        Archive for September, 2008Mpls St Paul Weddings MagMonday, September 22nd, 2008
Check it out! We were featured as #17 of 100 “must-haves and ready-to-use tips for creating an unforgettable Twin Cities Wedding”! , in the latest issue of Mpls-St Paul Mag’s “Weddings”. It came out last Friday. Click here to find out where you can pick up your copy. Geeking out on a Delorean!Monday, September 15th, 2008This past weekend, I made a birthday cake for my brilliant friend Spencer. I think I’ll let the photos speak for themselves! Seriously. How cool is that? I love Back to The Future! I love doing Nerdy cakes! Fruity Glazed PopcornMonday, September 15th, 2008This was the first recipe I ever had published, back when I was in grade 5! I used to make this for bake sales in my front yard, as gifts, and whatever. It’s pretty addictive – especially the grape and pineapple flavors, IMO! This was first published in my class newsletter, and a few years later in a fundraising recipe book. This was way before the internet, so it’s kinda weird to see some really close variations out there now. I remember that I got the base recipe from a friend’s mother, then tweaked it some how. Something wasn’t working right.. argh! So long ago! I’m reading the fundraiser recipe book.. kinda fun to walk down memory lane!
1/4 cup butter Melt butter and corn syrup together in a heavy pan. Add sugar and Jello, bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Let boil for 5 minutes, then pour over popcorn. Mix well. Spread popcorn out on a greased cookie sheet, and allow to cool. First Magazine Shoot!Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
The idea was to make something “spring” oriented, and they requested a new version of one of my recent wedding cakes – the piped meringue flowers one.. only in bright colors. How fun! Not fun to pipe, just fun to see it come together. I wonder if they read my blog entry on the first one, and how much I hate piping flowers? They’d have to be sadists, in that case, LOL.
While it’ll be cool to see the finished layout, I don’t have a ton to report on how the day went. I dropped the cake off early this morning, then had to hightail it over for a physical therapy appointment. (No good news to report on that front, I’m afraid!). Then I had to bide my time until I was to pick up the cake at the end of the shoot.
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The Week of the Geek! (cake, that is)
Monday, September 29th, 2008I confess. I’m a nerd. I married a nerdy geek, and most of my friends are some combination of the two
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