Now you're cooking with comics. The decorated cookie: Christmas! a cookie pop Christmas tree forest for Celebrations. Cupcake Christmas Tree | teaspoon. My brother threw a holiday potluck for a bunch of friends and on the invite he presumptuously assigned me to dessert, pending I could attend of course. He assumed correctly on what I would be bringing, but now that I have claimed myself a “baker” on this lil blog of mine, I have a lot to live up to! I’ve done my fair share of cookie baking this holiday season, so I wanted to try something a little different. I stumbled across this awesome cupcake tree and the next minute was calling art stores nearby to see if they had Styrofoam cones in stock.
I do love living in this city, but spur of the moment craft projects are not exactly SF friendly. Michael’s is the epitome of inconveniently located to my home or office. Luckily, I snatched the last 2 foam cones at an art store near my apartment and was off to do some cupcake baking. Cupcake Christmas Tree 1 box of cake mix made into mini cupcakes Peppermint extract (optional) Buttercream frosting Cake decorating tools (thanks Colette!
Toothpicks. A tiny gingerbread house that perches on the edge of your mug. A quick update! This winter I’ve collaborated with Brit+Co on a DIY kit for my tiny gingerbread houses that includes 3d printed cookie cutters! It’s available now, go have a look. These won’t be available after Christmas of 2014 so grab them now if you’re interested. I made tiny gingerbread houses that are meant to be perched on the edge of a mug of hot chocolate. I had been thinking about those sugar cubes that hook on the rim of a teacup earlier this month, and I was also thinking about 3-D cookies and how they fit together and figured it would be pretty neat to make cookies that hang on the edge of a mug. I made a few versions to figure out how to make one that wasn’t so top heavy that it would flip off the mug, and how small I could get away with and still fit on both large and small cups.
I’ve made a PDF pattern of gingerbread house pieces which you can open or download right here. I used the Gingerbread Snowflake and the Royal Icing recipes from marthastewart.com. Inside Out Chocolate Caramel Apples make great teacher's gifts. You've eaten apples, right? You've probably even eaten an apple covered in rich and creamy caramel. If you are lucky, you've enjoyed a chocolate covered caramel apple. But, I am positive you've never had an inside out chocolate caramel apple, but you really should try one! The idea for this recipe came to me in stages. Last week as I was making the little modeling chocolate apple that I used to decorate one of my chocolate chalkboards, I made a full size apple thinking it would also make a great teacher's gift.
It looked like a real apple and I was going to do a post about it. However, as I continued to work on my chalkboards, I decided to add a frame to one of the boards. . For a sour note and poured it over the caramel chocolate apple. I made my apples yesterday and took a lot of photographs, then my husband came home and said, "they look more like tomatoes than apples. And green luster dust and thought the effect was pretty nice. Inside Out Chocolate Caramel Apples (makes 4) Chocolate Truffles Recipe : Alton Brown. Directions Place the 10 ounces of chocolate and butter in a medium size glass mixing bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds.
Remove and stir, and repeat this process 1 more time. Set aside. Heat the heavy cream and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Using a melon baller, scoop chocolate onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and return to the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Place the cocoa powder, nuts, and/or toasted coconut each in its own pie pan and set aside. In the meantime, place the 8 ounces of chocolate into a medium mixing bowl which is sitting on top of a heating pad lined bowl, with the heating pad set to medium. Remove the truffles from the refrigerator and shape into balls by rolling between the palms of your hands. Dip an ice cream scoop into the chocolate and turn upside down to remove excess chocolate. Red Velvet Whoopie pies. While we are leading up to Valentine's Day I thought I might treat you all with this Red Velvet Whoopie pie recipe from Annie's Eats! Go get the recipe here. Valentine's Day is one of my most favorite day's of the year.
Bring on the flowers, chocolates, romantic movies & of course dinning out/in. Finger's crossed my husband remembers. :)Love Polli xx. Jar of Happiness for my Birthday. Tuesday is my thirty-something birthday and I wanted to make something fun for myself. A little happiness in a jar for my happy day please! These are great because I know that in no way during the week could I make a cake for myself.
I can just put the lid on these beauties and store in the fridge until my day. (okay so we all ate one tonight but there is still 4 left...) I have seen these fun little cupcakes baked right in the jar over at Babble and had to give it a try myself. I did make mine a little different and wanted to share with you all what worked for me. 1)Mix a white cake mix as directed. YUMMY!!! Delicious and QUICK Holiday Treat….Yum! I was browsing around online, looking for Christmas treat ideas. And ack, I found so many delicious ones.
Such a dangerous thing to google……beware. There were many I wanted to try but I was really trying to find something that wouldn’t take a lot of time. Then……I found a Brownie Covered Oreo recipe found here, from Picky Palate. Oh. These should never have been created. But I guess that means they’re perfect for holiday indulgences, right? But the moment you take a bite, you’ll know what I mean. I used the holiday candy cane oreo variety to give it a nice minty punch in the center. The oreo is baked right into the middle of some brownie batter. Purely delightful. And so my family wouldn’t eat every last one, I threw some into some colored cellophane, tied some ribbon around it, and gave a few brownie cookie stacks away. And I have mentioned before that I can’t eat gluten.
So just as an FYI (especially to my fam who can’t eat gluten either)……. Related posts: Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe : Ina Garten. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.To make the crust, combine the graham crackers, sugar, and melted butter until moistened. Pour into a 9-inch springform pan. With your hands, press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan and about 1-inch up the sides. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature.Raise the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.To make the filling, cream the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce the speed of the mixer to medium and add the eggs and egg yolks, 2 at a time, mixing well.
Make-a-Cake Series: Cranberry Cake with Warm Vanilla Butter Sauce. Thanksgiving is coming. Do you feel it? I have the perfect holiday dessert for your guests. It’s also perfect to bring with you and impress your mother-in-law! Ha ha Cranberry Cake with Warm Vanilla Butter Sauce Looks really good right? My grandmother made this every Thanksgiving while growing up. I love using cranberries. It’s delicious and looks so festive.
I’m sure many of you have had this or make it yourself. This recipe came from my Grandma and you know how recipes go that get passed down…….you never know where they came from. Ingredients Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 2 cups fresh cranberries Sauce: 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 1 cup cream or half-and-half 2 teaspoon vanilla extract Candied Cranberries: 1 cup water 1 cup sugar remaining cranberries 1-2 cups Preheat your oven to 350. Mix together all cake ingredients but the cranberries. Divide into greased loaf pans. Oh no! Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert Recipe.