Showing posts with label coconut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coconut. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Here come the graduates!

Well not yet but soon we will being graduation season. I made candy for a party in ALABAMA! well this is not a big deal except graduation is not until May and it gets hot there......chocolate and heat =melted chocolate mess. So I shipped the order on Monday and it arrived today in one piece! That always excites me. I still have to send some pretzels closer to time but for now here are some pictures of the order.




Blackberry hard candy, I also made raspberry and pina colada



solid chocolates



carmels



peanut butter



peanut butter



coconut

The bonus for me of having this order done already is
I spent Saturday in the kitchen but I got completely caught up on 24!

Congratulations Graduates!!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Easter Candy making time!

I know I have been quiet lately but I promise I have good reason. It is Easter candy making time! That means lots of hours in the kitchen getting ready for Saturday's show. Since several people have said I needed to post pictures of the candy I am. Keep in mind this is by no means everything that I do and the camera seems to have had some problems focusing on the chocolate. So let's take a look!




Milk Chocolate Coconut Carmel


Dark Chocolate Coconut Carmel




Milk Chocolate Marshmallows (on a stick! LOL)



White Chocolate Coconut Bird's Nests



Milk Chocolate Coconut Bird's Nests

I have many other things I have made such as carmel eggs, Peanut butter, coconut, nutter butters, and Oreos that have been hand dipped. I even made some stained glass windows and as I write this I have mallow cups setting up. I will admit it is late and I am tired. However I have about a dozen or so mallow cups to do and I am done! so it is worth my staying up to finish this tonight. I promise to get more pictures up tomorrow. I will probalby split them into 2 more posts that way it is easier to read. After this show I have an Easter order and a graduation party to do. And yes for those inquiring minds it is not to late ot order candy for Easter!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Baby Bootie Cake

In December we had a baby shower at work for one of our doctors. Somehow I ended up making the cake. Since it was for work and had to be transported on the subway to work I had to get creative. I mean come on no cake in it's right mind is going to voluntarily jump on the subway and ride around! It is hard enough for people to ride around on the subway. If you have never ridden a subway imagine a very bumpy, jittery, crowded car ride except often times you are standing up the whole time. A very unfriendly atmosphere for a cake. After much thought I decided it would be cute to make miniature baby booties. Everyone could have there own cake and it would make transportation easy. I ultimately decided to take all the stuff to work and make it at work.

Making the cakes at work was a treat with little to no workspace available but I made due. They were really easy and came out so cute. All it took was some miniature cupcakes, frosting, food coloring, coconut and about 5000 hours of spare time in my day to put them together. In the end they were a hit and I did manage to get a few pictures although they may be hard to see.




I did the cakes in pink and blue. Chocolate was one color and Vanilla was the other to make life easier. There was even coconut on some for the coconut lovers in the group



Up close and personal view of the booties.




The bags in the background were the favors. We got small Cucumber melon scented body wash and placed them in the miniature gift bags and tied a small plastic pacifier to it with ribbon. They came out really nicely and people loved the favors. They were very inexpensive. So if you need a few shower ideas feel free to borrow them! Enjoy!

Etsy!

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