Cocoa Puff CupCakes

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Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th. It's observed by Irish people. Green Shamrocks were worn in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. In modern-day Ireland, this day has traditionally been a religious occassion. People celebrate the day with observance of attending mass and attending parades and wearing green.

As soon as my daughter came home from school, she wanted me to make some snack with green color as it's St. Patrick's Day. I started thinking of what to make for her, then the cupcakes striked me and what all I had on hand in my kitchen...grabbed those ingredients and started doing it. I had a great help from my daughter in preparing cupcakes....we had green icing , so thought of decorating it with green shamrocks on top of the cupcake. She was excited and also my little one was just staring .... thinking when mommy is going to give her.



Ingredients
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For CupCake
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! Egg                                           1 
! Butter                                      5 tbsps.
! Salt                                           1/4 tsp.
! Lemon Juice                         1/2 tsp.
! Baking Soda                          1 tsp.
! Flour                                       1 cup
! Granulated Sugar               3/4 cup
! Fat Free Milk                       1/2 cup
! Cocoa Powder                     1/3 cup
! Light Brown Sugar              1/4 cup

For Frosting
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! Butter                                  1 stick
! Vanilla Extract                1 tsp.
! Powdered Sugar              1 cup
! Icing for decoration      Green Color

Method
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• In a large bowl, take light brown sugar, butter, granulated sugar and beat well with an electric mixer.Add egg, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and beat well. Add lemon juice and milk and mix. Let all the wet and dry ingredients combine well.
• Now preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease the cupcake holders. Divide the batter evenly in the cupcake molds. Bake until the toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. After 20 mins. remove cupcakes from pan and let cool completely.
• Now for frosting, add butter in a bowl, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and beat until all the ingredients are light and fluffy.
• Once the cupcakes are cooled completely, frost the cupcakes and top it off with the decorating green color icing as "Shamrocks".
• Cocoa Puff CupCakes are ready to be served for kids.

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Cherry Ice On Sticks

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Ice Creams ......wow !!!!Who doesn't like them?Grown-ups and kids compete for the appetizing and fun food.Not only is it easy to prepare,but you'll find they satisy everyone's needs and most importantly they're delicious!Take help of your kids in making them and see beautiful smiles on their face.If you are busy with making other party arrangements and don't have much time on hand then just the night before make this snack and toss in the freezer and take out just before serving...and wow..kids rock with ice on sticks.
My elder daughter likes to help me in almost everything...but I don't let her do most of the times....but these kind of simple and tasty ones ...I make sure she helps me as I can see a glow on her face.My kids enjoyed having them the next day as an afternoon snack.

Ingredients
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! Cherries                                    1 1/2 cups
! Icing Sugar                              3 tbsps.
! Lemon Juice                            1 tbsp.
! Cup Cake Holders                   4
! Wooden Ice Cream Sticks     4


Method
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• Wash and clean the cherries and take out the pits.Keep the cherries in another bowl.
• In a blender add cherries,icing sugar,lemon juice and blend till the mixture is pureed well and foam appears on top.
• Once the mixture is ready pour in the cup cake holders and place a wooden stick in each holder.
• Leave to freeze overnight.Just before serving take out from the freezer.
• Briefly dip the holders into hot water,make sure not to immerse the holders completely into the water.Only the bottom edges should touch the water,so that the holders loosen and only the ice on sticks comes out.
• Ice on sticks are ready to be served.Place those ice sticks back in the cup cake holders .
• Arrange Cherry Ice On Sticks and serve immediately to kids.
• Cherry Ice On Sticks makes a pleasing party snack for kids.

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