Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons {Review}

Are you a baker that always needs measuring spoons? Well let me share with you a set that I got the chance to review from Better Homes and Garden.

I quite enjoyed using these measuring spoons since I do alot of baking, it's great to be able to grab the spoons and have them all together even after your toddler decides to steal them and looses the ring that keeps them together!

The only rather large downfall that I found which doesn't really bother me is that they do not stay shiny despite being stainless steel, after a few uses and toddler finger prints and even being washed they kind of tarnish (see in picture)

The price is great and over all I have no complaints and would definitely order them again.

You can purchase your own here ~ Spoons

*I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review, regardless all opinions, thoughts and pictures are my own*

Silicone Baking Cups {Review}

Baking is a huge hobby of mine and I do bake alot. I have even continuously made my daughter's 1st & 2nd birthday cakes. I'm always looking for something that will make it easier on me when prepping or the tiniest bit to make it easier such as things being reusable.

Now when we make cupcakes we all know how well those paper cups do not stay up well when you pour any type of mix into them, not to mention how much they stick to the cupcake and when you pull the apart, they rip the edges.

This is wear silicone baking cups come in handy. They are great sturdy cups, in bright colors, they are food safe silicone. They are dishwasher safe, microwave safe and even freezer safe! How many can you say that about!?

These baking cups fill so easily. It's so refreshing not to have to move a paper cup so many times once the batter is in and the walls start to fall. For reviewing purposes I did use some as well so to compare while putting batter in and baking.

You can visibly see the difference between how well the silicone fills with no moving of the cups versus the paper where the sort of buckle once you put batter in it. Then it makes the cupcakes weird.

Side by side view of the cups ready to go in the oven. I love the pop of color from the cups and my sprinkles. I was very bored when I did this and they didn't come out the way that I wanted. OOPS!

Cupcakes fresh out of the oven, don't mind the color, I spaced what I was doing, mommy brain had me side tracked and I almost burnt them. But irrelevant since it was to make my review.

I love how they are almost all the same size using the silicone cups versus the paper.

They still came out amazingly easy. Keep in mind, I did not spray anything in either cups in order to try this. Just baked as I normally would.

You can see how clean the silicone cup ones came out clean against the paper cups. After using these I would never go back to paper and really need to invest in more of these silicone cups. 

One thing I wasn't overly thrilled with is that when I did bake, after I did have to let them sit in water to be able to wash them since it does take a little scrubbing to get them out of the tiny crevices. I will definitely try them in the dish washer to see if they come out cleaner than hand washing, it also may have been because I also over cooked them. Either way, trial and error.

I would definitely purchase more and greatly recommend them to others.

You can buy your own here ~ Silicone Cups

I received these for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. Regardless I only recommend things that I have personally used and think my readers will enjoy as well.

Organic Matcha - Green Tea Powder {Review}

I've heard of Organic Matcha for awhile but had never tried. I was hesitant but interested to try it at the same time.

Let me share with you Organic Matcha - Green Tea Powder by Kiss Me Organics. I've never been a tea drinker especially not green tea even though I've been told the health benefits for you are amazing.

This one is a very soft powder form and you can put it into food, drinks, even bake with it. When you purchase the powder they send you an EBook with recipes in it. I'm super picky when it comes to things I make and especially things I eat so I didn't try any of the recipes but there is quite a variety in there.

There are drinks/smoothies, breakfast, muffins, desserts, meals, etc.

I was kind of simple and just baked it into my brownies. When you open the powder it's a bright green and doesn't smell the most appetizing.

I had a couple tablespoons to the brownie powder mix (pictured) and you can see it sticks out ALOT. It definitely takes some getting used to as it has sort of an acquired taste, maybe its because I knew it was there.

However, I had 2 people try them and they never noticed the taste nor said anything but I do making amazing brownies. So it definitely is unknown when it's made into something like that. Typically if you use it in something else the color would come out a bright green!

Although I wasn't a huge fan of the taste, the benefits of green tea are amazing. It definitely helps kick your metabolism into gear, has skin health benefits, has more antioxidants than your regular tea, and it helps with your energy and focus.

You can find it here ~ Green Tea Powder

I recieved this product using the Tomoson website for my honest unbiased review. Regardless I only recommend products I have personally used and think will benefit my readers as well.

Hawaiian Wedding Cake {Recipe}

I enjoy baking and sometimes a recipe comes up that I have to try!

So the other day on Pinterest I came across this Hawaiian Wedding Cake recipe.

And anything that I bake I post pictures here on my baking page ~ Mommys Hands Baking

The recipe is super easy.

Below it's pinned on my pinterest.

Pinterest ~ Hawaiian Wedding Cake

Website ~ Hawaiian Wedding Cake on Website

I will say, the website says the frosting is pineapple cream cheese which is incorrect. The recipe that is posted is for a coconut cream cheese frosting but I suppose that you could omit the coconut and put pineapple juice instead.

I also used regular brown sugar instead of dark brown sugar because that's what I had on hand. 

*Only difference between the two is the darker has more molasses hence why the color is darker, had to google it myself to find out*

Also the one thing I do recommened is do not use salted macadamia nuts. My mom said it tasted salty, I on the other hand couldn't really notice it.

While the cake was baking I made the frosting. I'll share the recipe here incase people dont want to click an outside link.

HAWAIIAN WEDDING CAKE

3/4 cup white sugar

 3/4 cup dark brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda 

 2 cups all-purpose flour

2 eggs

 3/4 cup flaked coconut

1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple with juice (undrained)

1 cup chopped macadamia nuts



Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour (or baking spray) a 9x13” pan. 

In a large bowl, mix sugars, soda, and flour by hand.  Mix in eggs, pineapple with juice. Stir in nuts, and coconut.  Pour into prepared pan.    Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire racks.  Frost with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting.



COCONUT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar 
2 TB heavy whipping cream
2 TB sweetened cream of coconut
 Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl on medium-high speed about 1 minute.  Add the whipping cream and cream of coconut; beat until well blended.  Spread on cooled can in pan.  Sprinkle with additional coconut and/or chopped macadamia nuts, if desired.

& here is the final product! I would make it again but I might make some changes to the recipe! 

Let me know if you make this! And what your thoughts are, and if you made any changes to it.

Do you want to see more recipes? What kind of recipes would you like to see?