Nothing says punk like these cookies by nikkicookiebaker.
Not only are there skulls with bows, but check out the Hello Kitty T-shirt and the Converse!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Punk Rock Cookies
Friday, March 28, 2008
Bettin" the Farm
This Barnyard cake by BrownSuga' has to be one of the cutest farm cakes ever! I do not know which I like better -- the cute animals or the big red barn!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Skateboarding Cake
Ummm... Awesome!
This cake by sweetTcakes is great, full of detail and I am sure a hit with the birthday boy!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Chinese Shar Pei Cookie
I love this cookie! It reminds me of my shar-pei, Honey.
Check out Edible Art's photo Flickr Stream, there are lots of great treats!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Pirate Cookies
These are Pirate cookies that I made. I saw something like this design in an old cupcake book BUT I saw amazing cupcakes using this design by Swissy Missy and KiwiGirlSteph. Thanks for the inspiraition.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
George is a cutie!
This take on Curious George by cakespace-Beth is super cute.
I love his expression!!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Chocolate Cookie Winner
I entered the cookie tasting portion in the 2008 That Takes the Cake show in Austin, Texas.
To my surprise, I placed first. It is not a very pretty cookie but the taste more than makes up for it.
To come up with the recipe, I combined a few recipes and tweaked it here or there. It is although very similar to one I tried from Martha Stewart.
If you happen to try this recipe and change something and feel it comes out better, I would love to know.
Sad to say, but in tasting the different tweaks I almost hit chocolate overload. I said almost!!
Here is the recipe I ended up with:
8 ounces semisweet or milk chocolate chips
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 ounce semisweet or milk chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and 8 ounces of the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Slowly. Stirring every 20 seconds. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Mix together eggs, brown sugar and vanilla. Add melted chocolate. Mix in flour mixture. Stir in the rest of the chocolate chips.
Drop the dough on to baking sheet, leaving plenty of room for spread. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes, they will appear shiny. Do not bake less, they will be mushy. DO not bake more, they will be hard and icky.
Like I said it is very similar to a MS recipe, just a couple of tweaks.
That Takes The Cake Faves!
Another amazing show in Austin.
The cakes were great, the demonstrations were wonderful and the Capital Confectioners and All in One Bake Shop did a fabulous job!!!
The following cakes are a few of my faves.
I have a set on Flickr of all of the Cakes:
http://flickr.com/photos/30611184@N00/sets/72157604022559661/
If you see any cakes here or in the set and you know who created them, please let me know. I would love to give credit where credit is due.
Enjoy!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Jennifer's Wedding Cake
This beauty was done by Jennifer in the Adult Intermediate Wedding Category. She placed Second.
MaryAnn and her Cake
This is MaryAnn ane her cake -- which happened to be one of my faves at the show.
She placed second in the Professional Novelty Tiered Cake.
April's Orchids
The Orchids were made by April for the Special Technique Catergory, placing first.
I must point out her beautiful ivy!!
April's Cookies from the Austin Show
April's gorgeous shoe cookies placed third at the Austin show in the Adult Intermediate Confections. The box is also cookie!!
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