strawberries: tuxes and wedding gown

i made some strawberries for some friends who just got engaged. the strawberries i bought were pretty small and kind of hard to decorate. i didn't do so well making the bows on the tuxes or the buttons. it's hard "drawing" with chocolate. i was going to make a string of white pearls on the "wedding gown" strawberries, but it was too hard.

spring birthday party

we had a very pretty birthday party for one of my nieces yesterday. she just turned 2 years old. it was a simple party with cake/dessert/ice cream. i volunteered to make the cake. it was hard decorating the cake as this is only the 2nd cake i've decorated before but i was happy with the results. i also made some chocolate covered strawberries in addition to the chocolate's in my previous post. here are some pictures

i love runnunculus (sp?)

i made party favors with 2 inch square boxes from papermart.com and used ribbon from michael's. the party favors had chocolate inside

i use trader joe's milk chocolate to cover the strawberries.

i found really cute tulip cups and fulled them with milk duds and m&m's

originally the cake had yellow beads around the top of the cake but i made the mistake of putting the cake next to a hot pasta dish in the car on the way to the party so the icing on the sides of the cake fell down. i scraped off the sides and redid it but didn't have time to add the beads at the top.

baking blog

i thought i'd start a blog for the things i make. i'm not a good cook but i love to bake. i'm not that good of a baker yet. i love to bake, almost as much as i love to eat baked goods. i love to make things that look cute or pretty or different. i'll post the pictures/recipes when i make new things here. in the meantime, here is a few things i have made in the past.

chocolate covered strawberries with white chocolate wedding cake that i made for some newly wed friends

spinach feta rolls

meringue mushrooms