Retro Video Game Cake - April 2015

I made this retro video game themed cake for my son Caleb's 13th birthday.  It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it.  I tried a new technique and it didn't go as smoothly as I thought it would.

More details to come... 😊

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Mario Mushroom Marshmallow Pops & Mario Mustache Chocolate Pops - April 2015

I made these Mario mushroom marshmallow pops to put in the goodie bags at my son Caleb's retro video game themed party.  (Go to the last picture for mustaches.)  [To see Pac-Man and Ghost sugar cookies I made for the party click here.]

I also made these ↓ chocolate Mario mustache pops as favors for the goodie bags.

More details to come... 😊

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Pac-Man and Ghost Sugar Cookies - April 2015

I made these Pac-Man and ghost sugar cookies to put in the goodie bags at my son Caleb's retro video game party.

More details coming soon... 😊

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Minecraft Creeper Marshmallows - April 2014

These creeper marshmallows from Minecraft were for the goodie bags at my son's 12th birthday.  (You can see the cake from the party here.)

I bought square marshmallows at the store and airbrushed all sides green.  It didn't matter if they were covered really evenly because the video game has that pixel-y look anyway.  After they dried I used a black edible marker to draw the creeper faces on them.

I thought they were pretty cool, and they kids all loved them.  :)

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Minecraft Grass Block Cake - April 2014

I made this Minecraft grass block cake (with a little Steve on top) for my son, Caleb's, 12th birthday.  

It didn't turn out as clean and shored up as I wanted, but I liked it and Caleb was really thought it was cool.  :)

More pictures and details coming soon.  :)

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Music Note Cake Balls - January 2014

My son's band was having a cake ball sale; so I made these music themed cake balls to donate to it.

I used black candy melts to pipe the music notes out on to parchment paper.  I let them harden and they were ready when I needed them to decorate the cake balls.

To make the basic cake balls I followed Bakerella's instructions.  You can find them here.

Right after dipping the cake balls I sprinkled some yellow sanding sugar sprinkles on top, and then placed a music note on top standing straight up.  You have to be ready and work quickly so the chocolate doesn't harden before you get everything on it.  I had to hold the music note in place until the chocolate hardened enough to hold it upright on its own (a couple ended up a little crooked :/).  I had to be careful when handling the music notes as the stems were a bit fragile.  I had a couple snap, but thankfully I was able to repair them or replace them with extras I had made.

I thought the cake balls turned out very nicely, and the bake sale was a success!  Yay!  :)

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Homemade Christmas Cookies - December 2013

My son's band was doing a Christmas cookie sale at one of their concerts.  I made the music note cookies (and some of the circle ones) for the fundraiser, and then I used some of the extra cookie dough to make some Christmas cookies for home.

To make the cookies I just followed a recipe for cut-out sugar cookies.  After the dough was mixed, I separated it into two bowls.  I used green food coloring to make the dough in one bowl green, and I used red food coloring for the other.

For the music note cookies I took red and green cookie dough and rolled them into fat snakes.  Then, alternating the colors, I put them together and rolled them out into a long strip.  I used a music note cutter to cut the notes out of the striped dough.  

After I got all the notes I could cut out of my striped dough, I gathered it up and rolled it out again.  The  notes on the top row (below) were cut from that dough, and they had more of a marbled look.  I also cut out some circles and stars to finish getting our amount of cookies we needed to bring.

The cookies below are what I made with the remaining dough.  I used some cutters and did some freehand.  For some (like the wreath) I treated the cookie dough like Play-Doh, rolling it into balls or snakes to make the various cookies or cookie parts.

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For the candy cane cookies below I made a long snake of red and a long snake of green, twisted them together, and then formed the twist into the shape of a candy cane.

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Merry Christmas!

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