For her 12th birthday, my daughter and I planned out an Oriental birthday party. She really wanted the cake to be a surprise, so I did not start working on it until she went to sleep the night before and then forbid her from opening the fridge before the party. I was really glad that she liked it.
When considering what to bring to the family Thanksgiving party, my husband mentioned that I should bring a turkey cake. Not like a living turkey though, like one that has been roasted to eat. So along with apple pies and sweet potatoes, we brought along this baby.
Everything is edible. The potatoes, carrots, and leafy stuff are all fondant. Just like a real turkey with white meat and dark meat, the cake has white cake (white chocolate) and dark cake (pumpkin). To bad I did not get a picture of it cut. Oh well. I had a hard time getting pictures that showed it off, but when it was sitting on the counter several people had to be told it was a cake and not a second turkey, which was pretty funny.
My little redhead just turned 2. It does not seem right, but there it is... Anyway, she is an absolute strawberry thief and is constantly rifling through our strawberry patch looking for them. What better to do than to make her a strawberry cake for her birthday. The cake is a white cake, but the filling is homemade strawberry pie filling (made from locally picked strawberries from the you-pick-it farm). I put fondant strawberries on top, because, well...they are cute and I thought that real ones might get mushy. The icing is cream cheese icing, since everyone seems to like it the best.
The top
A side view
And the catastrophe that happened on the 1 hour drive, in the heat, with my 9-year-old in charge of it, up to the area where my family was staying...
So, it was my oldest daughter's birthday this past weekend. She had a sleepover party with her friends, and of course I made her a cake. Actually, this is birthday cake the sequel since I made an attempt at a mad hatter style cake which tumbled down during the night. Thank goodness I had made it the evening before and not the day of! I learned a lot of lessons on the mad hatter cake though in trying it, so I should be good to go on the next attempt. She loved this cake though, and her friends all thought it was pretty cool. Some of them thought it was a fake cake until I told them it was real.
Well, this past Saturday my baby girl turned 1. That date happened to coincide with my extended family's annual camping trip to Bear Lake. It is a tradition that my kiddos have smash cakes for their first birthdays. In case you have no heard of this, it is a cake that they get all to themselves and basically get to make a mess with. Since we were camping, that rules out making a traditional frosted cake, so what is a mommy to do? My husband came up with the ingenious idea to make her a smash cobbler in a mini dutch oven. I made three large dutch oven cobblers so that everyone could eat some too.
Here is the finished cake, just waiting for us to sing happy birthday.
And here is my sweetie enjoying it.
The flavor was chocolate cake with raspberries. The big cobblers were chocolate with blueberries, chocolate with raspberries, and spice cake with peaches.
I made this cake in April for my husband's birthday barbecue. He got an "official" birthday cake on his actual birthday that wasn't so girly. I am not that mean. The daffodils are all handmade with gum paste and they took slightly over forever to make. I believe there was around 30 when all was done. The stems are marshmallow fondant.
Without further ado....
And for fun, a picture that my hubby took of drying gum paste flowers in the oven.
Okay, I know this is a long shot, but has anyone used this clay (it is made by Crayola) along with white glue. I am planning out my son's class Valentine's Day Party and thought it would be cute if the kids sculpted hearts and put magnets on the back. This would have to be done while the clay was not dry yet. I am thinking I will just have to try it myself. I know that craft foam will not stick with regular white glue, and the two things feel similiar.....hmmm.
Can anyone tell me where the larger size needles that are listed (I think it is 10.5) are used. In looking over the pattern, I only find where it says to use the smaller size, and so I am confused. I know this is simple, but I am feeling like a dork because I can not find it and do not want to go buy the needles until I know that I need them.
I already posted this over on the costume challenge, but since everyone might not see it there, I am posting here too. Hope that is alright. My 8-year old wanted to be Emily from The Corpse Bride.
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