I made this cake back in May, in the midts of graduation season and unfortunately it never made it to the blog. Lately I’ve had my hands full, I had my parents here, visiting from Europe for 3 weeks, our garden started to produce a lot of veggies and I’m cooking many new meals. I fell victim for zucchini cheese pasta rolls, zucchini lasagna and zucchini chips. I’m also creating new videos for my you tube channel. You see, I’m full of legitimate excuses as of why I’m not posting more often on the blog. I promise though I’m going to try to keep up with it all and post more often than I’d been doing in the past several months.
Back to the Nurse Cake. I used my Velvet Vanilla Pound Cake recipe and Swiss Buttercream. Clearly, they are the favorite! I also wanted to include few decorations, everyday tools a nurse uses every day, and so I made a stethoscope, band-aids, and a white gauze bandage. I also included the graduation cap made from fondant mixed with little bit of tylose.You can see it all come together in my full video posted at the end of this post. Enjoy.
When it comes to lemon deserts I simple can’t resist. I love sour sweet candies, pickles(yes I know not exactly a dessert but can’t help not mentioning them as I just canned 32quarts) and of course lemon curd. Lemon curd, for me, is the queen of lemon desserts, followed another favorite – lemon souffle….
BAKING HYDRANGEA COOKIES Espresso Cookies 3 c. all-purpose flour 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 2tbl espresso powder 2 sticks butter, unsalted, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 t. kosher salt 2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2tsp chocolate extract Sift together the flour, espresso powder and baking powder. In…
Sweet memories of childhood kicked in again this weekend. I bought some local apples at the farm and I knew what I wanted to make : My mom’s apple cake. Perfect Sunday, with they blue sky and warm rays warming up the air.Thought I like apple pie this one has a special place in my…
When a friend hands you a copy of Food and Wine Magazine(December issue, 2012) with already marked pages of recipes for you to make, you don’t hesitate. You grab the magazine and you run. So I did. I ran to my kitchen. These caramels were made with a deliciously addictive apple cider from local Solebury…
Not so long ago I shared with you how to make Gumpaste Mask and how to decorate Pretty Cake for Mardi Gras. Set wouldn’t be complete without some matching cookies. Mardi Gras Mask Cookies. To make these cookies you need Cookie dough, you can use anything from Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Cookies, Oatmeal Cut Out Cookies, I…
Recently I had an opportunity to work with Tribeca Oven, taking pictures of their new line of handcrafted artisan breads. Upon the arrival to the bakery I was given a tour of this commercial size baking facility in Carlstadt, NJ. Bakery is huge, beyond my wildest expectations. Tour was captivating, mixers size…