I designed a birthday brownie flag, incorporating a silly saying/nick-name that had been created the month prior… printed the designs out, wrapped the two-sided design around a toothpick, glued the halves together, and placed one in the top of each brownie slice 🙂 I made the brownies in an edge pan, similar to this one, and used a Marbled Cheesecake Brownie recipe that came with the pan.
One of my friends said, “Are these all your sprinkles!!?!” to which I said, “Um, yeah…. why, do other people not have this many??” Apparently not. I never really thought about it… just that I have a lot and I know sprinkles make me happy 🙂
Before the decorating got under way… (there is a whole ‘nother box of sprinkles standing by)
rolling and cutting!
Cookie creations 🙂
I had a lot of fun experimenting with homemade fortune cookies.
I can’t say I have quite perfected the balance between a pliable form to work with while ensuring a crispy end product, but I’m getting there. Creating my own fortunes and planting them inside for others to find is so fun!
I make these Valentine’s Day cookies almost every year… simple and delicious, and full of love (and jam!)
Cutouts
My best friend has a fun baking book with this root beer cupcake recipe! What better way to decorate a root beer float cupcake with chocolate glaze than top it with some fizz (frosting) and a classic straw!?
I never realized how much work goes into a simple tiered cake like this! But I made this white cake with passion fruit filling and vanilla buttercream frosting for my brother’s wedding. I baked each layer and froze them separately (few days a head of time), then assembled each tier, chilled it, crumb coated it, chilled it again, and frosted it with its final layers. Day of the wedding, I brought each tier separately along with my wooden support dowels and assembled on the spot – I didn’t have any cake carriers tall enough for the whole thing! My Mom supplied fresh flowers and my sister helped me arrange them. There were a few rough spots on the frosting, but the flowers were great to cover those areas up. We only had an hour at the site before the event started, so it was quite a rush, but we did it 🙂
This cake required a test run… i made these cakes, froze them, crumb-coated them, and froze again until I had time to test assemble… here they are thawing out… cakes everywhere!
Cake!
Good consistency
Next time, I would put more passion into the filling and give myself a little more time for assembling and adding finishing touches.
Assembling the tiers on site
Final icing piping
awaiting cupcakes from another vendor…
‘Sex and the City’ themed Bachelorette Party cupcakes 🙂
(not quite fuscia like the logo – but you get the idea :))
For my friend Caroline’s birthday, I made these Chocolate Mocha cupcakes with coffee beans on top 🙂
I baked a decadent chocolate cake for my brother’s 41st birthday… I wish I remembered what recipe I used!
I cut out letters in thin chip board, placed them on top, dusted with powdered sugar, and then carefully removed them. I think I put tape tabs on top of the letters (sticking straight up) for easy removal…
I decorated some Christmas cookies on my own…
