What a week! It's been a bit crazy around here - one thing after another, including a broken garage door and a dead dishwasher. The mister tried to fix the dishwasher...had we called a repairman it probably could have been resuscitated but after the mister "fixed" it there is no hope. Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching! This post is really for my mom, so she can see what I've been doing...which will in no way make up for the fact that I can't be there for her birthday!
Baking a basketfull of Eiffel Tower cookies for my book club was one of my better moments last week - I loved the book, The Paris Wife, so much that I had to dust off my Eiffel Tower cookie cutter!
This was the first cake I made last weekend, it's a champagne cake with raspberry filling and vanilla buttercream frosting...it tasted like a pancake, and nothing like the light and airy champagne cake I was trying to duplicate. But as you can see, it didn't stop us from eating it. The second cake was closer to what I was going for but by the time I finished cake #3 I had it down...it's for a friend's wedding so it has to be right! Just so you know, IF you want to make a champagne cake (without using real champagne but essential oil instead) you'll need to use an entire dram of flavoring for two 10-inch cakes.
From cake to the Very Hungry Caterpillar...a special request tablecloth and table topper made for an upcoming birthday party...turned out really cute. I also made some removable caterpillars for this set that can be stuck on the tablecloth or on a plate or the wall...I think they'll like this!
It's not too early to start planning your Leprechaun Trap!! As everyone knows, the best chance we have of actually catching a Leprechaun, and thereby getting his pot of gold, is on St. Patrick's Day. I gave the girls I teach their very own box of Lucky Charms Cereal, it attracts Leprechauns because it's magically delicious! I also gave the girls instructions for how to catch a Leprechaun with a gold coin attached...and made them promise that if they succeeded in catching one that they would pay me 10%...it seemed fair.
If you're planning a St. Paddy's Day feast - you might want to consider one of these recipes - they'll have you humming Danny Boy and wearin' green like you hailed from Blarney Castle itself!
