tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46162857225784992402024-02-07T21:39:06.855-08:00.: Con·fec·tions :.1 : a sweet food
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craftsmanshipapoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-43272267665902467202015-07-31T10:32:00.001-07:002015-07-31T10:32:20.324-07:00Lots to Update: Making Up for the Last Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
With a busy 1st year of teaching under my belt, I realize that I haven't updated this blog in a terribly long time! I went through and found pictures of yummy treats and sweets I've made since my last post (a year ago!) Enjoy!</div>
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RIGHT as my school year was starting, my sweet baby nephew turned 1!!! So of COURSE we had to throw him a great Sock Monkey themed party, complete with a smash cake for baby!</div>
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A couple months later, I turned a quarter-of-a-century old, so I decided to host an 80's themed birthday party. A Rubix Cube cake was a must!</div>
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My little friend Baker happened to be born one day after me (and many years later, of course), but ever since his <a href="http://amysconfections.blogspot.com/2013/11/baking-for-baker.html" target="_blank">First Birthday</a>, I've made his cakes! For birthday #3, his mom wanted a Zoo Themed party, so we had fun coming up with this idea! It was a really fun cake to create!</div>
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A friend from high school wanted a smash cake for her little boy's 1st birthday, so I created this colorful polkadot cake for Tate. I made some fun tie-dyed cupcakes from the left over frosting and batter! =)</div>
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A little while later, another friend from high school contacted me about creating a Bridal Shower cake that would resemble a birch tree stump. Simple and fun, but rustic!</div>
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And some yummy red velvet cupcakes from the leftovers! =)</div>
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Gluten-Free Birthday cake for my grad school friend, Allie!</div>
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I'm not sure I ever even posted about the first cake I made for Zachary's 4th birthday, but here is his cool rocket ship cake:</div>
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His mom cake back asking for another birthday cake the next year with a Paw Patrol theme. Ignore the giant 4 on top - this cake decorator GOOFED and forgot the previous year was his 4th, making this year his 5TH birthday. I fixed it and all was forgiven! =P</div>
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A nautical Baby Shower cake for my sister-in-law's friend Dana</div>
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Some impromptu Valentine's Day chocolate covered strawberries! SO delicious!</div>
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A family-friend requested a peacock themed Bridal Shower cake. I made sure to continue the theme to the actual cake itself! It was a very fun cake to do!</div>
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A small birthday cake for a BIG Minnesota Viking's fan</div>
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A giant cookie cake for my big brother!</div>
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My incredible mentor teacher and her husband celebrated 25 years of marriage with an Anniversary Party. She asked me to do a heart cake with soft pink roses, so here's what I concocted! I loved the outcome!<br />
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All the flowers were hand made out of gum paste. It was a lot of work, but I loved how delicate and romantic they turned out!</div>
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The next day, I had a request for a Minecraft cake. Up until my friend asked me for this cake, I had NO idea what Minecraft even was! I quickly learned, and since then, I see or hear about it EVERYWHERE! Ignorance is bliss when it comes to video games, I think!</div>
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I had fun making a "pixilated" world out of lots and lots of frosting!</div>
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The little details on this cake were fun, too, like adding pretzel rod trees and licorice/candle TNT packs! Thank you, Pinterest!</div>
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For the church picnic on Pentecost, I decorated red velvet cupcakes with royal icing flames to symbolize the holy spirit coming down. These were quick and easy to do, but folks were amazed by them!</div>
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Finally, I made my mom's 60th birthday cake for her huge surprise party bash! It was so fun planning and executing the whole shindig behind her back! Her favorite color is yellow, and I wanted simplistic beauty for this cake, so I went with a swirl rose design in ombre tone. I even colored the cake layers to create and ombre effect, but it's kind of hard to see in the photo! To top it off, I added fresh yellow calla lilies (thank you Trader Joes!) and a cute little flag banner with her name! She loved it, and that's what matters most to me! =)</div>
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In going through my blog to update things, I realized I never posted a blog 2 years back when I made a really fun Groom's Cake for my big brother at his wedding. I had a lot of fun creating the Colorado Rockies baseball theme and added all sorts of little details throughout, including a mini baseball border, baseball themed cookies around the base, a Coors Field sign, and an edible scoreboard congratulating the new Mr. and Mrs! Here it is!</div>
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apoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-81697916185009016522013-11-03T23:39:00.000-08:002013-11-03T23:39:05.828-08:00Baking for Baker<div style="text-align: center;">
I've had the pleasure of making some really fun cakes for a special little boy the last two years! I know Baker's mom and dad through my brother and sister-in-law, and it's been fun designing not only his 1st birthday cake (2012), but his 2nd birthday cake, too! I never posted about his "Super Grover" cake last year, so now I'm doing a double post of "1" and "2" - Enjoy!</div>
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<u>1st Birthday- Super Grover Theme</u></div>
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Inside we did 4 big layers of cake in bright primary colors: blue, red, yellow, and green! </div>
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<u>2nd Birthday - Construction Theme</u></div>
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Tis the season for gluttonous treats and decadent deliciousness! Even though I've been running a million miles an hour as I prepare for Christmas and 6 months of travel, I often found myself in the kitchen whipping up some of my favorite Christmas goodies. Here's a small sampling of the treats I've been busy creating! =)</div>
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apoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-83704186665233675452012-11-24T19:58:00.000-08:002012-11-24T20:02:35.960-08:00Dipped Peppermint Cookies - Oh Mylanta!<div style="text-align: center;">
So, I got bored. And boredom in Amy's world leads to baking/making completely unhealthy goodies in the kitchen. Now that we've celebrated Thanksgiving, it's officially time to bust out all things Christmas and holiday related! So what did I concoct? Little bites of heaven made from peppermint sandwich cookies, white candy coating, and a sprinkle of peppermint! YUM! Anyone who knows Trader Joe's and their sinful little treats, Peppermint Joe-Joes, knows that once you nibble on one of these bad boys, you will never be able to stop! You've been warned.</div>
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<br />apoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-32410395304172388572012-11-08T22:28:00.000-08:002012-11-11T22:47:00.147-08:00Creating Mindy's Color-Me-Rad Cake!<div style="text-align: center;">
A little while back, I made <a href="http://amysconfections.blogspot.com/2012/09/color-me-rad-cake-happy-dirty-30.html" target="_blank">this</a> cake for my sister-in-law's 30th birthday! I got to throw powdered sugar (that I dyed) onto the cake to create the same splattered effect as the Color-Me-Rad run! Here's how I did it! Enjoy! {sorry the video is so small!}</div>
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apoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-60032225929197318192012-11-08T16:36:00.004-08:002012-11-08T16:36:23.789-08:00Arizona Going-Away Party Cake<div style="text-align: center;">
A friend of a friend of my sister-in-law (how's that for relation? haha) contacted me in the hopes of getting a large cake for her going-away party as she and her family prepare to move to Arizona. She didn't have any major specifications other than she wanted a square cake large enough to feed 70 and she really loved the idea of a 4-layer cake with different colored cake for each layer. Oh, and she had a unique request for the written sentiment, but more on that later. The rest of the cake design was up to me!</div>
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Having never done a going-away cake before, I played up the idea of Arizona and instantly thought of an Arizona desert sunset. Since she wanted different colored cake on the inside, I thought I'd do a gradation of sunset colors you would see in the desert sky. I had fun and am very happy with how things turned out!</div>
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Melissa's giggle-worthy request was to have "Later Bitches" written on the top of the cake. Hey, she's payin' for it! I'll do whatever! So, I stretched my creativity and replaced the t's with cacti! =)</div>
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I got to make a FUN baby shower cake two weekends ago! I'll admit, when I first heard the theme, I about fell out of my chair! It seemed CRAZY for a baby shower, but once I put the cake together, delivered it, and saw how adorable the whole theme was, I thought it was pretty darn cute!</div>
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Behold! The Hello-Kitty-Hot-Pink-Zebra-Striped Baby Shower Cake!</div>
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The inside of the cakes even matched the theme! I had so much fun creating these fun patterns!</div>
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My wonderful sister-in-law just celebrated her 30th birthday! To celebrate, we all decided to run (ok...walk) the "Color Me Rad" 5K run. The weather was perfect, and we had fun getting wild and wacky in the race that throws colors at you while you pass by! After we ended the morning a bit more colorful than we started, we began preparations for a surprise party for Mindy at our house. Being the baker/cake decorator of the family, I wanted to do something fun and colorful to match the theme of our day! So, I decided to decorate the cake JUST like the volunteers decorated us runners (ok, ok...walkers!) What did I do? I threw powdered sugar at the cake! AND IT WAS AWESOME!</div>
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Happy "Dirty 30" Mindy!</div>
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I dyed powdered sugar by hand (boy was that a labor of love), let it dry, and then sifted it to remove an extra lumps. I iced the cake in a plain white buttercream, took the whole deal outside, and the lobbed handfuls of colorful sugar on to the cake! IT WAS FUN! I'll be posting a video of my endeavors soon!</div>
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The cake was already busy on its own, so I didn't want to add even more by writing on the cake. AND, in keeping with the race theme, I thought it would be fun to make a banner with the written sentiments on it rather than writing in icing! (Like a finish line...get it?) So, I set to work making a little colorful banner. It was easy! Here's how!</div>
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Step 2: Gather an appropriate surface (I used a bulletin board) to push a push pin in to the top two corners of each triangle. </div>
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Step 4: Add written sentiment!</div>
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Step 5: Attach ends to bamboo skewers or anything similar, leaving a little room so the banner hangs! </div>
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With an outside looking wildly colorful, I knew I couldn't make the inside boring and blah! So, what did I do? I spruced it up a little!</div>
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WHOO! I don't think I've ever seen such a colorful cake!</div>
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And it's easy to make such a colorful, tye-dye creation!</div>
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Step 1: Make yellow cake according to normal directions.</div>
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Step 4: Layer batter color by color. Pour your first color into the middle of a 9" round pan. Tap pan on the counter a little to spread the batter out. Repeat over and over with various colors until you have rings of color...like this!</div>
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Step 5: Bake according to normal directions! You'll end up with a lovely, colorful cake!</div>
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I don't think I've ever had so much fun making a cake! How often does a baker get to throw powdered sugar at a cake? haha</div>
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I've had so much fun this summer teaching multiple <a href="http://www.musictogether.com/" target="_blank">Music Together</a> classes with <a href="http://www.petitemusician.com/" target="_blank">Petite Musician</a>. We just finished our last week of classes for the semester and I wanted to give my little ones a fun treat to wrap up the unit! What better than making them some musical cookies to enjoy? I had a blast making these, and by the looks of it, the kids have had a blast eating them! (Frosting faces have erupted mere bites into the treats!)</div>
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<br />apoletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224833699996022962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616285722578499240.post-42762874967065968982012-08-02T20:47:00.000-07:002012-08-02T20:47:52.090-07:00Cookies for a Softball All-Star!<div style="text-align: center;">
My cousin (really, my cousin's daughter...I forget what relation that is. 1st cousin once removed?) just graduated from High School and finished an ALL STAR athletic career. Sammie played pretty much every sport available, but killed it when it came to Softball. She was accepted to the All-Star team, so we decided she should celebrate with some cookies! My parents and aunt are on their way to Iowa right now to have a visit with family, so I sent the cookies with them to give to Sammie.</div>
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I had fun playing around with different designs. Her team colors were purple and yellow.</div>
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While I decorate out of my home, most of my decorating takes place at Cold Stone Creamery. The work I do there is very different from my work at home, mainly because I either follow Signature creation decorations designed by Cold Stone, or I replicate a Deco-Pac toy design rather than coming up with my own originally creation! Regardless, I still have fun. Here are a few samples of my lastest Cold Stone cakes!</div>
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Designed from a magazine picture the mom brought in of baby Mickey. Hope they liked it!</div>
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My Little Pony, complete with a very unique little girl's name!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I scoffed at this order! They brought in this picture of Iron Man and wanted me to recreate it WITH FROSTING!</span></div>
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Needless to say, THAT wasn't going to happen, but I did manage to free-hand this. So, I hope they aren't disappointed. Then again, it's not like a 3-year-old is going to have this cake emblazoned on his memory for years to come. Parents are ridiculous sometimes!</div>
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One of my favorites! Spongebob! It's so colorful, fun, and easy to do! All that's missing from these pictures are the little Spongebob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs toys that sit in the middle of each starfish!</div>
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Those who know me know I have an unhealthy obsession with anything peanut butter. Give me a dessert with peanut butter and I'm a happy, HAPPY girl. Those who know me also know I'm obsessed with sweets and constantly have the hankering to whip something up on any given night. Well, lately, Colorado has been hotter than blazes, so the thought of turning the oven on is a big No-No in this house! So, what's a girl to do who is itchin' to whip up something sweet who can't turn the oven on?</div>
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Look no further! I google searched everything my pallet was craving one night...my search consisted of "white chocolate peanut butter rice crispy" and MAGIC happened. I've had Avalanche Bark before...at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, I believe...but that was years ago. However, it was such a delectable treat that my taste buds remembered the heavenly combination and yearned for more. So I whipped up this recipe in no time and my family has been devouring pan after pan for the last couple of days (that's no exaggeration. We're literally on our 3rd batch of the stuff in 3 days. Oops)</div>
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It's easy. It's quick. And it's heat-free!</div>
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YUMMMMM! Marshmallows all gooey inside!</div>
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I had some fun decorating some festive Fourth of July cookies for my cousin and her kids! It was fun experimenting and coming up with these!</div>
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I wanted to create different layers of texture with the stars. I think they turned out pretty cute!</div>
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I love love <u>LOVE</u> when I come across tips and tricks on baking blogs that I never would have thought of on my own. Today was one of those days! I am a decorator who LOVES the act of decorating, but I hate the prep and the clean up. What a nightmare! I was hunting around for some royal icing recipes and hints, and as I browsed one of my favorite blogs, <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/">The Sweet Adventures of Sugar Belle</a>, I stumbled upon a little trick that blew my mind! She discovered the tip from <a href="http://karenscookieblog.com/">Karen's Cookie Blog</a>, and I now owe my sanity to Karen since I won't go bonkers in the kitchen while trying to clean up a zillion decorating bags! Hallelujah!</div>
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