October 25, 2013

Doggy Cupcakes

When a two year old wishes for a doggy party...

I had so much fun baking and decorating those cupcakes and who doesn't like to have a smile in the face while doing "work"? Not that I think baking is work though ;)

Because it was a girl I printed some bows, cut it out, glued those to some tooth picks and inserted it for some girly look. 


And for the little... hm... I won't say it, but for those I printed some flies, used a flower shaped punch, glued it to tooth picks as well and voila - it looks nice and funny and oh so sweet.


xoxo J.

September 19, 2013

"Let it Bloom" Cupcakes

There is nothing more wonderful than the big and happy eyes of kids when they are seeing funny cupcakes. 


I made those beauties for a very cute and adorable 3 year old who celebrated her birthday at my favorite farm. And she was glowing when she saw them - the best Thank You ever :)


To make those flowers I cut mini marshmallow with a scissor in half and the half diagonal again and pot the sticky side in colored sugar. Apart from that I used skittles and made some cupcake toppers from scrapbook paper scraps and toothpicks. 


I used store bought icing simply vanilla (not the whipped kind) and colored it with food color in neon pink and neon green - going trendy here ;)


What a simple way to make some happy flower cupcakes.

xoxo J.

August 12, 2013

Pool-Party

Last weekend we had our first but for sure not the last pool party. It was so much fun to look for proper food ideas.  My one to go source or where I look first regarding anything is Pinterest. I love it! Pinterest is THE place to dive in other worlds, in other life's in other countries. A magical place and highly addicting  not to mention a real time eater. Anyway, I took some looks around and found great ideas to go with:

Our dessert buffet was filled with pineapple muffins, mixed berries scones, watermelon on a stick, mixed berries muffins, fruits, flip flop cookies and blue jello with graham teddies floating on it. The adults loved it as much as the kids did and I was very pleased that everyone was happy and joyful.






Besides the food I made several stations like a pool toy station, garden toy station, towel dryer station, bubble station even a sun cream and bugs spray station. I have so much fun with decorating and coming up with fun ideas for the guests.





Silverware packed in a napkin and a string with a "life savers". I got this idea from Pinterest and instantly saved it.


Our bbq buffet... getting hungry already only for looking at this picture *yumyumyum*



July 29, 2013

Dessert Buffet with Beer Bottles made from Sugar

It's quite a while that I was here life was way to busy. But I had such a wonderful experience and opportunity last week with my baking that I have to stop by and talk about it. My neighbors hubby had his 50th birthday - I guess it's not bad to tell you the number because it's a man - and I was the lucky girl who was in charge of the dessert buffet. It was like a dream come true even it meant to bake for 60 people. In the beginning I was nervous if I could pull this off but than I sat down and planed the whole thing. It was so much fun to look for delicious recipes, to write an unbelievably long shopping list and to think about in which order and how to bake it.

Throughout my "baking marathon" of three days I was calm and most of the time feeling really serendipitous. To think about the birthday guy and how he will react to his amazing birthday cake and to know to make a lot of people happy with all the yummy things gave me a lot of positive energy.

I did a first attempt of making beer bottles from sugar and at the end it worked wonderfully. In the beginning I couldn't even believe that it was possible, than I saw this video: http://youtu.be/hinQva4cZyQ for making a mold and this video: http://youtu.be/mjTvSQezy0I about making the bottles and did it. Not only me to be honest but with my hubby who was a great great help!

The cake was the hit of the party. Anyone was touching the bottles in disbelief and amazed when it felt sticky. The cake got facebooked, twittert and was photographed like nothing else on this night. I can't even describe how pleased I felt and how thankful I am about every single compliment. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I had and even after a couple of days now I still feeling "high" about that opportunity and blessed with this inimitable outcome.

Now it's time for some pictures, right ;)













I guess I found my calling :)