Pumpkin Walnut Cookies – Yum!
This is one of our favorite cookies – Pumpkin! The ones shown above were decorated by Mrs. Sayuri and Mr. Happy Feet. The pumpkin walnut cookie recipe for these can be found on my sister in law’s blog: Notes From The Tulip House. Enjoy. Related PostsPurple Brush Embroidery and Mendhi Cookies (Dec 1, 2012) Alice […]
Sopapillas
We enjoyed some homemade sopapillas during this past Hannukah. If you are not familiar with them, sopapillas (pronounced sew-pu-pee-uz) are yummy New Mexican fry bread. They taste scrumptious drizzled with honey or stuffed with pinto beans and fixin’s. My New Mexican raised Hubby introduced me to them. I have two recipes for sopapillas – a […]
Snowman Birthday Cake
Yesterday was Hubby’s birthday. We made his cake. Hubby requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I used the Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate cake recipe and frosting that are on the Hershey’s cocoa tin. The cake itself turned out very moist and the frosting was quite rich. Together they were good but one piece was more […]
White Fondant Flower Covered Baby Bootie Cake Toppers
My mom made these beautiful flower covered baby booties and sent them to me to photograph for her – all the way from Costa Rica! They’re so dainty and sweet. She made these using the same pattern as the pink baby bootie cake toppers. These were my mom’s version of these Beautiful Handmade Floral Baby […]
Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Cake
This cake was a collaboration between my mom and I. I made the cake and she made the decorations. I transported everything to the party venue and put the decorations on right before “cake time”. The strawberries were made with fondant and turned out so cute! (Cake journal has a great tutorial on how to […]
Delicate Sparkly Cookies
These cookies were all made by mom at the same time I made my purple brush embroidery and mendhi cookies. First we have mini chocolate cut out cookies with a delicate lace design on them. Here are round cookies with a scalloped edge in a pastel purple with white lace detailing. Lastly these are beautiful […]
Pink Fondant Baby Bootie Cake Toppers
My mom made these pink fondant baby bootie cake toppers for Baby Girl’s first birthday (June 5th). They are so adorable. They would have been so perfect on top of a mini cake. She sent them to me all the way from Costa Rica! Unfortunately they didn’t make it in time for our party, so […]
