Saturday, March 21, 2009

unicorn 2.0




so my WONDERFUL mother in law sent me the candy i actually needed to make these horsey unicorn cupcakes. i can't tell you how hard it was to find circus peanuts, they don't exist in california that i've found so far. send me your peanuts! 

cupcake: french vanilla cake
frosting: vanilla buttercream frosting
neck: vanilla wafers stuck together with white chocolate.
head: circus peanuts
mane/eyes/ears: chocolate and sprinkles
magic horn/tail: twizzler







sometimes, even the most magical of herds lose a fellow rider... 
godspeed old friend, you'll be missed...








Monday, March 16, 2009

lollipops!!!








i found these awesome lollipop molds today at Michaels, soooo... i went a little crazy

the 4 flavors are:
dark chocolate
white chocolate
strawberry lavender
peanut butter

i made so many i broke the microwave reheating the chocolates, oops. 

Katies tiffanys cake






cake: devils food cake 

frosting: 
super chocolate buttercream
 
melt down 3oz chocolate, cool
1/2 cup butter
3-4 tblsp cream
1 tsp vanilla
16oz powdered sugar

beat all ingredients together for about 5 minutes, add a little milk if needed for easy spreading.

filling: homeade raspberry filling-
 10oz fresh raspberries, 
4 tblsp. cornstarch
2 tblsp. light corn syrup 

bring the 3 ingredients to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently
take off stove and put in fridge for at least 2 hours, for maximum thickness, over night.

the flowers, bows, blue box, and pearls are all fondant. 



Sunday, March 15, 2009

unicorns!




my first attempt at making animals. i had nothing i wanted to make them out of so i improvised with WAY to much frosting... but they still got a photo shoot and they still got eaten, and they taste good... and they're magical, its all i can really ask for!

the cupcake is a vanilla cake with toffee chips
the frosting is a vanilla buttercream with pink and purple mixed in for the mane
the unicorn is vanilla cookies with cream middle
the horn and tail is red vines shredded