Leaves Are Falling
Work has been getting more hectic recently, but there’s always time for dessert!
To celebrate the start of fall, I made a couple batches of pumpkin cheesecake brownies but they were all eaten before I got any pics. Here’s the recipe and some droolworthy images: http://carascravings.blogspot.com/2007/08/browniebabes-round-3-take-2.html
My first fall cake was what else? About a baby. Got to use my new metal comb-thing! Unfortunately I also bent the needle on my airbrush, 2nd time I’ve ever used it and now it will cost me another $7.50. Sigh. Still learning to use the thing, as cool as the effect was it didn’t exactly look real (except maybe the rose).
Quick Tip: Make sure your icing is thin enough for basketweave!! It’ll hurt after, oh, the first two sides, and guess what? You have another two sides to decorate.
What’s inside – lemon poppyseed with raspberry buttercream filling, topped with lemon buttercream.
Babies, Babies Everywhere
One of my sisters is preggers with her first child! So my hubby and I jet-setted (ok, 757-setted) with a bag filled with favors out to San Fran to throw her and my brother-in-law a coed shower bash (sadly, didn’t have my other fabulously creative sister out there with me). What do you get when you put 42 adults and 18 kids together?
Something like that. I spent 2.5 days in my sister’s kitchen making enough for about 100 people, then had to transport it all 45 minutes away to her friend’s house. Then hubby manned the grill. Thanks for doing the dishes, Mom! The most popular food? Homemade macaroni and cheese that was meant for the kids. Good thing I made 2 trays!!!
And, of course, a cake. Half chocolate and half vanilla, hope you don’t notice the slight crack down the middle of the icing. Darn cheapo Wilton cake boards!! Wish I could have had more decorating opportunities, hard to do with my supplies 5,000 miles away.
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