Use a CD sleeve to package cookies
Giant cookies make great gifts, whether they’re treats for a classroom full of fellow students, a nod to the full belly of delicious foods already eaten, or just a fancy dressed gift of favorite home-cooking. To package them for individual gifting, try a CD sleeve and sticker wrap.
Make Tetris chocolate molds using tile
Previously, on Offbeat Bride, I posted instructions for a complicated two-piece chocolate dice mold made using food-safe silicone. This tutorial goes in a completely opposite direction: a super-simple one-piece mold using food-safe plastic that’s vacuum molded to shape, to produce these beauties.
Can you spell “ice cream” B-A-N-A-N-A-S?: Vegan ice cream made from bananas
Can you spell “ice cream” B-A-N-A-N-A-S!? In this Pinterest Challenge, I took on the banana “ice cream” recipe and I nailed it! Here’s how you can pull this off too.
How to make a cherry pie without an oven… in Japan
Recently I got it in my head that it would be pretty dang neat if I could make a cherry pie and give it to a friend as a birthday present. However, there was one slight problem with this grand idea: my apartment, like many Japanese apartments, doesn’t have an oven. My kitchen consists of a sink and two burners. That’s it. I don’t even have a counter.
So, how does a girl make a cherry pie when she doesn’t have an oven? Allow me to show you…
Summer drink inspiration: Mexican horchata recipes
Horchata is a cold Latin American and Spanish rice-based drink usually flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. Needless to say, it pairs really well with spicy Mexican food and is a great summer drink. But after seeing these Horchata-flavored cupcakes from Just Jenn Recipes, I went looking for more interesting ways to dress it up.
Food I think I would like to eat: spaghetti ice cream
According to Click Clack Gorilla what you see here is SPAGHETTI ICE CREAM. I’m sure you’re wondering: where do I get some of my own?!
Learn how to make your own homemade rainbow cake
April of April Knits, Cooks and Reads made her own layered rainbow wedding cake and posted a great tutorial on her blog including her cake recipe, how she colored the layers, and the assembly. She was able to make the layers about a week ahead of time and freeze them before assembling and icing the whole shebang.
Ice cream cone cupcakes are cute and delicious
I pinned something AGES ago that had cute cupcakes baked inside ice cream cones. I had a weekend with lots of free time and a BBQ to go to, so I thought I would give them a go. Here’s how they turned out, and how you can make them, too.