Fashionable Cake

So this week has been busy busy to say the least!  I am working quickly to get the etsy shop up with fondant pieces to accessorize your store bought & homemade cakes along with other sweet & creative things!

I have been doing utilizing this idea since last summer when we were on vacation and I needed a cake for my husbands birthday and I knew I would not be able to bake one myself.  I did know that I would be able to make fondant pieces prior to leaving on vacation to take with me to decorate a cake that a bakery simply dirty iced for me!  Check out the photos from my husband's 40th birthday last summer to see.

So with that and what was shown a few weeks ago from the Fresh Chick, I will be opening a shop with Fondant Pieces for you to dress up a bakery cake, store bought or a cake you simply bake yourself!

I will have very unique and fun pieces for everyone to take advantage of semi-decorating your cake!

Until then here is a sweet fashionable cake I was able to do for a fantastic tween this weekend!  Inspired by the legendary Barbie herself!  I am also on a shabby chic vintage kick with preparing for a shabby chic tea party in the upcoming weeks.  I love the look of this cake with the icing and fondant pieces.......

Peace, Love & Cakes~


Stacy

Coming Soon! An Etsy Shop!

Exciting News!  Coming very soon!  I will have an Etsy shop open!  Currently, you can email me @ stacyk17@comcast.net for services!


In the mean time, recently my friend Rebecca from Fresh Chick Design Studio on behalf of Project Nursery did a Easter decorating class at Pottery Barn Kids.  


She asked me to create fondant sugar cookies & fondant pieces which will soon be in my shop!  She has sent me her printables and you can see the simple & sweet things below that I made.  


See what Rebecca did with the Fondant accessories I created for her to turn a $9 simple frosted cake~

{FONDANT PIECES}

{CAKE BEFORE}

Photo via Project Nursery

{CAKE AFTER}

So cute!   Simple & Easy!!!

Here are is another photo from the event & the children's table that she set with the personalized bunny cookies I created (will soon be in the shop ;)), these cookies are perfect for place setting markers or in your child's Easter basket!

As soon as the shop is launched I will announce it via Facebook!

Here are a few other pictures of the Springtime Easter Cookies to enjoy!

photo via Project Nursery

Thank you again Rebecca for including me in such a fabulous event!   Looking forward to many more my friend!  Click over to Project Nursery for the full post & more pictures!

Thank you & looking forward to doing business with you!

Photo Credits from the Event~ Apple Velvet Photography 
Large Bunny & Carrot Cookies in the center piece ~  Casey Confections

Peace, Love & Sweets~


Stacy

Fat Tuesday ideas! Doughnuts or Donuts~

Fat Tuesday is quickly approaching!  How do you celebrate?  I asked yesterday on my Facebook page and a few told me that they celebrate with Doughnuts or Faschnauts or Paczki's which are all basically some form of a doughnut!  

image via www.examiner.com

Doughnuts are in full swing in stacking & serving them in different ways! I thought it would be fun to share!  


 Here is a picture from an Oktoberfest I did back in the beginning of October last year at a local street fair celebration and stacked chocolate doughnuts along side my cupcakes which where a huge hit.  

The Superchick from Celebrate today the Superchick way stacked doughnuts on a CAKE for her daughters birthday!  Yum!

Photo via www.celebrate2da.com

Remember the winter wonderland cookies I made for Pam from Party Starters? Along side of them she  served doughnuts and placed them in cupcake liners which is a super sweet idea!

photo via www.facebook.com

My friend Kim from The Tomkat Studio just styled sweet girl party ideas for HGTV and created a doughnut cake too!

photo via www.thetomkatstudio.com

Are you hungry yet?  Are you ready for Fat Tuesday?  I know I am!  I'm planning to serve up a few different types of doughnuts for the family and I can't wait!


Peace, Love & Doughnuts~


Stacy  

Brownie & Heath bar crunch infused Cupcakes

Brownie & Heath bar crunch Infused Cupcakes

My daughter and her basketball team had their last game this week and I wanted to bring them a scrumptious ending to a great season.  These girls are my biggest fans when it comes to my cupcakes.  You have to love being around them and hearing across the recess yard or down the halls "Mrs. Brennan your cupcakes are the best!" or "Mrs. Brennan when are you making cupcakes & cookies for us"  to me that is priceless and makes it all worth it!  

These cupcakes as one Mom noted "definitely worth the calories"!  Away we go here is what you need & do~

What you need~

Your favorite cake & brownie batters

Bag of Hershey's Heath Bar Crunch Bits

Muffin Pan

Cupcake Liners

Piping bag and large tip

A little of self control when they are finished it is hard to eat just one!

What to do~  

Preheat your oven to 350 

Prepare the batters in separate bowls & fill the cupcake pan with liners

Fill a piping bag with prepared brownie mix

Fill each cup with a heaping TBSP of cupcake batter ( to cover the bottom)

Pipe in brownie mix into each one like so~

Sprinkle the Heath Bar Crunch over the brownie mix (I just used a generous pinch for each one)

Cover each cup with cupcake batter until 2/3 full

Bake for 20 mins

Let cool and top with your favorite buttercream!  I used my basic vanilla and did not use a lot. The cupcake was if I don't say amazingly scrumptious!  

A perfect Scrumptious Ending to a great basketball season for sure!

Peace, Love & Infused Cupcakes~

Stacy

{Scrumptious Ending} Puff Pastry, Strawberries & Ice Cream

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's 

how ever you decided to celebrate it!  

We enjoyed this dessert last night but honestly is a perfect & a scrumptious ending for any occasion!  It is also, most importantly so simple and looks & tastes fantastic when it is served!

Here is what you need & what to do~ 

Heart or any cookie cutter shape~ at least 4-5 inches
Box or more of puff pastry found in your stores freezer section~ I use Pepperidge Farms brand
Ice Cream
Fresh Strawberries
Hershey's Heath Toffee Bits
Hershey's Chocolate to melt and drizzle on top
Confectioners Sugar

Thaw your pastry sheets according to the package, when thawed cut out the shapes you wish and bake.  Let them cool. When you are ready to serve, split carefully your pastry, slice your strawberries & melt your chocolate.  Arrange as pictured below ( I also sprinkled the strawberries with a bit of confectioners sugar too ;) for extra sweetness)

Enjoy!  It is so scrumptious & easy I promise!!

Peace, Love & Scrumptious Endings~ 


Stacy

Last minute Class Valentine's

A little less then 24 hours to get your son or daughter's class Valentine's together, I wanted to share what I did for my 3 1/2 year old daughter's class last Thursday!  

I wanted to have Emma be involved in getting her Valentine's together so I printed a few different freebies that I found on some sites and had her choose~ she wanted "Oh Pretty one's" and chose these perfectly simple & pretty tags that my friend Kim from The TomKat Studio offered, you can download yours here~ If you visit The Tomkat page she has a few other freebies too~

We filled them with sugar cookies, I punched both the tag and my glassine bags from Fort & Field with my heart hole punch, signed Emma's name on the back and tied them with my red twine from The Twinery!  Her and I also made a cute little bag for her to bring her treat bags into her very 1st school Valentine party and she joyfully brought the Valentine's she received home in the decorate bag too! 

Perfect, Sweet & "Pretty" Valentine's ~

Now off to help my 11yr old make hers ;), she is baking these snicker brownie bites for her class but she would also like to buy her Valentine's....can't complain, I am happy she is baking her friends all treats!!  

Peace, Love & Kid's Valentines~

Stacy

{Recipe} Brownie Snicker Bites with Toasted Marshmallow

Happy Friday!

Just in time to celebrate Valentine's~ an easy but oh so 

Scrumptious Ending dessert for you to prepare!!

Here is what you need~

Your favorite Brownie Mix

2 King Size Snicker Bars

Jar of Fluff

Mini Muffin Pan

Non-stick spray

Kitchen Torch

I made these addicting chocolate treats last weekend, I was going back and forth with whether to top it off with vanilla ice cream or buttercream.  Then the other day, I had the pleasure of relaxing for an hour when the Martha Stewart Chocolate Show was airing when I got the "ah-ha" of what to top the snicker brownie bites with....MARSHMALLOW!!  She made a chocolate marshmallow cake.  There are many recipes from that show you have to take a peek, I plan on preparing the chocolate creme brulee on Sunday for our family Valentine's dinner...yum, yum, yum! I can't wait, but back to these brownie snicker bites!!!  

Mix the brownie mix according to the box.  Spray the mini muffin pan with non stick spray very generously.  Bake for about 14 minutes.  While they are baking cut up the snicker bars, if you buy the king size cut each piece into 6.  Like so~

Take the brownies out of the oven (you do not want them to be baked all the way through) pop the snicker pieces gently into the tops of each brownie.  Like pictured above~ put back into the oven for 3 minutes.

The brownies will need to cool for at least an hour in the pan to set.  After that time, gently remove them with a knife around the edges.  

You can do 2 things either make your own marshmallow (find the recipe here) or use Fluff.  Spoon the marshmallow into a piping bag and pie the marshmallow onto the tops.  Make heart shapes if you wish.  

Finish them off with your kitchen torch, hold it about 3 inches away and toast.  

If you don't have a torch, place them under your broiler for a few minutes or enjoy as is without toasting.  

Let it cool for a few minutes and ENJOY!!   I dare you to eat just one ;)!!  

A Scrumptious Ending to any day!!  

Try it this weekend, 

you will happy you did!!  

Peace, Love & Brownie Snicker Bites~

Stacy