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Kyle and Bree's Wedding Cakes

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Friday I had the honor of making wedding cakes for my brother and sister-in-law to-be.  I didn't have the usual amount of time to put into decorating the cakes, so I opted for a buttercream icing look, instead of the usual fondant look.  


The bride's cake was italian creme cake (see recipe here) with buttercream icing and a strawberry filling.  Bree is definitely a bling kind of girl, so I added some blue crystals to match her blue hydrangeas, as well as some clear crystals.  I don't think they showed up very well but it was worth a try.



The groom's cake was of course chocolate.  I was especially excited about making this cake as it was a surprise to Kyle and Bree!  The frosting is a chocolate buttercream.  I also used a chocolate moose filling and a chocolate glaze with yummy chambord=)  Mmmmm.  The longhorn was made using a mold.  I tried a couple different ways to make the longhorn, one with white chocolate, the other with gumpaste.  I used the gumpaste longhorn because it held it's shape better.


I am still partial to the white cake, but the chocolate cake was pretty darn good too!  I tried a new technique on these cakes, and although they didn't turn out perfectly, I am still satisfied with what I was able to accomplish while student teaching this semester. 

We are officially 
sisters now! Congrats 
Kyle and Bree!








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Gotta Try This


I promise you, you will love this! Just thinking about it makes me want to make it again.

(And I'm watching Julie and Julia. I want to make all the things on the movie too...like poached eggs. I've never made poached eggs. But Amy has, and I'm hanging out with Amy. I think Amy and I will be poaching eggs tomorrow.)

This dessert is sooo simple. Like really simple. I promise. Simple.

People we eat it and be instantaneously transported to heaven. And they will think you spent alot of time preparing it. Or maybe not. At least they will love it=)

So here it is.



(Sorry the pics are a little off. I baked this at a hunting lodge which had beautiful lighting in the day but horrible lighting at night. Guess when I took the pictures?)

I need to name it but everything I think of sounds lame.

You'll need the following ingredients to carry this out:

1. brownies from a box
Now you can totally make brownies from scratch, but that's the beauty of it...You don't have to! No one will know! I, K. Kunoff, do hereby give you, ______________, permission to make brownies from the box.
2. large box of chocolate instant pudding
3. large container of cool whip
4. at least 2 cups of fruit
I usually use thawed frozen fruit, specifically berries. If you use strawberries, cut 'em up some.
5. some sugar, about 2 T

If you are using frozen fruit, take it out of the freezer to thaw, about 2 cups. Set aside. Bake the brownies according to the box. Let them cool. Next, make the pudding according to the box as well. {See, I told you this would be simple!} Let it set. Then take a cup or so of the cool whip and mix it in with the pudding. You don't have to be precise.




Next, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of sugar on the berries and mix it up.

Here comes the fun part.

Get out a pretty, clear/see-through serving bowl. Or go simple and use a glass mixing bowl...it will look good either way. Set your brownies, pudding, cool whip, and fruit in front of you.
Cut the brownies up and place enough in the bowl to cover the bottom.



(This is a picture of the second layer of brownies.)

Then cover the brownies with a layer of cool whip. Next, cover the cool whip with the pudding.



Then layer it with some fruit. Repeat.



Now, dig in! Share it or eat it yourself!

And help me come up with a name for it! Be creative.

And make this right now. Literally, you are missing out every minute you do not make this.

I'm gonna make something from the movie right now....at the moment they are eating a chocolate torte......Mmmmmmm.
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I love me some cheesecake....Mmmmm







Cheesecake....it would not be the holidays without it.

Every year I make a turtle caramel cheesecake for my bro for Christmas Eve. I must say, it's a big hit. And don't worry, modesty is one of my greatest qualities=) But this year I wanted something more. If you don't know by now, I don't "do" normal desserts. They kinda bore me. Not that they aren't great and all, but I've moved past 'em. I need something fun and new to try.

My November issue of Southern Living was chock full 'o recipes. Five-star, new and exciting, calling-out-to-Kristin recipes. This is were I got my recipe: Brandy Alexander Cheesecake.

Doesn't the name just draw you in? It exudes elegance. AND, it's full of the good stuff: Brandy and Kahlua.

It's calling your name.....


Make me....


Bake me....


Divulge in the awe-inspiring smoothness of me....



Please give this a try. I guar-ron-tee you will melt at first bite.


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Cake and Kin

This past weekend I got to hang out with my immediate families. That's right, both immediate families.

Aaron's family.

My family.

Aaron's family got together to celebrate Mindy's birthday. (Mindy and I below shopping and playing with fun hats!)
My family got together to celebrate my mom's and brother's birthdays.

In honor of all the birthdays, what did I do? I baked of course! I made Black Forest Cake. I think it turned out pretty well.

Degree of Difficulty: Moderate to freakin' hard
Length: You need a good two days. The first day bake the cake and cool in refrigerator, soak cherries as well. The second day make the rest of the cake and assemble.
Taste: Cake is oh-so moist! Not too rich or overpowering.

(Click on the picture to see the recipe full screen.)
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