Thanksgiving Treats

For Thanksgiving, I made another set of cakepops. My lovely sister bought me Bakerella's Cake Pop book and I spent about 6 hours creating these awesome pops- the turkeys were way too time consuming, but they came out adorably!

Since I had some extra cake left over from the cake pops, I decided to make a turkey cake to serve as well. We were having 30 people over, after all!

Shari helped assemble and frost this masterpiece. I feathered the frosting on the top by layering each different color and then dragging a toothpick through at random intervals. The top was made with halved reeses peanut butter cups stuck in using toothpicks. The body of the turkey is made from tinted Duff fondant.

I also spray painted a piece of wood to use as a stand, and then drilled holes into the top. Here it is in action:

And the rest of the cake pops:

 On the dessert table:

And in some little bellies:

Yum Yum Thanksgiving!

Halloween / Birthday Cakepops

To celebrate Jenny & Noa's birthday, I made about 60 cake pops! Orange and black for Halloween, purple for Jenny & pink for Noa.

These were displayed on a block of wood, which I wrapped in paper and drilled holes. I covered it with wax paper while I was working to prevent any drips, but they held up pretty well.

Toppings included candy corn, crushed kit kats, sprinkles, mini m&ms and mini reseeses. The insides were vanilla frosting and funfetti cake mix.

I also made some sugar cookies. I was going to attempt to decorate with royal icing, but that didn't pan out. I used my new cookie cutters though! Instead, I outlined using Wilton Gel Icing. It was sticky and messy and didn't dry before the party, and was still tacky and smudgeable the day after... oops.

Cake Pop Craze

First (well... second) try with cake pops for Melissa's birthday! They definitely get better from here...

Better display in process!

tufted cushions for the classroom

rocking chair:

desk chair:

luau party decorations

basket for leis

sign for the end of the driveway

luau cupcakes

In addition to the cake, we made about 150 mini-cupcakes! The frosting is made from scratch (recipe: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/09/perfect-cupcake-frosting-and-filling/). The toppers were made from Satin Ice gumpaste by hand (go mom!).

Duff Fondant

After almost giving up on fondant, we decided to give it a last shot with store-bought fondant by Duff. It worked! And according to numerous guests, it actually tasted pretty good!

luau themed engagement party cake

memo board

tutorial from these instructions: http://www.diyideas.com/howto/sewing-fabric/pocketboard_1.html

wall hangings

one for me and one for mom (or helpful tool to differentiate left from right?)

kindle cases

coat racks

Practice engagement party cake - 2nd time with MMF

This cake had three tiers made of five layers of cake. Each layer was crumb coated with buttercream frosting and then covered separately with marshmallow fondant (MMF). The three layers were attached with frosting in between. It probably could have used a dowel because it slid around during transport (after being left in the heat for a little too long...).

Showers of Happiness

Chocolates made by Jenny!!

Flower pots filled with chocolate lollipops and individually wrapped chocolate candies. Molds included hearts, brides & grooms, wedding bells, and other wedding-themed shapes.

Marshmallow Fondant- first attempt!

 All pretty and presentable for someone who doesn't keep Passover to eat!

 

And take two- the kosher for Passover version.

new sis in law!

Picture frame for our new sister-in-law to be, on the night of their engagement celebration.