Princess Baby Shower??
By admin | June 24, 2008
I was blog surfing a while back and came across this amazing cake over at Amy’s blog! I’ve been dying to make it since I saw it—and am wondering your thoughts on just how appropriate it might be for a baby shower. I know—it’s a stretch, but seriously, there is no way to hold off on making this creation until Blake’s 6th birthday in December!! I don’t have the little candies that go with it, but they have those cute pastel itty bitty melt in your mouth mints in bulk at Meijer…so I could swap the pink and white with those! What do you think??
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Puppy Birthday Cake Recipe
By admin | June 22, 2008
I found this recipe for a puppy cake online. Who knew! It will, of course, be shaped like a bone and Wasatch and Brownie can share this one! NO…we are not inviting neighborhood dogs over—I’m not one of the Girls Next Door–and it was a stupid idea when they did it!!
Do you remember the little bunny rabbit cake I made for Easter? (It’s one of the photo’s at the top) I’m going to make that one for us ‘people’ but make the ears look like a puppy dog. That will be the fun part!
Doggy Layer Cake
- 3 cups flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 6 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup corn oil
- 2 jars strained chicken baby food
- 2 cups finely shredded carrots
- plain or vanilla yogurt
- 2 or 3 strips of bacon, fried crisp, then crumbled, or use bacon-flavored jerky strips, cut into bits.
Preparation -
Generously grease and flour two 8″ round cake pans; set aside. Combine flour and baking powder; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat softened margarine until smooth. Add eggs and corn oil; mix well. Add strained chicken, and shredded carrots and mix until smooth. Add flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Pour batter into the 2 prepared 8″ cake pans. Bake at 325° for 60 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
Place one layer on a serving plate and spread yogurt over top. Place second layer on top, then spread yogurt on top and sides of entire cake. Sprinkle crumbled bacon or bits of jerky strips over top.
Use “Pupperoni” sticks instead of candles.
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21st Birthday Cake Ideas…
By admin | June 20, 2008
I was just on a site looking at ideas for a 21 year old’s birthday cake. The number one answer given…top the cake with 21 candles!! I’m sorry—is that a new idea? I think I could have come up with the thought without using Google!!
Apparently the boy loves chocolate cake, so I’ll have to find something cool to go along those lines. Even if it isn’t decorated–just frosted–chocolate death may be the way to go!! My favorite frosting is chocolate whipped cream, so maybe we’ll just do that!
Any ideas??
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Pink Booties!!
By admin | June 18, 2008
I have a couple of cake days coming up in the next few weeks, I’m kinda excited about! We are planning a baby shower for a niece and nephew who live in California, and a 21st birthday the same day for a nephew that lives here. Two events in one—but unless it’s OK to have pink and white baby shower cake for his birthday…I have to come up with something chocolatey for him!
Here’s what I will be spending some time learning how to do!!
No, I don’t want blue and green, but I would love to learn how to make those booties–too cute!
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Wasatch Is Turning 1!!
By admin | June 16, 2008
Friday the 27th is my puppy’s first birthday. He’s still a pain in the neck, but a birthday of any kind is an excuse to make CAKE!! So I’ll be making two. A normal one for the people (me and the kids) and a bone shaped, liver concoction for he and Brownie to enjoy! I just have to find a good “dog cake” recipe for theirs, and of course, I’ll be happy to share what I find!!
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Darn You Rubber Spatula!!
By admin | June 15, 2008
I remember when I was little and my mom or grandma would make a cake. Us three kids would circle and each would get a fabulous treat. Two got a beater each and the lucky one got to lick the bowl. YUM! Not long after this little tradition began, our poor little family finally got a rubber spatula. We HATED that thing! It could clean the bowl so well that there was literally nothing left to lick! Because it would leave one child out, my mom didn’t always clean the bowl as well as she could–or she would let the lone child without a beater lick the spatula. Good as it was, it was never the same!!
Tonight is a family party, and in case you haven’t noticed yet–if I’m going some where and I’m expected to bring a dessert—you get CAKE! But being married to a Chef I’ve been filled in on all of the health risks associated with letting my kids lick the beaters, raw eggs and all. But today I thought, “What the heck!” It’s a fun childhood memory of mine, and I want them to have that too. And today, even I brought out the dreaded (but most helpful) rubber spatula—and since each of my little ones got the beaters…I got to lick the spatula clean!
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OH HAPPY DAY!!
By admin | June 10, 2008
If you’ve been keeping up at all with my other blogs you’ve heard by now that summer life isn’t going nearly as easily as I thought it would! Who would’ve thought, right? Anyway…today I’m back on my medication and hopefully life will be happy again soon!
Better tomorrow, I promise!!
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Planning A Party!!
By admin | June 5, 2008
My Mother In Law and I are in the process of planning a shower for her grandson (my nephew) and his wife. They live in San Diego and won’t be at the shower, but we thought it would be a fun way to show our excitement for their new arrival.
We are moving away from the standard shower or even summer fare, and going with shish kebabs and summer salads. I will be making a cute cake for them, and also for another nephew who will be celebrating his 21st birthday the same day.
I will be making the invitations today, and hitting the party store later…I’ll let you know what I find!
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Spring Flower!!
By admin | May 30, 2008
OK—I’m THRILLED about this cupcake! Not because it’s all that fabulous—but it is my FIRST ATTEMPT EVER at a Rose! Honestly—I don’t think it’s half bad! My next attempt will actually have 2 different colors of frosting in the bag for some depth–but for something that has always intimidated me…I’m quite impressed with just how easy it was! Hey…we’ll work on the leaves another day!
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My Baking Freezer!!
By admin | May 25, 2008
I thought I would show you what my freezer looks like! Pathetic isn’t it! Meijer had a HUGE sale this past weekend, you could get 10 cake mixes for $10 with the 11th free. So why not stock up? The ad also applied to real butter and the tubs of frosting. I don’t like the flavor of the tubs of frosting–but for my cupcake a day–the kids really don’t mind it at all–and it’s just the bottom layer–you can’t really decorate with it, unless you add a TON of powdered sugar–Oh, that was on sale too–but I won’t bore you with a pantry shot!! You can see the little tub of cupcakes in front. I only bake cupcakes once a month, and then freeze them. I bring them out one at a time to decorate daily. It’s much easier that way!
We are still moving in so there is a ton of stuff piled on the chest freezer in the garage, and it’s too cold to clear it off. I better do it as soon as Spring hits, or it will be too hot to clear it off! As soon as it’s clear–baking essentials moves to that freezer and out of my kitchen!
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The Guitar Cake!!
By admin | May 19, 2008
Ok—before you say anything let me just say…I know the arm of the guitar is too short–but honestly, the thing weighs 20 lbs–any more cake and I wouldn’t be able to lift it!! But other than the stubby little arm, I think it looks pretty darn good.
It is a carved Devils Food cake with a strawberry/cream filling frosted with chocolate frosting and covered with fondant. Since I’m not a fan of the flavor of fondant I like to put a lot of frosting underneath it so that people can peel the fondant off and still have the frosting with their cake.
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My Famous Pina Colada Cake!!
By admin | May 13, 2008
You may have tried someone else’s Pina Colada cake, but I have never tried anything and came up with this yummy concoction all on my own. But hey, maybe more than one great mind thinks alike!!
Here’s what you’ll need:
First off, make your cake according to the box directions. This cake is made in layers–this cake today is a two layer, but I have made a three–and it’s just as good. After your two layers of cake have cooled, you are going to make a batch of stabilized whipped cream frosting. To do this you use:
1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
1 tsp vanilla
4 TB powdered sugar
2 TB Wilton Piping Gel
Beat until it holds stiff peaks.
Take half of the whipped cream mixture and mix it with a 1/2 can of Bacardi Pina Colada Mix (frozen juice section). This is your filling.
Spoon over first layer of cake and spread to make smooth. Add the second layer of cake, and poke holes through the top.
Spread over the holes to fill them with the filling and remove excess filling back into the bowl.
Use the rest of the whipped cream to frost the top and sides of the cake. Dust with coconut. Sprinkle pineapple tidbits over the top.
Wrap the sides in parchment paper and put in the freezer until just before you are ready to eat it.
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Chicago Catering
By admin | May 9, 2008
We had the best Chicago Catering ever this past weekend–and if you are looking for catering for an event, the best choice is Sweet Baby Ray!
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A Family Favorite–Anyone Can Make!!
By admin | May 4, 2008
In the survey, I had a few people asking for cake’s that anyone could make whether or not they were decorated. So I thought I would share a recipe that my 10 year old makes. It’s a great confidence builder for kids–because they can do it from beginning to end, all by themselves. Mind you—I did put it in and take it out of the oven–but other than that, it’s all Jake.
Even better than him making it himself, it tastes AMAZING!! Definitely one of my favorite!
Dump Cake
1 can of Cherry Pie Filling
1 can of Crushed Pineapple
1 Yellow Cake Mix
1 bag of Coconut
1 stick of Melted Butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In an UNPREPARED 13×9 inch baking pan, dump the cherry pie filling and the undrained crushed pineapple. Spread around to mix the fruit. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the fruit, and coconut over the cake mix. Drizzle melted butter evenly over the top.
Bake 40-50 minutes until the coconut looks toasty. Let cool for 15 minutes. Can be served topped with ice cream or whipping cream–or nothing at all!
The first photo is of the top–and the second photo shows it from the side so you can see some of the layers.
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Cake Mix Shake Up
By admin | May 1, 2008
Do you ever just want to “Shake Up” your boxed cake mix? All of the following recipes are made from boxed cake mix, but they’ve been kicked up a notch!
Apple Upside Down Cake
Berry-licious Cake
Butter Pecan Cake
Champagne Dream Cake
Coconut Cream Cake
Cup Of Cappuccino Cake
Dulce de Leche Cake
Fancy Coconut Cake
Green Tea Cake
Key Lime Cake
Lazy Dayz Cake
Marbled Cake
Mocha Cake
Pina Colada Cake
Pumpkin Spice Cake
Some More S’more Cake
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cake
Zesty Lemon Cake
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