Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my computer to yours. These are the last of the cookies I did for Christmas. The basket was done for my son's girlfriends family. I also made some of the same for my daughters boyfriends family. I've made so many cookies this christmas, I'm kinda glad its over. lol. Christmas needs to last longer than just a day. So much work for only a little bit of time. Well, I hope you all had a great day.

New cookies

These are new Christmas cookies that I made this week. The christmas trees are sugar cookies with regular icing. I made the ones on the left for my husbands poker buddies. Not sure if you can tell, but the jimmies are the heart, diamond, spade, and club. They were fun to do, but took a while. Trying to line them up to look like garland really took a while.

Snowflake cookies

I did these cookies for my hairdresser. She always does a great job with my hair, so I thought I would give her a little something special. She even said they were all talking about wanting some cookies today.

Thanksgiving placecard/cookie

I used these cookies as place cards for our Thanksgiving dinner. They were fun to make and decorate. And I don't have to put them away till next year. lol. Everyone ate theres. If anyone reads this I hope you had a great thanksgiving.

Peaches

Last night, we took a class on how to make Peaches. The cookie. They are fairly simple to make, and they are delicious. The class was fun. Get 8 women together, and the conversations roll. lol.

Halloween cookies

Seems like I do more cookies than cupcakes anymore. These are some Halloween cookies that I made. The new 3D cookie cutters from Wilton are really cute. I have the Halloween ones and the teddy bear. I can't wait to see what they do for Christmas.

Apples and Pumpkins

These are some more sugar cookies I recently finished. What's better for fall than apples and pumpkins? I love fall. It's my favorite season.

Fun,fun,fun

Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers.

Here’s what I want you to do:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue #1
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich #2
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart #3
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream #4
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries #5
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans #6
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava #7
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut #8
35. Root beer float #9
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O #10
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut #11
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear #12
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal #13
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores #14
62. Sweetbreads #15
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake #16
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho #17
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie #18
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam #19
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

As you can tell, I'm not a very adventurous person. lol I've never even heard of half this stuff.

Raspberry lemonade cupcakes

These cupcakes are the best. I added a couple packets of Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade travel packets to the water that I added to a white cake mix. I saw this on 'How to eat a cupcake' blog. She made hers from scratch, but I used a mix. They are really good. I also added 1 packet of the Raspberry Lemonade mix to the water in some buttercream icing. You can smell the raspberry before you even taste it. These are highly recommended.

Steeler cookies

I did some Steeler cookies for a friend of ours today. His bd is tomorrow, and he is a true Steeler fan, so I thought these were appropiate. I used Satin Ice fondant on them. It is very smooth when rolled out. and the taste is good.

Birthday cake

Wednesday was my daughters 22nd birthday. Her cake was done with the funfetti cakemix from Pillsbury. It has always been one of her favorites.

Cookies

These are some cookies I did for a girl who works for us and my daughters bd this week.

Sur La Table

Hi everyone,

This is my favorite store. They have so many great things for cupcakes. This is one of there ads. Doesn't just looking at it make you want to make cupcakes. The nearest one for me is at Southside in Pittsburgh. The 4th of July cupcake in the previous post was made with the Wilton Big Cupcake pan. I'm going to try one of these with ice cream as the top instead of cake.

Happy 4th of July

Hope you have a great 4th of July. It's really dreary here. No sunshine. Just rain. lol. This is a cake I did for today. Hopefully we will be able to have the picnic outside.

New cupcakes

I made these cupcakes today. I saw ones like them on the bakerella blog page. She has such cute ideas. They are lemon cupcakes with lemon curd filling. She put bathing suits on her bears, but I didn't have time to do that too. Maybe next time.

Marshmallow fondant cookies

These cookies are 'iced' with marshmallow fondant. It is my first attempt at fondant. It's not an easy thing to work with. I have seen it done on tv a million times. They make it look really easy. I guess it will take some practice. I'm going to take some to work tomorrow and see how my 'critics' feel about it. I may have to stick with the other icing I use.

Penguin cookies

I made these cookies for The Stanley Cup Finals. I have been making them all season for the games.

Mothers Day cake and cookies

We are doing the 'Race for the Cure' tomorrow, so I thought I would make a cake and cookies for afterwards. (we're having a picnic) I can see now why bakeries do not used these kind of cake pans. Geesh........ Talk about a pain to frost. My icing was not co-operating with me, so I decided stars were the next best thing. I think it turned out pretty well.

The cookies are chocolate covered oreo's. I've had this mold to do them for a while, so I finally put it to use.

Hope you all have a nice Mother's Day.

Bug cookies

Here are some more hints for my hubby. He is really not paying any attention. One of these days I will have a yellow vw bug. I know I will, I know I will, I know I will.........

Bug cake

This is a cake I did for my hubby's bd. I have always wanted a yellow vw bug and this is just a hint for him. Very subtle, huh? The cake is strawberry/banana and the icing is marshmallow flavored buttercreme.

Flowerpot cupcakes

These are done with the Wilton flower cupcake pan. It's a new one. They can be used for almost any holiday. The cake is a funfetti mix with banana pudding added. The icing is buttercreme with marshmallow flavor. These are great if you don't like alot of icing.

Soccer Cake

My son's 24th birthday is on Saturday, so this is his cake. He is a great soccer player and fan. It is done with the Wilton ball pan. I'm not sure if I like the pan. It's hard to know where to put the color areas since there are no marks on the cake. I should have gotten the half soccer ball pan. At least it has the grooves. But, this will have to do.

Valentine Cookies

These are some valentines cookies that I made.