Flower Headband

I have been wanting to make a couple of headbands for my daughter and finally found the right flowers the other day.

I followed this tutorial, but used a thicker headband since my daughter prefers those.

I love the color combination and it matched one of her spring dresses perfectly.

Sewing each petal individually took some time, but I love that it resulted in a full flower. I considered putting a rhinestone in the middle but instead hot-glued the original center.

I still have 5 flowers left to play around with, so my daughters' friends might be getting new headbands in the near future.

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Fondant Birthday Cake

Yesterday was my birthday, and this is the beautiful cake my wonderful and talented friend made for me. She truly is amazing at cake decorating, and I would say fondant is one of her specialties. If you look at my blog header you will see that is what she mirrored on the cake.

Perhaps my favorite part was the detailed stitching on the sides. She used an edible marker and clearly has the patience of an angel.

A couple of weeks before my birthday she had asked me a long list of questions. She tinted the fondant my favorite color and by coincidence the martinis my husband made and the gift bag my other friend brought me all matched. They were all on the same wave length!

She hand-painted this fondant plaque to use as a topper. Isn't she amazing? Oh, and an important tidbit... the cake was delicious!!! Chocolate fudge with milk chocolate and vanilla filling :)

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Mardi Gras King's Cake

This morning while I was getting the kids ready for school I decided I wanted to make a special treat for dessert tonight. I did a quick search online and found this recipe for Mardi Gras King's Cake. Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent, so we will be giving up many treats in our house. I figured this was a good way to say goodbye to them :)

My son had his 3 year check-up this morning, so I knew I wouldn't be able to dedicate time to the dough. I decided to put all the ingredients in my bread maker and was pleasantly surprised when I got home. The dough had risen very nicely. I need to use my bread maker more often!

I rolled it into a rectangle and filled it with a mixture of chocolate chips and melted butter. This is by no means the traditional filling, but I know my family and their tastes.

Here it is formed into a ring, waiting for the second rise.

I thought my ring looked a bit chubby (I should have made the rectangle longer but was in a rush) so I put a glass in the middle so it would hold it's shape better while rising.

Forty five minutes later I brushed it with an egg wash and made the slits per the recipe.

And this is what came out of the oven thirty minutes later. I love the brown tone that the egg wash gives baked goods. This very much resembles "Roscón de Reyes" which is something we eat in Spain around the holidays.

My daughter and I decided to spice up the icing a bit and after some drizzling here is our King Cake!

This will be lovely with a nice cup of Hazelnut coffee, talk to you soon!

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