tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65216327100834347762024-02-19T09:14:04.837-08:00Kell's KreationsKell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-23154915260633263632009-04-07T02:40:00.001-07:002009-04-07T03:18:44.123-07:00Where have I been?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I don't know... I really can't recall where I've been since my last post. But who reads this anyway? Let's see... major accomplishments have been my Twilight cake...</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxrWLNYar-baOu7b6ZgzhsPOZbNcLzKf0TuM4vYdrbOHqUQAP2sOWjXVJ1lFtQdZcS_7jZ-UA_d0UXXnJJI2ZjYndquA_6aOmcEY8K92BzL1Mi4e4WsQ0q3oL7n60WvJZvd9K9EUF720r/s200/IMG_5195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321883002139050946" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Now, when I say "accomplishment" with this particular cake, I mean it's what I've had the most raves on. It was really fun to make. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I read the first book and I genuinely enjoyed it but when I read the 2nd and half of the 3rd, I was ready to vomit. I couldn't bring myself to finish the series because they were awful and I loathe not finishing what I've started but I wasn't able to do it! I've told my friends who are bona fide "fan-pires" my feelings towards these books and of course the were appalled and they tried to convince me otherwise. My only argument is, is that I've read great books and I have pretty high standards, even for fantasy books! Fantasy is my favorite genre!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway, moving on... about the cake. It was actually one of the easiest cakes I've made. I made the feathered tulip and chess pieces days ahead so it had time to dry and harden. I piped the "Twilight" on the cake free hand and it came out better than I expected. Piping is one of my weaknesses so I was proud of how it came out. The girl who received the cake loved it and I'm happy she did. I wish I was there to see her face when she saw it because she is a total "Fan-pire". She tried to hold off on the cutting-of-the-cake as long as she could! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lastly, I won 1st place at the Iron Cupcake San Francisco Challenge! The challenge was breakfast.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUZMyFUioOdSfBxD_dmGv0AzJnul1UIWu6Fi_Pmt8xiE9jGhhrusj_oZ-A0VqQohrdK0heT2evgQ8f6OCpEUPdVn9ZaPTjSEHYu6Ht1xmJSSeDunY7x7CY4ZQdYnaTjIJXLXW1rG-6O2Q/s200/IMG_5790.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321883013105512546" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The description of the challenge instructed cupcake engineers to come up with a cupcake with what you have for breakfast in mind. The only thing that came to mind was my regular order at Starbucks, "Triple white mocha, extra hot!" So, that is what I made. White chocolate mocha espresso cupcakes made with Starbucks espresso and they came out delicious. I'm glad many people agreed!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;">For those of you who are ever in the San Francisco area, check out Leland's Tea Company and have a cup. Many of the teas that I've had so far are delicious and I've never had a tea experience like what I've had at this place. Nothing fru fru about it just yummy tea and great people. I recommend the Tiffany's Blend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Now, I'll probably be M.I.A. for a while again because for reasons I will be publishing when is time is right. For now, happy baking!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-62344172329978553712009-01-11T04:02:00.001-08:002009-01-17T05:07:45.178-08:00My first trip to a cupcakery!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I know, it's been a while. I have just been busy busy busy and now that school is going to be starting in less than 48 hours I'm going to be SUPER busy. So, what is this blog about you ask? Well, like the title of this post, I went to my first cupcake bakery yesterday and I bought some cupcakes. I put those baby's up to the test. Well, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">my </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">test so please take no offense if you know what bakery I'm talking about...</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">My significant other and I went to the Cupcake Craving in Sacramento. This establishment also has another location in the city and I decided to go to this one because it was near the mall and I had some business to take care of there. Okay, not important. Cupcakes, important. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Like I said, I've never been to one of these so I didn't know what to expect, size-wise. It was in the corner of the plaza and it was pretty tiny from the outside. I walk in and it's still pretty tiny. The wall behind the display case had a hole cut out so you can see where all their magic happens. I like that. I like how customers can see what they do and their back area was pretty huge. You can tell they bake a lot, just look at all their cupcakes! you can count how many different flavors they had and I limited myself to only 5.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvEiIiU03It9SxWnpl3q0yf73qGa_sVF7mT40KUqbJL1tOC_qvOuSqsHFfNbSgtDg3pZTproDTY_Rw82vxNwhl1Ub-uhV3KTv9YSjscxp_te6I4CnR2VkrZBL7_IwoZqkrUE7yc_wcygk/s200/IMG_4246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290009944689551570" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsCFPVkWBwIo2VKh2QFGtWEBrrXkj9rYDEESlowPz4oQc2Nlz3dH0A8kT7PFqr-MKxQW76F0uuyuVH4oY_lF2R-jwtsBAq3AtREMnptOVOLn1iLwb9q36q4fgmfZ680SNDKQm8UfC26ZV/s200/IMG_4247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290009940065041010" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuVpVWBKqYtBYC5Eowp8Y_CD0fTP4w2NL8oiE7RafJuKAdLEUGpjpavtDyQlcdsYKKdRKyGTlYfbP6SYKI1ul0853v5kUzDOdqX9lMh_I_yC_MfHZdMaOlNi1umskYT4ZrZ9t9ulOzV5_/s200/IMG_4252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290009942646115778" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Flavors: Champange, dulce de leche, chocolate mint, s'more galore and red velvet.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_hCBIgIqU4pfx6izHjrQn2OjC3pXIViWbJXOKMhifmdo3UsYIsRYCgSqLl1igPXFVAVjS-RgPsKKxDYDA79xYBRpr2BUSmhzS8Nehdv0I6TAGRz_JDreKODPt4i6yt3rDG2c4hyphenhyphenLJEJJ/s200/IMG_4261.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290010519691392402" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This had a strong mint flavor to it that stayed for a while. The cake was really light and fluffy. Not like a chiffon or sponge but you could tell that they use cake flour. All of the cupcakes I had were like this. Again, I am not a big fan of mint and chocolate but this was tasty. <br /><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzQjNu0_zNYbX8LBh8f8oTfPUXnxHmvK_YHYDiJJoMQb9XtdbQn7T5IK09Aubv67IfG3AZaf3qf3peNEtcDhy9KIG-t5hFp6tF-aIILik-CmBp1vFXenUL6WIwjZGH_KKZv6Cc0U3wG42/s200/IMG_4258.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290010521753267298" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">S'more galore... This was my first time eating a s'more cupcake. It was a chocolate cupcake filled with marshmallow, then dipped in chocolate ganache and sprinkled with crushed... graham crackers? Very chocolaty which is good because I love me chocolate but it needed more marshmallow filling. Everyone knows it's all about the marshmallow when it comes to the s'more so this little taste of heaven didn't do the s'more justice. Although it did suppress my chocolate demon!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aZCZ84aQuTCA59WZnzI_lgGtnJeF48Qw_63rHioZkgSfXUaRxJ76DACuXZ6dKGV7AURy8z5br23MXZne3Ciq7z4sLzPKIlaHfkpVtI3463nktpja0M5m0YcwgjJ7vxjnwsAx3pS43Z84/s200/IMG_4257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290010515154542754" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I was excited to eat this. Dulce de leche. Vanilla cupcake filled with dulce de leche buttercream, topped with dulche de leche buttercream then drizzled with dulce de leche. That's alotta dulce de leche, huh? Sounds like a lot but you can only taste a hint of it. I wasn't too thrilled about the buttercream in the middle but don't get me wrong, this was yummy. My boyfriend also liked this one more than the others. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of buttercream they used. It wasn't the heavy American buttercream that the other cupcakes had, it was lighter and fluffier. I'm thinking it was a SMBC but I've never tried that so I'm not too sure. It looks like I'm going to have to try and make it one of these days. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L79pKCNUe1uBA0rgcNWfbzbEIhyJKMrukVEdM57OSusXc59ODpADCwYRlNUTgRgyFebplTxXbZXDr0HXVVIGHgIrGTdqXehM6QuNIhI0tUKNOiuE3yPagScH8_um6-ZXaisOIYLmif8T/s200/IMG_4256.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290009951456898530" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Red Velvet. Hmmm... Cake texture, great. Taste? I'm sorry, none. I liked the cream cheese frosting though! I haven't tried anything better than there's. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MTNLKR7mlFaCjm_35CRC7tB6s4jfacmb_K9R8CbJs5-zlqQV4wXU0LssxzHumVhUeIYNFoD0tQrAabJOL7QKcy3A7bCvB9xD9G4x1imXcQKDZs-81lCEHmVfYQFcYaLGqUo2QY9puL4c/s200/IMG_4253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290009932102703266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Champagne! I was also excited to try this one. Sadly, I couldn't taste the champagne. I could tell it was there but it wasn't strong. It was so subtle that if I wasn't concentrating so hard to taste it, I wouldn't have known it was a champagne cupcake. I would have thought it was a very yummy vanilla cupcake. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">So, that was my trip and I'm glad I went. Whenever I'm in Sacramento again I'll be stopping by for more =)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-39386600258414123802008-12-23T04:28:00.001-08:002008-12-23T04:32:46.954-08:00Hello, Holiday's...<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:9px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So, I've been busy this past week. Not only baking but getting ready for the holiday's period. My boyfriends and I just finished our shopping today and tomorrow will be our anniversary that we won't be able to celebrate outside of our home because we are broke. I said we BROKE! I hope the smiles on Christmas morning are worth it! haha</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Even if we do celebrate at all tomorrow, I still have to stay up and bake a couple of cakes for some friends. They all want the Rosie cake! I wish they would ask for something else. I don't know what but something different and one of kind. Like this cake...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPGoLQRCwVTMZJyqi8HFdNu_0BKCK3xCO2BD7RXNEfsP03x0LgoKL1e4iAF-U5M_5xCFzFTvFE86yMRarY4pKp4PAIOJLzMYUPU553J83Wem_roaS_8FBX1jLJVpJIEZDuqWmHSZRI93Y/s200/IMG_3310.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282949777611188754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A friend of mine specifically asked for a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and frosted with mocha whipped cream frosting. Then she gave free range in decorating it. I came up with this all on my own. I made the chocolate leaves all by myself with rose leaves that I picked from our garden and cleaned. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This Rosie cake they all want all looks the same. A lot of people I know don't want to broaden their cake or cupcake horizon. They don't like to try something new and it is a bit annoying, really. Oh well, it's what they want... I wish they would ask for some cupcakes already! ANY cupcake, I don't care even bacon ones (which is still a little bizarre to me. It must be some kind of fad at the moment). I make really yummy ones, too!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So anyway, enough of that. I stopped by one of the few bakeries here in Stockton while I was shopping to stock up on baking supplies. It's a Dutch bakery and my best friend used to be employed there a couple years back and she used to rave about their pastries a lot. She also told me how the owner was baking day in and day out without a break all the time. I felt sorry for the guy because he didn't have anybody there to help him. He really SLAVED over his baking creations. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Last time I was at that establishment my mom had dragged me there (without me knowing I was going there) because her best friend from someplace was visiting her sister who was married to the baker, and she was in town so my mom wanted to see her. I guess the baker is married to a Filipina. We walk in and it is really small with a good selection of baked goods. We went home with free goodies by the way. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So, here I am again and I guess they expanded. It looked like the tore down a wall and just made the place bigger. This time there were about 10 people working and they looked like they were all related... to the baker's wife. I guess they made it in to a family business instead of hiring people like my best friend like they used to. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">And here is what I walked out with...<br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7j5vlXCFc-qKpOFhlU6udjgFsG0gU-3j6oQqjO5jinaEBFz-epSZpQuYF-461icjMI_ngzZWPLpoAHzioecUUchwsVClg_KjoUqN1ZATce_G7nbGHhiZfE1zMtoL4u9cgkQG2oe96yf5N/s200/IMG_3267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282949783318113426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">From the left, German chocolate cake, and two French chocolate macarons. They sell macarons in Stockton??? haha</span><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The taste test? Man, I really hate giving bad reviews because I know people do try but these lacked something. Taste. I was really disappointed with both of these. I love German chocolate cake and this almost made me give it up completely. Let's see, it could have done with less topping because there was a lot of it and I didn't taste any cake. The French macarons were also disappointing, no taste! And the person who sold it to me didn't know what I meant by Parisian macaron when I asked for two. He had to have asked 4 other people what I was talking about even though I was pointing right at it. It was like he didn't believe what I was calling it. It's okay. Wasn't his fault. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAIvvgL3HULTXl88ncqGDa6jZ8vyEBky-HOcjknYRA3jGcIYj4ZaRbNweP-iqXzav52b2zmoOQXtEQzVFHg5LIT9y0cZXqdwsUBNb3MSERDEJngJL9V56i4fqxdFTuKBlPw3E_J2p3lOD/s200/IMG_3269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282949777894467730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Carrot cake, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and mocha cake. Bland, bland and bland. Ugh. The rest of my family didn't even want to finish it and my family loves their sweets. The only thing that I appreciated was the carrot cake but then again it had waaay too much frosting. The red velvet just tasted like cream cheese frosting which was too sweet and the mocha cake didn't have anything mocha-ey about it. It was sweet and that was it. No taste, no taste, no taste! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">You know, I've have had a chocolate mousse cake from them a year ago and it was soooo good. If you wanted a reason to like chocolate mousse, there's was it because it was so moist and the mousse was incredible. I still remember putting it in my mouth and falling in love but this experience was anything but. I have also had their danishes and they were just as yummy and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. I don't know what happened. Now I'm wondering if it's the same owners...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-79158514869016462902008-12-16T21:52:00.000-08:002008-12-16T21:55:30.716-08:00Copy cats...Aw man... this isn't going to be a very long post. I just need to vent a little...<div><br /></div><div>They say when someone copies you, it is the best compliment but please, if you're going to steal my ideas, please give me some credit? Not going to point fingers here all right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's just get back to baking new kreations =)</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy baking!</div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-12627283380346053242008-12-16T02:10:00.000-08:002008-12-16T04:11:47.695-08:0024 Karat CupcakesI made carrot cupcakes/cake for the first time ever and I'm pretty dang proud of myself. Why did I decide to make them? Well, let me tell you...<div><br /></div><div>I was at a grocery store a couple of miles away from my home and there is this bakery/cafe in the same shopping center. I remember when I first got my</div><div> license, the first thing I did was look for a job because my parents never gave me any allowance, not because they couldn't but because they loved me enough not to give me money so easily. So, anyway, this bakery was the only place that I really wanted to work at because it was a bakery and it was a cool, chill place to hang out at but I was 16 and they didn't hire me because I had no work experience and such. Oh well, fast forward...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I go in, looking for cupcakes, and they only sold one kind. Carrot. I haven't had carrot cake in so long but I remember liking it. I bought one of those and a cup of tiramisu which was deeeeelicioius. I can't wait to make a cupcake version. My mascarpone in the fridge is dying to be made in to one. I didn't get to take a picture of the cupcake because it had sprinkles, orange ones, and I really really hate sprinkles. I already thought the cupcake was going to taste bad because of those stupid sprinkles but no people, it didn't. It was the best carrot cake that I've ever had and I was determined to create my own one day. It was perfectly matched with this tangy cream cheese frosting and along with the horrid orange sprinkles, it was also sprinkled with walnuts. The only problem I had with the cupcake was that it had raisins in it and NO I am not a big fan those either but that was okay because I didn't even taste them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last night I was craving for a piece of cake, which by the way, worried my boyfriend because the last time I craved something we had our son nine months later, haha. It was my fathers birthday yesterday, too and normally we would always have leftover cake but not this time. I made the cake version of Rosie's Cupcakes and everyone killed it. There wasn't even a teeny slice left which is a great compliment but I WANTED CAKE!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, today I wanted to make sure there is a little something sweet a hand when someone in the house wanted it. My mother made a comment saying her doctor told her and my dad to lose weight and my boyfriend leans in to tell me that I'm killing my parents. hahaha. Hey! It's not like I'm forcing those cupcakes down their throats! But... I should find a healthier way of giving them sweets... I just don't want to look to Splenda to do that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here they are...</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9OvJ9nXc8M4NYxwxzzKNfRzc9DfSIgAk0btlev_uPJap38cexl2MCS4liSQap_2bQrlmyhOy4suMD37qQ5Ckz5FvEH6h6bIGqWR-wejZWUPrq8p0HMKr2z__6Pdr3e-5c4cicHgW-Kky/s200/IMG_3142.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280352694613157442" /><div style="text-align: left;">I named them 24 Karat Cupcakes because the recipe I used to make them made exactly 24 cupcakes. Normally there would be about 15 or thirty. Always a couple extra where I would have to bake the extra batter after the first batch but not these! Okay, People, I'm giving you the recipe. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I try not to use other peoples recipes but I just had to try <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/carrot-cake-recipe/index.html">the one by Alton Brown</a>. Now, I didn't follow his recipe exactly, I never follow any recipe exactly because I try to make it my own and I'm glad I didn't this specific time because it came out better then that bakery's cupcake.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I believe what makes a cupcake is all in the frosting. If you don't have a great frosting then you have a crappy cupcake, just chuck it out the window because it is not worth eating. The problem I had with this one? The frosting was all wrong. I used this recipe... <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/red-velvet-cake-recipe/index.html">Bobby Flay's Frosting for Red Velvet cake.</a> It was gross. That is all I have to say. And I read the reviews! Most of them loved it so I tried it and I added some cream cheese to it. Nope. Nasty stuff. Well, next time I'm just going to use my mascarpone cream cheese recipe for it and then it will be perfect =)</div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-2138262264432119612008-12-12T19:07:00.000-08:002008-12-12T19:22:44.643-08:00Another Friday... Another Lesson...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">So, I'm just sitting here, surfing the web, waiting for my son to get up so I can get him ready so we can go to my boyfriend's sisters house for a little soirée they're throwing for their nice and my son. I don't want to wake him up because... well... if any of you have kids and you woke up your little ones from their slumber, oh...my... God... forget about having any peace for the rest of the day.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway, I just got done with my sister's cupcakes that she wants to bring to her Christmas party. I decided to use AP flour instead of cake flour this time to see if there was any kind of difference between them. I knew there was going to be some but it was a BIG one. I like my cakes a little on the light and airy side but these came out more dense then I would have liked them, more dry also. Dense is perfect for chocolate cakes, which I made for the cupcakes so it was all right but the lesson here is that the flour makes the difference. I'm sure all of you groovy bakers knew that already but I'm the kind of person that needs to see it to believe it. In this case, eat it to believe it. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway, I had left over white chocolate buttercream so I used on the cupcakes. White on black. Nice.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/3104049802_2d114e1d41.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px; " /></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-54715780337180497742008-12-12T01:34:00.000-08:002008-12-12T02:13:14.569-08:00Iron Cupcake SF # 1 Aftermath<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Man, did I have a good time at Iron Cupcake SF. I met some pretty cool cupcake lovers like myself and I got to eat their yummy ummy cupcakes. I also got to meet Chelsea who put together the whole thing together and she is so awesome. I don't know if she reads this but just in case she does, "Thanks, Chelsea! We'll see you next month!" </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I didn't quite leave Stockton early enough so my buddies and I could check out the other cupcakeries in Frisco. We traveled down Union Street looking for this certain bakery but couldn't spot it because it was so tiny but I caught a glimpse of it as we decided to just head to Leland Tea Company's for Iron Cupcake because we were running late. Dang it. Next time. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">So, we get there and Leland's is so cute. I wish we got there earlier so I could have tried their tea sandwiches. I had their Tiffany's blend which was so delicious. It's an English tea with milk and honey and I'm so ordering that again. I wish I could have taken a picture of the bathroom because it was adorable. It had like a French countryside feel to it. I love cute bathrooms. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Judging starts and everyone was invited to eat and judge cupcakes. Even the customers who didn't know what was going on were invited. The more the merrier! I love watching people enjoy cupcakes.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I hope to get to know everyone more next time. It was my first time so I didn't know how to approach people but the ones that I actually talked to were really nice. I hope I don't forget their names... that would be so embarrassing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh, and one last thing...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I GOT SECOND PLACE!!!! WOO HOO!!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm proud of my cupcakes and I'm glad people liked them. I don't care if I got any place, just as long as people got their piece of cake.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Check out my Flickr site for pictures of the event!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kells_kreations/">Flickr photos! Click here!</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Let them eat cake!" - Maria Antoinette</span></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-78438366336281456512008-12-10T03:01:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:20:35.127-08:00Hint O Mint Cupcakes<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Before, I was SO not a fan of the whole mint and chocolate combination but I am slowly learning to appreciate all the different flavors of food and experimenting on different combinations of them. So, I came to appreciated the whole mint thing. I just didn't like when I bit into something that was supposed to be chocolaty and nutty turned into something that was laced with toothpaste. BUT I'm over that now and I kinda like it, I APPRECIATE it, all right? My boyfriend loves the stuff and so does my mom. She keeps a stash of Andes Mint Chocolates hidden in the house somewhere at all times. So these cupcakes are for them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXPr9JSQFoqo4gNOq5Cg2OMus4EEuLv12BvO4ujtW8BU6EWVRmLuCeyhTD5iva_qfkMZOOmqVH9IUYWujS39b9Xvw3Zx7dqjMg-xJK902HeYqhaONiLX5ZeHs7HiOyoyXRHgkuOi8bHnU/s1600-h/IMG_2812.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXPr9JSQFoqo4gNOq5Cg2OMus4EEuLv12BvO4ujtW8BU6EWVRmLuCeyhTD5iva_qfkMZOOmqVH9IUYWujS39b9Xvw3Zx7dqjMg-xJK902HeYqhaONiLX5ZeHs7HiOyoyXRHgkuOi8bHnU/s200/IMG_2812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278115662909960594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I made a dark chocolate cake and right before I put them into the baking cups I put about half a cup of Andes Mint Baking Chips in the batter.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZLd3SbsjNGV1HvO03HJIhgdSGIN_dh_XlVDUbNXxt5mOJ5ayMU0QogVOCxGV-JGWYXP51Wipx1sslwpbjBXt8oYTyrsfdfhYpbC9TPewFHD_vhtXyTJQTaT2E_e2EPLF4p5zNwVmUa3f/s1600-h/IMG_2815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZLd3SbsjNGV1HvO03HJIhgdSGIN_dh_XlVDUbNXxt5mOJ5ayMU0QogVOCxGV-JGWYXP51Wipx1sslwpbjBXt8oYTyrsfdfhYpbC9TPewFHD_vhtXyTJQTaT2E_e2EPLF4p5zNwVmUa3f/s200/IMG_2815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278115658878148642" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here's the buttercream. I didn't know how to make it mint-like so I guessed. I added about a tablespoon and a half of creme de menthe to 1 pound of buttercream. It still didn't give that mint taste that I was looking for but any more and the buttercream would have been too soft and tasted like a cocktail.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRfDZGR3Lqpr2uPKHMlI7-MGMij4K0ZIoU7kBSUUF8lL51ylBcVe-cMZGhrlx79pHuGGOqYFM7AQjhJiA8a1qp4wsQurspS1cdVB5xuq7crStTaeg3NOx5IvrSxyMjYndjn6DzDtLbCHe/s1600-h/IMG_2816.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRfDZGR3Lqpr2uPKHMlI7-MGMij4K0ZIoU7kBSUUF8lL51ylBcVe-cMZGhrlx79pHuGGOqYFM7AQjhJiA8a1qp4wsQurspS1cdVB5xuq7crStTaeg3NOx5IvrSxyMjYndjn6DzDtLbCHe/s200/IMG_2816.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278115654686168082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">While the cupcakes cooled, I practiced on my piping. I have to make some cupcakes for my cousin and she asked if I could pipe out some Christmas trees for the topping and I said sure, knowing that my piping skills are crap. Obviously, look at the above picture. Disgusting... blech! You could totally tell that I was getting frustrated towards the top.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygGz7ItPRfcFSYWIeJFlG06YiP7Js-WGODi-iln1KQKqSQR94qbXhpSi_18q5aZao5k82OG3WP0IgvfEZ2deaJy_bjOfCb_reRg_uBYzXMJC1JWoseFUVX6ioQmYQIMkn52PQPUH9Uy0D/s1600-h/IMG_2828.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygGz7ItPRfcFSYWIeJFlG06YiP7Js-WGODi-iln1KQKqSQR94qbXhpSi_18q5aZao5k82OG3WP0IgvfEZ2deaJy_bjOfCb_reRg_uBYzXMJC1JWoseFUVX6ioQmYQIMkn52PQPUH9Uy0D/s200/IMG_2828.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278115648438228082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Keep it simple, keep it clean. You can't go wrong. Aren't they cute? Lined up like that? All uniform? A couple of months ago you could tell the difference from each cupcake because I didn't know how to make the same swirl on each cupcake. One would have too much while the other one had too little. One would look like I squeezed the piping bag too hard, which I did, because the buttercream would be hanging off of the edges and there was no design. Just a glop of what is supposed to be frosting. I'm getting there, people. I'm getting there...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh! This Thursday is the Meetup for Iron Cupcake SF! I can't wait! I get to meet people outside of my laptop who love cupcakes as much as I do!!!</span></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-25492987980136042982008-12-09T04:41:00.000-08:002008-12-09T05:21:17.191-08:00Iron Cupcake SF # 1<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited about attending this Thursday's Iron Cupcake - San Francisco. It'll be my first time attending any type of cupcake community gathering. You know, before I ever starting putting my stuff up online, I had no idea how big this cupcake world was. I never even knew there was a cupcake world. I always thought that cupcakes were a U.S. thing but I was so so so wrong. I first discovered Flickr one day as I was surfing the web and I found people from random parts of the world were obsessed with cupcakes. I have never seen cupcakes like the ones I've see just recently. Some of them are so intricately made, they're like works of art. Seriously. And some were made to be more like an appetizer or meal, for example, baking bacon and eggs in the batter and topped with mashed potatoes and corn. It's crazy! Well, after a while I have been experimenting with different flavors and really broadening my cupcake horizon but I'm starting off slow. I'm not really ready to add bacon to my cupcakes. Iron Cupcake is a great way for me to start.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">For this months challenge the secret ingredient is Spice. Any spice, all spice, cinnamon spice, ginger spice, posh spice. At first I wanted to do maybe a Gingerbread spice cake with honey cinnamon buttercream but I decided not to. I decided to do a chai spice with white chocolate buttercream because I thought maybe the combination would be delicious. I thought this all up in my head. When my mind isn't on my son, I'm thinking about cupcakes and what new kind of concoction I'm going to bake up next. I baked this new cupcake idea today to test it out and I gave some to friends and they loved it. Or maybe they were just trying to be nice? haha Anyway, even if they were, their lie made me feel happy =) I don't even think anyone reads this blog. Then why do I even bother? I don't know, it's kinda like a journal where you just talk about your day and you just blah blah away because it feels nice. I haven't vented on here yet and I don't know if I plan to. I don't know, we'll see...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Back to baking!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdpT5ehEKV5K7KWg6-l28H3NDTuukiv7AgRi5fx2oocNXdTn7lT3N-sdZEdg6A9LXn2ntMVBFx2sxiMRdl6cBhbVgGuyJqWrbm_TVXEXpj8Ruy1AxBLZgucVGeR4ZISoG30stqTFRJUst/s200/IMG_2745.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277775763505805074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here are my pretties getting ready to go into the oven. I put my own blend of chai spice in this which contains ginger and cinnamon. I put about 2 teaspoons worth into my white cake batter. After tasting it, I think it could use about half a teaspoon more of the spice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_Yuloz0SPgQxS_g0gpKQAOGD93adeVQNr5jGoYWL0cL8UglYqcPK_CNPlG1c5SHCacQe84Wm8oPu3XUIQTCVoWPR39SIJ1pa_vK6AzqZkrPLNdvWiiT5BzNgy7TqnyzLwX2pepgTfjVz/s200/IMG_2746.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277775767163691922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">While waiting for the cakes, I melted some white chocolate and I whipped into my buttercream. I think I had about a pound of buttercream with 8 oz of white chocolate in it. I really wanted to taste that white chocolatey flavor.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQY_2vtpy4kTALRklA2yipv1KGl1p93NuvBNoCYargSYSJamrXaiPcacB7RIml3XYlV8i51Jg0Ewjq9whcMInQCloCeXQ6Z8uaDhDG8u8FuBgIouevVYiblCdQiZcNIgW0_6U5lpuYdAS/s200/IMG_2748.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277775756531391458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Here they are all done. Yes, that is a frying pan behind it. No, I wasn't frying anything while I had this on the stove.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOfnHQkDgNSSp9UVabpaLGqbwbahoglHU8KKegwqZmtPh6d_XsVpQ-_HwgCvrbBoM83s5J-QzwtwXhEMD-TfcIMkwqbv2ZnWCjTLioWOdvgySLvDIHkxkt2QlEPHkJ_MUB0Fky3BuvucK/s200/IMG_2750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277775754671176642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I am seriously working on my piping skills which are nonexistent at the moment. I piped frosting onto these but they were so ugly that I scraped it off and tried again. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6D8zNixoanAPhEUv5S0T0umD6m7qyTC-03NvReQMN4M5OTUqCM2L2RAkIJJdLFlWSVXAvLWl-sfocFTj7xLxTsuiabYqEWIT6t58G2EMkItQXyXy-hC1hFTIEW03Y1RyEk8zZDFS6fL1A/s200/IMG_2771.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277775767786377330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Iron cupcake SF, here we come!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-22016601232316023302008-12-06T23:46:00.000-08:002008-12-07T01:40:46.462-08:00PAC-MAN Cupcakes... Weee are the champions, my friend...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;">...and we'lll keep on fiiighting, till the end...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">In honor of the huge Manny Pacquiao (PAC-MAN) and Oscar De La Hoya fight in Las Vegas, which we were able to watch via PPV, I decided to make PAC-MAN cupcakes because we are huge PAC-MAN fans. This wasn't something that I've been planning for weeks. I just woke up today, excited about the fight, and thought "Hey, I should make some cupcakes today...". <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">My lil sis helped me make PAC-MEN out of gumpaste while I worked on the cake and frosting.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignbEDdfjVG6Zi2cAW07mDxCpIHQK79NuN2SZ_Y-uDtFKSpoPppI2QHEuOhidzAZ3-7n_-ucPIdWxQZZUcfmzFFp9SNmg6w0mqFKW0W1c23WLYJssj1sul7wXqvPIErWe135TvCV_9enis/s200/IMG_2708.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276976190395838162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I made white cake for the cupcakes and I decided to make a Nutella frosting to top them off. One is missing because my dad swiped one when I wasn't looking. These were fresh out of the oven, too. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3WQex3NsMtMUZs7gMCVu73TDCk1jlN_WMrSeisOrgTN18FK4SZG3LXIoa45DxDECEfbKYVJX-HxJ3KoMRpWrNvd9dgtWQIRaFc749xkDdEDAi-NRhyphenhyphenBEt9WUg9hi_SAJPUmhhQYdXuG-/s200/IMG_2712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276976193824344450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Here they are just waiting to be PAC-MANed...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFdmNtfGirIbDvuNtjyQVSMPNHRFq47EQKydRhQkpMSI3DJOB6NhwqelVih_QraiqLtozk6tnyN1RcmzcH4hjW-zFuBBNAtme1Jmr134Xdg0bPF1i4m2LttcflJSwXLAOgXI1BTfXxwNG/s200/IMG_2731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276976182941242818" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Ta-dah! PAC-MAN Cupcakes!!! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">He so won by the way for those who didn't know. 8th round De la Hoya called it quits. It was so awesome. Man, if only I had placed some bets... A lot of my friends were lucky enough to go... lucky for me I'm a Mommy now and I have responsibilities =) While they were in the arena cheering him on from seats that were too far away to see him or De la Hoya's swollen face, I was at home, sitting comfortably on the couch watching every blow land with sweat splattering off of their faces on my LCD HDTV. Man, lucky them... </span></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-90675359912097793802008-12-05T02:51:00.000-08:002008-12-05T03:23:21.281-08:00Petit Ube Roulade<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I wanted to get fancy with the title. haha. It's just means "small ube roll" for those that don't already know. Ube is the Filipino name for the purple yam.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love ube. You see it a lot in Filipino homes. Mostly in the forms of desserts and ube cakes are my favorite, I also love the ice cream. Whenever my Mom would come home from the bay area she would always stop by Goldilocks and pick up some mocha and ube rolls. Those things would be gone within the hour in our home. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I was surfing the internet one day and I came across some extracts that were made my McCormick. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.sapiens.ph/featured_product_02.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ube Extract and others by McCormick</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, they don't sell them here. So, my parents went on vacation last month to the Philippines and the only thing that I wanted was the extracts. They didn't find the McCormick extracts but they did find oils that are much much more stronger, one drop goes a long way and those are what I used. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydIlmYiYAsw_BlbKwSwkg2bZ8CvQWLzovH9psL3igufduZHHg2fw_cTiqN9tzBHA6sOt_epyIVY_AlaWo43nVksvgXluSAnmCGK9eD55NH3nmO9l50srBNyzt-sOv1dLFMAFmzUVAGwsL/s200/IMG_2663.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276259379416743266" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here is the batter. I didn't use just the oil, I also put real ube in there. Those ingredients alone don't create that deep purple color so I had to add a couple of drops of violet food color.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2VxiwnjljxqZUx-aCaR4FaIBTWh8uMl1dS8QlaUxqaWUT1CGggr5m0LCGKdsbLcGhA_qFXa4K6SIcewpQy-8zwDG90OIyO816hLXW8lx8rd_7LQr6_qy2uEZSTSPlFwWYcdEsOd4Y4tk/s1600-h/IMG_2666.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2VxiwnjljxqZUx-aCaR4FaIBTWh8uMl1dS8QlaUxqaWUT1CGggr5m0LCGKdsbLcGhA_qFXa4K6SIcewpQy-8zwDG90OIyO816hLXW8lx8rd_7LQr6_qy2uEZSTSPlFwWYcdEsOd4Y4tk/s200/IMG_2666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276259369238631394" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here is the baked product which only took about 10 minutes to bake. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5w4WfLk3pQIIn0I6g17AAuvYPJ4GQQSk9B28ypYWOY0Hsk3cqHV6UPDw8VpS4Go4s9g2gEjPV3JP35vrJd5Re-BZaKq1ehgKTM8LVj_FH5420zxPPrVgl1hmKJbjPD-oQ9k5jTi9_pG6/s1600-h/IMG_2689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5w4WfLk3pQIIn0I6g17AAuvYPJ4GQQSk9B28ypYWOY0Hsk3cqHV6UPDw8VpS4Go4s9g2gEjPV3JP35vrJd5Re-BZaKq1ehgKTM8LVj_FH5420zxPPrVgl1hmKJbjPD-oQ9k5jTi9_pG6/s200/IMG_2689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276259372840574146" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">All done! I couldn't make them into the thick rolls because the cake kept cracking so I just made mini ones instead.</span></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-30638140742416655572008-12-02T16:31:00.001-08:002008-12-05T02:50:25.473-08:00Mocha Chiffon Cake<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum8exdN9yLarMjo_BxlOmhgRluKOVdkfJ5D8ABUezjJUGWBtoRFu6XZQ4mq7X6rVCI49dTZu67zB-dZzgmneCUPnNvcfIWHEdj_F-ZCZjSaoulRkJfYhrfZLKfLc3WV4ZxxRiLXitBHuY/s200/IMG_2509.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276244781351065170" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">These are 10 egg whites ready to be whipped into a meringue so they can be folded into the chiffon batter. My poor sister won't be eating this cake because she's allergic to them. I love chiffon cakes. They're so light and airy and you don't feel too bad about eating them! My plan is to make it in many flavors as I possibly can.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I first discovered the chiffon from a neighbor that used to bake up these heavenly delights but unfortunately they don't anymore for some unknown reason. They made this mocha chiffon cake, filled with </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">macapuno</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> (young coconut) and covered with this to-die-for frosting and ground almonds. I begged them to make that cake for me for my baby shower but they thought up of every excuse not to. I was so sad when I realized that they wouldn't do it. They wouldn't bake that cake ever ever again, for no one. I'm guessing they baked it so many times that they just got plain sick of it. That's a really understandable reason. Like when I was pregnant, I made hot dogs every single night and now I don't even want to look at another hot dog. I asked for the recipe but they made it clear that they were taking that recipe to their graves. Lucky for me, I'm pretty good at figuring out how to make certain foods. Yes, I solved the mystery. I first solved the frosting mystery which I use on most of my "</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">kreations</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">" and then I tackled the cake. In respect for them, because I've known them for so long and they're close family friends, I'm not going to reveal that secret but I will reproduce it for friends and family who request it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-GRSpaW6KxlAKbaKbQFSkKPIqQB32LnoCuglTVuao1NF9Uz5a8_kuWKJM-UDNoZ9uxqvsS2NeuLf-gP9e0UeI9DuDfOu5_ELpjiibwTA5Ap28gQQFW3Jl96QE6_lJe4NAD1CkHAaKvL6/s200/IMG_2513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276247020379621474" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here's the batter, ready to be panned and put in the oven. That utensil in the batter is my favorite spatula. It's by the Wilton line and it's made especially for the stand mixer bowls. I love it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFK-zOk7Y9UA9vpo895_y7Ev9UplOOru5XWjedH7hUZ41NFqpy6Zh41pGuEcNwazgWCJSt20GfDk0v4QFZvbQ-f0lJkLaUww_OOIKA3T_PXApqP53jTe4wOqUjgJhCMfcm8_zepKRfvLUE/s200/IMG_2589.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276244788504809458" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Finished product. This was for first try but they only thing I didn't get right was that I didn't put enough of the secret ingredient </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">haha</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. I wanted it to look pretty so I through some roses on it. This was delicious...</span></span></div><div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-34548389198389790722008-12-02T16:20:00.000-08:002008-12-02T16:30:01.722-08:00Java Monkey Cupcakes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY48F2i_YteYgdzEisXTC65DvNpmSfY8XyiOORrGGHctjqhAjXZ2l8GvxWv-PNB6n1urI5ZEDL28wg8gF3x0rlT0Q-x1C4S0NQaLYltNsQysscYLZe1L5S1fRwHouS8rf_ea0TRIvBcc33/s1600-h/IMG_2514.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275353023373915874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY48F2i_YteYgdzEisXTC65DvNpmSfY8XyiOORrGGHctjqhAjXZ2l8GvxWv-PNB6n1urI5ZEDL28wg8gF3x0rlT0Q-x1C4S0NQaLYltNsQysscYLZe1L5S1fRwHouS8rf_ea0TRIvBcc33/s200/IMG_2514.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I love chiffon cake and so I wanted to make a cupcake version of them. The batter I made was more than enough for 12 cupcakes so I used the rest for a cake since my family has been begging me to make one. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I made a mocha chiffon and they didn't take very long to cook but the labor to made them made my arm sore.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkugH2Wi4lec0m6tkZS7dEY0ciDwhwsdcPqdjBvofwnVSSZIVXcZkMz6WVRgGiAGbXnZp8u9ugDOxma4B9xwM-Yq1gQJKY7Fr35V2kD9MLYI0l6IUViaygQ4b4LaEkzM0Ea_4hX8oK4Hea/s1600-h/IMG_2575.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275353022915520018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkugH2Wi4lec0m6tkZS7dEY0ciDwhwsdcPqdjBvofwnVSSZIVXcZkMz6WVRgGiAGbXnZp8u9ugDOxma4B9xwM-Yq1gQJKY7Fr35V2kD9MLYI0l6IUViaygQ4b4LaEkzM0Ea_4hX8oK4Hea/s200/IMG_2575.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I had a different idea for the cupcakes. I wanted to mix macapuno (young coconut) in the frosting but I didn't have any. So I wondered what else went well with mocha? Bananas? Mangos? That's all I had so I decided on the bananas. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I cooked the bananas Bananas Foster style and then I incorporated them into the frosting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Thus... The Java Monkey<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-91558579871146309912008-11-25T23:17:00.001-08:002008-11-26T00:19:29.752-08:00Walnut Macarons<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Another purchase that I have made at the local Farmer's Market are walnuts. There's an abundance of nuts here in the central valley so it's easy to find huge bags of unshelled nuts for a very very cheap price. I bought one of these huge bags and I'm the only one eating them at home.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I've always wanted to try my luck with the macaron. The Parisian Macaron. Now, I have never had any formal training in baking and pastry so I just go by recipes that I come across, tweak them, add/subtract ingredients to make them my own. Latley it has been hard for me to just go out and run to the store for things that I need and I really wanted to make macarons. I couldn't make them without almonds. But, I did have walnuts...</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I wonder...</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272877291030523474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ta4UjnSIXkeMWKataZ2aHnKCeY6Jqc4pahMlGV30qcSIsDX0JQNpxAAPHGSmWltPheItxYX6_SouVB6U8HbhLy3m8k5seGLUffsliAXBOwEsawsO9lIvKmmfFgE80EbIL_wWqxqjNPP5/s200/IMG_2154.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Yes, I shelled all of them. During my macaron research I learned you can make your own almond powder by processing the almonds with powdered sugar until they are of flour consistancy in a food processor. I don't have one of those so I used a blender and it worked. Maybe I can find one on sale this Friday after Thanksgiving Thursday.<br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTVL-iAS5uQ_IQmfIXBB3ppcU6MKvMcBie4mCuLCIrRHNn7bHG-CFS3b0K1fPJrGSFC7l5pNiHcsmf7EFHJ68kg0NlEkqKnhMY-osFKX5xyAlhtLfnZNSORz4VCg4Zj2g0-ixBELrQMzT/s1600-h/DSC01591.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272862466137701410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTVL-iAS5uQ_IQmfIXBB3ppcU6MKvMcBie4mCuLCIrRHNn7bHG-CFS3b0K1fPJrGSFC7l5pNiHcsmf7EFHJ68kg0NlEkqKnhMY-osFKX5xyAlhtLfnZNSORz4VCg4Zj2g0-ixBELrQMzT/s200/DSC01591.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">These babies are tricky. Mix them too much, they crack, mix them too little, they crack. If you don't let them set long enough, they crack, but I managed to get them right the first time. They even developed those little feet on the bottom. Success!! Out of walnuts, too!!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I've decided to make these for Thanksgiving. Maybe I'll try making pumpkin or gingerbread macarons. I know now they're not Parisian, they're one of Kell's Kreations! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Walnut macarons with banana cream cheese buttercream. </span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtLjlOz4G7-TyfTszJjnBvr_SC98kaxglgtSwlCbnfDNUTNRs2tc9yEoU4d0_0BAo4IgRvjRtecM4YAe0hk6tZZfsx5OhXQiYPX7LtjEmj-BWRHIUBm7A04jR-_B2A0cBUpVzSfSDf7rH/s1600-h/DSC01603.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272862454939528722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtLjlOz4G7-TyfTszJjnBvr_SC98kaxglgtSwlCbnfDNUTNRs2tc9yEoU4d0_0BAo4IgRvjRtecM4YAe0hk6tZZfsx5OhXQiYPX7LtjEmj-BWRHIUBm7A04jR-_B2A0cBUpVzSfSDf7rH/s200/DSC01603.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> Packed some up for my boyfriend to take to work. They loved them. They don't believe I made them. haha<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJx70IjaGdNDWrCowish0wgY3K1xmV_YImoYmvfAzfXGEb9QLUEq9g5Y3-vCcSuhlz46blYd2JrnBO1046USUuunB9ZU13nt1MFJwV5HpebiDj-A11PbSqk898FmOVjta60CNzkhwjpYBd/s1600-h/DSC01607.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272862457809511906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJx70IjaGdNDWrCowish0wgY3K1xmV_YImoYmvfAzfXGEb9QLUEq9g5Y3-vCcSuhlz46blYd2JrnBO1046USUuunB9ZU13nt1MFJwV5HpebiDj-A11PbSqk898FmOVjta60CNzkhwjpYBd/s200/DSC01607.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div></div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-14906814627943774402008-11-24T02:14:00.001-08:002008-11-24T04:56:41.906-08:00Be Mine Cupcakes<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUUy19pNpIbik6NvNuYT3QABKJBzy1hNcZjz-e5E0sVyhSQ45qtFZYFfPm9R_HWpl6D0lVUBSLORLvJNGEqos1K3BgWkaE3crgWC76KYQ_UC7Ex4chWD4W4_LdcUDopMf_ouUixqsoJBa/s1600-h/IMG_1953.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUUy19pNpIbik6NvNuYT3QABKJBzy1hNcZjz-e5E0sVyhSQ45qtFZYFfPm9R_HWpl6D0lVUBSLORLvJNGEqos1K3BgWkaE3crgWC76KYQ_UC7Ex4chWD4W4_LdcUDopMf_ouUixqsoJBa/s200/IMG_1953.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272166734720653074" border="0" /></a>I bought 100% cacao chocolate bars and I wanted to try it on some dark dark chocolate cake. What better than to try it on cupcakes? I also went to the Farmers Market and purchased some fresh raspberries. Hmmmm... raspberries and chocolate??? Sounds romantic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX6SQxEAdnEjJoV-On-H6VZO4_JsP9jcbcUvXRVCd6CX76MuGSimKHzyr_Ar0NZuyK6xF_g4Tc6dGyJKkgcAcCY2nMSAziQ2osaCXW58d-U6Ns_WPz_pwWMzejuWYOrkeaEZzGeFQMUdz/s1600-h/IMG_1955.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX6SQxEAdnEjJoV-On-H6VZO4_JsP9jcbcUvXRVCd6CX76MuGSimKHzyr_Ar0NZuyK6xF_g4Tc6dGyJKkgcAcCY2nMSAziQ2osaCXW58d-U6Ns_WPz_pwWMzejuWYOrkeaEZzGeFQMUdz/s200/IMG_1955.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272166721864216050" border="0" /></a>So, here are the cupcakes ready to be frosted with some yummy raspberry buttercream.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnJ2Gx8bKkS7X7DmcLV4WDEenNUl3xT8Zoo-7MnfMINpsVgYInOEIZyt5qHi-97RiD5oG7xlthaF2Ch4sw4Ap62MRfyloDqnQ60AZJP8k7Lr15soSM1Ukouq5qsYDYDhBRgXYi059VVJx/s1600-h/IMG_2133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnJ2Gx8bKkS7X7DmcLV4WDEenNUl3xT8Zoo-7MnfMINpsVgYInOEIZyt5qHi-97RiD5oG7xlthaF2Ch4sw4Ap62MRfyloDqnQ60AZJP8k7Lr15soSM1Ukouq5qsYDYDhBRgXYi059VVJx/s200/IMG_2133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272166188779319794" border="0" /></a><br />I couldn't find a recipe for raspberry buttercream so I had to invent my own. How fun! What I did was puree the raspberries with some water and cornstarch and I put it in a sauce pan to simmer down to a reduction. I should have put the cornstarch later because it thickened quickly and I would have liked the raspberry syrup stronger in taste but it was okay.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VgthhVILxE3erfrWvO7qmmK5iD5GRXwFsDro8wOOnMZGwKQjdWf1vID3g_-iG3wNl0Kbd4cJUVtqdXflFONN78QcW1_9EntVZUe947g5XiyESOFMjZTNh-SYID23N-_RcOWYYXV5GBdx/s1600-h/IMG_2134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VgthhVILxE3erfrWvO7qmmK5iD5GRXwFsDro8wOOnMZGwKQjdWf1vID3g_-iG3wNl0Kbd4cJUVtqdXflFONN78QcW1_9EntVZUe947g5XiyESOFMjZTNh-SYID23N-_RcOWYYXV5GBdx/s200/IMG_2134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272166186268474818" border="0" /></a><br />I know it's a little bright but this is what the buttercream looked like pre-frosting. I also added some delicious Chambord which intensified the raspberries.<br /><br />Note: No artificial flavors or colors here!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNSazCqzYtTvKbMPMl51wpLllTJWxScrJX1jdvh4vC0KvOKwKi89Z5o-UO1rrqLYwwizX9g8fcrDr2vK_TDAr3Vm99fAkOi6OV5KZUMEDR82IEJSDN7majyhbh6Fy9l0MMqQ1Ldry9st2/s1600-h/IMG_2150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNSazCqzYtTvKbMPMl51wpLllTJWxScrJX1jdvh4vC0KvOKwKi89Z5o-UO1rrqLYwwizX9g8fcrDr2vK_TDAr3Vm99fAkOi6OV5KZUMEDR82IEJSDN7majyhbh6Fy9l0MMqQ1Ldry9st2/s200/IMG_2150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272166181249712530" border="0" /></a><br />Mmmmmm... Tell me this doesn't say "Be mine".<br /></span>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-59292208312331986292008-11-21T03:24:00.001-08:002008-11-21T03:47:30.744-08:00Tres Leches cake<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271071611070969458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyRLd_6gHs99FwWAKND-UOWDXQ6CpkDDO2e1FbIhBlGBSJJXgZjWgRFef5ZB45-4nUTD-0gJvwiktggubcbYbFeLQWvEhyphenhyphen9_8TcwWvPfqBMJx2aIUgx6OpZ1LSiuafmkYAXoA_B5v0qYO/s200/IMG_1923.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">We ran out of cupcakes at home so I wanted to make something new. I decided to try my luck on a Tres Leches cake. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">So I mixed up a batter of old-fashioned pound cake because I wanted a really dense cake for this. It would suck up more milk this way.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271071608125426562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyV7ZOUuyX-Gav-xM-SoFNe3jHOrjPesHfs9E4X3H_HM-KQztaueMAq8fWtgUKIpbDRqUxTfbRxiKmBDf7_8ExbEEdNT2Op19d5OD4UaEQTsoozhx9slJyU3LNe84NIABFQnVaTwusEDFr/s200/IMG_1924.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAOJTv_jpUgGkhSJ9nfQvUu1-MmsHGjmKEhVo7PVK7jc2FHGSxs8QdGSKD2QO7BnfdLYuXd-YozzhHdHoLmzOo6xcT2pXyBb5k_zVPLMn7peUrOMbeImnUi8fC8ZQo_kYMy2TXeMpcxAA/s1600-h/IMG_1925.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271071611881659026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAOJTv_jpUgGkhSJ9nfQvUu1-MmsHGjmKEhVo7PVK7jc2FHGSxs8QdGSKD2QO7BnfdLYuXd-YozzhHdHoLmzOo6xcT2pXyBb5k_zVPLMn7peUrOMbeImnUi8fC8ZQo_kYMy2TXeMpcxAA/s200/IMG_1925.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I didn't use a recipe that I already had for the milk mixture but I knew it had milk, evaporated milk and condensed milk. I used 2 cups of regular milk and one can each of the others. I wisked them together, along with a tablespoon of rum.<br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271071613497520642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXosU2y8htS1FMoW8fIXXa1ZjT_hLZmXFURa6JhvwPVwn0s7G2WonFRmh0nuCHFKvoXQJah2PWKt-48h0OIV_qcZ4-F8pcTqVCjZZllKvHJ7OcNmSOq23tY49v3cQuzmbKxu9b13M7l5QN/s200/IMG_1927.JPG" border="0" />After the cake cooled I cut a square out to plate it. The I poked holes on the top of the cake to help the milk seep through. I poured about a cup and a half of the milk on to the cake. I made sure it was soaked with the milk.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Garnished with whipped topping, drizzled with my homemade dulce de leche and strawberries. The family loved it. My sister who is allergic eggs didn't want to stop eating it even though it was making her mouth itch. What a soilder...<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271071617960163730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhto_OZXa6KAEzg9eqReEYz6m3mWq0J0bFMA6b4f9-RD1Vv5e_s0Q4P1m1ltovN-RJgmv7hLvXH9CNZ_UbV-JmrlqjZtpK9YUZD7haZeAX7QHT2CW1kxx9GEqQ5debzGD-aXO3UZyqPh3/s200/IMG_1938.JPG" border="0" /></span></div></div></div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I'm going to make a cupcake version of this.... It was yummy.</span></p>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-7616057853825079742008-11-19T03:32:00.000-08:002008-11-19T03:58:36.784-08:00Gold, silver and copper dragees in California<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">They're nonexistant here in this great state of California.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="http://cache.fancyflours.com/fancyflours/images/items/dragees-silver-4mm.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://cache.fancyflours.com/fancyflours/images/items/dragees-silver-4mm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Aren't they so pretty? They're edible too, you know. But you can't find them here! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />I recently went cake decorating supply shopping at a little shop that specializes in cake decorating supplies and I went in there looking specifically for gold dragees (pronounced drah-jays) for my gumpaste flowers. They had "gold" but it looked pearlized but I bought them anyway. You can see them on my Samba blog. I put them on the flowers I made for those cupcakes.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><a href="http://kellskreations.blogspot.com/2008/11/heavenly-cupcake.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://kellskreations.blogspot.com/2008/11/heavenly-cupcake.html</span></a></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><br />So I go online and shopping for them and every website that I come across boldley states that they do not ship to California. All of them , so I do my research and it turns out they are BANNED in California. Where was I when this happened???<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I guess some idiot sued the hell out of everyone who used these and the suees ended up just settling with him because it would have cost them more money to defend themselves. This person believed that because the dragees were coated with real silver and gold, consuming them would cause a person to be poisoned by the toxins caused by silver. The problem with this is that there is no recorded incident where this has happened. Yeah, they may chip some teeth but no silver poisoning.<br /></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />I believe this moron did it for the money. He ruined Christmas and cookies for every Californian! Oh, but I can eat edible gold leafs? Everywhere else in the world besides California can adore these pearls on their cakes, cupcakes, cookies and whatnot but we can't because of the "possibility" of dying from silver. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Tell me, who eats silver and gold in their regular diet? When I travel out of this state I'm buying suitcases of them. What an A-hole, huh?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-30933815470216294642008-11-18T03:53:00.000-08:002008-11-18T16:07:51.884-08:00Samba Cupcake<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I decided to make a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">butter cream</span> frosting out of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">DDL</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">dulce</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">leche</span>). I wanted to try a different method other than the usual French <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">butter cream</span> method. I decided to do the Italian method. </span><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269965332689953122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ0Nkv9xovBn5SBNV1Ly7J1PfFIW-qnd4F6kf9wE0IvadBaE9-y7-iNqCOaXiz9JceGhukQingGovjgSkwQN5VglmBfCTLcUct3Mbr4eLHV3vn6Dck8aLcARjf2Htblo-zTHlWRTkyIIN/s200/IMG_1866.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I know you can't really see it but that is the eggs, egg whites vanilla and salt whipping with the sugar syrup that I heated up. I almost dumped this out because I thought the sugar formed crystals again. I have come across that problem about twice now and it's frustrating because it would be like the frosting would have rock candy in it.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269966294434677922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW7WLaXxCkkgPiHFTOnO86u-BNflGi8dGswoTTeCr7ctWgDlv9HUdQASAFdkJnCzJbxyTHvOG_pJsl-dhE8szA3Qetx69VfwrKJg4VnFBfuohg4pF4HsvfzvocHWyHwNcSh3n9iUIqrv9/s200/IMG_1871.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I added about a half cup of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">DDL</span> and this is what it looked like. It was so yummy and rich I think I'm going to use the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Italian</span> method from now on.</span></div></div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbaci_gJ5a2c8a_tV5wP1pIUQdIoy55zSUgoQCZxazKg0a9g_oz6IT8j4vofaWcd62irf2MTgxFg4XCGwHF1W21nrGfk4gn8g24zE0aVQ9V0E1ehUV53Njuv_PJVSHoFXpsKSQf3lXgRQ/s1600-h/IMG_1876.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269970210271590994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbaci_gJ5a2c8a_tV5wP1pIUQdIoy55zSUgoQCZxazKg0a9g_oz6IT8j4vofaWcd62irf2MTgxFg4XCGwHF1W21nrGfk4gn8g24zE0aVQ9V0E1ehUV53Njuv_PJVSHoFXpsKSQf3lXgRQ/s200/IMG_1876.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">For the cake I decided to do a marble cake. Here is the vanilla cake. I'm going to take half of that mixture and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">mixed</span> melted dark chocolate in it.</span></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi1OH6xxPKkHGSns2GgqU2rtPorGmXLUNkxHGdxMYRLOSb6cyiBi-e3gfzHFMX2lVq0WndXaRJZGBAEo4vDPIoeMp0Oh9carQuIgFSOh2qIChWpswhLpRan1oBoYjxemOajMPvb3c4Qax/s1600-h/IMG_1887.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269968961975344402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithyphenhyphenmNTNrfklsIdMhRvp9VDhWBqpMcO4kzl_o09onMnZhhze3sTBzMninj71UjQdvjHU95w_YGeVxm1FIJPlQ38Gc-_4u6WQEMrvS68BnS1QqX47ZDfZ3m00bbNMnbtuMokHcPJ96ksHdX/s200/IMG_1878.JPG" border="0" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Here's the chocolate on a double boiler.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269968968403862194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBMKSHwWTlOxIJMYU0UyyTmdWwvLx21um2MxhUXuX9wFZHEjs-BvA-shi1SVhKMdO506dAMa-Wn-uqU5DhDisFU4IZ8Ho_S39dqwRzQuDvTISXytn72TdH3ZaBA0RiXaAfLyweIGklhhW/s200/IMG_1882.JPG" border="0" /> To save time I just went ahead and poured the chocolate half in to the vanilla and then pour them into the baking cups. Assuming that they would make swirls like marble cakes are supposed to do. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Sooo</span> not... it just mixed the two together...</span></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUFHEQMAuCRQSnFaOWKxhx3q8jKe3ojhe2QQnxnl72erVbewG5cJZ5Lgd7lje7S6q1HWLwSCtrLxOzZZlybzVxqkq1gibaegJX-IrXPK76WD48VsBCY61cWddAmGotKu8WEYGjs9remw_/s1600-h/IMG_1886.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269968971895828242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUFHEQMAuCRQSnFaOWKxhx3q8jKe3ojhe2QQnxnl72erVbewG5cJZ5Lgd7lje7S6q1HWLwSCtrLxOzZZlybzVxqkq1gibaegJX-IrXPK76WD48VsBCY61cWddAmGotKu8WEYGjs9remw_/s200/IMG_1886.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> I brushed the tops of the cupcakes with Kahlua. That gave the cupcakes an incredible taste.<br /></span><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi1OH6xxPKkHGSns2GgqU2rtPorGmXLUNkxHGdxMYRLOSb6cyiBi-e3gfzHFMX2lVq0WndXaRJZGBAEo4vDPIoeMp0Oh9carQuIgFSOh2qIChWpswhLpRan1oBoYjxemOajMPvb3c4Qax/s1600-h/IMG_1887.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269968973741061714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi1OH6xxPKkHGSns2GgqU2rtPorGmXLUNkxHGdxMYRLOSb6cyiBi-e3gfzHFMX2lVq0WndXaRJZGBAEo4vDPIoeMp0Oh9carQuIgFSOh2qIChWpswhLpRan1oBoYjxemOajMPvb3c4Qax/s200/IMG_1887.JPG" border="0" />Finished! Aren't they pretty?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Marble cake drizzled with Kahlua. Topped with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">dulce</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">leche</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">buttercream</span> then sprinkled with cocoa. I added one of my flowers to each cupcake. Aren't they cute??<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUFHEQMAuCRQSnFaOWKxhx3q8jKe3ojhe2QQnxnl72erVbewG5cJZ5Lgd7lje7S6q1HWLwSCtrLxOzZZlybzVxqkq1gibaegJX-IrXPK76WD48VsBCY61cWddAmGotKu8WEYGjs9remw_/s1600-h/IMG_1886.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBMKSHwWTlOxIJMYU0UyyTmdWwvLx21um2MxhUXuX9wFZHEjs-BvA-shi1SVhKMdO506dAMa-Wn-uqU5DhDisFU4IZ8Ho_S39dqwRzQuDvTISXytn72TdH3ZaBA0RiXaAfLyweIGklhhW/s1600-h/IMG_1882.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269970212347840098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq22PqcZCDwadUSsbAFUQhtwHwwIVAHd0RVTjA4hbFvtY4EAw7Nqv_uOpfr6aprwpneX3CGGgVoS_O9bu8x_y7lR8bN7c8037MQNZcktmSedTYDT1wWEWAcOXWrFBH_G7fTb29ihdghOv/s200/IMG_1901.JPG" border="0" />P.s. this is what happens when you try to put a pan on the rack above or below the middle rack. They cook too fast so they are nasty and dry. They have that broken top where they aren't rounded and springy. They were more like rocks after they cooled. These 8 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">cuppies</span> went into the trash! This would be my lesson learned for the day.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithyphenhyphenmNTNrfklsIdMhRvp9VDhWBqpMcO4kzl_o09onMnZhhze3sTBzMninj71UjQdvjHU95w_YGeVxm1FIJPlQ38Gc-_4u6WQEMrvS68BnS1QqX47ZDfZ3m00bbNMnbtuMokHcPJ96ksHdX/s1600-h/IMG_1878.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithyphenhyphenmNTNrfklsIdMhRvp9VDhWBqpMcO4kzl_o09onMnZhhze3sTBzMninj71UjQdvjHU95w_YGeVxm1FIJPlQ38Gc-_4u6WQEMrvS68BnS1QqX47ZDfZ3m00bbNMnbtuMokHcPJ96ksHdX/s1600-h/IMG_1878.JPG"></a></div></div></div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-20828732800707571482008-11-18T03:24:00.000-08:002008-11-18T03:53:16.155-08:00Dulce de Leche<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I saw the formula for dulce de leche in my baking book I didn't believe that the recipe was that simple so I looked it up online and sure enough it was all the same. I saw another was of making it from condensed milk but I tried it from scratch instead.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IYWxFXr5RLi_VRxxE7qjxGaxqHfFzU_YRMbkBomszN_7mbVUFitGscbJnV3Lqnh_-EER24PjA1SJzwroiWdL0KzfUjHbgYhzvf550oGRRxZuQm5fjXOQTLJJOvEwWvkbMk61ON8vMH7m/s1600-h/IMG_1839.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269958723550565426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IYWxFXr5RLi_VRxxE7qjxGaxqHfFzU_YRMbkBomszN_7mbVUFitGscbJnV3Lqnh_-EER24PjA1SJzwroiWdL0KzfUjHbgYhzvf550oGRRxZuQm5fjXOQTLJJOvEwWvkbMk61ON8vMH7m/s200/IMG_1839.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Milk, sugar and vanilla are combined in a large sauce pan and heated over medium heat until the sugar melted. Then add the baking soda then reduce the heat to low and have the mixture at a bare simmer. Leave it like this for 2 to 3 hours until the mixture reduces until about a cup is left.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQpf3DTdjKB7GKhDkowcthwa8GjwmyJFWSWZp0T_BlAC643JLSNHbG0MWoJcU415jwYZ_EDO-COjb233HyhsWYFSrKUaB32JVmyOyAZv9vwlmi-AEl-o4a8_ZATMp0zVcX2HcdjGM0ACu/s1600-h/IMG_1845.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269957908754165570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQpf3DTdjKB7GKhDkowcthwa8GjwmyJFWSWZp0T_BlAC643JLSNHbG0MWoJcU415jwYZ_EDO-COjb233HyhsWYFSrKUaB32JVmyOyAZv9vwlmi-AEl-o4a8_ZATMp0zVcX2HcdjGM0ACu/s200/IMG_1845.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> Turned brown like magic! This is halfway there.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrlBXElj_ClN6I1AmniJ2E6XM48sqrEA4QkWfoDUDDjw6qFZBgF9ktuAbl5c5-Z6pmF8tUq0nyck2h2l-VLEN9f9JRbIdINSHi5xfhmOFg9cwRMgnrBZpNY5hCwg_FWhKM8DKLGwmLXzf/s1600-h/IMG_1857.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269957896381808834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrlBXElj_ClN6I1AmniJ2E6XM48sqrEA4QkWfoDUDDjw6qFZBgF9ktuAbl5c5-Z6pmF8tUq0nyck2h2l-VLEN9f9JRbIdINSHi5xfhmOFg9cwRMgnrBZpNY5hCwg_FWhKM8DKLGwmLXzf/s200/IMG_1857.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> I had it carmelize just a little bit longer than what it called for because I like my dolce de leche a little thick.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4aXslY6KJgSeAFPVX8vtoYaF6vCOhlN8iYZItkS1yrD_z-OScglFMbZ-_g256Xh-oXayIdJCJ9an4ZpxLuJKFOo81JWC8s-l0O9dBiptA-2ok6g4YSsZjYvWZjdyNrbtPiVHo7PcVLsX/s1600-h/IMG_1859.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269957888508495266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4aXslY6KJgSeAFPVX8vtoYaF6vCOhlN8iYZItkS1yrD_z-OScglFMbZ-_g256Xh-oXayIdJCJ9an4ZpxLuJKFOo81JWC8s-l0O9dBiptA-2ok6g4YSsZjYvWZjdyNrbtPiVHo7PcVLsX/s200/IMG_1859.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> All done! Dolce de leche is stored in an air-tight container until ready to use. This is the recipe I used...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/dulce-de-leche-recipe/index.html?rsrc=search"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/dulce-de-leche-recipe/index.html?rsrc=search</span></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Man, oh, man... always have this stuff stocked. I think it goes great with everything. Like ice cream or dipping fruit in. mmmmmmm...<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div></div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-14270929913275848762008-11-18T03:06:00.000-08:002008-11-18T03:23:24.485-08:00Crispy Rice Treats<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269953949930288626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHp6VdncEvk7tSJXPIbXK9W32oVX1AezFJlp8iNJr31Cbp5Pq80Pm32_BBXTAYY4EuO7z7JnqZMieeEHFrXZOi9T3a6_KMBnLxfWOQUzd9TLGegVfrset8kZ2WanFhw-Hkv4oFeKqCqBB/s200/IMG_1798.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I had a lot of those marshmallows left and my grandma has been bugging me to make rice crispy's treats so in they went into a large sauce pan. I added about a teaspoon of vanilla for extra flavor. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269953950716288370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHOtDCFwIW8l_45DnpRbRJTDNAWxhmIe8MxQQDy0JDxG8DhWlfEPCD8KJfsoxQVwJ_xHC_-iK9MDbgSruxjK-3HT0vwSoB_tNOJ41MosS3qIADswPlNxMqJdyVYAxHpGVSKdbFslzfEcp/s200/IMG_1803.JPG" border="0" />They're meeeelting... bye bye marshmallows! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I looked up the recipe online for this because I've never made them before. Ingredients include: butter, marshmallows and crispy rice. So simple. I didn't even bother measuring anything. I melted the butter with the marshmallows until it was all melted then I added the crispy rice.<br /><br /></span><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45qMmyfmuFtWy42Bq57ZUCE4402n2kBIIKgEpjb3rrrDbw0IxkUr8W6Oplx2gIT6iv6GwXeJksUAi3Cu43FhV9fDMumqs55ZJQE8TiIcG706xE7PNWOb7nj3xFCcw8uypSk-Ae37NyT3Y/s1600-h/IMG_1805.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269953956308551170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45qMmyfmuFtWy42Bq57ZUCE4402n2kBIIKgEpjb3rrrDbw0IxkUr8W6Oplx2gIT6iv6GwXeJksUAi3Cu43FhV9fDMumqs55ZJQE8TiIcG706xE7PNWOb7nj3xFCcw8uypSk-Ae37NyT3Y/s200/IMG_1805.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> I poured a little at a time until I had to my liking. I'm glad I added the vanilla. It gave it more flavor.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269953957059805458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvJnl-5fw10i-LZBCUcGM0RTKXLxz3b8Sia4eDKTQAszlI2raNCgxDHiab5bNtcDnqQuY7cAl9S2UUp34A9QiindQQUdx2XzXVN9MoVPEX3m8bNRge6fssOaVIkZl8YBvZqPor7aPFd9m/s200/IMG_1806.JPG" border="0" />In to a greased up pan. Spreaded it with a greased up spatula.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269953960596934562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBOvsBF84dIO4xc7AWI8FCCl8l0AzBqOHQu0zaA8oISkMJe9leLDk73Ex2YZkCgbfll9ffCkfach9mwpGmfTVx-wXpV8ZBEHq01cw3HXL7OIL4tpyGYBepxOssX9fNH3vSupELI1hk3S7/s200/IMG_1807.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Crispy rice treats! Yummy while warm....<br /><br />Why did I just blog this? This wasn't an adventure. I guess I'm just going to blog what ever I do in the kitchen...<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div></div></div>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-69313255645389850702008-11-15T22:12:00.000-08:002008-11-15T22:52:19.249-08:00Checkin' out the competition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBNdb13Ur3Vq554zaBA8w2DvWBpejmE3hJFP21RTDyI1yjN7769ZCAviVmtyuQF0zMDBZJ1K3AlEr9X2TtOXMdOidq88SZJmAj9XG0xuDqfRDi5f04TRd7KLAqZraxHtPfslDNEaFYaye/s1600-h/IMG_1797.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269134945017391426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBNdb13Ur3Vq554zaBA8w2DvWBpejmE3hJFP21RTDyI1yjN7769ZCAviVmtyuQF0zMDBZJ1K3AlEr9X2TtOXMdOidq88SZJmAj9XG0xuDqfRDi5f04TRd7KLAqZraxHtPfslDNEaFYaye/s200/IMG_1797.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p>I bought this cupcake at a cake decorating supply store. This would be my first time buying cupcakes because I always made them. This right here was the only kind they had but I didn't mind because I love chocolate and I hate sprinkles by the way. </p><p>I loved how it was moist but I hated how it was so fudgy, chocolatey which I love but so fudgy. You would definitely need to have a glass of milk standing by because this piece of work stuck all over the inside of my mouth. Frosting was light which was probably the best part about it.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269138337952446674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_e86DxTNoXxfDrC1KSPlSItVulh-7aDPPXTFgHkG45Qp4ZtR_Phm8fCstHQ-TgniUEEX6Ibcl9AmLwcvAYfP0J8kMT7ghtAbxmQ0CJ2WXgtbmtUEbOxsKjDBY0bmJ9MPCL-G5v2JFKhMh/s200/IMG_1853.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>I purchased this "gourmet" cuppie at my nieghborhood Raley's the day after my chocolate fudge cupcake esxperience. I always run there when my pantry is missing few ingredients and I always oogle at their cake section. A few weeks ago I noticed that they sold cupcakes individually but I've never tried them because they didn't look so gourmet-ey to me although the sign said otherwise. I decided to give it a shot.</p><p>I thought this certain cupcake was a special one because it had coconut on top while the other cuppies were plain vanilla and chocolate. I thought maybe the cake would be a lemon or something cake. Nope. Just plain ole vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream (which I don't think had any vanilla in it) with coconut shavings sprinkled on top. </p><p>Taste test? "D". The cake was light and airy which was the complete opposite of the frosting. I thought the frosting was a whipped cream frosting by the looks of it but it was buttercream. Buttercream that was thick with a whole lot of sugar crystals. So it was like chewing on sand with my cupcake. I believe the coconut was there specifically for presentation because there was nothing coconut about the cake. </p><p>No one sells any good cupcakes here! This just made me realize my cupcakes are spectacular compared to the ones I've tasted. Problem is, no one really cares for cupcakes around here. I asked my boyfriend what he thinks about making cupcakes for our son's christening and he thought it was soooo tacky. I asked why because this surprised me and he associated cupcakes with childrens partys, classroom parties where the cupcakes are plain chocolate or vanilla and frosted with neon colored frosting which all tastes the same then topped with colorful sprinkles and a plastic ornament. I obviously haven't showed him what I can do yet... Nor you!</p><p>Hahaha... till then... Happy baking!!</p>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-90443303512493912822008-11-12T01:35:00.000-08:002008-11-14T03:58:57.570-08:00Kellsa's Lunar Pies<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Right after my failure with the gumpaste I asked my sister if she would like to make dessert for </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >tonight. It would be our own creation, our recipe! I love spending time with my family especially when we're cooking or baking something.<br /><br />I first ask my lil sis what she would like <span style="font-style: italic;">me</span> to bake. She pulled </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >out this box of chocolate cake mix and I immediately roll my eyes because I <span style="font-style: italic;">loathe</span> cakes in a box. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >She then points to the side of the box where there is a recipe for ice cream sandwiches and asks if we can make them but then I remind her that we need ice cream for that. She sadly returns the cake mix back into the cupboard. Earlier I was craving for hot chocolate made from scratch and I was thinking of making the </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >marshmallows from scratch also because I just bought a candy thermometer earlier today and I was </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >dying to try it out.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />So, here is where my light bulb turned on. How about some marshmallow sandwiches? It was a good compromise don't you think? And yes, we used the cake mix because what else were we going to do with it? Throw it away? Haha. If you knew me you'd know that I hate to waste. Now, my sister starts</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > on the cookies which are made out of the cake mix.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" > <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkoIN1I3cr_7bUBmN-RlUU2p48KOOQWopyftpnQsZsf2ZqRr4P0LwGLqvOClXAmSMvgYThAayeqbfdKELNEavzlMygOm4kjGwgFoz6xG9zV51EfXLox1bPM5uIzeblXSUnGLKditdhDk1/s1600-h/IMG_1715.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkoIN1I3cr_7bUBmN-RlUU2p48KOOQWopyftpnQsZsf2ZqRr4P0LwGLqvOClXAmSMvgYThAayeqbfdKELNEavzlMygOm4kjGwgFoz6xG9zV51EfXLox1bPM5uIzeblXSUnGLKditdhDk1/s200/IMG_1715.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267706398232463474" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >That's her right there. Right after I took this picture I asked her if she would like to add some nuts to it. I had some macadamia nuts in the cupboard so we decided to use that. My sister then had to put those four cookie doughs back into the bowl so she could incorporate the nuts into the mix. Sorry, sister. The cake mix we used was the Pillsbury chocolate cake mix and you should find the recipe on the side of the box.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb1eOwuYHVf_kMQ8kkR4W96E8Al5_O5oUsBzGh2ZgUnBei9eejDP5Vx-fMWrNBa1x817-wv35jEG-7mkqo6MZT3xVXBh2e9MlUGWC8HpdXqWglNmm_iXA42CVZH6S12QBQJOT2e1Zemfb/s1600-h/IMG_1718.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb1eOwuYHVf_kMQ8kkR4W96E8Al5_O5oUsBzGh2ZgUnBei9eejDP5Vx-fMWrNBa1x817-wv35jEG-7mkqo6MZT3xVXBh2e9MlUGWC8HpdXqWglNmm_iXA42CVZH6S12QBQJOT2e1Zemfb/s200/IMG_1718.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267707399014773282" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >Cookies are all done but I think they still looked a little plain. <br /><br />Side note: We are making our version of the famous Moon Pies. Now, Moon Pies are graham cracker cookies dipped in chocolate and sandwiched between two of those cookies are marshmallows. I didn't intend this. We just wanted to eat something sweet tonight that we were both craving.<br /><br />I then decided to drizzle some white chocolate on top of the cookies. My sister went ahead an did this while I made the marshmallows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GNF0-R2Khbky06NvKIlLlZJgM8PysLZtFlORqhQial8gj0AQ0w8Z2OOBHwFJ3mQbQNK47RMwoUMEGwsFPTalcBRq21kZl8K28Bo1sleKz6boppOcU5sYa06eGS39tGEggdOcyUKGASIr/s1600-h/IMG_1726.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GNF0-R2Khbky06NvKIlLlZJgM8PysLZtFlORqhQial8gj0AQ0w8Z2OOBHwFJ3mQbQNK47RMwoUMEGwsFPTalcBRq21kZl8K28Bo1sleKz6boppOcU5sYa06eGS39tGEggdOcyUKGASIr/s200/IMG_1726.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267709101578593858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" > While she's doing that I'm waiting for my sugar syrup to reach 240 degrees farenheit.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuhgwdg4fnTfWQAoODq8-c98TXBAq-uOeQR7PXuSiTGyRKOXuSmVpFXysz5DF1RXyiVwrzJbuHoIeLUBc79gJPzk38_fdUKAt9mxcEDZfyL2vxEdQsO4x1lhFI7uNUoQjMDVSWabvr8sz/s1600-h/IMG_1723.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuhgwdg4fnTfWQAoODq8-c98TXBAq-uOeQR7PXuSiTGyRKOXuSmVpFXysz5DF1RXyiVwrzJbuHoIeLUBc79gJPzk38_fdUKAt9mxcEDZfyL2vxEdQsO4x1lhFI7uNUoQjMDVSWabvr8sz/s200/IMG_1723.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267710024545541826" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Not yet...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9_Sif42ohhkvChrFjXGzD4mWfc70HyCUm0tY2TKR9NDGJmcPRAIi_PppwwTV4nlUpgokT9eqz9CqBzWB8vSKlsUt9kQJ5g_VjQYIwEHua5S6w3FmCRGYz-xcEHPHfJB7fuDH5_KACN9B/s1600-h/IMG_1727.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9_Sif42ohhkvChrFjXGzD4mWfc70HyCUm0tY2TKR9NDGJmcPRAIi_PppwwTV4nlUpgokT9eqz9CqBzWB8vSKlsUt9kQJ5g_VjQYIwEHua5S6w3FmCRGYz-xcEHPHfJB7fuDH5_KACN9B/s200/IMG_1727.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267709109282660178" border="0" /></a> MMmm... lookin' good already! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />Okay, sugar is done. Now into the mixer...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMwv4TOcdKGb3vEI5oZkUPlTVVfo4Q4w5KDz5lky-1yxISSbuj3G97r_D7fh52tMJMnavBrwj_AFG5rJK58j1aAG-swaKVHUvR4I0YF1ROkSgFf3ylmRvWIbfu1OUD2rn31CZt_sz41Lt/s1600-h/IMG_1728.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMwv4TOcdKGb3vEI5oZkUPlTVVfo4Q4w5KDz5lky-1yxISSbuj3G97r_D7fh52tMJMnavBrwj_AFG5rJK58j1aAG-swaKVHUvR4I0YF1ROkSgFf3ylmRvWIbfu1OUD2rn31CZt_sz41Lt/s200/IMG_1728.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267710751953549746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">11 more minutes.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyu86Z31rh4WWg7xKXL6JAMZ-72YXNdK8R8fwABhVBV2MSyFeNvlvgFec9Xbd36qqJI3TN4-Wcy21fdGwqiPGaRONVtHZD5easbk0G3M1aHf2R2big1BjfR1YhD8ybpvNqykrvsnKbiN6/s1600-h/IMG_1738.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyu86Z31rh4WWg7xKXL6JAMZ-72YXNdK8R8fwABhVBV2MSyFeNvlvgFec9Xbd36qqJI3TN4-Wcy21fdGwqiPGaRONVtHZD5easbk0G3M1aHf2R2big1BjfR1YhD8ybpvNqykrvsnKbiN6/s200/IMG_1738.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267710760341900994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two more minutes.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmNy-lGbfCbV9pDAwOhi4XnNXUr3mtUrzlajN-VIw3ts3Kr1Ug95_QohQhyXI3TGbnMMwgcmwgvgshuDgtM5HhaYI3HNV4fgU197_QK4ZVaRMlzR8Vu8sBykMcW7abYXqHYV5TqbiSZR2/s1600-h/IMG_1742.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmNy-lGbfCbV9pDAwOhi4XnNXUr3mtUrzlajN-VIw3ts3Kr1Ug95_QohQhyXI3TGbnMMwgcmwgvgshuDgtM5HhaYI3HNV4fgU197_QK4ZVaRMlzR8Vu8sBykMcW7abYXqHYV5TqbiSZR2/s200/IMG_1742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267710753089906226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marshmallows!! I made marshmallows! Oh my goodness is it sticky. I quickly put some of this soft marshmallow into a piping bag and then I piped it on to half of the cookies.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj728PX2N4PCDZeRSqNTq2Q8nzbjBb9BzC0G4lVEPQky-rYybQ7-V07Gy6eWbFuBY02_Sr0336LqplQRHcWOqGnWM5Q-v3uV11nNNh4-vUbVzfQSyQJwBOP3DQJK5fUKT5BzhnobA3-Bze9/s1600-h/IMG_1745.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj728PX2N4PCDZeRSqNTq2Q8nzbjBb9BzC0G4lVEPQky-rYybQ7-V07Gy6eWbFuBY02_Sr0336LqplQRHcWOqGnWM5Q-v3uV11nNNh4-vUbVzfQSyQJwBOP3DQJK5fUKT5BzhnobA3-Bze9/s200/IMG_1745.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267712583456293410" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqM0sE6BLGp5jEDvKF91tZwgyD3-tO65RTAQYl_qUfQymswetVPtdTvM1CbOr-mM6KfQ-zgDef60nxv6XrkujLfSLPWyuUo4LGNKMGlAmAga4x6Emb80NNH2zKS_zaLaQIpVOBYxwlASQ/s1600-h/IMG_1749.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqM0sE6BLGp5jEDvKF91tZwgyD3-tO65RTAQYl_qUfQymswetVPtdTvM1CbOr-mM6KfQ-zgDef60nxv6XrkujLfSLPWyuUo4LGNKMGlAmAga4x6Emb80NNH2zKS_zaLaQIpVOBYxwlASQ/s200/IMG_1749.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267712743119607778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were only able to make 11 of these so I put the rest of the marshmallow batch into a pan so they can harden. Then I'm going to cut them up and store them so I can use the marshmallows in my hot chocolate.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirX6GjXAIgOTTCbiaDw33_O-KW5-SbzW9XNN_wSUamjBSKOn3tgEhIAhwZBIjM8t0s0qrsI-QwV7yEC82iU7rAfGrzjXdmwIzKcTkBQB1Xz9C8Ajgdkb73i7_BmyYncrw_KW61YnyV3s8l/s1600-h/IMG_1751.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirX6GjXAIgOTTCbiaDw33_O-KW5-SbzW9XNN_wSUamjBSKOn3tgEhIAhwZBIjM8t0s0qrsI-QwV7yEC82iU7rAfGrzjXdmwIzKcTkBQB1Xz9C8Ajgdkb73i7_BmyYncrw_KW61YnyV3s8l/s200/IMG_1751.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267712996751212930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">That was fun. I wanted to name this new creation so I decided to name it Kellsa's Lunar Pies. Kell after me and Sa after my lovely sister.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzNUeqw06FvCf4mcS3WeJoJaRwP73ZVciSdV-C9zq9b8sLGg46ybtQ9wrEcqcQSmZWyvykn5mojSaUorMCLQiZW5ZvxgudVop81TpqON5WoA_mKSJIYz2G0pFnwPPOeDCfGJL6IuEmbj2/s1600-h/IMG_1754.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzNUeqw06FvCf4mcS3WeJoJaRwP73ZVciSdV-C9zq9b8sLGg46ybtQ9wrEcqcQSmZWyvykn5mojSaUorMCLQiZW5ZvxgudVop81TpqON5WoA_mKSJIYz2G0pFnwPPOeDCfGJL6IuEmbj2/s200/IMG_1754.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267713138850755746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone, if you love marshmallows make your own homemade batch because the effort is well worth it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is where I got the recipe. I'm a big fan of Alton Brown. Alton... I like that name... Alton. Remember, you need a candy thermometer for this recipe and once it's done mixing it's super sticky so use pan spray on your spatula or whatever you're using to get it out. Happy baking!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-marshmallows-recipe/index.html">Marshmallow Recipe</a></span>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-56235080669670544052008-11-12T01:25:00.000-08:002008-11-12T01:34:07.838-08:00Gumpaste 1<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trying my luck with gumpaste... After that last disaster I concluded that I should practice with this new medium. I decided on trying to make the plumeria.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzND7HySecj7_vE1HGUcDpUS54wdWmSe-3nhpbeco3LZCTsi7rlj4_4kRefRFxvykGlbgHrmAOq6Me7t0jBdYllOrmIVMFjAk6rAHMIuYddMxitmWD4M8SlPiVVqXJi-p3fSO40V7jv-A/s1600-h/IMG_1705.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzND7HySecj7_vE1HGUcDpUS54wdWmSe-3nhpbeco3LZCTsi7rlj4_4kRefRFxvykGlbgHrmAOq6Me7t0jBdYllOrmIVMFjAk6rAHMIuYddMxitmWD4M8SlPiVVqXJi-p3fSO40V7jv-A/s200/IMG_1705.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267700470106966834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the petals... so far so good... But you know, they do need some color.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI8AMmC0jiuY22Xr6AZ97DHKaZDhF8e4R6xReqHNPTiU4-PT4G-okX-1gToMCx5N-xZfia-dGx94jhF3zl41muEGeVy3NJAl2YBcowIt78lJjZ8RPFiM9zOeZNmpfsjdTmX8L9X9pK7Gq/s1600-h/IMG_1708.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI8AMmC0jiuY22Xr6AZ97DHKaZDhF8e4R6xReqHNPTiU4-PT4G-okX-1gToMCx5N-xZfia-dGx94jhF3zl41muEGeVy3NJAl2YBcowIt78lJjZ8RPFiM9zOeZNmpfsjdTmX8L9X9pK7Gq/s200/IMG_1708.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267700472166736290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I picked out the only yellow I had which is a golden yellow, but I didn't like what was happening to my plumeria so I eventually got lazy.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzMQtDhe4DtY6GOTgdcMo-CxtMsAHCIElNUxA6bBuDCfOOyCQdN9MzXtViZKV4dt7oElqXPh2J6_tT_Kw3BsM351K3xlOtKd6lRgMaPB4a9Lr6LO2LofZVuRUz0BPDYFiSrxi1GNuAZbc/s1600-h/IMG_1709.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzMQtDhe4DtY6GOTgdcMo-CxtMsAHCIElNUxA6bBuDCfOOyCQdN9MzXtViZKV4dt7oElqXPh2J6_tT_Kw3BsM351K3xlOtKd6lRgMaPB4a9Lr6LO2LofZVuRUz0BPDYFiSrxi1GNuAZbc/s200/IMG_1709.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267700476144873170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">My half-assed plumeria... Ta Dah!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Note: Needs more practice.</span><br /><br /></span>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-83570804513843439712008-11-10T17:35:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:09:07.964-08:00Julieanna<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I had to make a cake for my niece's Christening this past weekend. My sister-in-law didn't choose a kind of cake she wanted so I decided to make my oh-so-delicious Red Velvet cake. I only had one 12 inch round cake pan so I had to make 3 seperate batches. Here was my system... </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </div></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Combine ingredients as directed</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Bake</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Cool<br />Release from pan</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Repeat 2x's more</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">It was a long night...<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267208299558284338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGPDj0Mip2n1X-MQ_l7Bn4zYX7OVOc46azy44j-iVrMrOr6yxx40ii_B2oNyrfYPA4M0BVhsaE4xYPFK94Bny-d7SvUU3iqNT7ktMKrM08p6a-5K3H0F4P0a8cw1bWonfA6AGP_33A7w7/s200/IMG_1485.jpg" border="0" /><br />The frosting I used was my own concoction. It's my very own Mascarpone Cream Cheese frosting.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267208296930213234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl8fDARcod5vEkR1Bi9eLF-bgINxFff7u6kxmXNM6418P2YXcBkBu-M0e3S_Q_XFTOOhfsIOWjk5zQ81lJgJEbJuIEr-vQXJLf9CiJQSkZdY2Jia2koi9ouOTWrTF408xX5kBMDva9dB2/s200/IMG_1633.jpg" border="0" /><br />I decorated the cake the next day with flowers that I had made ahead of time out of fondant. I didn't use gumpaste because, well, I didn't have any and I was already pressed for time. I thought fondant would be okay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267230737180049298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubpJbytxzvXPsD5XSMhGGDSGpB-hf9Qu4Pyj_U3do2WAmjhVpZbIbkPVqQ_hgPrxQBH9F962dd4a_qx3MJgSq_j_1Wkr8-L45HVhcZvky1n1lglpNvu-TEN0m8MTVd_yKvKn74IPbnICC/s200/IMG_1526.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Hmm... a little royal icing in the middle and these should come out nice!<br /></div></span><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267208301700680018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFc50M7XUToX7Mvd0aBLcSR7DvtrOoW76-vAtNHy6AyLrGVYa9oSghyphenhyphenaTCb82ZPBCx_fe9-SIQRGJbfQDBvaEW5tb0G9jG4b1YLNkcQrE07zroshTEytlwQy3EsCulv5higRwpL-lbcb3m/s200/IMG_1637.jpg" border="0" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">All done. Now I just have to get ready...</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Disaster...</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267208305808243458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7pIro6lvHpdRovt1tdebZ2hIzA3C-JOVDhMwtrzTEHynob4jm6jsIXISbiXRPnAxD5W0OpcSikpX8ZuNGTut_70OSX2JOrsdzJFp7ZKlVcTs_TslgewAiD18wD_hNnl1JF9_Zh3_p2JX/s200/IMG_1643.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The fondant melted. The cake is ruined! </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I pulled myself together and I went to church to watch my niece get christened into the church. Of course I can't relax because there is a huge cake at home melting and I have to present this to my family. </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">After church I rush to Michael's and picked up a roll of ribbon.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267209162399043410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDySwtJ0aAfkmz2L-zxh5uMGUAtBe2FRR9lsgTn8STOA8jlOt23eNuUN_JhO_k0deUaIJJcStyup3tTRXfC96dLTO8HvLBMpNsStQymoe48XkOqmZ6SBnrsxj71eFhyphenhyphenv0-5bBWWvuXDikm/s200/IMG_1651.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I still came out all right. I was a little disappointed because I had something else in mine but... you live and you learn! Don't use fondant flowers on frosting... The flowers on top was all right and they used to hold a shape but because flat and the sides started to ooze but I don't think anyone noticed. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267209171532704034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0oHceFxewz6h5CVvFcYQhuA9jG670qYv-IQzqTL_PxyUAvgA_kK45nBXjOsWI9aocoxv1f3XwaKRrSJbhjMdA1N4TOhg072w2hwvU2DxUULoETBpUItLx8IMK4WRJTeIKoErYBsOKlAd/s200/IMG_1660.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The cake served it's purpose... rest in peace.</span></p>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521632710083434776.post-84660982994949356662008-11-09T22:18:00.000-08:002008-11-09T23:09:27.108-08:00Almond macaroons<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, I decide to try my luck with almond macaroons. The recipe I have is a real simple one which</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> consists of almond paste, sugar and egg whites. Mix, mix, mix and this is what I got.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfop8NqjnpQdFcrZ7Tj_4GmpEBtiucV6ZW9RbzEUcFCKOa4ei86wIFkT8K5tCFYNdux4FJspjcYmbEB3uGuSCBv3JOnLErG68Wr9DrgyJGPj5i8bHh9VNQHNcq_3e6VPE6ILaHNb9mQmF/s1600-h/IMG_1487.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfop8NqjnpQdFcrZ7Tj_4GmpEBtiucV6ZW9RbzEUcFCKOa4ei86wIFkT8K5tCFYNdux4FJspjcYmbEB3uGuSCBv3JOnLErG68Wr9DrgyJGPj5i8bHh9VNQHNcq_3e6VPE6ILaHNb9mQmF/s200/IMG_1487.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266910064558936642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Okay, so it didn't magically end up in the pastry bag but that is the whole batch which I cut down four times because I didn't know how it was going to turn out. Directions then tell me to pipe them</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> onto parchment paper in quarter sized mounds.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWv67LEzfRuIAR89sjrOHhQDTSfXiqQ0LP5zyT-VZ-XPlNNFBqxQEjylC3AODCEcs_Cv3cwYhgQJx9ldv2L4N8Kxg7rcNJE006sEdBWD14jypw8OeM5XifSEGfE9tw6bt9hftB1zF7bTxf/s1600-h/IMG_1488.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWv67LEzfRuIAR89sjrOHhQDTSfXiqQ0LP5zyT-VZ-XPlNNFBqxQEjylC3AODCEcs_Cv3cwYhgQJx9ldv2L4N8Kxg7rcNJE006sEdBWD14jypw8OeM5XifSEGfE9tw6bt9hftB1zF7bTxf/s200/IMG_1488.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266911132730112770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nice. Not really. I'm not very trained with the piping but those are satisfactory to me! </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">All right... into the 350 degree Fahrenheit oven and bake for 10 minutes.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMkp9mVb3JeB5urM4cvgjqQ4XODd2y9O9q_wy0wDciv_PYy0cP4R1gzW20RE-u9GMRB4QyegWdotglAmv7IhAMPDjOW5AEkonOlq0EKZib8yqG9GKfoyqes_-a8ZJ6L9v0pnFwk1ETAQZ/s1600-h/IMG_1490.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMkp9mVb3JeB5urM4cvgjqQ4XODd2y9O9q_wy0wDciv_PYy0cP4R1gzW20RE-u9GMRB4QyegWdotglAmv7IhAMPDjOW5AEkonOlq0EKZib8yqG9GKfoyqes_-a8ZJ6L9v0pnFwk1ETAQZ/s200/IMG_1490.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266911915418775682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hollow macaroons... I don't think that's right. Well, that is the first batch. Let's try again.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERJxpipUTflaN-2cfehPUpBJ3P7BxC7BL4I6EaG4ptwg2tlaOKdIj6W82ub7lxNcN68_9gQQjspHJx_66j0AzTPncxKpOC4U896UT4hNSomeE8D_BlRTEuGoZ9zQO1YW3TKcybozlSMLY/s1600-h/IMG_1514.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERJxpipUTflaN-2cfehPUpBJ3P7BxC7BL4I6EaG4ptwg2tlaOKdIj6W82ub7lxNcN68_9gQQjspHJx_66j0AzTPncxKpOC4U896UT4hNSomeE8D_BlRTEuGoZ9zQO1YW3TKcybozlSMLY/s200/IMG_1514.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266912460154243922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hmmm... they're okay... They were a little chewy but I loved the strong almond flavor. It was my first time using almond paste and I'll definitely use it again. These not the macaroons I was hoping for but I do have another recipe for another day.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZWYIzI5lRC1dFE9UVi1zYKNnQ7Sa9mR4PyHoy1IfuoZTu2uJf9EX6tDeMzmjz4epQxH-OKApb9Kj4sivijil4psebSrF7sWyy5e4Mfwi6wL8gZegaTULiqkBsteyZdqlFDa_0yQ5bfV3/s1600-h/IMG_1516.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZWYIzI5lRC1dFE9UVi1zYKNnQ7Sa9mR4PyHoy1IfuoZTu2uJf9EX6tDeMzmjz4epQxH-OKApb9Kj4sivijil4psebSrF7sWyy5e4Mfwi6wL8gZegaTULiqkBsteyZdqlFDa_0yQ5bfV3/s200/IMG_1516.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266913118011327218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> By the way, my grandma attacked these and she was oh so satisfied.<br /><br />Here is the recipe I used. The recipe is already cut down and it makes about 40 macaroons.<br /><br />8 oz Almond paste<br />8 oz Sugar<br />3 oz Egg whites<br /><br />Blend all ingredients together. If the mixture is too stiff for a pastry bag use a little bit of egg whites to soften it.<br /><br />Try dipping these cookies in melted chocolate or white chocolate. They taste incredible.<br /></span></span>Kell's Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101795594932953163noreply@blogger.com0