We went to the beach not too long ago. I was in the process of making a fruit roll-up recipe, from Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals show - one that aired about 4 year ago! It involved making a fruit mixture and rolling it into some flour tortillas. I made this recipe 4 years ago and it was really handy - but this time I forgot the detail about warming up the tortilla so that it would roll up easy. Since I forgot and I was in a hurry, my tortilla kept breaking and I got frustrated. Therefore, I scrapped that idea and made it into a fruit salad. It was yummy and the kids liked it. When my family came to visit, I made that salad again for our trip to the beach.
This is what I did, I mixed up a bunch of fruit -peaches, apples, grapes, bananas, strawberries - with lemon juice and strawberry jam (mine was homemade freezer jam). It was a perfect salad for a day at the beach. Next time I will post Racheal Ray's Fruit Roll-Up recipe - it is yummy too.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Decorating Cakes
I enjoy TRYING to decorate a special cake for my kids' birthday. I have always admired others creations. For my daughter's 1st birthday, I made a simple small chocolate cake. Her second birthday, I bought a Dora cake from the supermarket. For her 3rd birthday and my son's first birthday we had a bug party, so I made caterpillar cakes out of cupcakes. For my daughter's 4th and my son's 2nd birthday I made a Dora cake from nickjr.com. It was super easy. Those pictures I might post at a later date, but they are hard copies and not digital, and I don't have a scanner. For my youngest son's first birthday, I took a train recipe off the internet and followed their directions. It was very colorful!
For the next birthday, my daughter's 5th and my son's 3rd, I really wanted to use the special pans and tips. I borrowed the Barbie pan, tips, pastry bags and food coloring from a friend. It is a major investment to get started. The Thomas cake I came up with on my own by tweaking that recipe off the internet. I was pretty proud of it.
I found this Fire Engine cake recipe on the same site as I found the train recipe. I designed it to look like Red from the Race Car movie. That was fun too.
For my daughter's 6th birthday, I made a doll cake. We went to the store and picked out the doll that she wanted to use. I made 2 cakes and baked them in a pyrex bowl. I made two, in order to get it the height I needed so the dress to be able to fit the doll. The Snow Plow Thomas cake I made was a 3-D cake pan that I found.
This is the Happy Birthday Thomas that I made for my youngest son's 3rd birthday. (I also made him a banana cake.) I used that same pan that I used to make snow plow Thomas.
I made a High School Musical cake for my daughter's 7th birthday and the Lightening McQueen for my son's 5th birthday. I looked on the internet for ideas for the HSM cake. I bought the car cake pan. (I bought a Cinderella cake pan a couple years ago to make for a friend. I can't find that picture either.) So, now, I own 3 cake pans, several tips and pastry bags, and about dozen different colors in food coloring gel. It has been an investment, but I have enjoyed doing it. The main reason I wanted to post my pictures is that I wanted to show that anyone can do it and I wanted to encourage you to do it too. It does take me a couple hours to decorate it, but I like the challenge.What is the most important is that even though it might not look as great as I wanted it, the kids think it is the best. Isn't that the most important thing anyway?
These are my monogrammed cupcakes. Pretty cute.
For the next birthday, my daughter's 5th and my son's 3rd, I really wanted to use the special pans and tips. I borrowed the Barbie pan, tips, pastry bags and food coloring from a friend. It is a major investment to get started. The Thomas cake I came up with on my own by tweaking that recipe off the internet. I was pretty proud of it.
I found this Fire Engine cake recipe on the same site as I found the train recipe. I designed it to look like Red from the Race Car movie. That was fun too.
For my daughter's 6th birthday, I made a doll cake. We went to the store and picked out the doll that she wanted to use. I made 2 cakes and baked them in a pyrex bowl. I made two, in order to get it the height I needed so the dress to be able to fit the doll. The Snow Plow Thomas cake I made was a 3-D cake pan that I found.
This is the Happy Birthday Thomas that I made for my youngest son's 3rd birthday. (I also made him a banana cake.) I used that same pan that I used to make snow plow Thomas.
I made a High School Musical cake for my daughter's 7th birthday and the Lightening McQueen for my son's 5th birthday. I looked on the internet for ideas for the HSM cake. I bought the car cake pan. (I bought a Cinderella cake pan a couple years ago to make for a friend. I can't find that picture either.) So, now, I own 3 cake pans, several tips and pastry bags, and about dozen different colors in food coloring gel. It has been an investment, but I have enjoyed doing it. The main reason I wanted to post my pictures is that I wanted to show that anyone can do it and I wanted to encourage you to do it too. It does take me a couple hours to decorate it, but I like the challenge.What is the most important is that even though it might not look as great as I wanted it, the kids think it is the best. Isn't that the most important thing anyway?
These are my monogrammed cupcakes. Pretty cute.
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