catching up on all those yummy desserts....

this is a cake i did for sabrina too give too one of her friends for a friendiversary cake

this was a basic cake i was asked too do for a lady at my dads work

these are chocolate cupcakes with a fresh orange icing.

these are chocolate cupcakes with a mint fudge icing.

This is my favorite cake so far :) elmo! the nose is made of rice crispies and the rest is cake. i covered the eyes in fondant and the nose in fondant and the rest is piped. i think it turned out pretty good if i do say so myself.

Fairy princess cake!

Here are the pictures! :) hope you enjoy if you have any question just ask.

so here is the picture of just the fairy before all the stuff gets added on it is a marble cake covered in fondant.

here is both the bottom flower and the fairy both covered in fondant

this is the finished cake.

this is just the bottom before the painting got done.

my cakes

okay so sense my last post I have done a few cakes... okay so saturday I made a cake that looked like sushi and well sorry to say I didn't take a picture. I know what the heck was i thinking?! but I will be doing alot better about it okay? But this last wednesday Sis. Fugal (a lady in my ward) made this beautiful cake. she baked the cake and what not and all I did was the fondant but I think I did a good job on the fondant? what do you think? well i'm going to be trying a bunch of cakes and now that I found my camera I will be taking pictures of everything! I will be posting the pictures of the cake Sis. Fugal and i did. ASAP. and please comment on the things you like and if you have any questions or comments K?

Now I tried Frosting.

So My Mom Was showing me how to do all these things with frosting. I think i did a good Job considering I Just started...

Bows and ribbons 

 

  

Leafs i don't think it looks too bad.

 

  

shells and stars and zigzags and stuff.

 

  

  

My roses don't look too bad concedering It is the first few times i have ever done them...

 

Fun With Fondant

Fun with Fondant

so I decided i wanted to try to make some flowers with some fondant and gum paste... well the only thing is I really don't like the gum paste so far it is just so much harder to mold. so far the only up side I see is that it dries alot quicker so I'm going to now add some pictures of my first ones. they aren't too hard with fondant but it takes like 24 hours for them too dry.

 

These flowers were quick to make and way cute.

 
 

These daises are SO cute and also fun and easy to make.

 

This daffodil is so freaking cute. and it was a little more complicated then i thought but I think it turned out pretty good.

 

<- this is the side view

-> this is the top view


These Tulips are just a step harder i think but man aren't they cute?!

 

  

These are my Roses I think they turned out well for my first tries. I love this one that i took separate.

DESSERT #2 Kneader's Eclairs

These kneaders eclairs where so amazingly yummy!!! You make the eclair dough and put it in a piping bag and make them 1" by 3" in length. cook. let cool then stick a chop stick or something like it in one end moving slightly back and forth to brake center free then fill another pipping bag filled with pudding mixture. put the end in that small hole you just made in your eclair and fill. those are the only tips i can think of... any questions go ahead and ask.

Kneader's Eclairs

INGREDIENTS FOR CHOUX



½ cup unsalted butter

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. sugar

5 large eggs or 1 liquid cup

½ tsp. salt

1 cup water



Preheat oven to 425 degrees



1.Combine water, butter, sugar, salt in a medium sauce pan over medium

high heat.

2. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat.

3. Stir in flour. Incorporate and return to heat.

4. Stir constantly for 4 minutes or until mixture pulls away from the sides and forms a film on the bottom of the pan.

5. Transfer to a mixing bowl with paddle attachment.

6. Mix on low speed for 2 minutes, and slightly cooled.

7. Add eggs slowly in four equal parts. Allowing to incorporate after each part. Add next part and repeat. The batter will be smooth and shiny.

8. Immediately pipe with a pastry bag, no tip.

9. Decrease oven to 350 and bake for 25 – 30 minutes until golden brown.

10. Turn off oven, prop door open and allow to dry. 15-20 minutes

INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING:



One large box vanilla pudding.

Make as directed and allow to cool



1 cup Cool Whip

Fold above ingredients together in a medium size-mixing bowl.

Refrigerate.



INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE GANACHE



½ cup heavy cream



4 oz semi sweet baking chocolate

Chop chocolate into small pieces and put in small bowl and set aside.

Heat cream slowly in a small saucepan until warm to the touch.

Pour cream over chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is melted.

Stir until smooth.

ASSEMBLE ÉCLAIR



1. Break any walls inside of choux with a wooden skewer.

Fill baked choux with pudding mixture using a pastry bag and tip 230.

3. Dip top half of éclair into chocolate ganache.

4. Set on top of wire rack to dry.

5. Serve immediately.

This is such an amazing recipe just give it a try fallow this recipe word by word and it will turn out amazing!!!

DESSERT #1 Kneader's Sugar Cookies

Okay so i have started going threw my cookbook and this is my first one so far

It is the kneaders sugar cookies. i got the recipe from good things utah here it is if you want it... it is so yummy... oh the frosting is my own recipe it is not the one on this recipe...

Kneaders Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS:



2 cups butter

2 ¼ cups sugar

4 large eggs

1 cup milk

7 ¾ cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp lemon flavor

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp nutmeg

1 Tbsp honey

1. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.

2. Add eggs, then milk. Scrape the sides of the bowl often.

3. Stir in remaining ingredients. Dough will be soft and sticky.

4. Place dough on well floured pastry cloth or workspace.

5. Knead in just enough flour to make dough workable. Dough will be very soft. It is best to knead with a rolling motion so you have a smooth surface and you will not get cracks on the tops of your cookies.

6. Gently roll out to 3/8 inch thick.

7. Cut into desired shapes and place on baking sheet lined with parchment.

8. Bake at 325 for 10-12 minutes or until just the edges barely start to change colors. Makes approx. 4 dozen.

Icing

4 ½ cups powdered sugar

4 Tbsp corn syrup

3 Tbsp milk

¼ tsp lemon flavor

1. Mix together all ingredients until smooth.

Dip cookie in icing and smooth with side of palm of hand. Let set. Decorate with icing, chocolate chips, candy, coconut etc.

So it has been a while.....

so it has been a while sense i blogged but i figure new year, new shot. lol. so i will try and recap what went on this past year.

kearns dance concert last night

It was truly amazing all of the groups did very well! hey guys if your reading this and you were in it wow guys your so good keep on dancing! and if any of you wanna teach me to do the cha cha and stuff i would love it! but you all did very well! congrats!!!!!!

the new ward basketball seson

so this season just started and yes I am already injured :) this seems to happen. every game sense i was a beehive! I am so NOT gracefull! lol (laughing out loud) but at least we won! we (melanie, jessica, tristen, kristel, ingrid, "Z", diana, and erin and katie lisa came to sapport! i think thats all if you know someone else was there please leave there name in the comments ) played against the westbrook 3rd ward! My mom coached because sister fowers was ill.

wow its been a long time

I have not blogged in a long time so let me tell you what i can remember. Ill start with the most resent I went to A JROTC dance. with a sweet guy named James Moseley! we had a blast! so here are some dang cute pics from that night. aren't we cute. :)

school

school started a aug. 25 and i have a wildlife bio class, a pre vet tech, and an interior design class, sem these are my electives school this year will be a blast it is my senior year i love school this year. i have many new friend and old ones

my rabbits

so june 12th 2008 my rabbit holly had some kits (kindering) there was one black one, one blue one (gray), one mix. i only had one survive that one was the blue one its name is smokey day, he was given to shanna hansen. my rabbit holly has also one 1st rep. at the utah state fair.

quirks

ok thanks mom cause the world needs to hear my quirks lol ok so six really.

ok so 1 of them is that i like to do crafts on my bed. then shove it to the side to sleep i know its bad my 2nd is that i like ketchup with my lays potato chips i know gross. lol. ok so the 3rd is that i really injoy to wake up early and and try on like 5 outfits before i go. ok so the 4th is i hate it when people chew there gum with there mouth open or play with it. ok so my 5th is that i have to drink milk right out of the fridge like seconds unless its in my cereal. my 6th is i like i like to say like lol

my ffa news

oh my word i sold my pig at the salt lake county fair for 500$ and the best news is that i got a sponsorships from ford who wants to Sponser me and my ffa chapter and if you are all a little slow on the up date I'm the ffa historian for my chapter.