Another niece was giving one of her friends a baby shower. The theme was Raining a Baby. Although I had something similar in mind, nothing seemed to go right. I couldn't find the right size baby. When I went to dowel the umbrella cake to the main cake in collapsed the center! Ugh... I hate those kinds of days.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Birthdays and baby showers...
My niece threw a 80's mystery dinner party for her hubby's 30th birthday. It was lots of fun. She asked me to make a cake with the 80's theme and this is what I came up with. As a side note, the murder weapon ended up being a Rubik's cube in the end :)... No, I didn't know that either.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Alex's 1st Birthday
Alex, my first great nephew had his first birthday recently. I made him an orange cream cake with a monster theme. He loves Vanilla Wafers so that was a bonus for him.
The little monster on top of the cake was his very own smash cake. However he wasn't much interested in smashing it or eating it for that matter. He had a couple of taste and that was good enough for him...
Just another view...
The little monster on top of the cake was his very own smash cake. However he wasn't much interested in smashing it or eating it for that matter. He had a couple of taste and that was good enough for him...
Just another view...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Fall Apple baskets...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Latest Cake
This is a cake I did this past weekend for a friend. It was for her daughters birthday. Its fun to work with fondant and I've tweeked my recipe enough that it doesn't taste bad. This cake's fondant was a rasperry-vanilla flavor with a chocolate cake with rasperry filling on the bottom and a vanilla cake with rasperry filling on the top.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I know it's been awhile since I posted anything...Ugh how time flies by! Here are some of the things I have been working on this spring...
One of those spur of the moment cakes :)
Cami is a long time friend of the family. She like
Pineapple and Coconut so I thought of her when I
Tinkerbell and fairy cake for Tiggy's party.
First Topsy Turvey/Wacky Cake...
It reminds me of the cake from Disney's Sleeping Beauty before the fairy's got their wands out.
Garthy always wants something fun. His lochness monster for his 16th b-day
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
This is one of my sisters recipes. I really like it and have really been craving crepes!
Chicken Crepes
Crepes (below)
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chicken broth
1-1/2 cups finely cut-up cooked chicken or 1 (12-1/2 ounce can) fully cooked white chicken
1 medium stalk celery, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
Prepare crepes; keep covered to prevent them from drying out. Heat margarine over low heat until melted. Blend in flour and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly, remove from heat. Stir in broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Mix chicken, celery, onion and 3/4 cup of thickened broth. Place scant 1/4 cup chicken mixture on center of each crepe; roll up. Place crepes seam side down in un-greased oblong baking dish, 13 x 9 inches. Pour remaining broth over crepes. Cook uncovered in 350 degree oven until crepes are hot, about 20 minutes.
Crepes
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/4 cups milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon margarine or butter, melted
Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in remaining ingredients. Beat with whisk until smooth.
Lightly butter 7 or 8 inch skillet; heat over medium high until bubbly. For each crepe, pour scant 1/4 cup batter into skillet, immediately rotate skillet until thin film of batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown. Run wide spatula around edge to loosen; turn and cook other side until light brown. Stack crepes, placing waxed paper or paper towels between each.
Serves 4
Chicken Crepes
Crepes (below)
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chicken broth
1-1/2 cups finely cut-up cooked chicken or 1 (12-1/2 ounce can) fully cooked white chicken
1 medium stalk celery, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
Prepare crepes; keep covered to prevent them from drying out. Heat margarine over low heat until melted. Blend in flour and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly, remove from heat. Stir in broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Mix chicken, celery, onion and 3/4 cup of thickened broth. Place scant 1/4 cup chicken mixture on center of each crepe; roll up. Place crepes seam side down in un-greased oblong baking dish, 13 x 9 inches. Pour remaining broth over crepes. Cook uncovered in 350 degree oven until crepes are hot, about 20 minutes.
Crepes
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/4 cups milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon margarine or butter, melted
Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in remaining ingredients. Beat with whisk until smooth.
Lightly butter 7 or 8 inch skillet; heat over medium high until bubbly. For each crepe, pour scant 1/4 cup batter into skillet, immediately rotate skillet until thin film of batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown. Run wide spatula around edge to loosen; turn and cook other side until light brown. Stack crepes, placing waxed paper or paper towels between each.
Serves 4
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