Friends at the Pond - January 2012

I made this cute little pond cake for my nephew, Gavin, for his 1st birthday. 

For this cake my mom baked and iced the actual cake for me, and I made all the fondant toppers to place on top the cake.  [Thanks, mom!  :)]

I originally saw a cake similar to the one I made in an email that my mom forwarded to me with some boxes made out of chocolate and lots of different cakes.  My sister also received the email and asked if I could make something similar to one of the cakes in it for Gavin's birthday.  Below is a picture of the cake in the email that was the inspiration for the cake I made.

This pond cake above was made by Michelle Wibowo of Michelle's Cakes.

When I was writing this post I searched for the original  image online and found that the baker of the 'inspiration cake' is Michelle Wibowo of Michelle's Cakes (the email didn't have sources listed).

Below are some more pictures of the pond cake I made.

More details to come... :)

[Right now I'm just trying to get everything on the blog, then I'll go back and fill in details; you can read a little longer explanation here if you want. BUT if you have any questions in the meantime, in general or about this cake, please feel free to email me by clicking on the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of the page and using the email address found there, and I will try to get back with you as soon as possible. Or you can always ask questions or leave a comment about this cake by clicking the comments link at the end of this post. :)]

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Away in a Manger... - December 2011

We made these 'Happy Birthday, Jesus' brownies to share at Christmas with our family.  My kids told me that they wanted to make something like a cake to celebrate Jesus' birthday.  It was brought up kind of at the last minute so I knew we wouldn't have time to do anything 'major', but they were really excited about it so I wanted to let them do something.  We decided to make brownies and let them pipe the drawings on with white icing.  This would be quick, but still lots of fun and something yummy they could share at our family dinner.

We bought a box of fudge-y brownie mix, and made them according to the directions on the box.  The kids all decided what they wanted to put on the brownies, and after the brownies cooled completely they took turns piping on their ideas.  Cara started with the star, Caleb drew the angel (the one to the left of the star - for the picture further down that shows two angels), I piped the outline of the stable for them, and Carissa drew Baby Jesus in the manger.  Everyone added one more thing to the brownies; Cara drew Mary, Caleb drew Joseph, and Carissa drew the camel sticking its head in from outside.  :)  I wrote 'Happy Birthday, Jesus' on the front side of the brownies.

Ronnie came home while we were finishing up, and the kids wanted him to contribute to the creation also.  So, he drew the angel to the right of the star [I thought I got some close-up pictures of the brownies after Ronnie drew the angel, but they are nowhere to be found.  So there is just a not-so-great-quality-picture-that-was-taken-from-far-away below.  :( ]

The kids (and Ronnie and me) really enjoyed getting to make these brownies, and I loved watching them and their creativity while they worked on them.  :)  Oh, and they were yummy, too!  :)

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Personalized Easter Egg Cookies Featured! :)

The Easter egg sugar cookies that I made last year for my daughter, Carissa's, Kindergarten class's Spring Party were featured on Homemaker on a Dime!

 

Every Sunday evening SJ at Homemaker on a Dime hosts a link party called Creative Bloggers' Party and Hop.  You can link up your crafts, recipes, creations, etc for others to browse through, and while you're there you can also visit other people's creations that they've added to the party.  The following week she features some of the best entries linked up from the previous week.  Last week I linked my personalized Easter egg sugar cookies that I made and was excited to see that they were on this week's features.  Thanks, SJ!  :)  Here is a link to SJ's post that includes my Easter egg cookies, and here is the link to my original post on the cookies.