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Mardi Gras Cakes

2/26/2017

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Today our church hosted its annual Mardi Gras fundraiser and the RCIA class and team hosted a cake walk booth. I wasn't able to volunteer to work the booth, but I knew I could make a few cakes for it! I decide on two cakes and kept them simple, both were six inches around. One I covered in fondant and hand painted a Mardi Gras mask along with some ribbon and confetti. I finished the cake with some yellow, green and purple sprinkles in spots around the sides then along the bottom of the cake. 
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The second cake I piped little rosettes in the traditional colors of Mardi Gras:  purple, yellow, and green. I finished the cake with eh same green rosettes on the top of the cake. 

I'm really proud of how pretty these turned out and it was fun seeing the RCIA team arguing of who was taking which one. I love being able to use my talents to help out our church! 

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Creme Brulee

2/15/2017

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It turns out that Creme Brulee is probably the easiest, fanciest dessert you can make! Amber and I decided to have a romantic Valentine's Day dinner in my courtyard last night instead of making our husbands to take us out. We had a lot of fun and dinner and of course dessert was delicious! At first when I came up with the idea of making Creme Brulee I was a little intimidated, but once I started I couldn't believe how easy it was! The guys were really impressed with it and Jack even got to toast the sugar with his blow torch!  

Ingredients:
     1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons white sugar
     2 cup heavy cream
     6 egg yolks  
     1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
     4 tablespoons white sugar, divided by four

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Whisk the 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons with the heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in microwave for one minute. Take out and whisk and heat again for another minute or until sugar is fully dissolved.
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3. Whisk in egg yolks and vanilla extract until smooth.
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4. Divided into 4 ramekins. and place ramekins into a roasting pan and fill halfway with hot water.
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5. Bake until the creme brulees are firm but a little jiggly, approximately 50 minutes. Remove ramekins from hot water and cool in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
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6. When ready to serve sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar evenly over the top of each dessert. Use torch to melt the sugar until until brown and bubbly, about. Let cool before serving.
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And there you have it! A easy fancy dessert that will impress all of your friends! ​
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Native American Baby Shower Cake

2/11/2017

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This might be my favorite baby shower cake to date! The beautiful three-tiered cake was a first for me and I couldn’t be more proud of how great it turned out. Each of the three layers was covered in white fondant and then stacked. I sprayed ribbons of white fondant with edible gold spray paint and let dry before adding to each tier.

On the bottom tier, I hand-painted turquoise feathers using some gel food coloring and something new called Writing Icing. The middle tier got arrows painted all around it. I used a little of the same edible gold spray paint on a paintbrush to create the points on the arrows.

Lastly, to finish the cake I made a dream catcher out of fondant. The ring was made from thick brown fondant rolled into a rope and then interlaced very thin white fondant ropes to create the strings of the dreamcatcher. I made the dangling feathers also from rolled fondant and attached matching turquoise feathers. These were just hand-formed and gave them texture by using a detail knife. I used two small gold fondant ribbons to wrap the feathers onto the brown fondant ropes before attaching them to the dreamcatcher ring.

I am so impressed how awesome this cake came out and I loved being challenged and figuring out new techniques.
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