I decorated some Christmas cookies on my own…
Pumpkin Please
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with simple sugar glaze on top. <3
Mini cake towers!
While on a trip to Japan, I spotted this tiny little painted stand, not much bigger than a thumb. I think its intended purpose might have been for incense or something, but I knew right away that I saw it as a mini cake stand. 🙂 I purchased a set of tiny flower cookie cutters in Japan as well, and went to work when I got home to make these tiny little delights.
Almond Mocha Cake
Cheesecake With Cherries on Top
This was probably one of the first cheesecakes I made… for a special someone 🙂
Checkered Birthday Cake
Have you ever seen these fun cakes before? Bake them like this….
And you end up with this….!
First Holiday Cookie Party
I hosted a Holiday Cookie Party one year, and it has basically become tradition… it’s such a great way to bring my friends together and have fun baking and decorating festive cookies. I’ve planned in a couple of ways–one in which people bring ingredients for baking and frosting, and then we bake and decorate. Second, I prepare most of the cookies and frosting ahead of time to streamline the process (guests can bring anything special or particular type of cookie they might want to bake), otherwise, everything is basically ready to go. I do leave a batch or two of dough ready-to-roll so that guests can choose their own shapes to roll, cut, bake and decorate 🙂
I LOVE seeing the array of unique creativity and to see my friends have fun. I’m not always good at taking pictures of all of them, but below are the ones that I did capture.
(Please excuse the horrible quality of photo documentation!)
Baking with Pictures
This Ikea – Homemade is Best site left an impression with me the first time I saw it. I thank a former co-worker who has since passed for this gift. Having an extremely visual learning style, and appreciation for organization and graphics and design, makes me appreciate this book even more. I love it because it demonstrates a universal language to me with undeniable grace and beauty.
Not nearly as detailed or graphically successful, I created these picture menu sheets for fun to send to my family in Korea so that they could make my Mom’s famous cookie bars without me…
Page 1 – Ingredients
Page 2 – Directions
Later on, a family member in Korea created this Korean potato recipe for me….
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate.
Dense chocolate cake. I can’t even remember what its exact recipe name was. But it was good.
Upside Down Pineapple Cake
Another early experiment that I tried was a couple of upside down pineapple cakes, and I think they turned out well, and quite tasty if I remember correctly 🙂
