<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151</id><updated>2011-08-01T10:03:41.619-07:00</updated><category term='licensed characters'/><category term='fundraiser'/><category term='baby shower'/><category term='chocolate'/><category term='birthday'/><category term='cookies'/><category term='cupcakes'/><category term='bridal shower'/><category term='cheesecake'/><category term='military'/><category term='cake'/><category term='party favors'/><category term='specialty'/><category term='seasonal'/><category term='kids'/><title type='text'>Goodies By Kate</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6646615270494814902</id><published>2010-11-03T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T12:22:58.749-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><title type='text'>Apple Basket Cupcakes</title><content type='html'>I made a cake that looked a little like these last fall.  I wanted to turn the cake into little cupcakes that looked like Apple Baskets.  I think I was successful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0g4FCGrI/AAAAAAAAAbU/ncWAdSpiBQE/s1600/Apple+Basket+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0g4FCGrI/AAAAAAAAAbU/ncWAdSpiBQE/s320/Apple+Basket+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535403893917358770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are Applesauce Spice flavor with buttercream icing and royal icing apples.  I cooked them in parchment paper cups to give it more of a "basket" feel.  All you have to do is cut parchment paper into squares and press them down into your cupcake pan.  Easy and beautiful!  Plus, I ALWAYS have parchment paper on hand, but not always cupcake liners!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0gS6hKkI/AAAAAAAAAbM/aVE0tb845TA/s1600/Apple+Basket+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0gS6hKkI/AAAAAAAAAbM/aVE0tb845TA/s320/Apple+Basket+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535403883941145154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to box them up and donate these to the Officers' Spouses' Club for the November luncheon as an "opportunity" which is just the Army's way of saying "raffle prize"  I hope someone finds them delicious!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0fqmfPWI/AAAAAAAAAbE/tIpDZzjU65s/s1600/Apple+Basket+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0fqmfPWI/AAAAAAAAAbE/tIpDZzjU65s/s320/Apple+Basket+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535403873119714658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6646615270494814902?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6646615270494814902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/11/apple-basket-cupcakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6646615270494814902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6646615270494814902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/11/apple-basket-cupcakes.html' title='Apple Basket Cupcakes'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TNG0g4FCGrI/AAAAAAAAAbU/ncWAdSpiBQE/s72-c/Apple+Basket+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-103140638651625769</id><published>2010-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T19:37:55.682-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby shower'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Baby Sugar Bees</title><content type='html'>A good friend requested this specific cake for a baby shower she was hosting.  It was chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling, buttercream icing, fondant bees, and royal icing daisies.  I'm very happy with how it turned out!  I only hope the "Momma to bee" will love it too!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-mm4Jm4UI/AAAAAAAAAa8/PaTgbKc6otM/s1600/Bee+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-mm4Jm4UI/AAAAAAAAAa8/PaTgbKc6otM/s320/Bee+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530322054272180546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-mmSexBeI/AAAAAAAAAa0/5QLcRKebUh4/s1600/Bee+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-mmSexBeI/AAAAAAAAAa0/5QLcRKebUh4/s320/Bee+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530322044160378338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-103140638651625769?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/103140638651625769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/baby-sugar-bees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/103140638651625769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/103140638651625769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/baby-sugar-bees.html' title='Baby Sugar Bees'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-mm4Jm4UI/AAAAAAAAAa8/PaTgbKc6otM/s72-c/Bee+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7939134211473191851</id><published>2010-10-20T19:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T19:25:43.892-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Zebra Print Cake</title><content type='html'>I had a 13 year old girl (the sister of a friend of mine) request a zebra print cake with pink ribbon around the top!  This was half vanilla and half chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j9JwGjtI/AAAAAAAAAac/EMHPvkX2KYQ/s1600/Zebra+Cake+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j9JwGjtI/AAAAAAAAAac/EMHPvkX2KYQ/s320/Zebra+Cake+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530319138419281618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought the cake looked pretty cool before and after the pink stripe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j-AojZpI/AAAAAAAAAak/ew9t9Uvjx2E/s1600/Zebra+Cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j-AojZpI/AAAAAAAAAak/ew9t9Uvjx2E/s320/Zebra+Cake+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530319153151567506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j-bq4y7I/AAAAAAAAAas/OhKsTkrjgUs/s1600/Zebra+Cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j-bq4y7I/AAAAAAAAAas/OhKsTkrjgUs/s320/Zebra+Cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530319160409115570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7939134211473191851?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7939134211473191851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/zebra-print-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7939134211473191851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7939134211473191851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/zebra-print-cake.html' title='Zebra Print Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-j9JwGjtI/AAAAAAAAAac/EMHPvkX2KYQ/s72-c/Zebra+Cake+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-3530325569878717230</id><published>2010-10-20T19:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T19:29:17.317-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Little Mermaid</title><content type='html'>I had a request from a very special girl for a Little Mermaid Cake.  Here's what I made her...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-iFIpdQiI/AAAAAAAAAaU/h3FCxO62RSk/s1600/Little+Mermaid+cake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-iFIpdQiI/AAAAAAAAAaU/h3FCxO62RSk/s320/Little+Mermaid+cake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530317076538671650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-3530325569878717230?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/3530325569878717230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/little-mermaid.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3530325569878717230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3530325569878717230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/10/little-mermaid.html' title='Little Mermaid'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TL-iFIpdQiI/AAAAAAAAAaU/h3FCxO62RSk/s72-c/Little+Mermaid+cake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6559457892689426243</id><published>2010-09-08T10:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-08T10:42:13.595-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Promotion Cake</title><content type='html'>I made this cake for Eric's Orthodontist's promotion to full bird Colonel.  He asked for the outline of the eagle, but I had to take it to the next level!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TIfK4rhGN0I/AAAAAAAAAaM/EfUCJOTd1yY/s1600/Colonel+Arnheiter+promotion+cake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TIfK4rhGN0I/AAAAAAAAAaM/EfUCJOTd1yY/s320/Colonel+Arnheiter+promotion+cake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514599343841490754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6559457892689426243?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6559457892689426243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/09/promotion-cake.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6559457892689426243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6559457892689426243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/09/promotion-cake.html' title='Promotion Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/TIfK4rhGN0I/AAAAAAAAAaM/EfUCJOTd1yY/s72-c/Colonel+Arnheiter+promotion+cake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-3670707556228278641</id><published>2010-05-20T18:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T18:41:06.721-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Congrats Grad!</title><content type='html'>I made this cake for a very good friend's son!  Lory was the wife of the Commander of the battalion Eric deployed with.  She was very instrumental in me getting through the deployment with 2 infants, getting involved in the Officers' Spouses' Club, and seeing what a devoted supportive Army wife is!  She asked me to make a cake for her son's high school graduation.  I took the mascot from Fayetteville Christian School and turned him into something yummy to eat!  I hope she likes it!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S_Xj2bDNeeI/AAAAAAAAAZs/gqAx65zx2ZE/s1600/Graduation+Cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S_Xj2bDNeeI/AAAAAAAAAZs/gqAx65zx2ZE/s320/Graduation+Cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473531446252370402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S_Xj21SY9FI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/oeTHg1N0JcI/s1600/Graduation+Cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S_Xj21SY9FI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/oeTHg1N0JcI/s320/Graduation+Cake+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473531453295359058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-3670707556228278641?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/3670707556228278641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/05/congrats-grad.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3670707556228278641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3670707556228278641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/05/congrats-grad.html' title='Congrats Grad!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S_Xj2bDNeeI/AAAAAAAAAZs/gqAx65zx2ZE/s72-c/Graduation+Cake+2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-5491554450852126463</id><published>2010-04-24T20:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T20:33:25.835-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Bowling for CAKE!</title><content type='html'>One of the NICU nurses contacted me to make her son an 8th birthday cake with a bowling ball theme.  Here's what I ended up with...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O30KIclHI/AAAAAAAAAZY/b3T0CJitNwA/s1600/bowling+ball+cake2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O30KIclHI/AAAAAAAAAZY/b3T0CJitNwA/s320/bowling+ball+cake2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463912879631406194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I threw in some cupcakes because I've been wanting to try these bowling pin cupcakes.  They were VERY easy and delicious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O3zprsMrI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/REzlB6kmj3g/s1600/bowling+ball+cupcake2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O3zprsMrI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/REzlB6kmj3g/s320/bowling+ball+cupcake2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463912870920860338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-5491554450852126463?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/5491554450852126463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/bowling-for-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5491554450852126463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5491554450852126463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/bowling-for-cake.html' title='Bowling for CAKE!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O30KIclHI/AAAAAAAAAZY/b3T0CJitNwA/s72-c/bowling+ball+cake2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6601133089211699286</id><published>2010-04-24T20:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T20:22:07.915-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Mickey Mouse</title><content type='html'>I created a Minnie Mouse about a year ago, and was very excited to have a chance to create her better half!  I made this for a 1 year old birthday.  Mickey is my signature citrus cake and the balloons are the chocolate allergen free cakes.  There's no egg, nuts, or milk in them.  My client was concerned with food allergies so, of course, I had a delicious recipe for her!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O0xd3UZ3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/TTlETNljzN8/s1600/Mickey+Mouse1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O0xd3UZ3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/TTlETNljzN8/s320/Mickey+Mouse1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463909534853785458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6601133089211699286?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6601133089211699286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/mickey-mouse.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6601133089211699286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6601133089211699286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/mickey-mouse.html' title='Mickey Mouse'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9O0xd3UZ3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/TTlETNljzN8/s72-c/Mickey+Mouse1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-5962149891887544366</id><published>2010-04-24T20:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T20:13:19.391-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Feliz Cumpleanos!</title><content type='html'>A co-worker of Eric's hired me to make her granddaughter a Dora the Explorer cake.  I've never made Dora and don't really know much about her since the boys don't watch that show.  A little research on the internet, a lot of different colors, and a tedious hand created the following cake.  Come on VAMANOS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9OzFDNFOEI/AAAAAAAAAYw/hjsZ-sdEXuM/s1600/Dora+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9OzFDNFOEI/AAAAAAAAAYw/hjsZ-sdEXuM/s320/Dora+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463907672271435842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9OzErmeZjI/AAAAAAAAAYo/gxDcAW9hUV0/s1600/Dora+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9OzErmeZjI/AAAAAAAAAYo/gxDcAW9hUV0/s320/Dora+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463907665935492658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-5962149891887544366?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/5962149891887544366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/feliz-cumpleanos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5962149891887544366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5962149891887544366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/04/feliz-cumpleanos.html' title='Feliz Cumpleanos!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S9OzFDNFOEI/AAAAAAAAAYw/hjsZ-sdEXuM/s72-c/Dora+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-4166268112829224232</id><published>2010-03-15T12:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T12:56:57.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm in the PAPER</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; I MADE IT INTO THE PAPER!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I received an email from one of the boys' NICU nurses saying that she saw my name in the paper.  Enough blah blah blah...here it is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S56QZXNXdgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/lg079TbiBPI/s1600-h/paper+article.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S56QZXNXdgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/lg079TbiBPI/s320/paper+article.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448951364566087170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm SO excited to have my name in the paper and a picture of the pupcakes I made because they were a lot of work.   If you look in the mirror, that's me standing in the background!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I put a lot of time into the cake orders I had that weekend, and this article makes it all worth it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-4166268112829224232?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/4166268112829224232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/im-in-paper.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/4166268112829224232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/4166268112829224232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/im-in-paper.html' title='I&apos;m in the PAPER'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S56QZXNXdgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/lg079TbiBPI/s72-c/paper+article.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-535090926785578429</id><published>2010-03-12T12:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T12:30:18.718-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>A Sweet Tooth</title><content type='html'>I was hired to make a "Dental Assistant Appreciation Week" cake for the clinic where Eric works.  Actually, he has to travel between 2 of the 5 clinics on Ft. Bragg.  He was at a different clinic and started talking about my cakes to some of the assistants and hygienists.  Next thing you know, he was showing off this website!  After he told me this, I decided to make them a cake too...just because! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here's the extra cake I made for Rhode Dental Clinic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5qiybl54NI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/PjOIvfwRVLE/s1600-h/dental+cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5qiybl54NI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/PjOIvfwRVLE/s320/dental+cake+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447845686541934802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here's the one I made for Davis Dental Clinic. &lt;br /&gt;Eric told me they all LOVED the cake and that one of the Colonels actually took a picture of it.  Now THAT made me feel good!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5qiyoTH1MI/AAAAAAAAAYY/plDaVGeyLqU/s1600-h/dental+cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5qiyoTH1MI/AAAAAAAAAYY/plDaVGeyLqU/s320/dental+cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447845689952818370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-535090926785578429?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/535090926785578429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweet-tooth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/535090926785578429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/535090926785578429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweet-tooth.html' title='A Sweet Tooth'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5qiybl54NI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/PjOIvfwRVLE/s72-c/dental+cake+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-2565955024809442619</id><published>2010-03-09T20:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:44:14.683-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes'/><title type='text'>Avery...take TWO!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;This is probably one of my favorite buttercream cakes yet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5ckxlkM5FI/AAAAAAAAAYA/HCNos3InRXQ/s1600-h/avery+cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446862708644045906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5ckxlkM5FI/AAAAAAAAAYA/HCNos3InRXQ/s320/avery+cake+2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherry, one of the boys' NICU nurses asked me to make her little princess a cake to tear into for her first birthday pictures. I made it, hot pink and lime green to match Miss Avery's tutu, but poor little princess came down with a tummy bug the day before her photos. So, Sherry popped over late at night to pick up the cake, and we talked about how she could freeze it for 2 weeks until her rescheduled photo session. However, due to cake suicide (because the cake did this to itself) it never did make it to the freezer, and had to either be buried or eaten. Thankfully, it was eaten!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow morning, Avery has her THIRD attempt at her first birthday photo shoot. (The first was rescheduled due to road rash up her face from a fall on the concrete!!!!) I packed this cake SO tight in the box that Sherry will have to pull the box apart at its seam to get the cake out. I felt bad that the cake committed suicide that I included 5 little cupcakes that also spell her name. Steven Ashmore is one of THE BEST photographers in town...so I wanted to give him plenty of ways to capture Avery, her hot pink tutu, and her name!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's to a FABULOUS photo shoot with a beautiful princess in her tutu and a delicious cake for her to TEAR into!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE - Would you believe that poor Avery is sick AGAIN? Sherry picked up the cake with the intention to freeze it until her 4TH attempt at having her first birthday pictures taken. I had it all wrapped in a box and ready to freeze. I hope this baby girl can get her pictures done before she either outgrows her picture outfit OR turns 2. HA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5ckx7uiAZI/AAAAAAAAAYI/avtJdcZq-9Y/s1600-h/avery+cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446862714592952722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5ckx7uiAZI/AAAAAAAAAYI/avtJdcZq-9Y/s320/avery+cake+1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-2565955024809442619?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/2565955024809442619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/averytake-two.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2565955024809442619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2565955024809442619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/averytake-two.html' title='Avery...take TWO!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5ckxlkM5FI/AAAAAAAAAYA/HCNos3InRXQ/s72-c/avery+cake+2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-2844381849664566225</id><published>2010-03-06T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:44:54.032-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes'/><title type='text'>PAWS...and eat some cake!</title><content type='html'>Carolina Pet Care Services, the company we use to baby sit our dogs when traveling, contacted me a few months ago and asked me to make some custom puppy cupcakes for them as well as a birthday sheet cake. I attempted the pupcakes back in January and they turned out great! This weekend was the big fundraiser for FAPS (Fayetteville Animal Protection Society) as well as Shannon's (one of the owners of the company) 40th birthday. I lieu of presents for Shannon, they asked for donations or gifts for FAPS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I put a lot of time and effort into their pupcakes and sheet cake this week....and it paid off. THEY LOVED IT!!!! I spent a few hours at the fundraiser and enjoyed meeting some of their other dog sitters and even a free lance photographer from the paper who was there to cover the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K2HFtqR2I/AAAAAAAAAXo/hpnV5VrkEMg/s1600-h/CPC+pupcakes.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445615132353382242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K2HFtqR2I/AAAAAAAAAXo/hpnV5VrkEMg/s320/CPC+pupcakes.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K2G0WnKdI/AAAAAAAAAXg/GhIVhtoh-tc/s1600-h/CPC+cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445615127693306322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K2G0WnKdI/AAAAAAAAAXg/GhIVhtoh-tc/s320/CPC+cake+1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Shannon chose a chocolate cake with mocha mousse filling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K3S6InSyI/AAAAAAAAAXw/tEjVI9k76Yk/s1600-h/CPC+pupcakes1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445616434915265314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K3S6InSyI/AAAAAAAAAXw/tEjVI9k76Yk/s320/CPC+pupcakes1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chihuahua, sheep dog, beagle, collie, terrier, bulldog,&lt;br /&gt;chocolate lab, schnauzer, pug, and dalmatian!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K3TDjrKzI/AAAAAAAAAX4/gvrrA_CvPTQ/s1600-h/CPC+pupcakes+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445616437444684594" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K3TDjrKzI/AAAAAAAAAX4/gvrrA_CvPTQ/s320/CPC+pupcakes+2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The dachshunds didn't fit in the box..they had to ride without the rest of the pack!!!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-2844381849664566225?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/2844381849664566225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/pawsand-eat-some-cake.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2844381849664566225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2844381849664566225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/pawsand-eat-some-cake.html' title='PAWS...and eat some cake!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K2HFtqR2I/AAAAAAAAAXo/hpnV5VrkEMg/s72-c/CPC+pupcakes.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-2088000675456617645</id><published>2010-03-06T11:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:46:12.928-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><title type='text'>FBAOSC Fundraiser</title><content type='html'>I was approached by one of the members of the Ft Bragg Area Officers, Spouses' Club, and asked to donate something for their March Fundraiser called Denim and Diamonds. I knew I didn't have time to do another cake since I already had 2 cake orders for the weekend and an order of custom cupcakes. However, I knew I could eek out a nifty looking cookie bouquet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I drew out a template for theses cookies, cut them all out by hand, decorated them, and added about 125 pearl candies to each cookie...INDIVIDUALLY with some tweezers. I then wrapped each one and placed them in a cute pink and brown gift box and shrink wrapped it! I hope it brought a bidding war like the shoe box cake did at the Cakes for a Cure fundraiser back in November! I delivered them to our monthly luncheon on Thursday and they got a really good reaction. I love what I do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K0FQQ92UI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/TCi3-86RSy8/s1600-h/ring+cookies+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445612901802826050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K0FQQ92UI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/TCi3-86RSy8/s320/ring+cookies+1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K0F2o_-_I/AAAAAAAAAXY/77k247VFA2U/s1600-h/ring+cookies+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445612912104176626" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K0F2o_-_I/AAAAAAAAAXY/77k247VFA2U/s320/ring+cookies+6.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-2088000675456617645?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/2088000675456617645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/fbaosc-fundraiser.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2088000675456617645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2088000675456617645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/03/fbaosc-fundraiser.html' title='FBAOSC Fundraiser'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S5K0FQQ92UI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/TCi3-86RSy8/s72-c/ring+cookies+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-8827018601410044918</id><published>2010-02-21T18:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T18:43:12.543-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bridal shower'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Bridal Shower Cake</title><content type='html'>I made the following cake for a bridal shower.  It was yellow cake with raspberry buttercream filling!  The bride and guests loved the way it looked and tasted!  I love it when my customers are satisfied.  Stay tuned because I have A LOT of cake orders coming up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S4Huq5jnhbI/AAAAAAAAAXI/LCB9rhVGhN8/s1600-h/kates+cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S4Huq5jnhbI/AAAAAAAAAXI/LCB9rhVGhN8/s320/kates+cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440892245612398002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-8827018601410044918?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/8827018601410044918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/02/bridal-shower-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8827018601410044918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8827018601410044918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/02/bridal-shower-cake.html' title='Bridal Shower Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S4Huq5jnhbI/AAAAAAAAAXI/LCB9rhVGhN8/s72-c/kates+cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-8102616959201591352</id><published>2010-01-26T13:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T13:29:08.842-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes'/><title type='text'>Pupcakes!</title><content type='html'>Whenever we go out of town, we have a specific dog sitting company we use to care for Jade and Rena.  They are AWESOME and the pups love the 2 ladies that run the business.  Shout out to Theresa and Shannon!  They contacted me a few weeks ago to enlist my help in making some cupcakes shaped like PUPS...that's why I called them Pupcakes.  Theresa dropped off the book Hello, Cupcakes and wanted me to give it a go.  I decided to do a trial run before I fully committed to them.  These are for a very special occasion, and if I wasn't going to be able to reproduce them to their satisfaction, I wanted them to have time to locate someone else.  Never fear though...I made them all the last 2 days.  The book is VERY descriptive on how to make these edible K-9s.  I'm glad I tried these because I will need to make a few variations in regards to the size of the marshmallows used to make most of the snouts.  Also, I need to find chocolate covered sunflower seeds for the eyes, and Famous Chocolate Waffers for the snouts and ears!  If anyone sees them in either Fayetteville or Raleigh/Durham, please let me know!  This order isn't due until the first week of March, so I have some time to locate these last few things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What do you think????????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19c6EfmOCI/AAAAAAAAAWo/hJ5Fbjqz9lU/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19c6EfmOCI/AAAAAAAAAWo/hJ5Fbjqz9lU/s320/dog+cupcake+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161828340545570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Old English Sheep Dog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19c55k2yDI/AAAAAAAAAWg/zM9zoZrNBIs/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19c55k2yDI/AAAAAAAAAWg/zM9zoZrNBIs/s320/dog+cupcake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161825409812530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo Quiero PUPCAKES?  Chihuahua&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cT23q7oI/AAAAAAAAAWY/tiOYs1-UxyY/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cT23q7oI/AAAAAAAAAWY/tiOYs1-UxyY/s320/dog+cupcake+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161171848392322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Schnauzer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cTdSOi8I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/uijyK6cATQc/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cTdSOi8I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/uijyK6cATQc/s320/dog+cupcake+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161164980456386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beagle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cTJEOqlI/AAAAAAAAAWI/B3b5UgTI98Y/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cTJEOqlI/AAAAAAAAAWI/B3b5UgTI98Y/s320/dog+cupcake+5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161159553034834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Can you eat 101 PUPCAKES???  Dalmation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cSw_pHXI/AAAAAAAAAWA/q-bK8PAI0qk/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cSw_pHXI/AAAAAAAAAWA/q-bK8PAI0qk/s320/dog+cupcake+6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161153091345778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chocolate Lab...literally..CHOCOLATE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cSkPBznI/AAAAAAAAAV4/G4_0OF2JhqU/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19cSkPBznI/AAAAAAAAAV4/G4_0OF2JhqU/s320/dog+cupcake+7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431161149666217586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pug...not my favorite, but will look better once I find all the necessary candies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a4BUniqI/AAAAAAAAAVw/Fqw649sSCB4/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a4BUniqI/AAAAAAAAAVw/Fqw649sSCB4/s320/dog+cupcake+8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431159594106194594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dachshund&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a35s_B3I/AAAAAAAAAVo/4YsV-td-iVs/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a35s_B3I/AAAAAAAAAVo/4YsV-td-iVs/s320/dog+cupcake+9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431159592060913522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Collie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a3QRKFcI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Wu9AZL4e-b4/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a3QRKFcI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Wu9AZL4e-b4/s320/dog+cupcake+10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431159580938343874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yorkshire Terrier&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a3DxG-AI/AAAAAAAAAVY/92yfNz5ZbjU/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a3DxG-AI/AAAAAAAAAVY/92yfNz5ZbjU/s320/dog+cupcake+11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431159577582696450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bulldog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a25LoRYI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/o7VMZemTd3s/s1600-h/dog+cupcake+12.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19a25LoRYI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/o7VMZemTd3s/s320/dog+cupcake+12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431159574741140866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The whole PUPCAKE KENNEL! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, what the heck am I supposed to do with these Pupcakes???  Give them to the clients of course!  Theresa is going to stop by and pick them up today to enjoy over the weekend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-8102616959201591352?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/8102616959201591352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/01/pupcakes.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8102616959201591352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8102616959201591352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/01/pupcakes.html' title='Pupcakes!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S19c6EfmOCI/AAAAAAAAAWo/hJ5Fbjqz9lU/s72-c/dog+cupcake+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7172801002232950785</id><published>2010-01-25T18:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-25T19:11:52.796-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party favors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><title type='text'>Rice Krispies ON A STICK!</title><content type='html'>I wanted to do something special for the boys to take to Mother's Day Out for their 3rd birthday.  Hard to believe, I know!  I stuck with rice krispie treats, made them look like sports balls (the only thing they play with right now) and put it on a stick.  Apparently, putting things on a stick are the total rave right now.  ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used store bought icing and dyed it to the appropriate color.  I added powdered sugar to the icing to thicken it up and help it harden a little when it dries.  I just used little ziploc bags to pipe the decorations on them.  I don't think the moms will be very happy with me about giving their kiddos a sugar high!  I'm hoping to send these HOME with the kids and let the parents decide when the kids can have them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15YgKG9hyI/AAAAAAAAAVI/bYcvvkPOcvg/s1600-h/rice+krispies+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15YgKG9hyI/AAAAAAAAAVI/bYcvvkPOcvg/s320/rice+krispies+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430875510148007714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15Yf0LsQzI/AAAAAAAAAVA/9DdR6q1s9qM/s1600-h/rice+krispies+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15Yf0LsQzI/AAAAAAAAAVA/9DdR6q1s9qM/s320/rice+krispies+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430875504262267698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15YfRqAF-I/AAAAAAAAAU4/uJaMmVUC9JA/s1600-h/rice+krispies+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15YfRqAF-I/AAAAAAAAAU4/uJaMmVUC9JA/s320/rice+krispies+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430875494994155490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7172801002232950785?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7172801002232950785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/01/rice-krispies-on-stick.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7172801002232950785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7172801002232950785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2010/01/rice-krispies-on-stick.html' title='Rice Krispies ON A STICK!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/S15YgKG9hyI/AAAAAAAAAVI/bYcvvkPOcvg/s72-c/rice+krispies+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-2575150372690377018</id><published>2009-12-16T19:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T20:03:16.193-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><title type='text'>December Cakes</title><content type='html'>I had my first "stranger cake" order this month.  Meaning, this was the first cake I made that wasn't for a friend.  It was for the birthday of a commander's wife here on Ft. Bragg.  I heard through the grapevine that she loved the cake.  This was a huge challenge for me, but I learned a lot and loved every minute of it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SymrKXCgiAI/AAAAAAAAATw/5CBOi-eWUUg/s1600-h/final+square+cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SymrKXCgiAI/AAAAAAAAATw/5CBOi-eWUUg/s320/final+square+cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416048221361309698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This last cake was for a 2nd birthday! &lt;br /&gt;It was a nut and egg free cake and all of the kids enjoyed it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SymrJ_DOEsI/AAAAAAAAATo/NKYk4ic4pyM/s1600-h/crayola+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SymrJ_DOEsI/AAAAAAAAATo/NKYk4ic4pyM/s320/crayola+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416048214921843394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-2575150372690377018?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/2575150372690377018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-cakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2575150372690377018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2575150372690377018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-cakes.html' title='December Cakes'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SymrKXCgiAI/AAAAAAAAATw/5CBOi-eWUUg/s72-c/final+square+cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-1543297328501938883</id><published>2009-12-15T13:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:46:48.523-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chocolate'/><title type='text'>Holiday Baking Galore</title><content type='html'>I have been extremely busy baking and cooking. I have a friend that caters lunches and dinners for some soldiers every week, and took over for a few days since she went out of town for the holidays. Those boys were NOT going to go hungry..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosemary Chicken Salad sandwiches&lt;br /&gt;Black Bean Kielbasa Soup&lt;br /&gt;Toasted Pine Nut and Chicken Spinach Salad with homemade dressing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baked Ziti with garlic knots&lt;br /&gt;BBQ chicken with Santa Shaped pasta salad :)&lt;br /&gt;Pineapple Chicken Stir Fry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also sent them some of my Christmas sweets....I made....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My special Chocolate Chip Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Peanut Butter Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Snickerdoodles&lt;br /&gt;Snowstorm Chocolate Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Cathedral Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Thumbprint Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Fudge&lt;br /&gt;Cherry Filled Peanut Butter Balls&lt;br /&gt;Meringue Cookies&lt;br /&gt;Cream Cheese Mints&lt;br /&gt;Cornflake Christmas Tree Treats&lt;br /&gt;Sweet and Spicy Chex mix&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YES...I've been busy...here's a little look at what my treat boxes turned out like...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SygI1Qp4aXI/AAAAAAAAATg/J3o_8jB0Tpw/s1600-h/holiday+baking+finale.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415588263009741170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SygI1Qp4aXI/AAAAAAAAATg/J3o_8jB0Tpw/s320/holiday+baking+finale.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I used cupcake liners to separate each different kind of cookie...just like they do in the tins you can buy at the store. I used loaf papers for the middle. It kept all the cookies from shifting around and looks like a spent a lot of time on it, but I didn't! I made 4 of these bigger boxes and a few little bags for various people! If you want to taste test anything...feel free to come on over!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I called my hairdresser to make appointments for me and the boys. She remembered my Cherry Filled Peanut Butter balls, and offered to comp our hair dressing fees for a box of cookies and lots of Peanut Butter balls....DONE! I'm all about bartering!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend Theresa told me about the &lt;a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Golden-Santa-Bread"&gt;Santa Bread&lt;/a&gt; and I couldn't resist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SygI1D-N6QI/AAAAAAAAATY/j0mWqfYD7Tg/s1600-h/santa+bread.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415588259605375234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SygI1D-N6QI/AAAAAAAAATY/j0mWqfYD7Tg/s320/santa+bread.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I need to try it again to work on the brim of the hat, the mustache (looks a little like a spider) and a better looking beard! I used a recipe for &lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/almost-famous-soft-pretzels-recipe/index.html"&gt;soft pretzels&lt;/a&gt; since that dough doesn't have any egg in it. It tasted SOOOOOOO good..the boys LOVED it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-1543297328501938883?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/1543297328501938883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-baking-galore.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/1543297328501938883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/1543297328501938883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-baking-galore.html' title='Holiday Baking Galore'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SygI1Qp4aXI/AAAAAAAAATg/J3o_8jB0Tpw/s72-c/holiday+baking+finale.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-5316909329833253640</id><published>2009-11-23T11:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:47:35.746-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><title type='text'>Harvest Krispie Treats</title><content type='html'>The boys are having a Thanksgiving Party at Mother's Day Out on Tuesday. I signed up to make rice krispie treats since they are allergy friendly to the boys as well as a few other kiddos in their class that have allergies. However, I can't make them plain! I had all of these ingredients in my cabinet!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made some pumpkins. Just rolled the cereal treats into a ball, rolled them in orange sprinkles and topped it off with a green fondant stem. I attached a little note saying HAPPY THANKSGIVING with a leaf sticker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwrjNqYEAzI/AAAAAAAAAR0/gBZDdhUrN_0/s1600/pumpkin+pic.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407384126464721714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwrjNqYEAzI/AAAAAAAAAR0/gBZDdhUrN_0/s320/pumpkin+pic.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After I ran out of orange sprinkles, I found some yellow ones. I immediately thought of corn. So, I rolled the cereal treats into a thick log, covered them with yellow sprinkles, cut fondant in the shape of leaves, and attached them to look like the husk of corn. I attached a little note saying "Have an A-maize-ing Thanksgiving" with a leaf sticker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwrjNLldJxI/AAAAAAAAARs/WiQ8WJd34cw/s1600/corn+pic.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407384118199396114" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwrjNLldJxI/AAAAAAAAARs/WiQ8WJd34cw/s320/corn+pic.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It only took about 30 minutes to make the treats, decorate them, and put them in clear treat bags. I managed to get that done while the boys were playing nicely in their room! I made the little notes and attached them while the boys were napping. I hope the kiddos like them at their church party tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-5316909329833253640?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/5316909329833253640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/harvest-krispie-treats.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5316909329833253640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5316909329833253640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/harvest-krispie-treats.html' title='Harvest Krispie Treats'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwrjNqYEAzI/AAAAAAAAAR0/gBZDdhUrN_0/s72-c/pumpkin+pic.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-1900461644319277634</id><published>2009-11-18T05:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T05:28:06.276-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><title type='text'>How To Make the Flock of Turkeys</title><content type='html'>I've had a lot of people ask me "how to" make the turkey cookies...so here ya go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You need...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 dozen sugar cookies (I purchased them from the bakery at the grocery store!)&lt;br /&gt;1 package of Nabisco Pinwheels (I've never heard of these, but they are in the cookie aisle)&lt;br /&gt;1 can chocolate frosting&lt;br /&gt;1 can vanilla frosting&lt;br /&gt;yellow and red food coloring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Color half of the vanilla frosting yellow and the other half red. Prepare an icing bag filled with red, one with yellow, and one with chocolate. If you don't have icing bags, no big deal! Use ziploc bags instead. Put #3 tip on the yellow and red and a #12 on the chocolate. If you're using ziploc bags, snip a small hole on the red and yellow and one about the size of a pencil eraser on the chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Cut the rounded edge off of 1/2 of the sugar cookies,and cut the Pinwheel cookies in half.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMKuM4n4DI/AAAAAAAAEm0/JRIzeRevO5U/s1600/turkey+how+to+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMKuM4n4DI/AAAAAAAAEm0/JRIzeRevO5U/s320/turkey+how+to+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405175766623707186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread a small amount of chocolate icing on the bottom of the Pinwheel and attach to the flat edged sugar cookie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMKt5bCEQI/AAAAAAAAEms/p7DbFSXkl38/s1600/turkey+how+to+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMKt5bCEQI/AAAAAAAAEms/p7DbFSXkl38/s320/turkey+how+to+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405175761399320834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make "feathers" with the red icing around the edge of the Pinwheel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJLR6cDZI/AAAAAAAAEmk/D7miPr2lUXU/s1600/turkey+how+to+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJLR6cDZI/AAAAAAAAEmk/D7miPr2lUXU/s320/turkey+how+to+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405174067166449042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread more chocolate icing on the cut edge of the Pinwheel and attach to a whole sugar cookie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJLEkP3wI/AAAAAAAAEmc/OV3MpLvDKJw/s1600/turkey+how+to+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJLEkP3wI/AAAAAAAAEmc/OV3MpLvDKJw/s320/turkey+how+to+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405174063583715074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pipe a neck and head out of chocolate icing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJK6mWctI/AAAAAAAAEmU/YNJsqQ5xtKg/s1600/turkey+how+to+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJK6mWctI/AAAAAAAAEmU/YNJsqQ5xtKg/s320/turkey+how+to+5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405174060908180178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use the yellow icing to draw in the legs, feet, eyes, and nose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJKouozzI/AAAAAAAAEmM/pTeb25r9VfA/s1600/turkey+how+to+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJKouozzI/AAAAAAAAEmM/pTeb25r9VfA/s320/turkey+how+to+6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405174056111099698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, use the red icing to make his snood!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJKY4_8dI/AAAAAAAAEmE/Ook4ThCIY2E/s1600/turkey+crackers.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMJKY4_8dI/AAAAAAAAEmE/Ook4ThCIY2E/s320/turkey+crackers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405174051859591634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You can make these on a smaller scale with Ritz crackers and oreos cut in half. I used brown sugar cinnamon Ritz...didn't know they made them, but they are DELICIOUS!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I typed this all up only to find a link to it online...oh well!  Their directions are probably a little better than mine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/A-Flock-of-Turkeys"&gt;http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/A-Flock-of-Turkeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-1900461644319277634?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/1900461644319277634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-make-flock-of-turkeys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/1900461644319277634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/1900461644319277634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-make-flock-of-turkeys.html' title='How To Make the Flock of Turkeys'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIh1ON1BAE8/SwMKuM4n4DI/AAAAAAAAEm0/JRIzeRevO5U/s72-c/turkey+how+to+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-5593292040484197156</id><published>2009-11-16T12:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:49:15.849-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><title type='text'>You'll Gobble These Up!</title><content type='html'>I buy one holiday recipe magazine each year to see what new cookies people come up with. This is one cookie I couldn't resist making. The best part, it's all store bought...sugar cookies, Nabisco Pinwheel cookies, one can of white frosting, one can of chocolate frosting, yellow and red food coloring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Badda Bing Badda Boom...this is what you get...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9rxAL0bI/AAAAAAAAARE/GUph2UUk5GY/s1600/turkey+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404809587407442354" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9rxAL0bI/AAAAAAAAARE/GUph2UUk5GY/s320/turkey+3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9rIuyykI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/I2DdU_PDDUY/s1600/turkey+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404809576597080642" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9rIuyykI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/I2DdU_PDDUY/s320/turkey+5.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9pysHWeI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/vefYe8_KNyk/s1600/turkey+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404809553500396002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9pysHWeI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/vefYe8_KNyk/s320/turkey+6.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now...if I could magically become a better photographer, life would be grand!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ended up individually wrapping these and donating them to the Yule Mart which is the Officers' Spouses' Club's biggest annual craft fair fundraiser.  They went like hotcakes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-5593292040484197156?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/5593292040484197156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/youll-gobble-these-up.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5593292040484197156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/5593292040484197156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/youll-gobble-these-up.html' title='You&apos;ll Gobble These Up!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SwG9rxAL0bI/AAAAAAAAARE/GUph2UUk5GY/s72-c/turkey+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-3064911044333671303</id><published>2009-11-10T12:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T12:37:19.836-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Operation Baking GALS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnOsZyfPqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/80GEZXpiX3Y/s1600-h/bakinggals.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnOsZyfPqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/80GEZXpiX3Y/s320/bakinggals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402576490239835810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently joined a volunteer group called &lt;a href="http://www.bakinggals.com/"&gt;Operation Baking GALS&lt;/a&gt; (Give A Little Support).  The purpose of the group is to send baked goods to the soldiers overseas.  I joined a group through &lt;a href="http://www.easttowestbakers.blogspot.com/"&gt;East To West Bakers&lt;/a&gt;.  I sent off my first shipment today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made Mrs. Fields Double-Rich Chocolate Cookies with the help of the boys, of course!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 1/2 cups all purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp baking soda&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;1 cup dark brown sugar, packed&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup white sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 cup salted butter, softened&lt;br /&gt;3 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp pure vanilla&lt;br /&gt;2 cups (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Preheat oven to 325.&lt;br /&gt;-Combine flour, soda, salt and cocoa powder.  Mix well and set aside&lt;br /&gt;-In a large bowl, blend sugars at medium speed.  Beat in the butter and egg until creamy.&lt;br /&gt;-Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until light and fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;-Add the flour mixture and chips, and blend at low speed just until combined.&lt;br /&gt; Don't over mix&lt;br /&gt;-Drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKiWmpm6I/AAAAAAAAAPg/sovcSuoo1j4/s1600-h/baking+gals+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKiWmpm6I/AAAAAAAAAPg/sovcSuoo1j4/s320/baking+gals+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402571919539674018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKiGwiUqI/AAAAAAAAAPY/RBuFJf9u29I/s1600-h/baking+gals+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKiGwiUqI/AAAAAAAAAPY/RBuFJf9u29I/s320/baking+gals+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402571915286172322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKh7gPIaI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/0ewOpd7PBdo/s1600-h/baking+gals+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKh7gPIaI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/0ewOpd7PBdo/s320/baking+gals+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402571912265015714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I threw in some smarties and skittles to help fill the box.&lt;br /&gt; I hope he and his fellow soldiers enjoy it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKhijwLSI/AAAAAAAAAPI/h4EDU-KGO_g/s1600-h/baking+gals+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnKhijwLSI/AAAAAAAAAPI/h4EDU-KGO_g/s320/baking+gals+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402571905568877858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-3064911044333671303?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/3064911044333671303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/operation-baking-gals.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3064911044333671303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3064911044333671303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/operation-baking-gals.html' title='Operation Baking GALS'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SvnOsZyfPqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/80GEZXpiX3Y/s72-c/bakinggals.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6109757646931037286</id><published>2009-11-08T03:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:50:23.122-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Shoe Box Cake - CAKES FOR A CURE</title><content type='html'>I was asked to donate a cake for the OSC (Officers' Spouses' Club) on Ft Bragg for their "Cakes for a Cure" Fundraiser. The theme was Girls Night Out, and the colors were pink, of course, and brown. I knew immediately I wanted to make a shoe box and a gum paste shoe. Neither of which, I had done before. Here's the end result...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svax-lV-OCI/AAAAAAAAAO4/yJZcJ1Ffz2c/s1600-h/shoe+cake+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401700491811764258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svax-lV-OCI/AAAAAAAAAO4/yJZcJ1Ffz2c/s320/shoe+cake+6.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My friend, Brandy made the gum paste flowers! It was the first ones she's ever done, and I think they turned out FABULOUS! The cake was 100% edible...from the shoe to the tissue paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svax-GKBRMI/AAAAAAAAAOw/5Mjt8wEeNqY/s1600-h/shoe+cake+9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401700483440133314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svax-GKBRMI/AAAAAAAAAOw/5Mjt8wEeNqY/s320/shoe+cake+9.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Notice the shoe has the name "Jami" on it. A high school classmate of mine lost her battle with cancer on October 18th. I wasn't able to make it back to Kentucky for her services, so this was my tribute to her. The girl who won the cake read Jami's story that I put with the cake, and was so touched by it that she HAD to have the cake!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the highest grossing cake at the auction, going for $70. That's probably about what I would charge for it anyway...minus the cake board detail and gum paste flowers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I left the auction with 1 cake order and found another one in my email box the next day. It was a great night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tanya Biank, the author of Army Wives, was there to sign her book and be the guest speaker. She was full of grace, intelligence, and poise. It was an honor to meet her, since I'm a huge fan of the show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svazdr2kU5I/AAAAAAAAAPA/QPneT0v9wTg/s1600-h/Army+Wives.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401702125646664594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svazdr2kU5I/AAAAAAAAAPA/QPneT0v9wTg/s320/Army+Wives.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6109757646931037286?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6109757646931037286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/shoe-box-cake-cakes-for-cure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6109757646931037286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6109757646931037286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/11/shoe-box-cake-cakes-for-cure.html' title='Shoe Box Cake - CAKES FOR A CURE'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Svax-lV-OCI/AAAAAAAAAO4/yJZcJ1Ffz2c/s72-c/shoe+cake+6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7641744204043803806</id><published>2009-10-25T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T19:30:22.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Cake Class Update</title><content type='html'>I've really been enjoying my cake classes.  Course II is finishing up on Halloween, and I can't wait to make the final cake to showcase these flowers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made the following flowers in the last few classes.  Some are made of buttercream, royal icing, or color flow.  Royal icing is powdered sugar, egg whites, and water.  It dries hard, and is used mostly for decoration and intricate details.  Color flow is made of roughly the same ingredients as Royal icing, but it dries with a more "pillowy" effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIekEc1FI/AAAAAAAAAOA/cpObqih1wdc/s1600-h/cake+flowers+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIekEc1FI/AAAAAAAAAOA/cpObqih1wdc/s320/cake+flowers+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396729049644848210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First is the mum...buttercream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOqmnCdI/AAAAAAAAAN4/FbsYN-GxedY/s1600-h/cake+flowers+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOqmnCdI/AAAAAAAAAN4/FbsYN-GxedY/s320/cake+flowers+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396728776520829394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next is the American Beauty Rose using the brush striping technique to tint the edges...buttercream.  I'm nowhere near perfecting the rose...I struggle with it a little, but I'm practicing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOQnaP8I/AAAAAAAAANw/hP9IoiqDWRo/s1600-h/cake+flowers+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOQnaP8I/AAAAAAAAANw/hP9IoiqDWRo/s320/cake+flowers+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396728769544863682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now on to Royal Icing.  Apple Blossom and the Daisy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOAuRenI/AAAAAAAAANo/pjg1Lev0X1U/s1600-h/cake+flowers+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIOAuRenI/AAAAAAAAANo/pjg1Lev0X1U/s320/cake+flowers+5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396728765278681714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Primrose and Violet and leaf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIN1jgqzI/AAAAAAAAANg/5zialMyFJPg/s1600-h/cake+flowers+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIN1jgqzI/AAAAAAAAANg/5zialMyFJPg/s320/cake+flowers+6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396728762280749874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the Color Flow butterflies and birds.  Once again, not as perfect as I would like, but I'm learning.  Not bad for my first time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUINfaob_I/AAAAAAAAANY/cMQClc0R7u0/s1600-h/cake+flowers+7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUINfaob_I/AAAAAAAAANY/cMQClc0R7u0/s320/cake+flowers+7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396728756337930226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I LOVED LOVED LOVED class last weekend when I learned how to do this.  My teacher is awesome, very patient, and knowledgeable.  Our final class will teach us the basket weave, daffodil, and how to arrange them on a cake!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7641744204043803806?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7641744204043803806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/10/cake-class-update.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7641744204043803806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7641744204043803806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/10/cake-class-update.html' title='Cake Class Update'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SuUIekEc1FI/AAAAAAAAAOA/cpObqih1wdc/s72-c/cake+flowers+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7178637299649992654</id><published>2009-10-20T11:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T12:00:01.085-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasonal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chocolate'/><title type='text'>A Few Cakes</title><content type='html'>I've been really busy lately making a lot of really delicious cakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one I made for a church function.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; Applesauce Spice cake with brown sugar cream cheese filling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GleHtSWI/AAAAAAAAALw/8ht-pHc1WrQ/s1600-h/autumn+cake+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GleHtSWI/AAAAAAAAALw/8ht-pHc1WrQ/s320/autumn+cake+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394756644446751074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4Gk6FC_mI/AAAAAAAAALo/OnTblTCGcfw/s1600-h/autumn+cake1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4Gk6FC_mI/AAAAAAAAALo/OnTblTCGcfw/s320/autumn+cake1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394756634771914338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another one I made for the church function that I entered into a bake-off, but didn't win anything :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; Chocolate cake with mocha mousse filling and a Kahlua chocolate ganache!&lt;br /&gt;It should have won darn it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GnC8xIcI/AAAAAAAAAMI/SQnXjrW7WM0/s1600-h/for+the+love+of+chocolate+cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GnC8xIcI/AAAAAAAAAMI/SQnXjrW7WM0/s320/for+the+love+of+chocolate+cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394756671512846786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;These are 2 sheet cakes I made for Eric's boss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GmiEzIPI/AAAAAAAAAMA/bz6PMO-_SNs/s1600-h/autumn+sheet+cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GmiEzIPI/AAAAAAAAAMA/bz6PMO-_SNs/s320/autumn+sheet+cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394756662688162034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GmHMTJdI/AAAAAAAAAL4/VhrzDVGxCD8/s1600-h/autumn+sheet+cake+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GmHMTJdI/AAAAAAAAAL4/VhrzDVGxCD8/s320/autumn+sheet+cake+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394756655471863250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7178637299649992654?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7178637299649992654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/10/few-cakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7178637299649992654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7178637299649992654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/10/few-cakes.html' title='A Few Cakes'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/St4GleHtSWI/AAAAAAAAALw/8ht-pHc1WrQ/s72-c/autumn+cake+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-702818571416582515</id><published>2009-09-27T15:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T15:44:35.829-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cookies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby shower'/><title type='text'>Cookie Bouquet</title><content type='html'>I made a cookie bouquet this past week for a baby shower.  I chose this specific cookie because the mother was expecting twin girls.  The cookies were very time consuming, but super cute.  Enough words...here are the pictures!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qPKUkTRI/AAAAAAAAAHo/BqgUEV6jYOc/s1600-h/diaper+cake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qPKUkTRI/AAAAAAAAAHo/BqgUEV6jYOc/s320/diaper+cake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386281225547959570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the diaper cake which was the base for the cookies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qOhVIGtI/AAAAAAAAAHg/fbDjJj2taI0/s1600-h/diaper+cake+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qOhVIGtI/AAAAAAAAAHg/fbDjJj2taI0/s320/diaper+cake+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386281214544452306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you look closely at the cookies, you can see that I put the feet on upside down.  Thankfully, Eric noticed it, but I'm not so thankful for the amount of time it took me to fix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qOPcisvI/AAAAAAAAAHY/7xDL-X5rNlk/s1600-h/diaper+cake+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qOPcisvI/AAAAAAAAAHY/7xDL-X5rNlk/s320/diaper+cake+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386281209743717106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The cookies are all positioned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qN8mkrmI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/_8D6tUJT44M/s1600-h/diaper+cake+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qN8mkrmI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/_8D6tUJT44M/s320/diaper+cake+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386281204685516386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wrapped up all pretty with a bow on top!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-702818571416582515?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/702818571416582515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/cookie-bouquet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/702818571416582515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/702818571416582515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/cookie-bouquet.html' title='Cookie Bouquet'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sr_qPKUkTRI/AAAAAAAAAHo/BqgUEV6jYOc/s72-c/diaper+cake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-2076374114183739136</id><published>2009-09-23T21:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T16:58:21.205-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheesecake'/><title type='text'>Next Sweet Creation</title><content type='html'>So I've been VERY busy in the kitchen lately.  Before I show you what I'm working on next, here's what I did earlier this week.&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrrwZzwpIII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/TJODbiMZrqQ/cheesecake%20002%5B10%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="cheesecake 002" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrrwapyJ8-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/Sdn20eNwvgk/cheesecake%20002_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg" border="0" width="424" height="288" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;p&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;This is what I like to call OMG delicious cheesecake.  It's a turtle cheesecake with chocolate, caramel, and pecan topping.  Eric took it to work, but managed to snag me a piece to try.  Cheesecake isn't my favorite dessert, but this was absolutely delicious!!!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Now, here's what I'm working on for the weekend.  I was asked to make a cookie bouquet for a baby shower.  The cookies are going to be put into a diaper cake and wrapped individually so the guests can take them home as a party favor.  I spent most of the night making the cookies, and I plan on giving myself Thursday night and Friday night, if needed to decorate them.  The diaper cake is pretty much done, and only needs some ribbon.  Here's what the cookies will look like...bare...you'll have to wait for the final product to see what they will be.  Any guesses?  And no..it has nothing to do with minnie mouse or mickey mouse...or flowers!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Srrwbcon8MI/AAAAAAAAAFY/pW2PEWjRROs/sugarcookies%5B12%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="sugarcookies" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrrwcEe8cLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/-1kD4ULbNgA/sugarcookies_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg" border="0" width="438" height="372" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-2076374114183739136?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/2076374114183739136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/next-sweet-creation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2076374114183739136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/2076374114183739136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/next-sweet-creation.html' title='Next Sweet Creation'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrrwapyJ8-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/Sdn20eNwvgk/s72-c/cheesecake%20002_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-3420182202695406250</id><published>2009-09-15T18:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:51:22.412-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>My First 1/2 Sheet Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrBD7AglCzI/AAAAAAAAAE4/cue4xKV98R8/aegdcake%20002%5B4%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" border="0" alt="aegdcake 002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrBD7bDmF0I/AAAAAAAAAE8/0r8SjB9Su9E/aegdcake%20002_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg" width="434" height="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was my first attempt at a sheet cake. 1/2 sheet cake to be exact. It's half chocolate half vanilla with buttercream filling. I made the logo with royal icing on waxed paper. Once it dried, I peeled it off the paper and placed it on the cake. This cake is for monthly birthday party at Eric's clinic. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-3420182202695406250?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/3420182202695406250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-first-12-sheet-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3420182202695406250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/3420182202695406250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-first-12-sheet-cake.html' title='My First 1/2 Sheet Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SrBD7bDmF0I/AAAAAAAAAE8/0r8SjB9Su9E/s72-c/aegdcake%20002_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7075681115628315187</id><published>2009-09-14T11:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:52:06.316-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Spiderman Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KtJrlC6I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/zvwHlnfSfXQ/spidermancake0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" border="0" alt="spidermancake 002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KtbGPy6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/XqA2WT65WqE/spidermancake002_thumb3.jpg" width="194" height="148" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" border="0" alt="spidermancake 001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KvO4ZYeI/AAAAAAAAAEg/kGRYPBkMgIk/spidermancake001_thumb5.jpg" width="200" height="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KuCTxMjI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HQhbW_8pjPc/spidermancake0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is my latest creation. It's a 12" round yellow cake with strawberry filling, and vanilla fondant. Spiderman himself is also made out of fondant. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="WIDTH: 435px; HEIGHT: 2%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7075681115628315187?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7075681115628315187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/spiderman-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7075681115628315187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7075681115628315187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/09/spiderman-cake.html' title='Spiderman Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Sq6KtbGPy6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/XqA2WT65WqE/s72-c/spidermancake002_thumb3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6621654823429712297</id><published>2009-08-12T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:52:37.392-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Dinosaur Dig Site</title><content type='html'>I made this cake for the 5th birthday of a friend's little boy. He made the choices from the flavor and color of the cake to the color "dirt" he wanted. This is homemade strawberry cake with buttercream filling with fresh strawberries, iced with BLUE buttercream icing and topped with sugar cookie dinosaur fossils. Graham crackers and blue sprinkles make up the "dirt" and "rocks" on the cake. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMU0okQI6I/AAAAAAAAADg/kTwS7zrJbAY/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369158075230987170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMU0okQI6I/AAAAAAAAADg/kTwS7zrJbAY/s320/dinosaur+cake+001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTcMNK4MI/AAAAAAAAADY/bXTBGc-L0LE/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369156555789492418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTcMNK4MI/AAAAAAAAADY/bXTBGc-L0LE/s320/dinosaur+cake+002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTbnXWjGI/AAAAAAAAADQ/xfzPVf9qeok/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369156545900088418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTbnXWjGI/AAAAAAAAADQ/xfzPVf9qeok/s320/dinosaur+cake+003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTbDV6EnI/AAAAAAAAADI/5C-CvAxVAKY/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369156536230351474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTbDV6EnI/AAAAAAAAADI/5C-CvAxVAKY/s320/dinosaur+cake+004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTapUWtAI/AAAAAAAAADA/wvITf4TkIKE/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369156529244517378" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTapUWtAI/AAAAAAAAADA/wvITf4TkIKE/s320/dinosaur+cake+005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTaDvV56I/AAAAAAAAAC4/Mx5L4eKav-k/s1600-h/dinosaur+cake+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369156519157163938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMTaDvV56I/AAAAAAAAAC4/Mx5L4eKav-k/s320/dinosaur+cake+006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now, I can make yellow, chocolate, applesauce spice, red velvet, and now strawberry. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6621654823429712297?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6621654823429712297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinosaur-dig-site.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6621654823429712297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6621654823429712297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinosaur-dig-site.html' title='Dinosaur Dig Site'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SoMU0okQI6I/AAAAAAAAADg/kTwS7zrJbAY/s72-c/dinosaur+cake+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6977248993554057830</id><published>2009-08-07T19:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:53:06.204-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Sesame Street Revisited</title><content type='html'>I made the Sesame Street characters again, and this time it's for a real client! The last time was just a trial run. I was MUCH happier with the coloring of Elmo and Cookie and Grover. Thanks to an old high school friend who gave me the hint about CK powdered coloring..wink wink Ashley! Now, when it came to making Ernie come to life, I ran into a snag. Ernie looked like a sunburned George Hamilton. I'm not ashamed to show my ugly creation...see him below. Eric was more than happy to eat him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started with the mini-cakes. I put them all on a piece of parchment paper and labeled them so I would know which character was which. I also had a few made of rice cereal for my son who has severe food allergies. (Poor little kid can't have CAKE!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, I started decorating them with black first for the mouth...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk1WS8AhI/AAAAAAAAACo/HnCRUYgi9YE/s1600-h/sesamestreet+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416461087998482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk1WS8AhI/AAAAAAAAACo/HnCRUYgi9YE/s320/sesamestreet+003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the black, I started "furring" them...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk1s65hXI/AAAAAAAAACw/zmHG4lBfw34/s1600-h/sesamestreet+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416467161187698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk1s65hXI/AAAAAAAAACw/zmHG4lBfw34/s320/sesamestreet+004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next, I added the eyes, hair, nose, and eyebrows...here are the finished monsters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk0igKLdI/AAAAAAAAACY/BQJpXinflW0/s1600-h/sesamestreet+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416447184809426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk0igKLdI/AAAAAAAAACY/BQJpXinflW0/s320/sesamestreet+002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm MUCH happier with these, and LOVE the addition of Bert. Maybe Ernie will make it next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, here is Ernie aka George Hamilton after a beach vacation...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk0yYgwwI/AAAAAAAAACg/OSrZUb6QSgc/s1600-h/sesamestreet+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416451447702274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk0yYgwwI/AAAAAAAAACg/OSrZUb6QSgc/s320/sesamestreet+001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6977248993554057830?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6977248993554057830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/08/sesame-street-revisited.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6977248993554057830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6977248993554057830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/08/sesame-street-revisited.html' title='Sesame Street Revisited'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/Snzk1WS8AhI/AAAAAAAAACo/HnCRUYgi9YE/s72-c/sesamestreet+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-8953988393021495746</id><published>2009-07-29T18:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T19:01:43.784-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sesame Street Character Cakes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD9StVIorI/AAAAAAAAACQ/pMFf9hGNTiw/s1600-h/elmocakeand+cupcakes+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD9StVIorI/AAAAAAAAACQ/pMFf9hGNTiw/s320/elmocakeand+cupcakes+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364065654045975218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I made this Elmo cake and other character cupcakes for an upcoming 1st birthday party.  I'm going to try to add Bert and Ernie to the group.  Once I get a chance to create them, I'll add the pictures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can order the cupcakes, which are bigger than an average cupcake, for $30 for 6.  You can add a small cake like the Elmo one pictured above for an additional $10. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-8953988393021495746?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/8953988393021495746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/07/sesame-street-character-cakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8953988393021495746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8953988393021495746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/07/sesame-street-character-cakes.html' title='Sesame Street Character Cakes'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD9StVIorI/AAAAAAAAACQ/pMFf9hGNTiw/s72-c/elmocakeand+cupcakes+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-4762052750773895277</id><published>2009-07-29T18:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:53:36.190-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Makers Mark Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD8m2AuRvI/AAAAAAAAACI/zO2XJUig5l8/s1600-h/makersmark.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364064900462036722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD8m2AuRvI/AAAAAAAAACI/zO2XJUig5l8/s320/makersmark.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD8mgGL-TI/AAAAAAAAACA/BXZeeYglM1k/s1600-h/makersmark2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364064894579374386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD8mgGL-TI/AAAAAAAAACA/BXZeeYglM1k/s320/makersmark2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;I made the above cake for my brother in law's 30th birthday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can recreate just about any shape of bottle of anything! I'm up for the challenge!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-4762052750773895277?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/4762052750773895277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/07/makers-mark-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/4762052750773895277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/4762052750773895277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/07/makers-mark-cake.html' title='Makers Mark Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SnD8m2AuRvI/AAAAAAAAACI/zO2XJUig5l8/s72-c/makersmark.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6498684888222303485</id><published>2009-05-30T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:53:58.071-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='licensed characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Minnie Mouse Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHcrMBtHlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Jwxusp7bMoQ/s1600-h/minniemousecake2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341793267558981202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHcrMBtHlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Jwxusp7bMoQ/s320/minniemousecake2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHcJ0mDkOI/AAAAAAAAABw/uTcue3fOAcA/s1600-h/minniemousecake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341792694333313250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHcJ0mDkOI/AAAAAAAAABw/uTcue3fOAcA/s320/minniemousecake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I made this cake for a girl's 2nd birthday party. This was a very involved cake!!!! The face is made of regular cake, and the ears are made of chocolate cake that is egg and nut free. This cake is double layer, and is the equivalent of 2 cake mixes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can order this cake for $75. I can make variations including the color of fondant or even to turn her into Mickey Mouse. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6498684888222303485?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6498684888222303485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/minnie-mouse-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6498684888222303485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6498684888222303485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/minnie-mouse-cake.html' title='Minnie Mouse Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHcrMBtHlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Jwxusp7bMoQ/s72-c/minniemousecake2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-8562608562954794124</id><published>2009-05-30T18:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:54:25.360-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Monkey Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHbXSR8FVI/AAAAAAAAABo/gzm8e_AZUOU/s1600-h/monkeycake1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341791826128672082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHbXSR8FVI/AAAAAAAAABo/gzm8e_AZUOU/s320/monkeycake1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHbXfZMhcI/AAAAAAAAABg/-Jw8tqJqp9c/s1600-h/monkeycake2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341791829648770498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHbXfZMhcI/AAAAAAAAABg/-Jw8tqJqp9c/s320/monkeycake2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I made this cake for a little girl's first birthday. The monkey is made of fondant, and the trees are butter cream icing. The cake itself is iced with butter cream icing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-8562608562954794124?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/8562608562954794124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/monkey-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8562608562954794124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8562608562954794124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/monkey-cake.html' title='Monkey Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHbXSR8FVI/AAAAAAAAABo/gzm8e_AZUOU/s72-c/monkeycake1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-118085740380754957</id><published>2009-05-30T18:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:54:45.020-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specialty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Sushi Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHafe766UI/AAAAAAAAABY/M436kYTRhDw/s1600-h/sushicake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341790867453307202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHafe766UI/AAAAAAAAABY/M436kYTRhDw/s320/sushicake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a cake I made for a friend's 40th birthday. The rice is made of coconut and buttercream icing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can order this cake for $45. I can also do variations on this cake. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-118085740380754957?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/118085740380754957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/sushi-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/118085740380754957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/118085740380754957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/sushi-cake.html' title='Sushi Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHafe766UI/AAAAAAAAABY/M436kYTRhDw/s72-c/sushicake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-6971911645617895338</id><published>2009-05-30T18:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:54:59.576-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby shower'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Baby Shower Cake - Crying Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHZAyvj_sI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_DrcLVJBg4k/s1600-h/babycryingcakeboy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341789240682610370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHZAyvj_sI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_DrcLVJBg4k/s320/babycryingcakeboy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHYzYM9BLI/AAAAAAAAABA/oegh1H7p7FQ/s1600-h/babycryinggirlcake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341789010219828402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHYzYM9BLI/AAAAAAAAABA/oegh1H7p7FQ/s320/babycryinggirlcake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a cake I like to make for baby showers. Each circle is one layer of cake. As you can see, it can be made into a boy or a girl. I am more than willing to add any variations of your choice including fondant color or add-ons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-6971911645617895338?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/6971911645617895338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/baby-shower-cake-crying-baby.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6971911645617895338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/6971911645617895338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/baby-shower-cake-crying-baby.html' title='Baby Shower Cake - Crying Baby'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHZAyvj_sI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_DrcLVJBg4k/s72-c/babycryingcakeboy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-8305243746558769427</id><published>2009-05-30T18:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T20:43:34.269-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake'/><title type='text'>Train Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHYNFnweoI/AAAAAAAAAA4/blpX68XgTiI/s1600-h/traincake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341788352396950146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHYNFnweoI/AAAAAAAAAA4/blpX68XgTiI/s320/traincake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;This was my first attempt at fondant. This was my boys' 2nd birthday cake made of rice krispie treats. One of my boys has severe food allergies to egg and nuts so he can't have regular cake. Rice krispies worked very well and tasted delicious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can order this cake for $70.&lt;br /&gt;That price includes two cars worth of cake or rice krispie treats at $35 per car.&lt;br /&gt;Each car is roughly 12 inches long and 9 inches tall. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-8305243746558769427?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/8305243746558769427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/train-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8305243746558769427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/8305243746558769427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/train-cake.html' title='Train Cake'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHYNFnweoI/AAAAAAAAAA4/blpX68XgTiI/s72-c/traincake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908379960671561151.post-7923781103106640067</id><published>2009-05-30T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T18:01:42.882-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Posting!</title><content type='html'>I decided that it was time to set up a new blog for my "goodies."  I plan on posting the cakes and other goodies I make on this site.  Hopefully, people will see my work and want to hire me to make their event even more special.  I hope to list each product in an individual post along with a search engine on the side.  It's a work in progress!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8908379960671561151-7923781103106640067?l=goodiesbykate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/feeds/7923781103106640067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/first-posting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7923781103106640067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8908379960671561151/posts/default/7923781103106640067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goodiesbykate.blogspot.com/2009/05/first-posting.html' title='First Posting!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16107194394926071281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K1e0rH6qv9U/SiHU6y0j69I/AAAAAAAAAAM/7MIgx11itMk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
