Please note that I was NOT practicing writing, OR frosting smooth OR levelness of the cake. Just to make sure we're clear. JUST practicing the beading and the fondant trim.
Clad we went through that ;o)
Friday, January 1, 2010
Practice Cake #2
So! This cake was one that Kelli asked me to make for the Sociedad de Socorro Birthday party. I decided to practice making dots! And fondant trim! Killed two birds with one stone with this cake I did :o) I felt efficient
Please note that I was NOT practicing writing, OR frosting smooth OR levelness of the cake. Just to make sure we're clear. JUST practicing the beading and the fondant trim.
Clad we went through that ;o)
Please note that I was NOT practicing writing, OR frosting smooth OR levelness of the cake. Just to make sure we're clear. JUST practicing the beading and the fondant trim.
Clad we went through that ;o)
Practice Cake #1
So! My friend Karla Jensen asked me to make her wedding cake for her and I was THRILLED. She is such a cool lady :o)
Since I am kinnda silly like that, I planned a series of practice cakes to try things out. For this cake, I was trying the type of filling out.
I cut off a slice and handed it to Mark to hold while I got the camera to take a picture of it while it was plated:
Guess the temptation was to great! He couldn't wait! :o)
Here is another slice to see the colors in it:
The verdict:
The filling was a liiiiiitle too sweet, and I would like it better with no seeds. (Ok, ok, it was a LOT too sweet, and I had a sugar headache after eating half a slice. But, that is what a practice cake is for!)
Since I am kinnda silly like that, I planned a series of practice cakes to try things out. For this cake, I was trying the type of filling out.
I cut off a slice and handed it to Mark to hold while I got the camera to take a picture of it while it was plated:
Guess the temptation was to great! He couldn't wait! :o)
Here is another slice to see the colors in it:
The verdict:
The filling was a liiiiiitle too sweet, and I would like it better with no seeds. (Ok, ok, it was a LOT too sweet, and I had a sugar headache after eating half a slice. But, that is what a practice cake is for!)
When hiding Brownies
When hiding brownies, one should select a location that is safe and remote.
When the safe and remote location happens to be an oven, one should make sure that there are not any pending baking plans.
When there are pending baking plans, one should make sure that the other parties involved with the baking plans is aware that the oven is "occupied" before commencing preheat.
When the preheat is commenced while the oven is occupied, one should make sure that there are not any plastic cooking utensils in the pan while the oven preheats.
If not...
...be prepared to purchase more plastic utensils :o)
They don't hold up to well at 425. :o)
When the safe and remote location happens to be an oven, one should make sure that there are not any pending baking plans.
When there are pending baking plans, one should make sure that the other parties involved with the baking plans is aware that the oven is "occupied" before commencing preheat.
When the preheat is commenced while the oven is occupied, one should make sure that there are not any plastic cooking utensils in the pan while the oven preheats.
If not...
...be prepared to purchase more plastic utensils :o)
They don't hold up to well at 425. :o)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Mickey Mouse!
I have always wanted to meet him.
This was lots cheaper than flying anywhere
:o)
I still hope I can meet the real one someday. Not the edible pop-corn kind.
This was lots cheaper than flying anywhere
:o)
I still hope I can meet the real one someday. Not the edible pop-corn kind.
Yoga Mat
I like doing yoga. It really helps me to feel lots and lots better. Relax. Re-energize. Nap. (oops! did I say that?) It also helps my back from feeling all wierdy.
Anyway, my sister Nani gave me her yoga mat since I used to steal it from her all the time. Thanks Nani! I love it still.
My uses for it have changed a little since coming to Purdue though:
Well, at least I'm still using it, right?
:o)
Anyway, my sister Nani gave me her yoga mat since I used to steal it from her all the time. Thanks Nani! I love it still.
My uses for it have changed a little since coming to Purdue though:
Well, at least I'm still using it, right?
:o)
This crazy Indiana Thing
called...S-N-O-W
It likes to do this in the night. I think Indiana is trying to trap all the cars and keep us here.
But then you look out and see this:
and then you realize that Indiana is only trying to keep you here because here is a beautiful place to be.
Especially if here is with someone you love.
:o)
It likes to do this in the night. I think Indiana is trying to trap all the cars and keep us here.
But then you look out and see this:
and then you realize that Indiana is only trying to keep you here because here is a beautiful place to be.
Especially if here is with someone you love.
:o)
Bubble Ring
Ok. Another blog about food. I know, I know, I'm addicted. But if I didn't eat I would die. So its ok.
The thing is, Mark helped me make this one!! :-D
He's a chef! :o)
Had to let you all know! :-D
The thing is, Mark helped me make this one!! :-D
He's a chef! :o)
Had to let you all know! :-D
Baby Luke Baby Shower :-D
YAY!!
So! We had a baby shower for Amanda Jeanne Baer and her little baby Luke David in her tummy :o) It was so fun! :-D Mark thought I was a little silly though :o) He went to bed when I had only the cheesecakes made, then after he left, somehow I lost track of time, and our appartment got covered in food and paint and paper and fabric...oops! in the morning Mark wondered,"What happend?!" :-D He laughs though :o) I always have a big big time cleaning up after all my fun, but that's ok :o)
First: a run down on the food :-D
Amanda is not a cake fan, but she LOOVES Mary Lou's Doughnuts (its a little doughnut shop that has been around for like, ever. Mark went there with his parents before camping trips when he was little. And it was old then :o) Yeah.) Anyway, they have been around forever because they are the worlds BEST doughnuts :o)
So, we got some of those and I made little fondant handles so they look like...
...little baby rattles!! :-D
and then I made these little cheese cake bites (cherry and blueberry sauce so they look like...flowers!) and chocolate covered cheese cake bites, and brownies. DELICIOUS brownies, with symphony bars in the middle. ooooh. my mommy taught me about these. they are dangerous.
we also had chicken salad sandwiches and savory bacon bread sticks and spinach and sausage stuffed pastry...things. They were yummy!
and then I made this diaper cake for her to put as a centerpiece since we didn't have a cake that was made of, well, cake.
And then we played games! and opened gifts! and talked! and visited!!
Amanda is such a wonderful girl, and EVERYONE loves her. It was so fun to listen to people RSVP :o) See, I didn't know anyone but Amanda, and they all told me how much they loved her and how happy they were to come :o) and it was nice that even though we didn't know each other, we could all have fun together since we were all there to help amanda know how loved she is and share in this special time for her :o)
Love you amanda! :-D
So! We had a baby shower for Amanda Jeanne Baer and her little baby Luke David in her tummy :o) It was so fun! :-D Mark thought I was a little silly though :o) He went to bed when I had only the cheesecakes made, then after he left, somehow I lost track of time, and our appartment got covered in food and paint and paper and fabric...oops! in the morning Mark wondered,"What happend?!" :-D He laughs though :o) I always have a big big time cleaning up after all my fun, but that's ok :o)
First: a run down on the food :-D
Amanda is not a cake fan, but she LOOVES Mary Lou's Doughnuts (its a little doughnut shop that has been around for like, ever. Mark went there with his parents before camping trips when he was little. And it was old then :o) Yeah.) Anyway, they have been around forever because they are the worlds BEST doughnuts :o)
So, we got some of those and I made little fondant handles so they look like...
...little baby rattles!! :-D
and then I made these little cheese cake bites (cherry and blueberry sauce so they look like...flowers!) and chocolate covered cheese cake bites, and brownies. DELICIOUS brownies, with symphony bars in the middle. ooooh. my mommy taught me about these. they are dangerous.
we also had chicken salad sandwiches and savory bacon bread sticks and spinach and sausage stuffed pastry...things. They were yummy!
and then I made this diaper cake for her to put as a centerpiece since we didn't have a cake that was made of, well, cake.
And then we played games! and opened gifts! and talked! and visited!!
Amanda is such a wonderful girl, and EVERYONE loves her. It was so fun to listen to people RSVP :o) See, I didn't know anyone but Amanda, and they all told me how much they loved her and how happy they were to come :o) and it was nice that even though we didn't know each other, we could all have fun together since we were all there to help amanda know how loved she is and share in this special time for her :o)
Love you amanda! :-D
Decorating!
So! School started two days after we moved into our apartment. This translates into "our appartment was filled with boxes all semester until Christmas break came around and we had time to finish unpacking things other than our clothes and dishes"
I unpacked the box labeled "fragile pretty things" and this is where I decided to put them! :-D
the gooth teases me about the second one. "Nice nails" she says :-P Gooth is thilly like that :o) The funny this is, about a year after putting them up...they are still nails :-D But, its not our fault you see: No candles allowed in the apartment. C'est la vie!
Now, I don't want it to seem like we have created a shrine to ourselves in our apartment :o) All of these things have been given to us, and these are pretty much the only sorts of "decorative things" that we have, besides the picture of Christ that the Teek gave us that is in our entry way (thanks the Teek!) :o)
But never fear! We have plans ...that will occur some time in the near future... maybe. After I graduate. :o)
I unpacked the box labeled "fragile pretty things" and this is where I decided to put them! :-D
the gooth teases me about the second one. "Nice nails" she says :-P Gooth is thilly like that :o) The funny this is, about a year after putting them up...they are still nails :-D But, its not our fault you see: No candles allowed in the apartment. C'est la vie!
Now, I don't want it to seem like we have created a shrine to ourselves in our apartment :o) All of these things have been given to us, and these are pretty much the only sorts of "decorative things" that we have, besides the picture of Christ that the Teek gave us that is in our entry way (thanks the Teek!) :o)
But never fear! We have plans ...that will occur some time in the near future... maybe. After I graduate. :o)
Olivia
Mark got me a flower.
It's an Orchid.
And, her name is Olivia.
I love her!
She eats ice cubes and sunlight.
but I think we were killing her at first because we didn't have ice trays, so we just "guesstimated" how much we thought three ice cubes worth of water would be in a Ziploc bag and froze it. Turns out we were waaaaay off. Poor Olivia! She has bad parents that starve her.
But now we have ice trays. So we are doing better. :o)
We hope her flowers come back :o) She is super pretty! Thanks Mark!
It's an Orchid.
And, her name is Olivia.
I love her!
She eats ice cubes and sunlight.
but I think we were killing her at first because we didn't have ice trays, so we just "guesstimated" how much we thought three ice cubes worth of water would be in a Ziploc bag and froze it. Turns out we were waaaaay off. Poor Olivia! She has bad parents that starve her.
But now we have ice trays. So we are doing better. :o)
We hope her flowers come back :o) She is super pretty! Thanks Mark!
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