Engagement Party
Yet again I’ve fallen behind in my blogging. Here’s some catching up from over the summer.
Over the summer I got engaged, and shortly after had an engagement party. My mom and I made this cake for the party.
Hidden Mickeys:
We also made matching cupcakes for the kids (because everyone always wants the piece with the flower, each cupcake has its own flower).
Close up-
And the favors were Mickey Mouse shaped rice krispie treats on a stick—very big hit! Here they are drying:
Wrapped up and ready to go–
Sushi cupcakes!
Judging by how many sushi crafts I’ve done, you can tell that I love all things sushi. And recently I met someone else who does–my teaching mentor at school. It was her birthday, and a few of us decided to bring in some stuff to celebrate. She loves sushi as much as I do, so I knew I just had to make these sushi cupcakes for her.
I took a boxed cake mix, and baked them in mini cupcake molds. After they were cooled, I iced them with vanilla icing, and dipped them in white sprinkles. To make the “filling” I cut up fruit snacks and put them on top. A few whole Sweedish Fish, some plastic grass and an actual sushi containor completed the “look”.
Here are some pictures!
Tye Dye Cheesecake
I love Disney’s Tye Dye Cheescake, and today I finally got a chance to make it myself! I made mine into bite-sized cupcakes though, and they’re a bit more day-glo then Disney’s version, but they’re soooo good!
I’m bringing them to a 60’s themed party tomorrow, so I placed them on a record plate to keep with the theme.
On the record “plate”
Artsy Shot
Some extras in the tray
And some close ups of my favorites
Jeep Wrangler Cake!
Today is my mothers birthday, and I made her this Jeep Wrangler Cake!
My family has 3 wranglers total—so we’re a little obsessed. I got this SUV cake pan at a Garage Sale about a month or two ago. It’s an older Wilton pan, but was never used…..still had the paper stuck to it! A few adjustments, and it made a great Jeep cake pan.
I can’t wait for my birthday (less then a month!) so I can make it again!
Here’s the cake:
Here is the cake pan I used:
From the front—love the way the grass came out!
From the back:
From the top:
Close Up of the tire (tire size is a big thing in the world of Wranglers. My tires are the biggest out of all of ours, but for the day, I made my mom’s large too….lol)
Hmm….so this is what the inside of a Jeep (cake) looks like…..
Backtrack
I was looking for a picture of something on my computer, when I came across these pictures! I forgot I had made these!
I made these chocolates for a Memorial Day party I was going for. The weekend prior, I had found all these great old chocolate molds at a garage sale! I got 2 different Mickey/Minnie ones, and 2 different Pooh Character molds…in addition to many other molds such as Star Wars, Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles, etc.
Here’s the whole “display”. I used a styrofoam ball in the cup to help hold up the lollypops.
Close up of the top
Close up of the plate
Close up of Minnie and Pluto
Mickey and Mickey
Donald and Daisy
Close up of Winnie the Pooh and his “huny”pot (Winnie the Pooh was made with the peanut butter chocolate—it was the perfect color!)
More sushi! (and V-day present)
My bf had to work fairly late on valentines day, so since we couldn’t go out, I made a Japanese dinner for him. We had Miso soup (well—it was the oriental flavored Ramen soup—haha), salad with ginger dressing (mmmmm), and two kinds of sushi—Philly roll and Cucumber/Avocado roll.
It’s all in the presentation….
Close up of the Philly Roll—mmmmmm
Also—in an earlier entry, I introduced my crochet Remy from Ratatoullie, where I said that he was a gift, but I couldn’t bear to give him up. Well—in a mad scramble on V-day eve, I ended up making another one for my BF, so here is old Remy and new Remy: (left and right, respectivly)
Just “new Remy”: I did use a smaller hook, like I had said, but I don’t think it really changed the look at all. I also changed the hat a little bit, because I used a different yarn.
A close up of “new Remy’s” head:
Sushi! (yes again….)
Food is considered an art form, and if anything, sushi is one of the coolest food art forms, so I’m putting it on here.
Its no secret that sushi is my favorite food, and tonight, I finally made it. I had the mat that I purchased in Disney years ago (in the Japan pavilion in Epcot), and on my most recent trip in January, I bought a pack of 10 sheets of Nori.
Using the “Make my Sushi” website, and their awesome flash videos, I learned how to properly roll my roll, how to cut the cucumber, and most importantly, how to make japanese-style sticky rice out of plain white rice.
Here’s the website: http://www.makemysushi.com/
And here’s my sushi!
First I started with my piece of Nori on the mat
Then I spread my sticky rice over all but the top inch.
Next I put in my fillings. I thinly cut cucumbers, avocados and carrots. Here we have cucumbers and avocados:
And then…..roll!
Here is my first roll all finished!
And all of the rolls cut up and arranged all prettily. Note to self: time to purchase those cool square japanese plates.
My attempt at an “artsy” shot. If I wasn’t so eager to try them, I could have taken the time to get the lighting right, but I wanted to try them!
And in keeping with the Japanese theme—here is my first japanese character. I made it this past week, and was taught by a Japanese calligraphist. This means wish.
