Hi CNC readers! I’m Heather and I’m thrilled to welcome you to the fourth stop on The Dollop Book of Frosting Blog Tour! If you missed the other three stops, no worries, I’ll show you at the end here how you can catch up.
Today I’m delighted to be guesting on Carrots ”˜n’ Cake because I’ve been following Tina’s blog for quite some time now. I was first drawn to CNC when I saw that Tina likes CrossFit and Tina likes cake. Honestly, that’s all I needed to know to love her!
I’ve been doing CrossFit for a bit now but more recently I’ve started focusing more on powerlifting. A day without lifting is like a day without sunshine in my world.
When I owned my cupcake bakery people always asked me how I stayed in shape and the answer was always CrossFit. It’s hard to feel fit when you’re surrounded by sugar so I was thankful to have CrossFit in my life even if I couldn’t put the energy into it that I needed to in order to improve. It helped keep me sane and that’s what mattered.
Then when I closed my cupcake bakery after winning Cupcake Wars I had more time to dedicate to CrossFit but I also started writing The Dollop Book of Frosting so I was still surrounded by sugar! I do love sugar though.
When you’re writing a cookbook you have to do a lot of tasting. There’s just no way around it. I remember spending nights sifting sugar with one hand and stuffing spinach in my mouth with the other hand in the attempt to strike some sort of a balance.
That’s why I felt the need to create at least a few Paleo-inspired frosting recipes in this frosting cookbook. I wanted to be able to feel good eating frosting after crushing a wod or hitting a deadlift PR (deadlifting is my favorite).
Enter this Coconut Almond Frosting and Cashew Chocolate Bacon Bark!
(Note: I call this bark but it’s actually more of a crumble. Tomato, tomah-to.)
Do you love coconut? Of course you do.
This Coconut Almond Frosting is so versatile that you can spread it on cupcakes, mix it with gluten-free oats and sliced bananas, or mix it with bacon and nuts and bake it into a bark (crumble) for an extra protein-packed treat!
You didn’t know that you could do so many things with frosting, did ya?
Throughout The Dollop Book of Frosting I show you 45+ more awesome things you can do with frosting such as make a pie crust or bake nachos. There’s also a unique baking recipe and additional creative uses paired with each frosting. It gets a bit crazy but its all been tested (and worked off, thankfully) and I must say, it’s all really good!
So if you’re a clean-eating frosting lover like me, I believe I’ve got you covered for weekdays and cheat days alike.
I hope you’ll pick up a copy, share with me your thoughts, and follow along on the remainder of this blog tour! I have some really great stops planned for these next couple of weeks. Just check out the schedule to follow along and catch up on the stops you missed.
Many thanks to the amazingly inspirational Tina of CNC and of course to YOU!
Happy Frosting!
Heather “Cupcakes” Saffer
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And here’s your chance to win a copy of The Dollop Book of Frosting for yourself!
FYI: There are the most ridiculous recipes inside this book. Just to name a few:
- Salted Caramel Frosting with Salted Caramel Apple Tarts
- Peanut Butter Buttercream with Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cupcakes
- Hazelnut Coffee Frosting with Vanilla Hazelnut Coffee Pudding
- Brownie Batter Frosting with Salted Triple Chocolate Brownie Batter Cookies
- Maple Bacon Frosting with Vanilla Buttermilk Waffles
You guys know how I feel about frosting, right? Holy yum x 1,000,000! I seriously can’t wait to try some of these recipes, and you guys definitely want to win a copy of Heather’s book!
To enter: Just leave a comment on this post about your favorite sugary treat, and I’ll randomly pick two winners to receive a copy of The Dollop Book of Frosting on Monday.
Good luck!
291 Comments
I LOVE vegan cupcakes! yum yum!
I love Louisiana pralines and praline flavored things
I love peanut butter cups- the homemade kind are my favorite.
Cinnamon rolls with lots of icing, hands down!
Scotcheroos rock! They require a little bit of effort but they are soooo worth it 🙂
Oh my goodness! Totally agree!
I love the cookies from Levain Bakery!
Dark chocolate on anything please !
Cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese icing.
Funfetti anything! Yummy!!!!!
Mm my moms banana bars are my fav!
I like white cupcakes with butter cream frosting.
as of late-candy corn!
Your mom’s apple crisp (that you’ve featured on the blog a few times) is my favorite fall sweet treat. Perfect a la mode with vanilla bean ice cream. Craving some now!
Year-round it would have to be cupcakes. I heart cupcakes so hard.
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Ah!! Too many favourites to pick just one. Right now I am in love with anything salted caramel. I also love icing. If it has icing I will scrape the icing off first and then consider eating the cake next. 🙂
I loooooove brownies! 🙂
Since I just bought $20 worth of truffles, I guess I’d have to say chocolate at the moment. But I’d also have to go with cupcakes and cake with LOTS of frosting — that’s the best part!
Coconut cream pie! I don’t have it very often, but when I do – HEAVEN 🙂
My favorite sugary treat is Rice Crispy treats!
Would love to try peanut butter buttercream with peanut butter cookie dough cupcakes! …I <3 cupcakes & all of them sound so delish!!'
Homemade chocolate almond cups with carob! Mmmmmmm!
Hmmmm for everyday I’d say good old fashioned gum. But for special? Rice Krispy treats
My favorite sweet treat is anything with caramel!!!
Anything with peanut butter and chocolate 🙂 best combination ever!
i am a total sucker for frosting and that coconut almond frosting sounds amazing!
confession, when i was in high school i was on the softball team and on all our away games on the way home we always ate frosting straight out of the can. weird? yes. but it was just one of those random traditions. i’ve been hooked on frosting ever since. but at least yours is a bit better for me so i don’t have to feel as guilty dipping my finger in it and eating it straight from the jar 🙂
@Debbie (Accidently Delish): This is an awesome tradition! Was it the funfetti kind? No guilt allowed while eating frosting 🙂
Homemade peanut butter chocolate chip bars by far!
I heart my mom’s homemade double chocolate birthday cake.
I love cake with frosting and lots of it. I always ask for the corner piece so I can have extra frosting. I like going to the cupcake shop and getting the peanut butter cup one. Lots of frosting piled high!
I love pumpkin cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream! I’m so excited its pumpkin season again!!
peanut butter and jelly bars 🙂 yummmmmmm
Brownies with buttercream on top are without a doubt my favorite sweet treat. Go big or go home!
Donuts!! Blueberry cake donuts to be exact.
I’m a complete sucker for gooey brownies!!
anything with peanut butter and chocolate 🙂
OMG it’s so hard to pick just one! Cookies, carrot or red velvet cake, cheesecake, gooey dense brownies….
Ice cream or fro-yo…I can never say no to!
Jack Daniels Pie – the best!!
I’m addicted to ice cream!
Love so many sugary treats. Most recently, I had a ridiculous dinner while in San Francisco. It ended with sharing 3 of the best restaurant desserts I’ve ever had! “Cookies & milk” – alfajores with mini vanilla milkshakes, Tres Leche cake, and Churros with dark chocolate & caramel dipping sauce! Hooooly yum!
My favorite sugary treat is chocolate! Including chocolate frosting!
My favorite sugary sweet is by far cake frosting. It’s the only part of the cake I eat!
My favorite treat of the moment is chocolate cake with white buttercream frosting. Yum!
chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and a center layer of ganache… chocolate food coma!
I love chocolate chip cookies 🙂
My fave sugary treat….hmmmm…that’s a tough one. Basically, anything w/ peanut butter, especially Reese’s PB Cups. I also love a good key lime pie…the crust is my fave!
Pumpkin woopie pies with cream cheese frosting…amazing!
My favorite sugary treat is probably chocolate chip muffins! I make them all the time!
A gooey chocolate anything- brownie, lava cake, etc. If peanut butter is involved, well double whammy!
Looks like a ton of fun to create as well!
My favorite sugary treat is a huge bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with sprinkles and ANY donut with frosting!
My favorite treat is a carrot cake cupcake! I love the cream cheese icing and nuts mixed into the batter and sprinkled on top!