Fried Dough

Throw away the diet this week, dough is where it's at!

Once upon a time I saw a donut cutter at a Williams-Sonoma in Toronto, and yesterday I finally got to try my hand at using it.  Being from Hamilton, aka, the birthplace of Tim Hortons, donuts are an important part of my life I must say. ;)

The recipe is from Krissy's Creations.  It's a great, simple recipe, and they're BAKED! Yay for no deep frying!  I mean, they're still bad for you, but whatever... :P

 

The only thing I did a bit differently was adding more flour. I just kept adding as it was mixing, until the dough was sticking together. Maybe another 3/4 cups.

You can even get a little creative and try different toppings. I tried Oreo cookie crumbs and cocoa nibs.

Now where's my coffee!

Blingy Wedding Cake

I know I've been MIA for a while due to work and such, but here's a wedding cake I did this past weekend. Simple, clean and BLINGY!

I do think I'm getting the hang of fondant covering, which I've had so many problems with in the past; cracking, air bubbles, fondant sliding off, you name it. I was really happy with this one!

Cake underneath is Victoria sponge, with vanilla bean frosting.

Urban Craft Show review

Well my first time at the Urban Craft Show went really well! I sold all but 2 lemon curds and one broken cookie (which I've been advised to give as samples next time).

Chocolate cupcake went REALLY fast. As did my bikini cookies. There were tons of kids there too which I didn't expect for some reason, lol. I learned a lot and met a lot of nice people. Good times!

I've actually decided to keep my cake making as a fun hobby for the time being. I've recently had a ton of day job freelance work come flooding in, and realized there are some goals I'd still like to accomplish art wise. Baking takes A LOT of time and patience, is hard to do alone, and there are so many things I want to improve on, so we'll see what happens.

Lots to do! :D

The Insane month of March

This month has been a bit crazy! Ok more than a bit.

I've got two freelance jobs going on at the same time, and I like both, but I'm kinda kicking myself for it now. Achy hands at the end of each day >_<

Plus I have the craft fair, and a baby shower cake for family, which I really REALLY wanted to do. Why do I do this to myself? Overachiever much? Oh well I think I may be taking some serious time off after all this is done. :D

For the craft fair I decided to try and get a dummy cake together, just to have a nice display. It's the first dummy cake I've done since cake school really. I should do more of these. I'm not entirely satisfied with the design, but I'm kind of fascinated by the metallic trend with cakes going on right now and I wanted to give it a try. :P

I really do love how the anemones turned out though. Maybe I should just go into making gumpaste flowers!

Urban Craft Show!

Come see me at the Urban Craft show and get your treats on! March 10th!

V-Day

A little late with this post, but it doesn't matter, cause Valentine's day should be EVERY day!

In celebration, here are a few wedding blogs that aren't sucky. Cause I was one of those "offbeat" sorts of brides who did things differently. There's a community out there for our types! ;)

Rock N' Roll Bride
Offbeat Bride

Farmville Inspired - Strawberry Lemonade!

This weekend I decided to try making strawberry lemonade.

Doesn't it look good? It is! And a good way to get rid of the winter blahs.

I got the recipe from My Baking Addiction, and it's pretty much a keeper! I thought it was a bit too sweet, so next time I may use a bit less sugar.

2/3 cup - 1 cup sugar
1 cup of water
2 cups strawberries
1 cup lemon juice
4-6 cups cold water (I used 4 cups)
ice
1 sliced lemon

Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Place over heat until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool.

Place the strawberries in a food processor or blender, with 1/4 cup of water and puree.

Place the sugar syrup, strawberry puree, and lemon juice in a pitcher. Add 4 cups of water, ice and a sliced lemon and stir to combine.