Birthday Daisies

My coworker had her 23rd birthday and I just had to bake her a cake. Many cakes. Many mini cakes. Cupcakes!!!! My favorite! :)

My intel told me that she liked daisies and the color yellow so I created a spray of daisies for her to enjoy. I did a simple half batch of cupcakes and used my tips to decorate the daisies for her.

Needless to say, she liked them :)

Baby Shower Cake

I made this cake for our Elbow to Elbow Consultant. We're having her baby shower at school during out planning period and I decided to make a cake to practice.

I think my next project will be my lettering and shapes with the frosting. I could have used the spray frosting to color the bacground and of course, FONDANT!!!

It looks rough and my perfectionist side is NOT happy. SMH...oh well...on to the next procrastination.....

Oh the Places They'll Go...

My kiddies graduated today and I was so proud of them. So proud in fact that I made 144 cupcakes (only 120 were edible :-/...guess those directions about temperature aren't suggestions....) and brought them as refreshments. I saw an idea last week for "Oh, the Places You'll Go" cake for graduation and it inspired me.

This is a close up of one of the cupcakes. I made 100 with the simple graduation cap but they aren't as inspiring...

 

The full box

To make them I simply used a box recipe (yes box!!!) and baked them to semi perfection. (Perfection would not include me burning a batch).

To decorate I googled the book and pasted the images into a word doc. I then printed it on a color printer, cut out the shapes and taped toothpicks to the back. Insert into freshly frosted cupcake and done!!!!

Cheesecake Pops

I created this cheesecake pops a few weeks ago but never put up the pictures. Never been a fan of cheesecake :-p but I guess some people like it. Either way, I took the No Bake Cheesecake Mix and put rolled the balls out and coated them with graham cracker crumbs. I then took candy coating and drizzled it over the cheesecake, in order to make a cage-like decoration that the ball would rest on/in.

(Sorry it's sideways)

On top of the pop is a dab of strawberry and a light dusting of powdered sugar. 

Took them to work and they were devoured. I was late that day trying to get them and everything else in the door, but I think I was forgiven for the delicious treats I created. :)

Oi! Como vai?

It has been a long time since I've blogged, namely because I haven't been procrastinating prettily for some time. Instead of my usual habit of creating something, I have been learning how to speak Portuguese.

Why Portuguese?

• Because I want to move to move to Brazil
• I found the best website
• It just sounds sexy ;)

I just finished my vision boards (pics to follow) and I have teaching in Brazil as one of my main goals. It is one of my top 30 before 30. It might be a week, a summer, a year or the rest of my life, but I think that it is an experience that I would love to have.

The most essential tool in my language development has been BUSUU.COM!!!! Everyone who has ever wanted to learn another language should go to this site. Not only do I have vocabulary lesson and writing examples, I have the opportunity to speak with native speakers (who always correct me ). It has sucked up a considerable number of hours as I pursue my language aspirations.

My Language Garden

Até breve!!!! Tchau!!!

Baby Birthday Cake

     It has been a while :( Here is a cake I made for Elon, a baby I babysit sometimes. He just turned one so needless to say, I was pretty excited.
       I had originally planned to make a cake in the shape of a one or a giant children's block with his name spelled out on the sides. Sorry to say, but my imagination exceeds me skill. I had a hard enough time making a two layer cake, regardless of making it square and cutting out the shape. SMH

This is the end result :)

        I used the 3, 5, and 21 tip to decorate it. Halfway through I ran out of frosting and had to make some more. I used the recipe below to make up some more (Thank God for my marshmallow fondant phase because I had the powdered sugar on hand)

EASY VANILLA FROSTING
1/3 c. soft butter 3 c. confectioners' sugar 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla About 2 tbsp. milk Blend butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and milk. Beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency. http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,166,150190-244203,00.html

After I finished, I think that I will use a bakery comb to clean up the sides and make a stiffer frosting. I would also practice my handwriting in icing, but as this is my second cake and my first layered cake, I think that's good enough for now.