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Entertaining

Two castle cakes: One Lego, one for princesses…

November 7, 2009

I just finished making these cakes for our school dinner auction tonight and I just had to share:

No toys were stolen from my children for these projects… I promise.
Although my son was puzzled when he saw the pieces I borrowed from his stash to make the dots sitting in the sink covered in chocolate. And [...]

Recipes from a delightful ladies’ lunch

April 14, 2009

A few days before Easter I was invited to a luncheon with some pretty spectacular ladies.
Our hostess made this adorable edible bunny dip with a bread bowl, rolls, veggies and some spinach dip:

It was too cute to just keep for ourselves. I had to share!
And look at her centerpiece for just one of our tables… [...]

Princess castle cake and tiara cake!

March 10, 2009

My daughter celebrated her third birthday this weekend and, after hearing about my sister-in-law’s experience in making a few cakes just before me, I was able to learn a new secret for cake-decorating success: straws!
Using straws, a few other things, and a little help from my 3 children, I was able to present these cakes [...]

Beary Cute Brownie Bites

October 17, 2008

For my son’s first Cub Scout camp out, all the families were asked to bring a dessert to share. (Of course, I was wondering what happened to s’mores, but then I decided that maybe that was a Girl Scout thing.)
Anyhow, I remembered some cute bear brownie treats I had made for the kids in the [...]

Building an Indiana Jones birthday cake

August 28, 2008

For all but two of the 13 previous children’s birthday celebrations I’ve planned for my kiddos, I’ve called a bakery and had an absolutely delicious cake or cupcakes arrive at my home ready to be ooh’ed and ahhh’ed and devoured.
(For one of those parties I served pancakes, not cake, by the way. You can read about that here. But [...]

Ya gotta have friends to throw a baby shower

July 1, 2008

Okay, so that’s an obvious one… Who else would you host a baby shower for other than a friend?
But, other than that, ya gotta have friends to make it just right… or at least it certainly helps. A few weekends ago I hosted a baby shower along with 2 other women. Karen, an amazing single [...]

PJ Pancake Breakfast Bash

June 22, 2008

While trying to figure out how to celebrate our soon-to-be two-year-old’s birthday in an already action-packed day, my husband came up with the idea of inviting the girls in our neighborhood (instead of the usual long list of all our friends) over for a breakfast celebration. It wasn’t long after that I saw a flower-shaped [...]