with the shape, cut the top of the strawberry off and make a v-shaped cut at the top (this will make it look somewhat like a heart.)

7)    Slice the strawberries sideways so you don’t lose the shape of the heart, add it onto the pancake, and add some powdered sugar if you’d like.

Voila! There’s a simple valentine’s day breakfast!

Check back for Valentines Cake Pops and Cheesecake Brownies.... y u m!