Kitty pumpkin
My friend Whittney made an adorable pumpkin cake!
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Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Date to the pumpkin patch
Visiting the pumpkin patch with my boyfriend:Kitty pumpkinMy friend Whittney made an adorable pumpkin cake!
Kitty pumpkinMy friend Whittney made an adorable pumpkin cake!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
tres leches
An easy version of tres leches with a couple of twists. I made this for my boyfriend's birthday and a lot of people asked for the recipe so I thought the blog was a great place to share it.
I never follow recipes. I always end up simplifying some things and adding in extra ingredients. So here is my created version!
Start with yellow butter boxed cake mix and follow the instructions to make (three eggs, stick of butter, water) but with the addition of about a half cup of brown sugar.
Bake cake as directed:
Let the cake cool for 10 minutes or so and then poke lots of holes in the top of the cake with a fork. I mean lots and lots.
For the "tres leches" part, mix 1 pint heavy whipping cream, one can evaporated milk and one can sweetened condensed milk. I decided to add a splash of vanilla and about a 1/2 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. I thought it really added some good flavors to the mix:
Whisk together then pour slowly over cake with holes:
Most people make a fancy whipped cream topping but I mixed together a tub of cool whip and a can of vanilla frosting for my topping. It is the part I got the most compliments on by far:
Let sit in the fridge over night!
As an added bonus, I wanted to make adult birthday candles since this was a birthday cake. I hollowed out some strawberries and then afixed them on top of the slices of cake.
I then filled them with alcohol (I used bacardi 151) and lit them on fire:
Ta-dah! Happy cooking!
I never follow recipes. I always end up simplifying some things and adding in extra ingredients. So here is my created version!
Start with yellow butter boxed cake mix and follow the instructions to make (three eggs, stick of butter, water) but with the addition of about a half cup of brown sugar.
Bake cake as directed:Let the cake cool for 10 minutes or so and then poke lots of holes in the top of the cake with a fork. I mean lots and lots.For the "tres leches" part, mix 1 pint heavy whipping cream, one can evaporated milk and one can sweetened condensed milk. I decided to add a splash of vanilla and about a 1/2 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. I thought it really added some good flavors to the mix:
Whisk together then pour slowly over cake with holes:Most people make a fancy whipped cream topping but I mixed together a tub of cool whip and a can of vanilla frosting for my topping. It is the part I got the most compliments on by far:
Let sit in the fridge over night!
As an added bonus, I wanted to make adult birthday candles since this was a birthday cake. I hollowed out some strawberries and then afixed them on top of the slices of cake.
I then filled them with alcohol (I used bacardi 151) and lit them on fire:
Ta-dah! Happy cooking!
Friday, June 17, 2011
this week in iphone pics
A glitter binder my office gave me on my last day to start grad school off right:
My car packed with lots of my clothes on moving day:
Welcome to town cake:
My new apartment has shoe shelves in the closet! (probably really bookshelves but come on...):
How do I have enough pink kitchen gadgets to warrant their own drawer?
My car packed with lots of my clothes on moving day:
Welcome to town cake:
My new apartment has shoe shelves in the closet! (probably really bookshelves but come on...):
How do I have enough pink kitchen gadgets to warrant their own drawer?
Friday, May 13, 2011
this week in iphone pics
Pineapple upside-down cake I made for my mom on mother's day:
Pretty pink manicure:
Mushy and dumb convo with my boyfriend:
My cat, Dita, using me as a bed:
And I must share with you my Friday morning OBSESSION.
Some of you may know my utter adoration of Joshua Jackson. He is my number one celeb crush. How ridiculously awesome does he and his gf, Diane Kruger, look at the Sleeping Beauty premiere at Cannes?
I'm in love with him and in love with them. Sigh.
Diane Kruger in Calvin Klein and Joshua Jackson in Lanvin tuxedo.
That is all. Happy weekend!
Pretty pink manicure:
Mushy and dumb convo with my boyfriend:
My cat, Dita, using me as a bed:
And I must share with you my Friday morning OBSESSION.Some of you may know my utter adoration of Joshua Jackson. He is my number one celeb crush. How ridiculously awesome does he and his gf, Diane Kruger, look at the Sleeping Beauty premiere at Cannes?
I'm in love with him and in love with them. Sigh.Diane Kruger in Calvin Klein and Joshua Jackson in Lanvin tuxedo.
That is all. Happy weekend!
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