September 24, 2010
September 22, 2010
But mostly just pie.... September 21, 2010
The fairy ballet
I was trying to find a use for an old card box I had laying around. Somehow this came out of it.
Let them eat cake
Since I did not get around to baking yesterday but instead just read about new things I want to bake; I decided to post the last cake I made. Double layer chocolate using a wilton recipe for Devil's Food cake, with a vanilla buttercream center, chocolate buttercream on the outside. Finished with dark chocolate shavings. It looked like a giant oreo when it was cut into. Fun stuff.
September 20, 2010
Toad sewing
The Toad made his first feltie, I had to include a picture of it. He cracks me up, this is his “Evil bunny”. He made several more, if I can get some pictures I will.
September 19, 2010
Shaken, Not stirred
Caramel corn!
First batch of caramel corn for the year!!! My ever present helper the Toad has already started licking the pan. :)
Caramel Corn recipe:
6 Quarts air popped popcorn
2 Cups brown sugar
1 Cup butter
½ Cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pop popcorn first, pick out any un-popped kernels (you can break a tooth on them) and let that sit in a large enough container to mix later.
Put all ingredients EXCEPT the baking soda into a pot, secure your candy thermometer and quickly boil to 260 degrees (hard ball stage) stirring constantly. As soon as it reaches 260, remove from heat, mix in baking soda and stir. It will increase in volume dramatically and lighter in color. Pour over popcorn immediately and stir until all popcorn is thoroughly coated. Place in baking sheet and bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour, stirring it 3 or 4 times during that to ensure even baking. If it is still sticky afterwards, put back in oven for a few more minutes as needed. That’s it. Enjoy. :)
September 18, 2010
Spider nephew....
Oh, got new pics of my nephew with his spiderman blanket, he loved it!!!! Need pics of my niece with her outfit. I love how much kids love home made presents. :)
Special thank you to Alisha for her knitting of this awesome blanket. :)
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Cheesecake, Brownie and Cake Balls, oh my!
Baking up a storm today! Decided to take the cake ball idea and run with it. I am making some of my (now) famous cheesecake as well as some decandent brownies to be made into balls as well. Our friend Eli is getting old tomorrow and I promised him food.
So... I am making red velvet cake with a dark chocolate raspberry on the outside, Carrot cae with white chocolate, Brownies with mint milk chocolate and cheesecake with plain chocolate. I will post pictures when they are finished. Oh yeah, and caramel corn. I'm using my family's old recipe for caramel corn as well. :)
Edit: I am adding a picture of the finished balls from the party.
Cake Ball “Recipe”
1 box cake mix
1 box instant pudding in a flavor that corresponds with cake mix
Frosting in corresponding flavor
Chocolate melties
Add pudding mix to cake mix, bake cake as usual. Let cool. Crumble cake into a bowl. Add enough frosting to the mix that it will hold its shape when formed. Form cake into balls. Freeze them. Melt chocolate melties in a double broiler. Remove cake balls from freezer and coat with chocolate. Put them back in freezer. That is all. (Thanks to Bakerella for the idea, fabulous!!!) So far, brownies and cheesecake have turned out fantastic in place of cake.
Some of my favorite variations so far:
Red velvet cake with dark chocolate outside
German chocolate with mint milk chocolate on the outside. (I use the Wilton brand flavorings for this) These come out tasting like thin mint girl scout cookies.
Carrot cake with white chocolate on the outside
Brownies with milk chocolate on the outside
Cheesecake with dark chocolate raspberry on the outside (again, Wilton flavoring for this)
September 17, 2010
Yom Kippur and that new baby smell
Today is the last day of our High Holy days, the start of Jewish New Year. I took the day off work of course, planning to spend the day at temple and in reflection. I got an awesome surprise this morning, my brother and his family arrived really late last night. I woke up to my new niece (who is now roughly a month old) and my little nephew. So precious. The best way to celebrate our New Year, with my whole family here. The last year has been filled with so much change. I cannot wait for next year to start. :)
September 15, 2010
Make my first feltie
I bought "The cute book" and "Zombie felties" because I wanted to break in my new sewing machine and the Toad wanted to learn to sew. So, this is the first attempt. Learned a few valuable lessons.
1. Don't use red pen on white felt. You can see the smudge up by the ears from tracing the head.
2. Any and all felties I make will be stolen by the Toad almost before I finish the last stitch.
3. I need to make alot more of these and start playing with it.
The zombie felties book will have to wait for a short while as most of my art supplies are (sigh) still packed. We should be unpacked sometime between now and the New year, I hope. On the upside, the Toad looked at the books and has already begun to make his own creations off hte ideas he saw there. I will take some pictures of his later and add them. Super cute.
September 05, 2010
Big Bear
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