Tangled (Rapunzel) Birthday Cake & Cupcakes

This has to be the absolute easiest birthday cake I have ever made!  And it came at the perfect time, since I was crazy busy.  My grand daughter, Emily, turned six and wanted a Tangled birthday party.  Her mom found these printed sugar sheets on eBay.  They were so easy to use!  She said there were several different ones to pick from.  Sorry, I don't have any idea how much they cost.
  

These were meant for cupcakes, but I decided to use them on cookies instead.  I added purple dots since my cookies were a little bigger than the circle.  I'll have to remember to use a smaller cookie cutter next time.

She picked up these rings too.  I thought they looked cute on the cupcakes and all the little girls loved them!!

Happy Birthday, Emily! I can't believe you're already six!!

Long Horn and Lone Star State Cookies

I made these cookies for my friend for her daughter's wedding (previous post) .  They were for the groom's table.  I usually make Razorback cookies for this particular friend, so this was quite a change!

Here's how they set them up on the table:

Check out that groom's cake!  Not a great picture, but I hope you can get the idea.  I don't think I would even want to attempt a cake like that!

Love them!  And I'm from Missouri . . . .

They had a candy bar as well.  This was a BIG hit with the kids, as you can imagine.  Especially my grand kids!!  They also had Cold Stone Creamery! That was a new one for me. I didn't get any though - the line was too long.

Congrats, Hope and Cheyenne!

Cupcake Debut!

I guess there's a first time for everything.  I normally don't make cupcakes.  I do cakes.  Or cookies.  But I was making cookies for a friend for her daughter's wedding, and she talked me into doing the cupcakes too.  I was happy and relieved that they turned out as well as they did!

These are chocolate (mayonnaise cake) with a chocolate/Nutella filling.  I used whipped topping from Sam's on all of the cupcakes.  For these, I added a bit of the filling to the topping, then garnished with shaved chocolate, and pearls.

 

These are Red Velvet with a cream cheese filling.  Once again, I added some of the filling to the topping.  I garnished with shaved white chocolate and white sparkle sugar.

These are white with my strawberry cream filling.  Again I added filling to the topping to make it just a tad pink, then garnished with white sparkle sugar and a strawberry slice.

And here they are set up on the cake table.  She had a beautiful wedding cake too (sorry, no picture), which I did not make.  Cookies and cupcake were quite enough!!

And all this just three days after arriving home from our trip to CA!  Glad it's over.

Alice In Wonderland Wedding Cake

Check out this absolutely stunning Alice In Wonderland wedding cake my sister made this past weekend!!

And she's only been making cakes for a little over a year!!  Everything is edible except the hat sash, the ribbon around the bottom of the teapot, the hat pins, peacock feather and the figurines.

Absolutely beautiful!!  Congrats on a job well done, Teresa!!

A Truly Gorgeous Wedding Cake

 First of all, just for the record, I didn't make this gorgeous cake!

We went to CA a couple weeks ago for our niece's wedding.  The reception was in their beautiful backyard after a church wedding.  The cake was made by a family member on the other side of the family, who also is the same lady who helped make our wedding cake almost 34 years ago!!

Stunning, isn't it?  The cake, I mean.

And here's the happy couple!

Congrats, Kimberly & Joel!!

Pretty Flower Cookies!

 I've been wanting to make flower cookies for a while and I finally got the chance this week!

I outlined the petals, filled them, then "drug" the color through with a toothpick, a technique I've used before.    For the centers, I made circles out of glaze on waxed paper about three days ahead of time so they would have plenty of time to harden.  When the glaze on the cookies was dry, I attached the center to each flower with a drop of glaze.

I hope I have a reason to make more of these soon!!

Razorbacks

Last week I make these Razorback cookies and sent them to a friend's daughter who is serving as an intern in Washington, DC.

 

Hope you and your friends enjoyed them, Anna!

ABC, Apple and Butterfly Cookies

My second to oldest granddaughter, Nicole, graduated from Kindergarten last night.  How time flies!!  I was all set to make ABC's and apples.  

Then Nicole decided she liked butterflies!!  So, naturally, I threw in a few butterflies!!

I think it all turned out well.  Except for the cake.  My daughter and Nicole's teacher had some crossed wires or miss communication somehow, and the cake had PINK flowers on it!!  So, I made sure not to take a picture of the cake with the cookies!!

Congratulations, Nicole!!  (See the cake in the background???  Oh, well!)

I've linked to the following parties:

Roses For Momma

I sent these cookies to California for my mom and mother-in law.  

Hope they arrived today in time for Mother's Day!!

Sent some to my dear sis as well.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Wedding Dress/Bride Cookies

These cookies were made for a wedding shower this past weekend.

Only seven weeks to go, Jeremy & Sarah!!