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30 New Birthday Cake Designs

meaghan mountford — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:52:30 +0000

About a year ago I posted on THIS brilliant collection of 31 birthday cakes from parenting.com. The cakes are clever, easy to make and have well-designed, easy to follow how-tos. Well, now they have a whole new collection of 30 birthday cakes! CLICK HERE for the new spread, including an owl, a plane, a squid, and a bird house.

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A Whole Lotta Birthday Cake Ideas

meaghan mountford — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:29:00 +0000

Family Fun has a ton of birthday cake ideas with how-tos HERE. Like this poodle. Or this beaker. Or this bowling alley.

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Garden Cakes

meaghan mountford — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:56:56 +0000

Garden themed cakes from Martha…. Find the recipes for making the flowerpot cakes HERE,the secret garden cake HERE, and the spring garden cake HERE.

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Breakfast Quiz…And Amazing Photography

meaghan mountford — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:59:04 +0000

Note the missing utensils, plates and glasses in each of these amazing photographed works by Oliver Schwarzwal. Visit the feature on the kitchn to guess to which country each breakfast belongs. (I got the second one wrong, but I was sort of close.)

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Owl Cupcakes

meaghan mountford — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:44 +0000

Learn how to make this cute owl cupcake HERE at the equally cute Amy Bakes Cupcakes. (Also check out her shop and more great ideas on her blog.)

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How to Monogram Cookies

meaghan mountford — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:38 +0000

Find a great idea and tutorial for making letter-perfect monograms for your cookies HERE at one of my fave cookie sites, Bake at 350. Perfect if you don’t have a Kopykake projector (which I don’t, hint hint for anyone looking for gift ideas for me).

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Eating Your Words Challenge

meaghan mountford — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:06:32 +0000

It’s back! The Eating Your Words Challenge hosted by the blogs, Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle. The challenge is to use food or drink to write, spell or draw, blog about it and link to Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle to submit. Find all of the details HERE or HERE. You can also see examples from last year on either site, for inspiration if needed. Below is my entry from last year…

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St. Patrick’s Day Sweets Roundup at CakeSpy

meaghan mountford — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:09:44 +0000

CakeSpy has done my work for me…see a great roundup of sweet ideas for St. Patrick’s Day HERE.

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Edible Movie Scenes

meaghan mountford — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:37:39 +0000

Love this slideshow of movie-scene-inspired foods at Martha Stewart in honor of the upcoming Oscars. Such goodies as Lady and the Tramp spaghetti and meatballs, Annie Hall lobsters, The Thin Man martinis, Mystic Pizza, well, pizza, Pulp Fiction cheeseburgers, Kramer vs. Kramer French toast, When Harry Met Sally apple pie, Like Water for Chocolate wedding cake….too many great ones to list.

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Tutorial: Chocolate Paintings

meaghan mountford — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:42 +0000

One glimpse of this Audrey Hepburn chocolate painting and I had to post immediately. How, how, how is it possible that Eye Candy continues to deliver such amazing eye candy day after day? Talent I surely covet. Learn how to create chocolate paintings (based on the blogger’s explanation of the Yurin method) using chocolates and printed images HERE.

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Simply Fabulous Wares

meaghan mountford — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:02 +0000

So this blog with fabulous finds {Simply Fun Stuff} led me to this etsy shop with fabulous wares {Simply Pretty Prints}. My favorites? For those feeling the urge to buy me gifts? The teapot. Noooo,these bowls. That also have matching plates. Best to just get me all of them.

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Floating Cupcake Tower

meaghan mountford — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:06:45 +0000

Check out this amazing suspended cupcake tower (photographed by Ali Broach) HERE featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog.

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“Photoshop” Cookies Stop-Motion

meaghan mountford — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:31:21 +0000

For pure entertainment: I recommend viewing this fabulous and brilliant stop-motion video of cookies being made by Photoshop. Seen at Craftzine, find the video by Maya Rota Klein HERE.

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Penguin Party

meaghan mountford — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:25:24 +0000

Gourmet Mom on-the-Go has a roundup of food ideas for a penguin-themed party, inspired by Betty Crocker. Find the ideas HERE, including an igloo cake, penguin cheeseball, penguin sandwiches, and blue JellO ice cubes.

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Lego McDonald’s Meal

meaghan mountford — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:42:51 +0000

This is definitely questionable for inclusion in edible crafts, as this McD’s meal is constructed of decidedly non-edible Legos. But still. Great eye candy. Seen HERE, designed by sachiko.