Eagle Treats

We made these treats for my son's Eagle Scout Court of Honor!  I was so excited when I found the idea, but they had used a cashew for the beak.  Since I am highly allergic to cashews I searched to find some other candy or something edible that would work.  I came up with caramels.  I cut them in thirds and formed them into a beak.  I thought they would stick to the melted chocolate that the marshmallows are covered in, but not so easy!  So, I made a slit in the marshmallow with a sharp knife and stuck it in there.  That worked great.  So, the rest is pretty self explanatory....Large marshmallow covered in melted white chocolate chips and then rolled in coconut.  Place on top of an oreo cookie (or any other cookie you like) and add beak.  Eyes are from black decorating gel.  Fun, and hopefully will add to the decorations at the court of honor!

Imagination Station Cake

For my 10 year old's party they went to Imagination Station.  So, I copied the logo and came up with this cake.  It was simple, but they got it!  The cake itself is also a swirl cake so it was fun!  We added the balloon decoration to make it feel like a birthday!

Saturn Planet Cake

This cake was so easy, but my son really liked it. I used a circle cake for the main part and then cut the two side pieces out of a smaller round cake and frosted the ring over the top of the main circle to finish it off. I also made the frosting "bumpy" to look like a planet.

Dr Suess Green Eggs and Ham Treat

This fun treat is perfect for a Dr. Suess party! It is made similar to these treats except we used white chocolate melting circles and only green M&Ms! FUN!!

Stack of CD's Cake

Ok, you know when you have a cake idea in your head, but it doesn't quite come out in cake form??? Yep, that's what happened here. Not quite what I had pictured in my head but it's ok. It is supposed to be a stack of music cd's side to side so you can see the titles then headphones over the top. I baked a square cake and cut it into four equal squares. Then I stacked those on top of each other to make the cube. I frosted the whole cube white and sprinkled the left side pink to represent the back of the first cd. The opposite side is sprinkled in purple to represent the front of that cd. The top of the cube (aka the top of all the cd's) I sprinkled in gold. The seperating lines I just made with a knife in the frosting. I added candy and writing to represent the title side of the cds. I used Hostess snowballs for the headphones (ear part) and piped chocolate for the cord. The top of the headphones troubled me the most. First I tried taffy, but it just sagged/broke and I tried more than once :( so next I tried to pipe chocolate like I did for the princess tiara cake. It broke because I didn't have the right curve on it. SO, I broke my own rule and added a non-edible part to my cake--a handle off of an ice cream bucket! It worked. I think she likes it! If you attempt this I'd love to hear what you used and how it worked!! Leave a comment here for me!

Football Oreo Truffles

 

The perfect tailgate treat!  EASY, too!  Crush up a package of Oreo's then mix in a package of cream cheese.  Form into footballs then dip into melted chocolate.  I used chocolate bark which I found by the cocoa in the baking isle.  I dipped the balls by sticking a plastic fork in one side and swirling it in the chocolate.  As you can see, some didn't get wiped off very good so I had some 'run off' but, no worries, they tasted great!  When hard, pipe on white icing for the strings.  They were a huge hit at the party and taste great!

 

Graduation Cap Cupcakes

So easy, but they turned out very fun. I made mini cupcakes. Frosted with pink and white (her color choice, obviously you could use school colors). Then I used sour DOTS for the cap and Starbursts cut in half lengthwise for the top and pull and peel licorice cut at the end and attached with a dot of frosting...DONE! I did almost a hundred to fill the cupcake tree and they were a big hit at the party.

Harry Potter Cake

For my 10 year old's birthday we had a Harry Potter theme. I was planning to make a cake to look like the golden snitch but when we watched the first movie again for inspiration my son decided it would be more fun to make a cake like Hagrid gave to Harry Potter when they first met! So, that is what we did. I think he was pleased. Just a circle cake frosted in pink and writing is with green gel (spelled just like Hagrid did!).

Chicken Little Cupcakes

Chicken Little is a cute story about a chicken who thinks the sky is falling because an acorn fell from a tree and hit his head. So, I made chicken cupcakes and acorn treats.

For the acorns, use a donut hole and dip one end in melted chocolate. You could actually use anything you like such as frosting, carmel topping or peanut butter because you are then going to dip that into toffee bits. And, again, you could even use finely chopped nuts. Then, add a small piece of pretzel for the stem. Cute, huh?! These were a big hit at the party!

For the chickens, I used my own cake recipe to make mini cupcakes. I didn't use wrappers because you will be frosting the entire cupcake. For the 'feet' I cut orange jelly candies in half. Honestly, they didn't work very well and if I make these again I would just use orange tic-tacs. I frosted the whole thing with white frosting and rolled it in yellow tinted coconut. Then, piped chocolate frosting eyes and added a peanut for the beak and cinnamon candies for the top.

Wood Cake

For my son's birthday we took them to the local Home Depot for the kid's workshop!  So, to celebrate the wood building theme I made the cake to look like two pieces of wood.  I even made chocolate/yellow swirl cake for an added touch!  I mixed light brown and dark brown fosting slightly to get an uneven look and then scraped each with a texture tool I have.  Then I added dark frosting to make "knots" and a couple of swipes to add more grain look.  He was happy with it!

Smiley Cake Pops

I found these on Bakerella and knew I wanted to try them sometime!  What a fun idea!  I need a lot more practice to get them as beautiful as hers, but it was so fun!!  I made these for my early morning Seminary class because today was the last day!  They turned out great!  For detailed instructions, click here to visit Bakerella's website or scroll down to my links!

Rocket Cake

Okay, so this wasn't actually a cake I made, but I added to it and thought I'd share my inspiration! You could very well make the rolled cake by either doing a jelly roll or an ice cream roll, but I bought mine. If I made it I would have maybe written his name down like a rocket or something. Anyway, it was already 'sprinkled' so I kept it. Then I added the sparkling candles and the end and made a paper cone for the top. Very easy but it was neat when the candles were lit!

Radio Cake

I made this cake for my daughter's dance party (which explains the pink radio)! It is two layered cakes that were baked in loaf pans, then frosted and decorated as shown. The top circle was a fruit roll-up. The other candies include M&M's, Dots, Rolos, licorice, etc.

Microphone Cupcakes

To celebrate the American Idol Finale, we made these cupcakes in a cone. Actually , we didn't bake the cake in the cone because we needed it to go higher. So, what we did was fill the bottom of the cup with M&M's for weight and then put frosting around the top of the cone for 'glue'. We placed the unwrapped cupcake on the top and frosted all the way around. Then we rolled it in a bowl of chocolate sprinkles. There you go--a microphone you can eat!

Dirt & Worms Pudding

Okay, so it's not cake. But, it made a fun treat for the fishing party! I just purchased the chocolate pudding cups and topped them with crushed chocolate Oreo's and gummy worms.