Spring Flower Fondant Cake

After the pirate ship masterpiece, we didn't have much time to practice with the fondant cake.  It thankfully came out looking ok and we now know how to use fondant!

If we hadn't been 2.5 hours in and had 9 children frantically begging for cake at this point, :) I think we would have changed up the colors a bit on the flowers, but otherwise it turned out great!



Pirate Ship Cake

What do you get when you combine 4 stay-at-home mom's, 9 kids, and a weekly play date?! The coolest 3-D pirate ship cake ever!

I'm not sure if there is an original source on the idea- I'm sure there is somewhere, but these are all over the web.  It was pure chaos but the cake turned out awesome! I feel invincible now.  Micah is going to get the coolest 3-D train cake this year!  I'm so glad we all came together and "practiced" it eased so many fears.  I can only imagine what excitement would have come from my BIL with this kind of cake. 

Not only did we "practice" making the pirate ship cake, but we practiced with some Fondant as well.  I'll share that one tomorrow! :)

Chocolate chip meets Oreo

Have we discussed the fact that I have a serious obsession with chocolate chip cookies? I love them. All kinds of them. Subway, Target, McDonalds, Quiznos, Otis Spunkmeyer, and for all you Utah peeps- Dough Girls (but not dough girls anymore- can't remember the name!) are some of my favorite.

From scratch at home... my favorite kind of chocolate chip cookie. Delicious.

Favorite store bought cookie.  Also delicious.

Put them together and what do you get? Triple the deliciousness.

Is your mouth watering yet?  Think it looks strange? One phrase for you... don't mock it 'til you try it.  I was a little hesitant when I got the email with the link from my partner in crime.  But I promise you, you will not be disappointed! You can find the original recipe here. 

It was so good, I frantically searched around my kitchen trying to figure out what else I could stuff inside a chocolate chip cookie! Then it clicked... I knew I could go wrong with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  So I threw some shoes on the kids and we walked ran to the neighborhood market where I purchased a King Size Reeses.  And please let me tell you.  It did not disappoint.  At all.

One last piece of advice for ya.  I tried it with the snack size Reese's and despite the fact that the Reese's had been cross-contaminated with some type of gum or fruit candy, they were not nearly as good as the whole regular size Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.  So don't cut corners, just suck it up and get a whole bag of regular Reese's.  Again... you won't be disappointed- I promise! ;)

Cupcake Dessert Platter

What do you get when you combine a plain and boring $1.00 candlestick from Goodwill, 2 I-have-to-have-them-right now-they're-super-cute plates from TJMaxx, and a little clear Gorilla Glue?!

You get an adorable cupcake, dessert, and anything else you want it to be platter. 

Add these incredibly easy last minute Easter treats and it's too cute too handle! :) Love it all!

For the Bird's Nest Clusters I found the idea here at Sew Much Ado with the link to the recipe here found on The Trendy Treehouse. Thanks gals!

Penguin Cupcakes

While home visiting the last couple weeks my mom, sister, and I whipped up these cuties for my niece's 1st birthday. While they were far from perfect, with the supplies we had on hand and the short amount of time we had to do them we all thought they turned out super cute!

And really Madison could have cared less about how they looked she devoured those puppies!

And check out these adorable blue beauties, red hair and blue eyes... with an attitude to match this girl is gonna be trouble... watch out mom and dad :)

Our inspiration came from here, but check out these cuties here, or this huge cupcake display here, or this collection here, or these way-too-perfect cupcakes here. And if these aren't enough for you just use google image search for penguin cupcakes and you'll find cupcakes that'll make your jaw drop!