A princess and her minions, cake version
10 years ago
Madi is four. It seems impossible, but there it is, on the calendar. She sat at the computer and showed me the cake she wanted, then looked some more and found cupcakes. Decisions are so difficult. She decided on a Minions cake and Frozen cupcakes. Yes, she watches too much TV, LOL, but there you go, so I got to work. First the cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes, frosted with blue and topped with rings and sugar snowflakes:
The cake was a three layer sour cream cake with white chocolate buttercream and some gummy minions. I had decorations for the top, but it looked like this when it was packed for the party:
I had some mini-minions for the top, as well as a candle, and the Birthday Princess herself decided to decorate the top. What the heck, it'll taste the same and she's happy, so here is the finished product:
The birthday girl was happy, and so I'm happy. We had pizza and cake, ice cream and a "pin-ah-tah" full of candy, as well as balloons and a bounce house, so it was definitely a party!
Ashley even got involved in the "baking", covering some kind of vanilla cookie with colored candy melts and faces of decorating gel. I'll get her actually baking something yet!
Annie
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Comments (15)Brenda, the "Knucklehead" wine is a white zinfandel. How is it? I wouldn't know, I still haven't learned to like wine, LOL, but his son said it was pretty good. I haven't yet tasted it. Elery says I have my own "wine grading scale" with 1 being worst and 5 being best: 1. Gag, gasp, choke. 2. I wish I hadn't swallowed that but it was too icky to spit out. 3. That sucks. 4. That doesn't COMPLETELY suck. 5. Um.....it's OK. And so, you see, you'll have to take someone else's word for it. I'm still trying to get the taste of the Christmas merlot out of my mouth. My mother assured me it was "very good". I wanted to scrub my tongue with Lysol..... Annie...See MoreCakes: Scratch versus Mixes
Comments (53)Martha Scott, I don't know how old you are, but I'm 62. I still don't think that adding a cup of water to a package of mix for gravy is "cooking", but I do know that a lot of the younger generation(s) just don't cook at all and this would be a stretch for them. There is such a proliferation of convenience foods and fast/casual restaurants and delivery services available that it seems "old fashioned" to some young people to cook. Unfortunately it's that availability and mindset that brought us a generation of children that think chicken only comes in nuggets and causes us to be the most unhealthy we've ever been. (sigh) writersblock, maybe it's my age, but none of my aunts, my Mother or my Grandmother who lived with us ever used a package of frosting mix, I didn't know they existed until I was a young adult. The only convenience food I ever saw was canned soup, an occasional frozen dinner, Appian Way pizza and Jiffy Mix which my Grandmother used occasionally for banana bread because it was made in Michigan. They were all terrible, LOL. Olychick, I have made the Hot Milk Cake into cupcakes, to be used for strawberry shortcake They worked OK, but I was careful not to "handle" the batter too strongly so I didn't reduce the loft I got from beating the eggs. Just remember, this is not a "light and fluffy" cake, so it won't have the cake mix texture that most of today's kids recognize. Plllog, my cream cheese frosting is simple. A stick of butter, a package of cream cheese, beat it together. Add as much powdered sugar as you want, the more you add the sweeter it gets. I usually use a pound. Add a teaspoon or so of good vanilla and a tiny bit of cream if you need to. You're done, it's frosting. 4 ingredients, maybe 5, less than 5 minutes. Plus you have a bowl worth licking. (grin) A caveat? It doesn't crust, it stays soft. Annie...See MoreWhat's for Dinner 355
Comments (103)sleevendog… “no mustard seed” – LMAO! I wanted to add crème fraiche to my pizza but thought better of it ; ) Your pizza looks awesome! Bet it tasted even better than awesome. You somehow knew I was going to ask about your frittata, right? Thank you for including the cooking times, methods, and ingredients. I wanted to make a frittata the other night but was low on veg’s. I’d never have thought of potatoes on the bottom like a potato anna… You’ve inspired me… Now, are you positive that's not burned/charred, rather than browned? Ha, ha! neely, I’ve never tried that, but will have to as it looks good! I’ve made fruit and coffee ices in the freezer - not the same. ann_t, there was a huge Fed Ex truck outside late last night and I told DH “That’s Ann’s quail – she shipped some to us!” He looked at me like I had lost it. Wishful thinking… ; ) Your quail, salad, and potatoes would have made my year! Yum! ann_t, the website with pizza pan required an order of $100 minimum, so I had to purchase a cheapo version elsewhere. That pan was 20 gauge and would have been lovely... sigh. Cooking is hit and miss just now. Last night was leftovers, tonight I'm not sure. Promised DH fish tacos this week (maybe), and if I can find some good boneless chicken thighs I've got one more decadent meal for him before I begin packing the kitchen in earnest... oh, and I still have to make a 'ton' of ann_t's artisan bread to freeze for pizzas....See MoreHuffity Puffidy Frittely Doughedy Crustify Lustilley Craftity Fry
Comments (88)Long version: I was at the Kroger local subsidiary. They have some weird butters there so I was looking for anything new. There's a black label Land O Lakes "extra creamy" with the 110 Calories per 14g serving, 12g fat that the butter labelled 86% butterfat has--but the LOL nutrition info says 82% butterfat. It has 0 carbs and 0 protein. Their regular unsalted butter says 11g fat per 14g serving, and older, but probably still true, info on the web says their butterfat percentage is between 80.93% and the note from CS said 80%. I sent a message. asking about the disparity for the extra creamy butter and was told it was rounding error. I had assumed that, but .... Is it a measurement issue? Standardizing volume is tricky. How even and flat is the measure? How much is lost as residue? Etc. So my assumption was that the 14g on every label was the real standard. Perhaps I'm wrong. If one assumes, however that the 14g is exact, 12.0g is 85.71% and 11.0g is 78.57%. So, therein lies the rounding. But how do we get the same number of Calories as in the 86% butterfat butter? I'm thinking it's some kind of standardized number. The note from LOL said that they were following the FDA guidelines, which may dictate exactly how the math is done, including rounding by truncation rather than up or down from 5. So then I looked at Vital Farms, again. It's not cultured, but it is from pastured cows at smaller farms (implication is that they eat grass as well as feed). It has the same 14g serving with 12g fat and 100 Calories, and claims 85% butterfat. In the long run, I might prefer the cultured butter, but short of ordering it from a store 3000 miles away, it's going to take a lot more effort to get hold of. I can at least practice with the Vital, even if it may have slightly less depth of flavor. So now I just have to clear off the small appliances, etc., and clear some time, and I can at least make a start on the puff project. The weather has to turn before I commence beignets....See More- 10 years ago
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Thank you, everyone, for the lovely thoughts. I just love that picture of Madison with all of her Minion decorations, including the infamous pin-ah-tah.
I WAS going to make the Minions look like they were pushing the candle upright, but who am I to argue with the Frozen Minion Princess? (grin)
Sol, I'm not sure she broke the interwebz, but she nearly broke her Dad. (grin)
Pam, we tried to find a place to hang the pin-ah-tah so she could "smack it with a stick", but were unable to find a suitable spot. We were at my ex's house and he's picky about messing up walls, etc., and unlike me, doesn't have a pole barn. So.......Daddy found a hoe, which he used to hold the pin-ah-tah, and we found a broom with a removable handle and used that to "smack it". Watch out, Daddy!
Mommy eventually helped, although I do think I am more afraid of Ashley with a stick than I am of Madi!
Eventually, though, they broke the thing and the Frozen Minion Princess and her guests dove into the candy. And they all lived happily ever after, except Mommy and Daddy, who had to contend with the aftermath of copious amounts of sugar. :-)
And so now I have three Princesses. I have the original, the Monkey Princess, of course, and I also have the Frozen Minion Princess and her little sister, the Crybaby Princess. Bud is everyone's Prince Charming, of course, being the only boy.....Annie
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