. Ice Cream Cupcakes .

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What a busy month!!!

I guess thats what I get for giving birth to both of my kids (born 2 years apart) in the Thanksgiving week~ I wouldn't have it any other way though <3.

So first up would be my daughter's party at school. I've seen these ice cream cupcakes online before and thought "how adorable!!" You expect ice cream but when its not, you're still not disappointed because its a cupcake!! Haha!! &&& it doesn't melt!! Perfect for little kids and this hot island weather:)

She requested a My Melody party and I thought, "how do I tie My Melody and ice cream together?" Then I saw this cute little picture....

PERFECT!!

I just played around with it on photoshop and used it to make her invitations and treat labels. Fun!

The cupcakes were extremely fun to make too. So easy (especially when you use the box cake mix;)

I chose to bake my cupcakes in a paper liner as opposed to the other method of baking it directly in the cone. I wanted to cone to stay firm so that it wouldn't fall apart or turn into mush when the kids hold onto it. Oh and don't forget to put a surprise inside!

 

 

 

Ice Cream Cupcakes

 

 

  

Ingredients:

• 48 mini cupcakes (any flavor you like)
• frosting (enough for 24 cupcakes plus a little extra to put inside the cone)
• ice cream cones (the kind with a flat bottom. actually the pointy ended cones would work well too but i just chose the flat bottomed one so that they would be able to stand on their own)
• m&m's
• sprinkles
• pocky (for decoration *optional)

 

 

Preparation:

Pour about 5-8 m&m's into the bottom of each ice cream cone.

Stuff a mini cupcake, right-side up into each cone. Push them in as far as you can.

Add a little frosting on top of that cupcake (it will serve as glue when you add the other cupcake on top.

Take another mini cupcake, turn it upside-down and place it on top of ice cream cone.

Cover with frosting and add sprinkles.

surprise!

my mini "mushroom" strawberry cupcakes

mmm, pocky. great ice cream cupcake topper:)

 

I also made these to add to the party...

...my melody sugar cookies:)...

...& jumbo marshmallow pops...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, lil' princess

love always, mommy, daddy & little brother.

 

. Fondant Fun .

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Sooooooo....

I was asked to make a couple of birthday cakes for a friend's mother and sister. I was honored that she thought of me to make them for her family:) so of course I said, SURE!! It was difficult deciding on the designs for both cakes especially when you are so limited on materials:(

My original plan was to mainly pipe the designs onto the cakes but then I realized that the icing I chose to use isn't stiff enough to hold up in this humid weather. Anywhoo, I had to change the plan and use fondant instead. Being pressed for time and also being a mother of a very clingy 1 yr old, I wanted to buy the ready-to-use kind. Unfortunately, the stores that carry it were all sold out. :(  What to do, what to do?!! Then it finally dawned on me that I could make my own! Duh. I googled a recipe and found one that worked great. It even tastes waaaaay better than the ready-made stuff. If you want to try to make some for yourself, you can find the recipe at the end of this post.

Here are the end results. I just went with simple designs because I thought it looked cleaner. Oh and mostly because I'm still practicing :p

red velvet cake

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devil's food cake. halfway done~ just needed to add the "N".

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Here's a couple of Hello Kitty cupcakes and my attempt at making My Melody.

I made them a couple months before but I used a different fondant recipe. It had different measurements but its taste is exact to the most recent one I used.

my first time using homemade fondant and I over did it

with the powdered sugar. that's why she looks all blotchy.

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Marshmallow Fondant

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg (16 ounces) white mini marshmallows
• 2-5 tablespoons water
• 2 pounds (about 8 cups) sifted confectioner's sugar
• 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening

Procedure:

To make marshmallow fondant, place marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 30 seconds on high; stir until mixed well. Continue microwaving 30 seconds more; stir again. Continue until melted (about 2 1/2 minutes).

Place 3/4 of the confectioners' sugar on top of the melted marshmallow mixture. Fold sugar into marshmallow mixture. Flavoring can be added at this point if desired. Place solid vegetable shortening in easily accessed bowl so you can reach into it with fingers as you are working. Grease hands and counter GENEROUSLY; turn marshmallow mixture onto counter. Start kneading like you would dough. Continue kneading, adding additional confectioners' sugar and re-greasing hands and counter so the fondant doesn't stick. If the marshmallow fondant is tearing easily, it is too dry; add water (about 1/2 tablespoon at a time) kneading until fondant forms a firm, smooth elastic ball that will stretch without tearing, about 8 minutes.

It's best to allow the fondant to sit, double-wrapped, overnight. Prepare the fondant for storing by coating with a thin layer of solid vegetable shortening, wrap in plastic wrap and then place in resealable bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible. Marshmallow fondant will keep well in refrigerator for several weeks.

When not working with fondant, make sure to keep it covered with plastic wrap or in a bag to prevent it from drying out. When ready to use, knead fondant until smooth. Roll out fondant 1/8 in. thick.

If you want to color the whole batch of fondant a certain color, add a little food coloring to the melted marshmallow mixture before adding confectioners' sugar. For smaller amounts of tinted fondant, add food coloring to portions of fondant as needed.

from wilton.com

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. Hello Kitty at Yogurtland! .

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Kawaiiiiiiii!

Go now to your nearest Yogurtland and eat some yogurt!! Hello Kitty & friends are there and they've made the spoons and cups so darn cute!! The spoons come in 4 different designs - Hello Kitty, Chococat, Keroppi & My Melody. &&& if you go there often enough, you'll able to collect all of them, which I did. Btw, thanks Sanrio for further encouraging my hoarding tendencies. Yes, I am 30 year old woman who is obsessed with Hello Kitty and all her friends and I am not ashamed to say it! ^_^

Cookies&cream, dutch cocoa & new york cheesecake

topped with strawberries, pbcups & rainbow sprinkles:)