Trevor's 6th Birthday!

My baby is turning 6 on August 30! We had his birthday party this past weekend and it was crazy! 26 kids for a swimming party at my parents house. Wow. Bless my parents. It turned out great - wonderful weather even though I was worried it was going to be too cold with the cooler air that had moved in. And no injuries which makes it a success in my book! 

This year Trevor opted for a police theme. Worked for me! I made police badges, cars and mini cars. The kids got them in the favor bag to take home.

And I decided to make a police cake. It was funfetti - per Trevor's request on the flavor. I bought a new car cake pan - had to order it off the Internet and made 2. My friend, Ali, helped me decorate it. we decided to keep it simple and didn't get as elaborate on the decorations as I was originally thinking I might have to be. I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out and it was easy.

 I was the most proud that the cake came out of the pan with no problem! That is always what you worry about, but I greased and floured the pan really well. I cheated and used a box mix - which of course tasted great. And I had to use 1.5 boxes to fill the pan. There is more cake in that little car than you think!

 

Trevor would have been happy if I had let him have a taste prior to his party goers arriving, but I made him hold off. 

 

 And here is the crazy bunch of kids that were at the party. I got my picture although it was NOT easy. The kids swam, had cake and Popsicles, a pinata and a Balloon artist came. It was a very fun party and the kids had a blast.

Haven't been baking or making cookies lately. Just no time. Between baseball games and practices, getting things settled in Trevor's new school, soccer practices soon to start, working - with the new added element today of my employer being bought out meaning no idea what is going on with my job.....I really don't know whether I'm coming or going most of the times. Life seems to be more demanding lately. All is good, just hasn't left much time for cookies! I guess we all go through stages of that. Not really sure when I will be back to baking.....probably not for a few weeks!

Happy Baking, 

Jen

Elvis Presley Cake

This is a recipe I got off Pinterest and it is WONDERFUL and very easy to make. The picture doesn't do it justice really. I'm not sure why it's called Elvis Presley cake, so if you know, enlighten me!

You can find the recipe on allrecipes.com here. It uses a white cake mix with pineapple and sugar on top. The icing is cream cheese, powered sugar and pecans. Simply amazing and you can make this in no time!

Happy Baking. 

Jen

Happy 21st!

An event to remember! Your 21st Birthday! And what is the most fun about this milestone? Well, finally being legal to do some of the things you already do!

Thought this assortment was fun for a friends step daughter ! The shoe was inspired by my amazing friend Amalia from Cookie Construction. You can check out her amazing cookies on her blog here. She is fabulous! The most talented person I know!

Happy Birthday Taylor!

Enjoy!

Happy Baking, Jen

Summer Fun

I've been busy making some summer cookies. Just some things that say "fun to me". 

 I have always wanted to make a fruit assortment with all my cookie cutters! Thought summer was the perfect time to do this!

Happy Baking, 

Jen

Ole!

Repeat customers are always very flattering to me! Makes me feel good that they ordered once and were pleased and decided to come back! These were parting gifts for a Mexican party with a pepper and cactus in each bag. She had seen these on my Facebook page that I had done earlier this year. I really liked doing the chili peppers with all the details and bright colors!

Ole!

Happy Baking, 

Jen

Angry Birds Crash the Party

Angry Birds are all the rage right now! More so I think with kids even. Trevor loves to play the game on anyone's phone....I know better than to keep it on mine or I would never get my phone back!

Trevor's buddy from school, Parker, had an Angry Birds party and I was asked to make cookies. Figuring out which cookie cutters to use for each bird and the pig took some creativity on my part. All in all I was pleased with my attempt on them. They weren't the easiest to do and they were quite detailed. The beaks were the hardest part in my opinion.

 The pig shape was made from a bunny head with the ears cut off a bit.

I used an balloon cookie cutter for the red angry bird.

 Above is Trevor and Parker at his party! I think they all liked the cookies. I had fun making these! Something new and different for me.
Happy Baking, 

Jennifer

Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

If you like Peanut Butter like I do, then these cupcakes are for you. I found there here. On Ming Makes Cupcakes website Cupcake 17. Very easy and very tasty. I even used lower fat peanut butter and they were tasty.

 The frosting has peanut butter in it so you can't do much decorating with it - pretty thick to spread on. But with a big glass of milk, these are perfect!

 Trevor enjoyed them too!

Happy Baking!

Jen