I made these awhile back for a girl's night get together. They are super easy, not to mention super cute!
December 09, 2007
Lasagna Cupcakes
I made these awhile back for a girl's night get together. They are super easy, not to mention super cute!
December 03, 2007
Pumpkin Pecan
Pumpkin cheesecake, with gingersnap crust and a pecan strussel topping!
November 09, 2007
Peanut Butter and Chocolate!
Fall Treats
Carmel Apple Slices:
I doesn't get much simpler than this - sliced apples dipped in carmel and rolled in nuts. For a little variety, try drizzling chocolate on top!
Chocolate Mousse in Phyllo CupsI piped this homemade rich chocolate mousse into store bought phyllo cups.
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes:
As you know, i love cheesecake! And more than that - I love individual deserts! What better way to celebrate my love of these two things than combing them! Instead of a traditional crust, I just use store bought cookies as the crust (they are the perfect size!). I use gingersnaps for these, then made my pumpkin cheesecake and finished them off with a sour cream topping and a sprinkling of Cinnamon and nutmeg.Apple Spice Cheesecake:This a 6 inch cheesecake, so not quite full size, but not individual sized either. I made a gingersnap crust using crushed cookies and melted butter, then pressed into the pan. The cheesecake is a simple plain cheesecake with Cinnamon and nutmeg stirred in. I layered the cheesecake with thinly sliced apples that I cooked up on the stove with butter, sugar, and Cinnamon. After baking, I arranged more thinly sliced cooked apples on top and drizzled with the sugary butter syrup that was left over from cooking the apples.
Halloween Goodies
Dark chocolate and white chocolate crispy candies (think nestle crunch):
This basically entailed melting chocolate, stirring in little crispies (which I bought at my local candy/baking store, but I've seen them at craft stores, etc), placing a spoonful of the mixture into a mini cupcake wrapper, sticking a piece of candy corn on top. Super simple and super yummy!
Ghost and Bat Cookies:
I just used a simple butter cookie recipe, then melted up some dark and white chocolate with a small amount of oil and spread it on. The eyes are little orange sugar beads.
I packed up one of each in these adorable spider web bags (Martha Stewart Crafts of course!), punched two holes in the bags and tied them off with black ribbon. I made up the bat shaped gift tags in photoshop, punch a hole, and tied them on. They read: "Happy Haunting From Colleen"
Pumpkin Cakes (I made these for my company's Halloween party):
These little guys are pumpkin spice cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. I baked them in mini bundt cake pans (roughly the size of cupcakes - slightly larger). The steams are mini pretzel sticks, and the final product is placed into candy apple wrappers.
There's lots more to come, I promise!
October 01, 2007
Another Cheesecake
Eleyn's Wedding
So, here are a few (OK, a lot) of pictures of what I was up to this past weekend. My co-worker Eleyn got married, and I contributed these monogrammed cookies (atop cupcakes) for her desert buffet. The "E" is for Eleyn (the bride), and the "B" is for Ben (the groom). They are a simple butter cookie with a blue tinted royal icing (it doesn't look very blue in the picture, but I swear it is), and white buttercream for the letters. Most of the cupcakes were gobbled up before I could get a picture, hence why the plate looks so bare.
I also did all of her flowers. I love doing flowers, I wish I had more reasons to make bridal bouquets! This wedding was very simple. All blue and white.
For the centerpieces I did blue and white daisies. The groomsmen had blue carnation boutonnieres. And the bridesmaids had matching blue and and white carnation bouquets. The groom got a white double white rose bout.And the brides bouquet was made with small white roses and white lillies.