My sister asked me to make a cake for her step son's 13th birthday. I had never even baked a cake.... ever. However, I agreed to making a 3 tier fondant covered cake. To keep the price low, I decided to make my own marshmallow fondant for the first time. About a week before the party, I made a practice batch of fondant (using this recipe/guide) and a 6 inch chocolate cake to cover. I also made chocolate frosting for the first time and boy was it delicious. I'll post the frosting recipe at the bottom of this post.
Monday, October 26, 2009
My first time making fondant, and covering a cake
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Jared's 24th Birthday Cupcakes... Batman!
My boyfriend Jared had his 24th birthday on September 17th of this year. After months of waiting to get his gift, I was excited to finally search for it. He'd said we should get a dog about a zillion times, and I always had some excuse not to so that I could surprise him with one. I managed to blurt it out by accident on the day I was going to pick her up, but he was still very excited and surprised. Unfortunately, I didn't have any extra money to make cupcakes or anything. Then I remembered I had a box mix in the pantry, and a chunk of left over fondant from the 25th Anniversary Cupcakes. I wound up making vanilla cupcakes with a cinnamon-vanilla buttercream filling, and fondant Batman toppers.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
25th Wedding Anniversary Cupcakes
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Let's catch up... Nutter Butter Truffles
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Dr Pepper Cupcakes for Dad's Birthday
My dad's birthday was May 26th, and I couldn't let a birthday pass without making some kind of cupcake, or cake. I had been dwelling on ideas for over a month, but had yet to settle on anything. For one, I knew the guestlist would likely only consist of myself, Dad, Dad's girlfriend, and my boyfriend. That pretty much put a halt on anything too elaborate. The themes I had considered were bowling, NASCAR, and Dr. Pepper. Finally I came up with a cool cake design involving the Dr. Pepper logo. Of course, this was before Memorial Day weekend came about with it's late night drinking and dancing to Van Halen. Needless to say, I spent all of Monday, May 25th, recovering. Tuesday I worked from 9 to 5, and then rushed to and through Walmart, gathing supplies for the enchilada/taco dinner I would be making for my Dad and us. I couldn't bare not having something cake related. I had read much praise regarding the moistness of cupcakes made with soda, so I grabbed a fudge chocolate cake mix, a 12 oz Dr Pepper, and a pint of Turtle Fudge (or something of the sort) Blue Bell ice cream. I still had to clean the apartment, and knew that cupcakes would be quick and easy. I substituted 1 1/3 cups of water with 2 cups of Dr Pepper. The amount of soda varies across the internet from 1 cup to 12 oz or more. I let 12 cupcakes bake for about 20 minutes (longer than usual). I discarded the remaining batter, because I didn't need 12 cupcakes, much less 24 or so. They turned out so perfectly moist. I would still like to try something more elaborate, but even with just a cake mix, these were very good. I couldn't actually taste any Dr. Pepper, but didn't expect to either. After our delicious dinner, I paired the cupcakes with a scoop of the ice cream, and drzzled some melted peanut butter on top. MMMmmm!! It wasn't exactly my best work, but it tasted great and was an overall success.
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Blueberry Pie Refashioned Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!
This dress is oh so cute! Check it out, and enter for your chance to win it!
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Cupcake Bites
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Labels: bakerella, baking, bites, cake, candy, chocolate, cupcake, mother's day, red velvet
Friday, May 8, 2009
The new road...
So like everything else I start, this blog has gone dry already. I think I'll mostly post here when I bake, and occasionally post other things that interest me. With that in mind, my next post will probably follow this weekend, after I make some sorta cupcake bites.
Friday, May 1, 2009
1966 mustangs and Art on Etsy
So, as if the internet weren't easy enough, I see that google now keeps thumbnails of sites you've been to often, which appear when oppening a new tab. My internet just tried to trick me into downloading something because I have "multiple viruses" and my "information is under attack." It wouldn't go away without me closing Explorer through Task Manager. That google thing came in handy when getting back on the net. The picture of the mustang? One click and I had it again. The art I was looking at on Esty? Boom. Right there. Which brings me to...
First, we have the image at right. Although I like it, it's simply a charcoal figure on paper. o_0. Sometimes I just have to slap myself for not thinking of something so obvious. This piece is priced at $450.00. I have no idea if she has ever sold one of these at that price. Regardless, I could pump out a ton of these and sell them for $50 a pop. Hell, maybe I will.
Please click the thumbnails to enlarge, as they do no justice to the artwork. Using permanent marker, this artist draws images on t-shirts. At $150 a piece, you won't see me in one anytime soon. However, if I had that kind of cash to blow, I'd be rocking that Beetlejuice shirt in a heartbeat. At the very least, it'd be hanging on my wall. The quality of her work is outstanding, and I can't imagine putting so much effort and hardwork onto a t-shirt.
This and other cool prints can be purchased from artist Kellie Schneider.
captured my attention. Her work is reasonably priced as well
as really cool.
Now that I'm braindead from browsing through the depths of Etsy, I'll bring this to an end. Sometime next week I'll explore other art forms. Perhaps I'll start choosing one item from each, or a few catagories, to post here each week.
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Labels: 1966 mustang, abstract, angel, art, beatlejuice, beetlejuice, birds, charcoal, etsy, kurt cobain, painting
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Here we go...
Why am I starting this blog? I suppose it's a place for me to store information. I'm always finding things across the net, and need a place to keep them. Also, with my terrible memory, I need a palce to keep track of some thoughts as well. Lastly, I have an office job that doesn't amount to much of anything. I mostly sit at this computer all day browsing the internet anyway.
Let us start with my current internet obsession with America's Next Top Model contestant, Allison Harvard. There are already a million (okay maybe not a million) sites out there about Allison, otherwise known as "creepy-chan." Since I don't know her personally, I can't exactly bring anything new to the table, but I can't get the girl out of my head. I'm hoping that this post can serve as some sort of therapy to help relieve me of this obsession.
Allison's photo on episode 6 of America's Next Top Model
Upon searching the internet I found her (now private) Myspace, no longer updated Deviant Art page, and most excitedly her Flickr account, amoung other defunct sites. Her Flickr account is filled mostly with her artwork. Unfortuneatly I'm no big fan of her work. There are a few cool pieces (like the one at left), but for the most part it looks like something I did in middle school. Of course, that also attracts me to her work, since I myself am no amazing artist (see for yourself). I can actually connect to her work in an artistic and personal way rather than be completely in awe of her talent. It does seems that she has improved with time (especially her portraits), and if anything, her work is certainly bizarre. She also shows an interest in photography, which I'd like to see more of. Have no doubt, I'll definitely keep an eye on that Fickr page.
I made an earlier reference to her internet nickname, "creepy-chan." This derives from her pictures which were posted on 4chan.org, back in 2006 or so. Those photos are what turned my slight interest in Allison, into a freakin obsession. Yeah, I'm a weirdo. I'll go ahead and end this post with a few of those old creepy-chan photos, for your (or maybe just my) viewing pleasure.
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Labels: allison harvard, americas next top model, angel, antm, creepy chan, obsession