The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Dot at Dabbled is at the top of my list for Mom Of The Year with these awesome Clone Trooper cupcakes. Her entire Phineas and Ferb Meet the Clone Wars birthday party is fantastic, but I just can’t get over the detail in these Clone cupcakes. I’d show them to my son, but I’m more […]
CRAFT Volume 10, the Celebrate issue, is still a goldmine of evergreen party projects. One how-to, sure to produce some loveliness, is Julie Sloane’s “Sugar Sweet Flowers.” She teaches you how to turn any cake, whether it be a birthday cake or wedding cake, into a summertime feast for the eyes. Check out her tutorial […]
Emily at Joyful Abode shares her recipe for making a “much more nourishing, high-fat, low-sugar version” of York Peppermint Patties.
The humble potato gets a bad rap sometimes, and there is a misconception that it lacks good nutritional value. Not true! According to Wikipedia, “A medium-size 150 g (5.3 oz) potato with the skin provides 27 mg of vitamin C (45% of the Daily Value (DV)), 620 mg of potassium (18% of DV), 0.2 mg […]
Learn to make hard candy jewels! Chica and Jo have a very thorough tutorial on their site. They used these candy jewels to decorate a Princess Peach birthday cake for a Super Mario-themed party. [via EMSL]
If you can make it to the campground to make traditional s’mores, try bringing the campground to your kitchen with these amazing-looking s’mores milkshakes from Alison Lewis for Make and Takes.
Sarah James is after my appetite with her recipe for organic vegan Twinkies. They even look healthier than their processed cousins!
