Liam's BabyShower: The cake

Ohhhh the cake was gorgeous, my mom was the planner and she outdid herself in everything!!! but the cake was my absolute favorite!! Nothing tops a bear and stars and yellow, blue and green!!!!

Look at that cute top :)

It's Official...

I am now Officially Gabby's Godmother :)
The Baptism was this sunday

I feel really honored to be his Nina (short for madrina that means godmother in spanish); this little boy has stolen my heart, I just love this little men soooo much!!

Did you saw that amazing cake in the collage???!!! it is an exact replica of his baptism outfit that his Nina got him, check it out again:

If I can ever make something THAT beautiful, I will be the happiest girl ;P

I {HEART} Cooking - Easter Bake!

Easter is almost here, so we need a recipe to go with that, dont we??

I just baked this today, a request from Bayo to do a Carrot Cake with Almonds!!

This recipe is from The Pioneer Woman Cooks, all of her recipes (that I've tried so far) are delicious!!! so I just followed it and added the almonds.

Want to try some? Get this then ;)

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 cups grated carrots

1/2 cup of Almonds (they are better cut in big chunks instead of the thin slices).

And do these :p
Mix sugar, oil, and eggs. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add to first mixture and combine. Add carrots and almonds and mix well. Pour into a greased and floured pan (Bundt, sheet cake, 9 x 13 Pyrex) and bake until done, 25 to 50 minutes, depending on the pan you use, for example I used a loaf pan and had to bake it for 50 minutes, I also ended up with extra batter and did some muffins but those only took 25 minutes, like Pioneer Woman said: "Just give the pan a very gentle shake if you’re unsure. If it jiggles, it ain’t ready". This tip really works!!!

You could add a Cream Cheese Frosting, Pioneer Woman also has a great recipe on the same page with the Carrot Cake one, we like ours plain to eat it for breakfast or snack, and it is good like that too!!

I just had to play with the picture ;p it has become an addiction and I cant stop!!! Do you like the bunnies on my carrot?

I've got a Dominican Easter Dessert coming up soon (actually after easter) this is a really popular dish here, if you go to a house on easter you are going to get this serve, Bayo LOVES it and this is my first time making it :) I will try to do a step by step photo instuctions on the recipe, so if you are feeling adventurous come back, is really different and kind off exotic, but trust me this is TO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Come back to find out what I am doing :)

PS- If you are my sister, you are not aloud to say what it is ;p

Friday Recipe - Happy Halloween

Here is another amazing cake creation by my lovely sister (OHHH MY KIDS ARE GOING TO BE LUCKY WITH AN AUNT LIKE THAT) ;)

Here it is in her own description:

The cakes were super easy to do, they were butter cakes, they were really airy and 'light' because I figured that since the colors were already so 'loud' (for lack of a better word) I had to make it fluffy and tasty but not overpowering (I over think these things!), also butter cakes because of the color of the batter that takes the color from the food colorants very well and the end result is very bright colors.

"Snot, body parts and tapeworm/maggot" cake

I wanted the insides to look as chaotic as the outside did, so I took divided the batter into 3 small bowls and colored it green, red and black. There was no rhyme or reason to the way I emptied the batter into the pan, I just wanted swirls of the three different colors, nothing as 'structured' and 'organized' as the rainbow cake. I baked in the oven until it was ready (you know, same ole same ole, poke with a toothpick if it comes out clean then that means it's ready)
I made a very basic and simple powder sugar icing and colored it green, for 'snots', the fun part of the cake was the fondant pieces on top. All it took was some marshmallow fondant and food coloring, the 'eyes' are little circles, the 'fingers' are just sausage shaped pieces of fondant and the 'maggots' were achieved by simply rolling a pinch of the fondant between my hands (like we did when we were kids), the trick, I reckon, is the details. To make the 'flesh' color, I mixed a bit of red and yellow with the white fondant (just a couple of drops of each color, you have to be very light handed because you don't want it to turn orange) the key was then to make the little indentations on the fingers, I did that with a knife, the nail was then 'painted' with writing icing (regular icing in a little tube that makes it easier to write on cakes with) I used the same red to make the little veins on the eyes and the center of the eyes was made with blue icing and I then took a small brush (make sure it's a cooking brush) and put a bit of dark blue colorant on the center to make it seem a bit more real. For the 'maggots' I just put a drop of each of the colors I had 'til it became mucky and yuck. After putting all the pieces in, I added a bit of blood splatters with red icing and that was it.

"Graveyard" cake

The graveyard cake was red inside, I wanted it to look like 'blood', although after the making it I went 'wait, cemeteries don't have blood inside the graves, I should have made a chocolate cake with cookie crumbles!' but I think it still came out nicely despite the faux-pas. I covered in green icing, for 'grass' and then covered the 'grass' in chocolate cookie crumbs for the 'dirt', the graves are buttercream cookies (do you sense a theme here? I love butter, mmm butter!) covered in dyed fondant. With a small brush dipped in black food colorant, I wrote the little headstones. The ghost (isn't he adorable with his cheeky grin?) was made out of fondant and black food colorant (for mouth and eyes). I added green sprinkles for 'grass' (I felt it was too 'naked' without it) and little blobs of red icing for the 'flowers'.

I encourage anyone to try and play with fondant, it's really fun and since it's so pliable making shapes is rather easy.
I already have planned out the Christmas cake, it's going to blow these two out of the water! Who would have thought that I'd be able to cook? Remember I couldn't even fry an egg? I was inspired by my adorable sister (That's me ;)) to give cooking a try (SHE MAKES THE BEST PASTA EVER) and now I love it. (*sniff*)

I dont know about you but I think they are GREAT!!! and I cant wait to have those X-mas's cakes in the Friday Recipe Post :D