Help Me Sponsor a Fire Truck!

I am so excited I found this! People have kindly been donating a few bucks every Monday for their COWs. I have been donating the money colletred to several of the cat rescue groups I support, and was thrilled when I came across this!

BARK 10-4 is a program that will save pets lives. A mask for every Fire Truck was created to allow the public to sponsor a pet oxygen mask for their local Fire Department. More then 30,000 Fire Departments and EMT offices are located nationwide and most of those have more then one Fire Truck per station. The Mask can only work if they have it to use.

Together we can save pets lives! So far we have sponsored TWO trucks! If you'd like to help, please click the PayPal Donate button on the right side bar. Donations will go to my PayPal account and I will sponsor as many trucks as we can.

Please click here to read more: http://www.bark10-4.com/

Would your pet survive a fire?

The Pet Oxygen Mask can only work if it is on EVERY Fire Truck!

• Losing a pet in a house fire can be a devastating
  experience


• More than 500,000 pets are affected by fires each year.


• Does your local Fire Department have pet oxygen
  masks on every Fire Truck?


• Over 40,000 pets each year die of smoke asphyxiation


• More than 30,000 Fire Departments and EMT offices
  nationwide most with more then one Fire Truck

Mini Cheesecake C*O*Ws

Hello everyone! I haven't posted any new COWs for about 3 weeks. One weekend was my birthday, the following weekend was my last day to visit with Colin and Linda before they left for Chicago, and last weekend, I actually did make an apple cake, but didn't take any photos.

So this weekend I am trying out my new mini cheesecake pan. I followed the recipe included - very easy but not really too impressive. It used a chopped nut crust instead of the usual graham cracker crust. Interesting, I guess. They did come out of the pan really easily, though. I'll try a different recipe next time.

But -I am using my new Canon G11 camera I got for my birthday. I'm not a "photographer", but I can tell a big difference in the photos, for the better. Loving it so far!

'Till next Monday,

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough C*O*W

From the oven this week is a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough cupcake. Hiding inside a golden vanilla cupcake is a nice blob of chocolate chip cookie dough. After frosting with home made chocolate frosting, I sprinkled with sugar and topped it off with a little mini chocolate chip cookie cut out in the shape of a heart . YUM!

"Red Eye" Red Velvet C*O*W

Tastes good and looks pretty, too! This week's C*O*W is a tender red velvet cake, that is filled with raspberry filling, topped off by a fluffy mound of traditional cream cheese frosting, a fresh raspberry and a mint leaf.

I have been wanting to try these tulip liners I ordered fron King Arthur Flour, and they worked perfectly! I have a tendancy to overfill my cupcake liners and with these, it didn't matter. Just made a taller cupcake. Nothing wrong with that! Let's see what my friends think.

What my friends said . . .

I love how you have the paper on the cupcakes. Is this parchment paper that you molded into the pan? I bet that was challenging - Carol

Delicious! I loved the raspberry filling and the presentation was amazing. Thank you! ~ Laura

Cupcake Cones C*O*W

I always wanted to make these when my son was little - and that would have been a better idea!

I baked the Funfetti cake inside and frosted them with vanilla buttercream and matching colored stars. Although these are cute, I think they are more appropriate for a kids birthday party than for adults used to getting "fancy stuff". I think I would have gotten a better response. I didn't get any positive feedback with this one.

:-{

I take that back - I did get a nice suprise this morning! Shaun shared his cupcake with his girlfriend Heather, and she took it to work at UCSD. Granted - hers was packaged differently. I used my overflow batter and bake 4 giant cupcakes. I split them, and layered them in a cup with strawberry filling and buttercream, then topped them off with another some more strawberry filling and piped a giant buttercream swirl on top. They liked it! Yippee!!! Welcome girls! Glad to have some new fans!! I'll try to get a picture of the "cuppie" to post - I think there is one left.

See you next Monday!

My new Cupcake Bank!

Cute, huh?! Now I have something official to put the C*O*W contributions in! I'll put it on my desk Monday . . .

Seriously Sinful Caramel Nut Brownies . . .OMG!

OMG these are good! And that is no lie! Ooey, gooey, messy squares of deliciousness. Super rich, and pairs wonderfully with a tall glass of cold milk! These brownies start out with a box of german chocolate cake mix, and hide a layer of chocolate chips and melted caramel. I know - these aren't COWs, but I don't think anyone will mind. We'll see!

What my friends thought . . .

Fred - "I just finished eating my Cow. Holy crap, that was good!"
Yadi (the Birthday Girl!) said it was her favorite of them all.
Laila has decided Mondays are her favorite day of the week.
Actually, everyone who had one loved them! A COW in any form is good, I guess!

Chocolate Covered Banana C*O*W

Feel like monkeying around? Then sink your teeth into this! Today's COW is a chocolate covered banana cupcake. Moist banana cake holds a a little surprise - sweet banana filling. Piled high with chocolate frosting and sprinkled with chopped nuts and crowned with a crisp banana chip . . . you'll think you're at the county fair!

It's Baaack! Hot Cha Cha Cappuccino Chip C*O*W

The winner of the favorite cupcake poll is making its return! "Hot Cha Cha Cappuccino Chip" is back.

Cappuccino chip cake frosted with mocha buttercream, sprinkled with mini chocolate chips, and drizzled with chocolate. Hope it was worth the wait!

Chai Latte C*O*W

Today's C*O*W is Chai Latte with White Chocolate Cinnamon Buttercream frosting. I thought they'd be so cute in their little red Asian-inspired wrappers with golden dragons. I sprinkled gold metallic sprinkles on top to match, but I'm dissapointed in the sprinkes. They look gold and sparkly in the bag! It's always something . . . .

The cupcakes were dipped in homemade caramel before frosting them I am keeping my fingers crossed that the icing doesn't slide off the caramel overnight on on the drive to work. It seemed to set up, but you never know. You can almost see the caramel in the photo if you look closely (and know what you're looking for).