All posts tagged Baking
This weekend I was invited to a friends lovely garden party and she let me contribute by whipping up mini carrot cakes. They were so good and gone so quickly. My daughter (4) loved using the Cuisinart to chop the carrots. I used a simple recipe which I’ll share here: Mini Carrot Cupcakes Recipe. To make the carrot top greens I made green fondant and cut them on my machine using the Cricut Cake for the shape I used the Freshly Picked Cartridge.
Okay seriously – those who know me, know my love for the cupcake. Now I have a new tool to totally tear it up in my new baking studio! It is crazy. It is called the Cricut Cake. Here is the thing – I made my first project (see below) with fondant that I colored but the thing that I discovered is - I can use it not only for fondant and gum paste but also for fruit roll ups, cookie dough, pie crust, cheese, caramel sheets – what else? Well pretty much anything thin that can be rolled out and will stick together when chilled. Who needs a special goody for an upcoming party? Mmm hmm . . . I am ready! Oh by the way I am having a party with the Cricut Cake at a friends house in June – wanna come my Phoenix friends? Just let me know!
(disclosure I was given this product for free from Provo Craft)
Cupcakes decorated with the Indie Art Cartridge
Kneading the color into the fondant
Poking out the little fondant pieces with a toothpick
So much cupcake fun!
Some of the fun I will get to have this summer will happen when my new Cricut Cake arrives in just a few short weeks. In preparation for all the baking fun I’ll be having I decided to transform part of my pantry into a baking studio. I figured it needed some organizational attention anyway so why not make it a fun project!
One thing that came out of this plan was a hunt for hot pink wood grain oil cloth. Well guess what it does not yet exist. Sad, I still couldn’t let go so I found hot pink wood grain fabric and did a little research on how to make my own oil cloth. By miracle of miracles there is a product on the market to assist with this! It is called Heat-N-Bond Iron On Vinyl Protection. For simple Instructions on how to do it click here for the Homemade Oil Cloth How To
For the Baking Studio I used wooden drawer systems from IKEA to put all the small stuff it. I created labels for every drawer by cutting chalkboard oil cloth and stitching it to some of the wood grain fabric then I wrote the contents of each drawer on each label in white chalk.
My Kitchen Aid Mixer is in place, as is my tool caddy with tips and colors. Now I just need my Cricut Cake to arrive and I’ll be baking and decorating like mad. Maybe while I wait I’ll bake some regular old cupcakes.
My Baking Studio
Hot pink wood-grain fabric that I turned waterproof
Chalkboard Oilcloth Label
Drawer filled with plastic frosting bag tips
Tool caddy with tips and colors
My Cookbooks
My Cupcake Carrier
My Kitchen Aid Mixer - a hand me down from my mom
My favorite mixing bowl set - in their new home
Close up of the "oilcloth" vinyl covered fabric. I tacked it down copper nails
