LITTLE DELIGHTS CAKES

a little faith and a lot of frosting

Thanks Jack

Jack thanks for being my perfect middle boy- the one who is like glue between the bigs and the littles. Thanks for going backpacking with the bigs..... ...and still liking to play Ninja Turtles with the littles (even if you dont like me taking your picture doing it.) Thanks for being the fun kid you are. Ty would follow you anywhere and I heard Scott tell his friends "yah Jack is cool." Thanks for being the ONLY ONE out of the 7 of us who actually did my Family ... VIEW POST

Marshmallow Cream

This stuff always makes me want to make my own homemade twinkies- its such a good filling and I love the texture, almost like a 7 minute frosting only denser and more.....marshmallowy! 1 1/2 cup sugar 4 egg whites 1 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup water dash of salt 2 tsp vanilla Combine and heat in a sauce pan until the temp reaches 225 on a candy thermometer (or until the sugar has completely dissolved and the mixture is a slow rolling boil.) While it's heating (stir occasionally) ... VIEW POST

Little Ghost Cake

To make this little ghost I stacked 3 6'rounds, chilled them, then rounded off the edges of the top layer.I took some crumbled cake (the same flavor) mixed it with a little frosting and used it to create a higher rounded dome. I chilled it until it was nice and firm then frosted it with a crumb coat. The nice thing about this was not having worry about smoothing the fondant all the way down. Once it was smooth on the top the rest could just drape down. I have another "Ghost/Frankenstein" cake ... VIEW POST

Empathy

[three_fourth]A few months ago Ty had a g-tube infection and had to have his blood drawn (the picture above.) I had to go get my blood drawn for insurance a couple weeks ago and he was with me. He keep telling my nurse "This is not about me, its about my Mom" over and over so she wouldn't accidentally draw HIS blood ;). I gave the nurse my birthday in numbers and Ty asked what I was doing and I explained telling him what his numbers were and he quickly said "Yah ok but this is NOT about me so ... VIEW POST

Candied Cranberries

I made these to top my cranberry orange cupcakes, but I couldn't stop eating them! And I didn't even feel bad because cranberries are good for me ;). My kitchen smelled so good while I made these too. 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup water 1 cup orange juice 1 tsp vanilla zest from an orange 12 oz cranberries Combine everything except the cranberries and cook over medium on the stove until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cranberries and remove from heat. Once it cools down place it in a ... VIEW POST

Cranberry Orange Cupcakes

These are a new favorite- I love the tart flavor of cranberries paired with the orange in the cupcakes. SO GOOD. I thought it was my new Holiday favorite but I think I would make these all year long. 4 1/2 cups cake flour (or 4 cups flour shifted with 1/2 cup corn starch) 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 cubes (1 cup) softened butter 1/2 cup oil 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract zest of one orange I added 1/2 tsp of Orange Oil but that is optional 1 1/2 cups milk 3 cups ... VIEW POST