April 19, 2011

Vegan Cookie Pops

Actually I wanted to make some vegan sugar cookie dough for Easter cut out cookies but I hadn't much luck with the dough. I tried to make it more moister but had no luck at all. My dough stayed crumbly. I didn't want to waste all the good ingredients and thought about what I could do with it. So I came up with an idea and gave some chocolate chips to the dough. Than I rolled the dough to little balls between my hands and stuck a stick in it like you would use for candy making. In the end I had some sweet cookies on a stick and my kids loved it :)



The Big Day or My first Baby Shower Cookies

I am so proud of my first cookies for a baby shower, you wouldn't believe how much. There is nothing more important for me than to bring everything I have into a project and even give a little more. I simply can't do things halfhearted what isn't always easy but gives me a good feeling especially when I do something for friends.

Now.... *drum roll  please*  my cookies:


Before I even started to make cookies I searched around the world wide web to get an idea on baby shower cookies and found a wonderful website called "I am baker" with the most adorable peeking Baby cookies you have ever seen. I had to try them and I love how my peeking babies turned out :)


April 7, 2011

cookies, cookies and more cookies...

A friend of mine is pregnant and I am organizing with another friend a Baby Shower for her. I never did something like this before because in Germany it is bad luck if you celebrate before the baby is born. That's why I looked around the internet to get an idea for decorating, for gifts, for favors (favors are something we don't do too) and for things to bake. I was amazed by what I found. There are so many wonderful blogs and websites out with baking and decorating cookies, I really was blown away.

I found great ideas but I had to make sure to practice the whole icing and frosting part. So I made cookies for spring, for a friend of my daughter who had her 14th birthday and for Easter.







Sweetness from the past

I didn't photograph everything I baked, unfortunately, but there were some pictures I found on my laptop. But why am I writing about it and why did I start this blog? I can't give you one answer because there are different reasons. On the one hand I am home with my sweet little boy ( he is 16 months today) and I would love to do something else besides taking care of him. Don't get me wrong I love him more than I can say but sometimes Mommy simply needs a time out and with baking I am in heaven. On the other hand I am looking for something I love to do and earn some acceptance, some compliments and certainly to earn some money - doing my (little) contribution to our little household of four.

We'll see how this will go but I think positive and deep in my heart I am hoping for the best :)

Again, a birthday cake  for my daughter, but this time I drew it first before baking and decorating.



Rubber ducks was the theme of my sons first birthday - he loved it :)

I love to bake

It all started with my daughters 9th birthday. No, that's not really true because I bake since I  was a teenager but back in Germany we have quite an other style to do so. Most of the time we bake with fruits or with yeast dough and no, I mean no bread in this case.

But back to the story I was just about to tell you. Almost six years ago we moved to the US because my hubby got a job here. My daughter and I came without knowing any English (and I still struggle with this language) and we had a hart time to adjust to a new life in a foreign country. To make her birthday - far away from all the family we have - special, I created this Birthday Cake for her and with this cake I became more and more interested in baking and decorating cakes.


Love Jeannette