Confections of a Housewife

Monday, December 27, 2010

Marshmallow Pops

At my husband's extended family Christmas we always have a white elephant gift exchange.

This year I had picked up a set of gourmet cocoas and a pair of festive holiday mugs.

I felt like the set needed just a little something extra. I was looking through my mom's pantry and found jumbo marshmallows, lollipop sticks and lots of different candies. In the midst of cookie decorating, I started another projects: Marshmallow Pops.

I printed labels and added ribbon to match the mugs.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas Cookies Part 2

I made another batch of Christmas cookies to share at our family Christmas celebrations.

A few Christmas trees with rainbow sprinkles

Trees with assorted decorations

Peppermints for my Mom

Gift packages- a new cookie cutter from my husband

Christmas Minis! They are about the size of a quarter!

Sanding sugar and edible pearl snowflakes

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Kansas City Chiefs Party

In November I made the cake and cookies for a surprise 50th birthday party for my father-in-law.

The cake and cookies were made in Arkansas and transported back to Kansas. The long drive created a few imperfections in the cake, but nothing too major. The bottom 14 inch square layer was white cake with blackberry filling and the carved arrowhead was chocolate cake with ganache filling.

The cake

Close up of my first carved cake!

Birthday Cookies: Jerseys, Pennants, and Footballs

More Cookies!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Purple and Teal Cupcakes

This fall I made a few birthday cupcakes for a joint birthday party.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Grills and Golfclubs

In the midst of holiday baking, my husband requested a few "man cookies" to take to his friends. I had him go through my cookie cutters and find suitable shapes. He, of courses, picked two cutters I have never used before: the grill and golfclub bag. I wish I would have spent more time on these but I had finals to attend.