This gingerbread house is one of my favorites. Actually, probably my very favorite. It was inspired by a trip my husband and I took to Europe. This was before we had kids and we were strolling down the beautiful cobblestone walkways and browsing through all of the shops. We were in Germany and came across a beautiful little clock shop where I saw a gorgeous cuckoo clock that resembled this one.
This sweet little gingerbread house is all about the chocolate decorations. I like using chocolate molds when I can to add details to projects. I found a gingerbread accessories mold and it was the perfect thing to use to add some charm to this house.
This super sweet gingerbread cottage features a candy roof, heart shaped windows, peppermint stick trim, tiny gingerbread people, and billowy puffs of royal icing accenting every corner. I definitely appreciate a good traditional gingerbread house with all of the classic elements, and that’s what I was going for with this one!
These cookies remind me of all the fun summer brings: sandy days at the beach, lounging by the pool, drippy ice cream cones, scorching hot sidewalks, and plenty of sun.
This cake was for a Mexican themed 40th birthday for our great friend, Brendan. A few weeks before the party I got a call from his wife and she told me that she wanted a Tapatio cake. Believe it or not, at the time, I had never even tried Tapatio, and it was completely off of my radar. I had been wanting to make a cake with edible succulents, and I thought with the Mexican theme, this would be the perfect opportunity. I just needed to come up with a design using both the bottle and the succulents.
One of my favorite trees is the Dogwood tree. They have the most beautiful delicate blossoms and I love seeing them in bloom. Even though the gorgeous blossoms will only last for so long, you can enjoy these dainty Dogwood cupcakes year round! These little chocolate Dogwood blossoms are the perfect size for topping a cupcake, and floral decorations work for so many different occasions. I think these would be lovely with white frosting for a rustic wedding cupcake tower. As always I am a big fan of making chocolate decorations because they are tasty and can be made in advance, so on the days leading up to to your event all you have to worry about is perfecting your cupcake recipe and frosting.
Don’t be alarmed that these teddy bears don’t have any faces! They are decorate-a-teddy-bear cookies, and are mean’t to be decorated with edible food pens. Ever since I decided to throw my son a teddy bear picnic party, I have been crazy about teddy bears. I thought these cookies would make a fun project for the kids to decorate at the party, and I really like that they can be made in advance and frozen. I made all of the teddy bear cookies in advance and froze them completely decorated. At party time, it was a cinch to pull them out and let them thaw. These cookies are guaranteed to bring a smile to your party guests, and even the parents will enjoy getting in on the decorating action!
This is my little baby boy’s 1st birthday cake. I made some curtains for his nursery out of an adorable fabric by Michael Miller called Retro Rocket Rascals, and I just couldn’t get enough of it, so I decided it would also be the theme for his first birthday. The white decorations on this cake…
My son just turned two, and we had a teddy bear picnic themed party to celebrate! I wanted to make some extra special treats for the kids, and thought teddy bear cake pops would be perfect! I don’t have much experience with cake pops, so I stuck to the basics. I used store bought cake mix and frosting because I was short on time, and didn’t know how difficult this project would be. It turns out that cake pops are pretty easy and fun to make, so next time I won’t hesitate to branch out with different flavors and frostings.
