As spotted on Cupcakes Take the Cake: the cupcake customizer by New York mini cupcake company Baked by Melissa. For larger orders, you can use the website to choose your cake, icing, topping and stuffing. Check it out HERE and view the gallery.… Read More ...
Apple Topped Apple Muffins
I love this idea of decorating apple muffins with apples. Find tips on making them and a link to the recipe HERE at Little Food Junction.… Read More ...
Football Cookies
This is what I prefer to do when football comes on: make cookies. Learn to make these football sandwich cookies HERE at Family Corner.… Read More ...
Stormy Tea Cup Cupcakes
Can you believe this darling-ness in a tea cup is meant to cover a cupcake error? Find tips on making this stormy sea teacup cupcake HERE at Not A Rabbit.… Read More ...
Recipe Tuesday: Vintage Thanksgiving (Really Vintage)
I’m sure it’s apparent already, but I’m a school geek. Total nerd. Research, writing, papers… bring ’em on. I even snuck an irrelevant chapter on the history of the decorated cookie in my book. I own fascimiles of both Martha Washington’s Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats and Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery, 1796. Now, I could cite … Read More ...
Cake Decorating Tutorial: Part Four
Have you been following The Crafty Penguin‘s 4-part cake series? (I told you about it here and here.) Part four is here: decorating! Learn how to decorate this cake HERE at The Crafty Penguin. And if you need a refresher in the other steps: make fondant HERE, bake and store the cake HERE, cover the … Read More ...
Heart and Flower Cookies
Learn how to make this gorgeousness-on-a-plate (ie flower and heart decorated cookies) HERE at Bake at 350. The cookies were created for a photography workshop from I Heart Faces. So much yumminess and brilliance and inspiration out there (just check out the links in the post to said yumminess and brilliance and inspiration).… Read More ...
Giant Oreo Turkey
I know I tout the virtues of mini versions of things all the time. Well, now I have to extend the same courtesy to giant versions of things. Like giant Oreos. Even better? Super cute giant turkeys (decorated with a Ding Dong head and candy corn cookies, I mean c’mon). Find tips on making these giant turkey Oreos HERE at … Read More ...
Vote for Food! And You Might Win Money!!
Breakstone’s blogger challenge is afoot (wherein three top bloggers compete by adding sour cream into a holiday dish), and you can support our fellow editor (one of the three top bloggers, Amanda, over there in Home and Garden) with a vote for her entry! CLICK HERE to register at Breakstone’s to vote for your favorite (like, for example, Amanda’s Cookin’). … Read More ...
Party Monday: Knitting Party
As for the actual knitting skills, well, I’ll have to leave that to Knitting. But for the party surrounding the knitting, some ideas:
Planning on hosting a Knitting themed birthday party or get together? Maybe you want to get together and Knit for a charitable cause? Maybe your aout to become a Grandma and your friends are throwing you … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Sweets from Wilton
Find a virtual plethora of Thanksgiving sweets to decorate at Wilton, such as this turkey cake, these cookie pops, or scarecrow lollipops. (My 3-year old is sitting on my lap, and I give her credit for choosing which three sweets to feature.)
Football Tacos
Find the recipe and a how-to video to make these football taco pockets HERE at Quick Dish, perfect for game day! (Whatever day that would be.)
Are you planning on having a party or family gathering for the Super Bowl Football? A great reason to get friends and family together. We found these cute Football themed serving platters
and … Read More ...
Cinnamon Cabin Cookies
Find the recipe for these adorable Cinnamon Cabin Cookies HERE at Munchkin Munchies, as spotted from the Land O’ Lakes site. And thanks, Munchkin Munchies, for bringing me over to Land O’ Lakes! I pretty much exclusively use their butter (thanks to my mom), and I never thought to check out their recipes.… Read More ...
Cheese and Crackers Cornucopia
Look what I found in my inbox today… Learn how to make this impressive cheese and crackers cornucopia HERE at Paper Plate and Plane. And it’s made with the help of a cocktail shaker. As I often say, cocktail shakers help with everything.… Read More ...
Rangoli Cookies. And They’re Eggless!
Check out the gorgeousness: Rangoli cookies for Diwali by Dessarts, made with an eggless cookie and royal icing recipe from My Diverse Kitchen. Perhaps I seem too excited for “eggless” by my subject line, but anyone with dietary restrictions knows how tough it is to find good recipes for edible crafting! Spotted by Naomi of Bakers … Read More ...