Tis The Season!

Yep, That picture of stacks of cookies and bowls of icing looks pretty intimidating!  But Tis the season for Christmas cookies!! I have been in desperate need for some Christmas spirit in my apartment and have no decorations :(  BUT of course I had ingredients for sugar cookies and icing! So I set to it!  

It was a lot of fun, but not the same as decorating with the ones you love!  The holiday movies on the television tried to keep me company though and here is the result! :D

Not the best decorating job, but there were just too many cookies!

How can I bake at school?

So, since I haven't been able to bake because of crazy schedules... and other problems with living situations, I needed a way to enjoy my baking while at school !  So here is how I did that!! :D

Do you recognize the cupcake?

Thanksgiving Treats~

Crisscross Apple Crowns!

So the latest baking experience was for the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving!  My little brother came to visit me since I wasn't able to go anywhere (thanks to black friday).   Sooo I decided to try a new recipe for apple pies!   What I made were little versions of apple pie, Crisscross Apple Crowns!  They are very simple and delicious!  They are perfect, just the right size and not as messy as apple pie!!  I highly suggest you trying them out!

Long time no see!

Hello!!  So a lot has happened since I have posted last!  Had Katie's Baby Shower, then her beautiful baby girl, Aubrey Elizabeth was born on November 10th!  I'm so excited to meet the cutie!!  I have been super busy with school and work that I have not been able to bake or post at all :(   Here I will try and catch up real fast.  Prolly won't get recipes up super fast, but show you some of what has been happening.

Firstly I made a whole bunch of stuff for Katie's baby shower, I made brownie pops, little square cupcakes, and a square cake!  Lots of treats for everyone!

So basically the brownie pops were just cake pops, but with brownie mix instead, they were a big hit!  Good thing cuz there were a lot of them!  Then I made little square pieces of cake and put strawberry gel inbetween to make cute cakes... They were supposed to be decorated like little letter blocks, but that failed quickly so they were pretty plain and unimpressive.   Then I made a large letter block for the main cake!  That poor cake just didn't want to live.  First it got squished on the drive there, then kitty cats wanted to eat some.. well lots of the icing... it looked pretty terrible after a while.  O well, I tried, Live and you learn!

Our little cousin admiring the selection~

One tip to give everyone from these couple of baking experiences is how to keep cake pops or brownie pops standing up while you are making them!  The perfect solution isn't one of those stands they sell at Michaels (tried them, they are terrible).  It is floral foam!  My sister and I were trying to find ways to keep them all up to dry and that is what she had, and it worked wonderfully!  I have some right now for the next time I make cake pops! So keep that in mind for when you make them again, or for the first time! :D   You can even use them to display your cake pops as we did.  We just wrapped them in wrapping paper to make them match the baby spirit and there you go! :)