gummy bears

gummy bears are a great snack for pregnant women with major heartburn (for me anyway!)..check out these:

Topping the scales at 5 pounds, this mammoth mass of sugar comes in a variety of flavors and is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears! It’s BIGGER than a FOOTBALL!

You’ve just got to see & taste it to believe it!!
perpetualkid.com

…and some interesting lighting/decor options made of gummy bears:


blog.makezine.com

and this one was featured on ohdeedoh last week:


a sweet chandelier made of approximately 5,000 hand-strung acrylic gummi bears. (A process which takes about two months to complete) Only ten will ever be made, and each one will be a little different. So we can quarantee each Candelier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. A truly spectacular light.
jellio.com

a beautiful cake

mmmm… check out this cake from unhistoricacts.com. she was inspired by the cake on this website, but i just love her pastel version. (on my list of things i want to try someday!)

valentine cookies

are you making anything special for valentines day? yummy treats from whippedbakeshop.com

homemade peanut butter cups

pb cups are one of my favorite treats! (i love them frozen) i spotted these homemade pb cups on ericasweettooth.blogspot.com and was so impressed! they look so delicious!

treats by bakerella…

some of the ridiculously beautiful treats created by bakerella!
enjoy your holidays

holiday cookies!

yum! check out these and more (for baby) at Cakebox Cookies.

baby shower nursery cake

so yummy… a cute nursery color palette too!

SusieHazCakes

ice cream sundae cupcakes

more yummy cupcakes this sunday!


the sweetest kitchen.

earwax on swab

are you looking to really gross out your older kids or friends at the halloween party? i couldn’t resist posting this from saucysprinkles.com. simply poke mini marshmallows onto lollipop sticks and dip in butterscotch.

Dulce De Leche Pumpkin Cupcakes

the perfect dessert for you halloween party! learn how to make these cupcakes at The Sweetest Kitchen. you can even buy the spiders here.

blue jeans cake

what a fun project for your son or daughter’s birthday. make a blue jeans cake and let your little one decorate their jeans with fun candies and colored frosting. find all the details on bettycrocker.com

cookies and cupcakes from NYC!

you can purchase all of these at Eleni’s New York.

Featured DIY – Cookie Monster Cupcake

Flickr photo by Nick^D

You’ll need:
Cupcakes
Frosting
Food coloring or icing color
Star tip and pastry bag
Cookies such as Mini Chips Ahoy or regular Chips Ahoy cut in half
Brown M&M’s
White disc candy such as white chocolate melts (use the flat side)

1. Cut a slit into the cupcake.

2. Insert cookie and start icing with a small star tip. The picture above is from a different cupcake and appears to be dyed coconut, which is also an option. Dyed coconut would give a shaggier look, but also remember that, if serving these at a party, coconut is a hit or miss. Lots of people don’t like it however, most children could care less! LOL

Tutorial photos by Cynthia Rae

3. Attach the brown M&M (pupils) to the white disks by either “gluing” together with a dab of frosting.

4. Stick the eyes down into the cupcake.

from everydaycelebrating.com

cookies, yum!

WOW, delicious! can i please have a cookie? visit Whimsy Cookie Co. for more yummy cookies.

the hungry caterpillar cupcake cake

for details on how to make your own visit Coco Cake Cupcakes.

cookie obsession!

pretty cookies by Natasha! see more at neviepiecakes

baby shower cookie cutters!

cookie cutters from The Cookie Cutter Shop.

yes, you can make these yourself!!…an inspiration photo from Lori Hernandez:

baby shower dessert ideas!

by crazybeautifulcakes.com.

Baby Shower Cakes

these are the most amazing baby shower cakes i have ever seen! check out Pink Cake Box for custom cakes, cupcakes and cookies.

rainbow jello

ridiculously cool…i do not think i will be trying this one (it looks way too hard for me!) if you do try this recipe, please send me pictures! from adventuresofafoodslut.blogspot.com


*Small boxes of Jello, in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or whatever colors you want)
Cool whip, sour cream or plain yogurt
*Grease a pan with baking spray. Clear out a level spot in the refrigerator. Put the prepared pan in the refrigerator to chill.
*Add one packet of Jello to 1 cup of boiling water. Stir 2 to 3 minutes to dissolve completely. Pour 2/3 cup of the Jello into the prepared pan, and chill for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, add enough Cool Whip to the remaining Jello to make 2/3 cup. Stir to completely melt the Cool Whip. When first layer has set for 15 minutes, carefully pour Jello/Cool Whip mixture over it, and chill for 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining colors. Once all layers have been poured, allow to chill for at least 2 hours. Unmold onto a serving platter, if desired, or cut into squares and serve.

Note: The way I did this was to mix up the next color as soon as I poured the first layer of the previous color. For example, as soon as I poured the first layer of yellow jello, I heated up water and mixed up the green jello. Once it was dissolved, I poured 2/3 cup of the green jello into another measuring cup, then stirred in the Cool Whip to the rest of it. You need three measuring cups to do it this way. That gives it some time to cool down a little before it’s time to pour it into the pan, but not so much time that it begins to set up too much to pour.

This is a fairly time-consuming recipe, but it’s totally worth it at the end, especially if you have kids. You can do this in rainbow colors, or customize colors to your event — red and green for Christmas; orange and yellow for Thanksgiving; green, yellow and purple for Mardi Gras; purple and yellow for LSU tailgating. I went with rainbow colors today. The store was out of blue jello, so I bought some nasty little kids’ squeeze bottles of blue punch, and used one of those with unflavored gelatin for the blue layer. It worked.

You can make this in whatever shape pan you want. Bundt pans make a particularly attractive mold, or you can make it in a square or rectangular pan and then cut it into individual squares for serving.

Rubber Ducky Cake

ha! i love this i found this over on Claire’s blog, craftschmaft.com.

Ingredients.
2 x packets of cake mix with icing mixture included
(I used White Wings White Chocolate Rasberry Swirl)
2 x 250g packets of chocolate finger biscuits
2 x 250g packets of cream cheese
2-3 tablespoons of cocoa
blue food colouring
rubber ducks to decorate
white mini marshmallows

for detailed step by step directions on how to make a rubber ducky cake visit craftschmaft.com.

marshmallow pops

yoonie-at-home, my crafting journal recently posted these Marshmallow Pops that she made for her son Nigel’s class celebration of teacher’s day…aren’t they cute?






for details on how to make Marshmallow Pops visit yoonie-at-home.blogspot.com.

a story for Father’s Day….

this cake made by Stacey (polka-dot-daze.blogspot.com) reminds me of my own husband.
not only do i love this cake, but i love the story that goes along with it….

“WHO BROKE THE LAPTOP”

“Oh no! Did you touch Daddy’s birthday cake Little Miss B?”
“Nope! I’m not sure. I’m sure I didn’t. I was just looking.”

“That’s the culprit there! Lurking behind the cake in pink. She was absolutely infatuated with it! She kept asking “does he have a nose?” So I put it up really really high!
I am having a play with fondant cakes at the moment, this one is my second attempt in order to get ready for all three of my kids birthdays which are six weeks within each other. I usually just buy their cakes but I feel up to the challenge this year. My husband loves banana cake and looked quite guttered when I told him I wanted to practice my mud cake, so I compromised with the bottom of the cake being banana and top piece mud. He also wasn’t sure about a guy asleep with his mouth open, on a sofa with a laptop on his lap…he thought a young fit footballer would have been more appropriate!

Happy Birthday to my darling husband! Thank you for being the awesome husband and father you are!”

stop by Stacey’s online stores babyboy.co.nz and babygirl.co.nz and her blog, polka-dot-daze.blogspot.com.

just for DAD

These burger are the perfect dessert for your barbeque!

Estimated Times:
Preparation – 30 min | Cooking – 1 min | Cooling Time – 10 min cooling | Yields – 24

1 box (12 oz.) vanilla wafer cookies*, divided
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 teaspoon water
3 drops green food coloring
Red and yellow decorating gels (for ketchup and mustard)
1 teaspoon melted butter (optional)
1 tablespoon sesame seeds (optional)
verybestbaking.com/recipes

memorial day sweets!

these cute flag cookies caught my eye- and appropriate for this post today! they come from Cookies and Cups. they specialize in custom sugar cookies, cupcakes, cakes and all yummy treats! for those of you that like to cook/bake, be sure to check out the blog cookiesandcups.blogspot.com. you can also order custom creations at 973-668-6546 or cookiesandcups@live.com.

here are some other fun treats to drool over

yummy cupcakes!

in my ever growing obsession with delicious cupcakes i must introduce you to Coco Cake Cupcakes. Coco Cake Cupcakes are baked-from-scratch by artist and baker Lyndsay Sung. unfortunately for me, they are based out of Vancouver, BC…hmmm, i may just take a trip over to Vancouver to get a tasty treat check out the stories behind Coco Cake’s beautiful treats at cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com
and here are just a few for your viewing pleasure:

cupcakes or art?

once again, i must share this amazing cupcake find with you! everything about these are just so cool…from the cupcake wrapper, to the almost 60s vintage look they have to them! by Toute Sweet Creations. they are based out of the South Florida Area and make all kinds of yummy treats! contact at TouteSweetCreations@gmail.com.

O Atelier de Lili Glacê

One of my favorite new blogs, O Atelier de Lili Glacê . It is hard to believe that these cupcakes and cakes are edible! They are so beautiful!! Thank you to Karen and Karoline for letting me post these

Yum!

We somehow stumbled upon Milena’s Blog by accident and were left drooling! Milena lives in the Netherlands and her hobby is decorating cakes and other delicious desserts! (We think she needs to open a Bakery!) We couldn’t choose which ones to post!

Nursery Rhymes Baby Shower Cupcakes

Not only do these cupcakes look delicious, but they are true artwork! What a fun dessert to have at a baby shower!! By A Baked Creation.