Tree of love!

Yea! Laugh! Me and Wilkes have a tree in our yard that we call our tree of love! It grows with us! I got it for him when we first started dating and it was a

small fragile thing that has grown into this beautiful fruitful pretty  thing! We have had it for 6 years now!

 

I was finally able to make my first keylime pie from it's fruit! You know we had to wait 5 years till it developed fruit, the first year we didn't get the fruit because it is considered immature and the rule states to let it mature the year after. So we did! This is the bounty we got from it in the picture! It is potted, so it produces less. We will not place it in the ground till we get a house someday!

I think I did a good crimping job on the crust too!



Now, isn't that pretty! It was sweet and tart and yummy! The toasted almonds really did the trick! 

Not bad for a pie made with love too!  

Isn't that just PEACHY!

I'd say that is just peachy! Who can resist home made yummy peach pie! These are officially my first home made peach pies! They look so delicious! I am sure they are going to taste even better then they look!

NOW THAT IS JUST PEACHY!!!

Monkey See Monkey Do

I saw a Monkey do it, so I did it too!

First I Baked it at 350` F.

Then I pulled it out the oven 40 minutes later!

Baked it a little longer and smooshed the dough together!

It looked pretty good by then! So I took a few more pictures of it!

Now that was one of the easiest cakes I have ever made!

And silliest looking too!

But, MAN it was good!

Filled with yummy cream cheese and pure goodness from the cinnamon and sugar and the glaze created from the brown sugar and butter and the walnuts!



Blues Clues

This cake was designed by me for my friends Jamie and Kerry. It is for their sons second birthday. Everything on this cake is 100% edible. This so far is the best cake I have ever done! Thank you again for another chance to create something unique!
Please enjoy the pictures of what I stared at till I created a masterpiece! It will be hard to top this one! This took me 1 week, with 20 hours of work put into it, from studying and creating and searching and entering the world of Blues Clues. Yes I watched it on you tube. From my imagination to your birthday party!

NOW THAT IS A CAKE WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT!

A special treat for an amazing lady!

My grandmother was here in Florida for a few weeks and I decided to make a trip out to see her! I kept thinking as I was driving, Sherri what are you doing. Just turn around. Forget about it. It's not worth the headache. Well, I pushed on and pushed on and thought till I got into the driveway of my blood mothers house to just turn right around and go home. Obviously, I didn't. I was asked for a special request of cream puffs with "real" whipped cream! Well, I couldn't resist after I felt comfortable in my own skin to perceed with making them! Boy! They were good! I made them pink, for breast cancer awareness. My grandmother is a fighter and so far a survivor of it! Go Gram!

Chocolate Tower Torte

We all love chocolate! Right? Come on! Don't deny it! Well, I am not gonna deny it! I LOVE CHOCOLATE! Milk, Semi Sweet, Dark, and White! What I have created here is amazing! It is of course chocolate cake, with white buttercream, and chocoalte buttercream, decorated, sinfully with dark chocolate shavings and broken pieces. Talk about trying to put the fork down and not get another slice!  

Your My Best Friend

Not many people get to share a very special day with their best friend, but I do! My and my best friend share the best thing ever! Our birthday! It's almost here again! We always have to make a big compromise on what to do for a cake! Sometimes we have one cake, and lots of other times I am making two cakes! Just cause we share the same birthday, doesn't mean we have the same likes all the time! Well, This cake was super yummy! It is a chocolate cake with real coffee in it! Give's ya a lil kick in the butt to have a great birthday! It is loaded with yummy white chocolate and dark chocolate shavings! The inside had a yummy chocolate mousse! It was amazing!

I wonder what we will agree on for this years birthday celebration! I enjoy sharing this very special day with my best friend! This year it will be our 7th birthday celebration together! I look forward to many, many more!!!

Hope and Harmony

The weather here in Florida has been getting pretty hot! It has also been booming with weddings! One of my favorite things to do as a cake decorator is a wedding cake! I love the beauty and the elegance that a wedding cake can give! I also love knowing that I made that pesons day special. Everone always wants to know what the cake looks like! Right?!?! I know I do! Decorating wedding cakes brings out my true passion and my true love for the art! The cake I made here is very simple, but also very delecate and soft. To me it kind of does bring out harmony! I think so far it is one of my favorites! I love the white roses and the light olive green color, and the clear acrylic tube is something else! Who would have thought that someone would do a wedding cake in olive green? Well, you'd be surprised! Here it is guys and gals! The little one is a mini wedding cake to compliment the big one! Cute idea!

Brownie or fudge?

My sister came to visit me the other day! She told me she wanted to make brownies! So out came the good ol' recipe book. In this case it was the internet! We found such a yummy recipe! It is Bobby Flays recipe! Fudge Peanut Butter Caramel Brownies! These are sooo fudgey and chewy, that they need to stay in the fridge so they don't get all sticky and melt on you!  I tell ya, it is hard to eat just one!

The most requested part is the recipe! So here it is for all you die hard brownie lovers! Enjoy!

Ingredients

1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon corn syrup
Pinch sea salt
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
6 ounces high-quality unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped, plus 4 ounces
1 teaspoon espresso powder
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown muscavado sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions

Bring the cream to a simmer over low heat in a small saucepan. Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over high heat and cook, without stirring until amber brown. Slowly whisk in the warm cream until smooth and let cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and whisk in the peanut butter, corn syrup, sea salt and 1/8 teaspoon of vanilla extract until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and let cool until thickened at room temperature, about 30 minutes.

Put a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on the narrow ends. Spray the foil and pan with nonstick spray.

Combine the butter, unsweetened chocolate, 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate and espresso powder in a medium bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Let the chocolate melt over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, both sugars, vanilla and salt until smooth. Whisk in the melted chocolate mixture until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the flour in 2 additions (the batter will be thick). Stir in the remaining 4 ounces of chopped bittersweet chocolate.

Scrape half of the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Using a tablespoon, drop dollops of half of the peanut butter caramel every 2 inches over the top of the batter. Carefully add the remaining batter and smooth over the caramel. Smooth the top and dollop the remaining caramel over the top. Use a butter knife to swirl through the batter to get a marbleized effect.


Bake until the top is set but still soft and the edges are puffed and just beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 23 to 35 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center will come out still gooey (be brave!--underbaking the brownies is one of the secrets to their fudgy texture). Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the neatest cuts, refrigerate the pan for about 20 minutes before cutting the brownies. Using the foil, lift the brownie slab out of the pan. Carefully peel off the foil and put the brownie on a large cutting board. With a large sharp knife, cut the brownies into 48 squares. (The brownies can be stored in an airtight container, at room temperature, for up to 3 days; they can also be frozen, well wrapped, for up to 2 weeks.) I like to keep mine in the fridge! The stay in tact and are super yummy cold!

You don't know Jack!!!

I would like to introduce you too Jack!Jack Daniels that is! I say you gotta like the taste to enjoy the cake. I honestly never like the cake nor the taste, so I will just stick to what friends say! They request it to be made and I say no problem! I heard it was a good cake! I might try it someday. Maybe!!! 

I know it sure looks good!!!

Well world, this is Jack! And I tell ya what, you don't know Jack! So Jack this is the world!

When All Good Things Bitter Become Sweet And Tart!

Recently I had gone to our local supermarket and picked up a few lemons. I had some left over, so I decided to break out the ol' dusty cookbook, and explore the world of bunt cakes. It was a fun mess! Flour flying in the air with the mixer! The smell of lemon zest, and butter cruising around your smell sensors! The whole house got filled with the warm and comforting smell of lemon as the cake baked! Luckily we have plenty of friends who can help us devour this sweet ad tart creation! I know I sure will with a nice tall glass of milk! Or maybe some iced tea!!!!

Party Rascal!

I don't know what ya'll think, but I think that my little nephew Kaleb is gonna be a baseball player someday! This boy had such an awesome birthday last May! He was totally into running around, playing baseball, and just hanging out with the boys! He is soooo full of energy that all the aunts and uncles can spend the day playing with him! He is a handful! When all his energy is all draw out from running and swiming he will just plop down for a few minutes to recope, maybe steal a sip of Aunties water and just chill.

I do know one thing this boy does love more than playing, and that is cake! Of course it's Aunties cake! Well he asked his mommy for a Diego cake, so mommy requested it from me, and I was more then glad to make it for him! So I put the good ol' thinking cap on and figured out how to make his cake without an airbrush gun!

 

Happy 3rd Birthday to a hyper little firecracker!