Tuesday To Do #155

Happy Tuesday To Do, Y'all!

We've got lots going on in the neck of the woods this week, how 'bout you?

Let's see this week's List Makers:

Race Day Tablescape by 3 Little Greenwoods

It's a Fabulous Life shows How to Dye East Eggs with Silk Ties

Frugal Mom Eh! shared her darling Lemon Coconut Chick Cupcake recipe

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Tuesday To Do #154

Gluten Free A-Z has some tips to slow the aging process with Roobios Tea

Can't wait to try this Skirt Steak in the Slow Cooker Recipe from Louanne's Kitchen

21 Random shares a GREAT idea for that Favorite Tee

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Tuesday To Do #153

Happy St. Patrick's Day AND Tuesday To Do Y'all!

Hope your week is off to a great start and you're easily getting back into the swing of things after a  relaxing Spring Break.  I'm not going to lie...I'd love a few more days...or weeks!

Well, let's see what fun things you were up to last week:

 A fun St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt from Something Splendid

Some of the Best Things in Life are Mistakes shares TONS of great St. Patrick's Day ideas

This collection of St. Patrick's Day Desserts from Little Red Window is mouth-watering!

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I'm a Little Tea Pot

A sweet friend was hosting a kitchen bridal shower and asked me to do the cake and some cookies.  I was more than happy to oblige!

The cake is a Madagascar Vanilla Bean Cake with Amaretto French Buttercream filling.  It was all frosted in French Buttercream except for the teapot.  Oh that teapot.

If you've followed me very long, you know I just can't stand fondant.  It just has such a weird texture in the mouth and tastes, well, in a word, yukky.  With that being said, I think they fondant cakes are gorgeous, but I try to limit it to decorative purposes only....and only when I just can't figure out another alternative.  Well, this was one of those instances.

Wanting it to be the best it could be, I went searching on the internet and found Michael Forster's Fondant Recipe.  I had all of the ingredients on hand and it came together nicely.

The shape of the pot comes from a pound cake baked in my trusty ball cake pan.  It was filled and crumb coated with french buttercream.  Then I covered it with the fondant, added the spout, handle and top then decorated it with royal icing.  Done!

So happy it stayed together through the night.  My biggest fear was that I'd wake up to a spout-less pot and a messed up cake.  It looked great!

The cookies are my standard sugar cookie recipe with the couple's initials.

Best wishes to the happy couple!!

Smiles!

We all Scream for ICE CREAM!

I had the pleasure of making the birthday treats for a sweet girl's birthday party.

She wanted a sparkly blue cake with a "melted" ice cream cone on top.  She also requested ice cream cone cake pops for her friends.  

I think she liked them, don't you?

Happy Birthday!!!

Smiles!!!

Bat Mitzvah Cupcakes for Ashley

Here's a photo of some of the cupcakes from Ashley's Bat Mitzvah...

The details for the Frappuccino Cupcakes HERE, Olympic Cupcakes HERE, Vanilla Cupcakes HERE.

It was a great event totally geared to the honoree.  She chose the cupcakes because she loves frappucinos from Starbucks, she enjoys watching the Winter Olympics which were in progress,  and her theme was "Chillin' with Ashley."  All very cute!!

Great job, Ashley!

Frappuccino Cupcakes

These cupcakes were devine!!!

I tried several cupcake recipes and finally developed my own.

They were topped with stabilized fresh vanilla bean whipping cream and a salted caramel sauce.

Here's my recipe for the cupcakes:

(will add soon!)

Olympic Cupcakes

Cute Olympic Cupcakes that were so yummy!

A moist chocolate cake base with a cream cheese frosting.

The Olympic rings were made from chocolate clay.

For more cupcakes from the Bat Mitzvah

Click HERE & HERE.

Go USA!

Snowflake Cupcakes

Yummy cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream...

Here is a link to a very similar recipe from Sweetapolita.

Check out all of the cupcakes from the Bat Mitzvah HERE and HERE.

Tuesday To Do #152

Happy Spring Break Edition of the Tuesday To Do Party!!

Hope you are all have some fun this spring and getting a few things checked off your "to do" list.

I just keep adding great ideas to my list...

check out this week's LIST MAKERS:

ButtonMad's Mini Fold-up Pancakes

A great tutorial to make your own Ice Packs from Mama's Blog Central

Chantilly Charm's cute bunny pillow tutorial

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Tuesday To Do #151

It's that time again!

Let's check out last week's List Makers:

Leopard and Plaid's great Peg Board Gift Wrapping Station!

Excellent tips for using all of those Inspiration Photos by Little Light Collective

Mommy Like Whoa's yummy looking recipe for Salted Caramel Bars...mmmm!

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