Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Strawberry Topped Cupcakes

Hello to all! It's been a while as well since I joined in Foodie Friday with Michael on Designs by Gollum, so I'm really glad that I have something delicious to share!

Every year starting in Fall, we hit the library and grab seasonal story books. I read to my children out loud, going back to cuddling and reading 101.

Well, my kids and read I this book called "Cook-a-doodle-do!" The author fashioned it after the story of the Little Red Hen where the character is a great grandson of Little Red.

With the help of his friends, a pot-bellied pig, iguana and a turtle, they managed to bake a beautiful Strawberry Shortcake!

So we printed the recipe written on the back page, but when it came to it, we didn't have the flour that it called for. So...

We found a regular cake mix and we turned them into cupcakes. We chopped up some strawberries and floated them on top of some Redi-Whip! Yum!


That is my hubby's cool hands. I had to quickly snap it up before he ate his cupcake. He loves strawberries on whipped cream!
And this one's mine... Oh, it was worth the wait from taking pictures. (I think they're both a bit grainy because I was not paying attention to the setting, I was too busy imagining how delicious they would be! LOL)

Love ya for stopping by! Time to eat over at your blog.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Come see Cielo's Cookie Parade!


I am participating in Cielo's (House In The Roses) Chocolate Cookie Parade today!

Watch out for mine, ok? It's called, "Chocolate Chocolate Chip"- it's so good, you have to say it twice! :-) I followed her recipe on a previous post, but tweaked it a bit. I used my Asian "Blossom" serveware because it set off the chocolate cookies very well. Plus, I wanted to show you the intricate detail of each piece.

At Cielo's this picture came out so much bigger and more attractive. I love it!



I've never come across white Agaphantus as bouquet flowers before, but it looks so majestic all on its own... Thought I'd give you a closer look.



Here, let me bring the cookies closer to you; I want you to enjoy each bite...



I hope you enjoyed enough to keep you smiling all the way to Cielo's... Have fun at the party!

TABLESCAPING IDEA: (Sometimes, "Brain" just blows me away with all these ideas!) Just like Cielo, call up your friends and ask them to bring one dessert to share and swap. Set up your table buffet style with many heights and place each dessert as the ultimate centerpiece. Next to the stack of beautiful plates, plastic or ceramic, a stack of Chinese take out boxes for all to use as take home favors housing all the different samples from your get-together! I love this idea!

Make sure to come back here and tell me how my cookie and vignette looked on her blog. I'd love to hear from all of you who peeked at Cielo's!

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