Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Hello Kitty Cake Pops


There's not a whole to stay about these! They are simply cute Hello Kitty Cake Pops, alternating with pink sprinkled cake pops!

Here's the tutorial I found!
http://www.bakerella.com/here-kitty-kitty/

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

Delicious chocolate chip pumpkin bread for breakfast, dessert, or anytime! And it's perfect for the Thanksgiving season! 

Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yields: 2- 3 loaves



Ingredients:

3 cups white sugar
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp baking soda
1.5 tsp salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)



Directions:

1. Begin by preheating the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour your 9x5 bread pans.
2. Combine the following ingredients: sugar, pumpkin, oil, water, and eggs and then beat until well combined. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the pumpkin batter and mix until smooth.
3. Add your chocolate chips or nuts at this time.
4. Bake your loaves for 1 hour. Test the bread to make sure it's done. Cool the bread on a cookie rack.




This recipe was adapted from All Recipes.
View the original recipe here.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-chip-pumpkin-bread/

Thanks!

Thursday, November 14, 2013

2013 Holiday Give Away: Christmas Light Cookie Cutter

Hello everyone! To get into the holiday spirit, I have decided to do several give a ways this season! The first give away is a brand new, super cute, Christmas cookie cutter. It's a little Christmas lightbulb! However, you could turn it upside down and make a super cute snowman face. The bulb part would be the snowman face and the "electrical part" could be the snowman hat! And I think you could even make bowling pins out of it too! (It's too bad that I didn't buy one for myself. I guess I'll have to go back and get another one).

The Rules: To be entered to win, simply sign up to follow our blog; one winner will be chosen from our blog followers. The winner will be announced on Black Friday - Friday, November 29, 2013. Please make sure to check back so that we can get the winner's shipping information! 

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 Stay tuned for more holiday giveaways! 
Thanks for visiting! 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Mustaches, Ties, and Little Boy Baby Showers

Mustache and tie cookies for a little boys baby shower! Thanks to Megan Cusic for taking the artsy photograph!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

What can you do if you can't find a Ninja Turtle Cookie Cutter?

 (Updated: 1-23-14)   Here is the website that sells TMNT cookie cutters. Just click the link and you can buy your cookie cutter! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cookie Cutters

So if you still want other ideas about what to do for TMNT cookies,  here are they are.

It has come to my attention that you can't get that Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle cookie cutter from WarpZone anymore. And so, I thought I would post some pictures of cookies that you can make  without a TMNT cookie cutter. Hope this helps! I found all of these cookies on Pinterest - plus, they are all being sold by people on Etsy, so you could always order them on Etsy as well! I'm posting the links to their cookies as well.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/122638959/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles

This lady is using other cookie cutters to get this effect. I'm thinking that you could use a balloon cookie cutter and turn it sideways, and have the balloon tails be the TMNT mask tails. Or you could possibly use a fish cookie cutter and turn it on its side for the same effect.




https://www.etsy.com/listing/161182737/handmade-and-decorated-teenage-mutant

This picture does show the TMNT cookie cutter that I used, but it also shows the pizza, numbers,  and sewer cover cookies that you could make.





http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b8/77/a4/b877a47da6b8b74341e2041a0dddbbd8.jpg

You could ice your square cookie, cut out the Ninja Turtle face on paper, and then trace that image onto the white iced cookie. Or you could pin prink the outside edge with a pin onto the iced cookie.



Good luck!





Saturday, November 9, 2013

Teenage Mutant Ninja Cookie Tutorial


I bought the cookie cutter from WarpZone. Here's a direct link to the TMNT cookie cutter that goes along with this tutorial. TMNT cookie cutter

Well, it's finally here! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Cookie Tutorial that I have been meaning to post for about a month. First we moved, and then we had to move again. (And moving two times in two weeks, just really wore me out). I'm starting to get some energy back and so here is the tutorial that I know some of you have been waiting for. Enjoy!


 Here are all the Americolor gel colors that I used on my cookies. The color on the bottom row, in the middle, is pink.



I decided to break off the tail of the mask. I knew that it would break off in the cookie bags. So I decided to go without. Although, they are super cute with the tail.



To get started, outline the face, the mask, and the eyes.



 Now outline the mouth in black. 



Choose your color for the mask and fill the mask in. 



You are ready to flood your cookie with green royal icing. After that, fill in the white for the eyes. Remember to let the white dry for several hours. Then fill in the black for the eyes. And don't forget to add a little black mark under the eyes and to the side. That mark is important because it helps define the turtles face.



So I decided that I didn't like the mouth that I put on the turtles earlier, so I filled the mouth in with green and just did my own little mouth. It doesn't look quite as ninja turtley, but that's ok. They served their purpose well in Kindergarten.


Yummy cookies for yummy kids!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Cake & Candy Supply Store Directory in the U.S.

Have you ever noticed that it's hard to find Cake Supply stores in your area? I don't really know why that is - but it's true. It's always hard to find a cake supply shop. Over the years, and in my travels, I found lots of amazing cake shops! And so I have decided to start a Cake & Cake Supply Store Directory, listed by State! IF YOU HAVE A STORE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ADD TO THE LIST, PLEASE SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING INFO: Name of store, Phone number, Address of Store, as well as a web address if the store has one and store hours. So here we go!



Alabama

Louise's Cakes & Things
1694 Montgomery Highway
Hoover, Alabama 35216
205-823-6799
www.cakes-n-things.com

Helms Cake Supply
966 S. Park Ave
Dothan, AL 36301
334-793-8291

Florida

Sweet Life Cake and Candy Supply
http://sweetlifecakesupply.com/

Georgia

Cake Art Party Store
3744 Lawrenceville Hwy
Tucker, GA 30084
770-493-1305
www.cakeart.com

Party Shop og Gainsville
300 Pearl Nix Parkway
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-534-0554
http://www.partyshopga.com/


Indiana

Ba's Kitchen Konnection
416 N. Main Street
Evansville, Indiana 47711
812-464-3003
Open: Tuesday - Friday: 9-5 pm
Saturday: 9-3 pm

Mrs. B's Sweet Supplies
6124 W. 25th Street
Speedway, IN 46224
317-347-9604
www.msbssweetsupplies.com
Open: Monday-Friday: 9:30-6 pm
Saturday: 9:30-2:30 pm

Kentucky

Bryant's Cake and Candy Supplies
7105 Fegenbush Lane
Louisville, KY 40228
502-231-4453
www.bryantscakeandcandy.com
Open: Monday - Friday: 8-6:30 pm
Saturday: 8-5 pm

Louisville Cake and Candy Supply
7317 St. Andrews Church Rd.
Louisville, KY 40214
502-368-9600
www.louisvillecakeandcandysupply.com
Open: Tuesday - Friday: 10-6:30 pm
Saturday: 10-2 pm

Maysville Cake and Candy Supply
2 East 3rd Street
Maysville, KY 41056
606-564-9050

Louisiana

Virginia's Cake Supplies
4311 L. Theriot Rd.
New Iberia, Louisiana 70560
337-364-6463
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginias-Cake-Supplies/240143386133637?rf=127993467246967


Maryland

Annapolis Cake and Candy Supply
2133 Defense Hwy. Suite 2
Crofton, Maryland
443-292-4788
www.annapoliscakeandcandysupply.com

Cake and Wedding Cottage
Belair Beltway Plaza
7670 Belair Road
Baltimore, MD 21236
410-529-0200
www.cakeandweddingcottage.com


Kake Kraft Korner
7219 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard  
Glen Burnie, MD 21061-2705 
410-761-0485
www.baltimorecakeandcandysupplies.com

The Little Bitts Shop
11244 Triangle Lane
Wheaton, MD 20902
301-933-2733
www.littlebittsshopmd.com


Missouri

Karen Ann's Supplies
11553 Gravois Rd. St.
Louis, MO 63126
314-842-0886
www.karenannsupplies.com
Open: Monday - Friday: 10-6
Saturday: 10-5

Toots' Cake and Candy Supplies
1915 North Bell East
Belleville, IL 62221
618-277-7373
www.tootscakecandysupply.com
Open: Monday - Thursday: 10-6
Friday: 10-7
Saturday: 9-2


North Carolina

Cake Supplies 4 U
www.cakesupplies4u.com

North Carolina Paper Company
114 West Main Street
Clayton NC, 27520
919-553-3313
www.ncpaperco.com
Open: Monday - Friday:  8-5
Saturday: 9-12 pm

Ohio

Cincinnati Cake and Candy Supplies
1785 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45215
www.cincicakeandcandy.com
Open: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10-6
Thursday: 10-7
Saturday: 9-4

Tennessee

Sweet Wise
2416 Music Valley Drive Suite 155
Nashville, TN 37214
615-874-1445
www.sweetwise.com


Utah
  
Goodies Cake Decorating and Candy Making Supplies
151 North Main Street 
Spanish Fork, UT 84660 US
801-592-4362
www.goodiescakesupplies.com


Virginia

Baker's Kitchen
3503 Courthouse Road
Richmond, VA 23236
804-745- 0441
www.bakerskitchen.com/
Open: Tuesday-Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed

Beryls
5520 Hempstead Way
Springfield, VA 22151
703-256-6951
www.beryls.com

Cake Candy Craft Supplies, Inc
Briarwood Business Center
18478 Forest Road, Suite 12
Forest VA 24551
434-316-0065
www.cakecandycraftsupplies.com/
Open:  Monday - Friday 10- 6
Saturday (September - April) 10-2

Fran's Cake and Candy Supplies
10927 Main St Fairfax, VA 22030
703-352-1471
www.franscakeandcandysupplies.com/
Sunday and Monday: Closed Tues,
Wed, Fri, Sat: 10:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m
Thurs: 10:00 a.m - 8:00 p.m

Party Cakes 'n Things
1352 Fordham Dr. Ste. 104
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
757- 420-5628
www.partycakesnthings.com
Open: Monday - Friday: 10-6
Saturday: 9-3

Simply Sweet
4413 Plank Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
540-786-7584
http://simplysweet2001.com/
Open: Monday-Friday: 10-6
Saturday: 10-4

West Virginia

Celebrations Etc.
518 D. Street
Charleston, WV 25303
304-744-8854

Vicky's
290 E Main St # C
Milton, WV 25541
304-743-3972