I recently made a Rapunzel-themed cake and cupcakes for a 6 year old’s birthday. I loved the movie so making the cake and cupcakes was a joy!
Rapunzel is on a carrot cake with raisins and walnuts, covered with a cream cheese buttercream frosting, covered and decorated with marshmallow fondant. Rapunzel is hand-painted on marshmallow fondant.
The cupcakes were devil’s food with chocolate buttercream frosting, decorated with hand-painted marshmallow fondant disks.
One evening I got it into my head that I wanted tea & scones. Well I have plenty of tea, my favorite kind being English Breakfast, but no scones. So my husband and I decided we would give baking some scones from scratch a try.
Now if you aren’t familar with scones, they are sort of like a sweet biscuit, not as sweet as a cookie though. The batch we whipped up were from All Recipes, and feature chocolate chips! From what I’ve come to understand a traditional scone will have dried fruit in it, like cranberries.
Some folks do a “drop biscuit” kind of scone, but we used a biscuit cutter to shape ours.
After the scones were done I made us cups of English Breakfast with sweetner and milk and we ate a few while they were still warm. so good! Next time I want to try the fruit version and top them with jam and whipped cream like the English do!
For a friends recent birthday I created Doctor Who themed desserts. The cake is called a Tardis, and it’s how the Doctor and his companions travel through space and time. The cake was vanilla which I colored to match the outside, it was covered in buttercream and decorated with marshmallow fondant.
The cupcakes were chocolate with a Kaluha mocha buttercream frosting, and decorated with hand-painted marshmallow fondant disks.
I recently participated at the Rock and Roll Throwathon at the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL. The Throwathon featured 6 potters giving live demonstrations accompanied by some classic rock and roll.
For the 2 day event I made a bass guitar cake and some coconut cupcakes. The bass was half chocolate and half vanilla cake, covered with buttercream and decorated with marshmallow fondant. I had a blast at the Throwathon and even made some pottery myself!
Well I tried making up a batch of sugar-free sugar cookies from a recipe I found on Mahalo
unfortunately they did not taste nearly as good as they looked! I had a diabetic friend give one a test bite and my fears were confirmed. No way no how!
I’d love to find a good recipe like this, one where I can use my cookie cutters and be able to decorate. But so far that magic recipe is eluding me!
