Giant Squid Cake
Beth Johnson from Cloth and Fodder spotted Flickr user gabesnider’s awesome giant squid cake in her research for a friend’s birthday. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with. Related HOW TO – Make an Axolotl Cake
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HOW TO – Valentine Pretzels
Maya Made shares the recipe and instructions for making these cute heart-shaped pretzels. This is a great project to do with kids!
In the Kitchen with Wendy Dooldeniya
Don’t look if you are currently vulnerable to a chocolate craving! DesignSponge went in the kitchen with Wendy Dooldeniya and our reward is a recipe for a Chocoholic Torte.
HOW TO – 5 Bottles of Wine for $3
Wendy Tremayne at Holy Scrap Hot Springs (in Truth or Consequences, NM) teaches us how to make easy cheap wine in this video. I’m sure you could fancy up the recipe with some gourmet grape juice if you wanted to experiment!
Settlers of Catan in Cupcake Form
Via BoingBoing Offworld, Brandon Boyer writes: Say what you will about the game-cake meme, but it’s not often that the cakes themselves are playable, as with quintanaroo’s Cupcakes of Catan. Plus, it’s not often that you discover that they’re not the only edible versions of the game, competing against the Pizza of Catan and the […]
HOW TO – Smashed Chickpea Salad
I’ve been super bored with the usual lunches lately, so I’m looking forward to trying out this smashed chickpea salad recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I like her description of it as a “deconstructed hummus”.
HOW TO – Peppermint Hearts
Skip to My Lou shares her method for making these insanely cute heart-shaped peppermint stick cupcake toppers. If you have any mini-candy canes left after the holidays, this would be the perfect way to use them up!
