I’m not normally an impulse buyer. Truth be told, I’m not much for spending money. Especially when it’s not on my shopping list. I just couldn’t resist grabbing those Heath Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits when grocery shopping this past weekend though. They looked like milk chocolatey toffee goodness, all crushed up into bite size pieces just waiting for me to
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I don’t like Halloween. There, I said it. I never have. Even in my younger years I didn’t care much for it. I’ve never liked my food to look like eyeballs, vomit, zombie brains, or anything else unappetizing for that matter; and dressing up to pretend to be someone or something that I’m not always just made me feel ridiculous. In fact,
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Want an easy peanut butter cookie with a delicious Hershey Kiss in the center? Well then here is a recipe just for you! First start with these 3 simple ingredients: That’s 1 Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter, 1 Cup Sugar, and 1 Egg. Dump them all in a bowl, And mix it all up. Form them into small balls, place on
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Looking for a quick and easy dessert? Well do I have a treat for you! This simple yet delicious dessert calls for only 3 ingredients. Yes. That’s right. Only 3! Yellow Cake mix, Sierra Mist, and Cherry Pie Filling to be exact. Of course the yellow cake mix can be substituted for white, and the
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When you have a sweet tooth attack, what do you do? When you love chocolate and peanut butter, what do you do? When you feel like having a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup but don’t have one handy, what do you do? You make a Chocolate Peanut Butter cake. That’s what you do. So how do you go about making the
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So I’ll admit, my gumpaste blogging efforts have been at a standstill. Partly because I waited so long for my ingredients to arrive, and partly because life got ahead of me; but to be quite frank, it’s mostly because the sugar flowers became a source of frustration and I just had to take a step back. Perhaps it was the
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The long awaited arrival of my package is finally here! Now that I have all the ingredients to start experimenting with various gumpaste recipes, it’s time to get to work… Share on Facebook
Share on FacebookDelivery for the gumpaste ingredients are still a day away from arrival. While I have been impatiently waiting for the UPS man, my time has been filled flipping through The Confetti Cakes Cookbook: Spectacular Cookies, Cakes, and Cupcakes from New York City’s Famed Bakery. I absolutely love this book. It is chock-full of great decorating tips and ideas. The book
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So as not to have a lapse in my blogging efforts, I thought I would give an update on my quest for the perfect gumpaste. Purchasing ingredients has become a bit more cumbersome than expected. I was not able to locally locate gum tragacanth or tylose powder. I was however able to pick up some Gum-tex which is a thickening
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My mind is made up. I am determined. I will mix and knead as much as necessary in order to develop the perfect gumpaste recipe. In the past I have been so eager to shape, dry, and dust my sugar flowers that I would skimp over the most crucial task of getting the right texture and consistency of my gumpaste;
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