Art Makes Me Hungry

Stay Puft Smore made out of clay. Found here

Starry Night made in Bacon

Weird Weekend

I met an old friend at a local Denny's to catch up on things at about 10pm on Saturday night. While there, a customer had a Denny's employee bring over a rose, some balloons, a bowl of ice cream. The customer then got out of the booth, got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend. She said yes, and the whole restaurant applauded. Very surreal.

Construction "Tools" for Eating Fun

I don't have any children myself, but I bet this would help parents feed even the most stubborn boy. How cool is a fork lift fork?

From the website: Eating has never been so fun for little ones! This dinner set comes with a bulldozer pusher, fork lift fork, and front loader spoon. Designed with function and play value in mind, these "tools" have textured, easy grip handles and detailing that allows little hands to hold on tight. Each is rugged, light weight, and dishwasher safe - not to mention great for extending productive eating time while attempting to eat out!

Dimensions of the fork and the spoon are 5 3/4 inches long by one inch wide. The pusher is 4 1/4 inches long and one inch wide.

http://www.flyingpeas.com/ce-utensils.html

The coolest Halloween cupcakes ever!

Check out these amazing Halloween cupcakes! I so need to try this!







http://wisdomofthemoon.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

I think I have to make this. NOW.



Root Beer Float Cakes
Cake Ingredients
1 cup root beer schnapps
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned style root beer (like A&W or Dads)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Root Beer Glaze
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup root beer
3 Tbs. root beer schnapps*
3 Tbs. vegetable oil
*for a more kid friendly version, replace schnapps with more root beer
You will also need some extra root beer schnapps (1 Tbs. per cupcake)
Or for the kiddies use root beer (again 1 Tbs. per cupcake)
You will also need some basic Vanilla buttercream ( there are many recipes online to try J)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a bowl, mix together root beer schnapps, root beer, and vanilla extract. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, mix until smooth
5. Sift in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
6. Mix with hand mixer on low, while slowly pouring in root beer mixture.
7. Mix until smooth and lump free.
8. Pour into lined cupcake pan. (Use foil cupcake liners to avoid "leakage" later.) Fill nearly to the top, you may think its over-filled, but it puffs up perfectly this way. Don't be tempted to use more than 24 cupcake cups... trust me.
9. Bake for 15- 20 minutes, until golden brown and cake springs back when touched.
10. While cupcakes are baking, prepare your butter cream and root beer glaze. For glaze, put all ingredients into a bowl and mix with a wisk until smooth and lump free.
11. To assemble, start by letting cupcakes cool, still in the pan.
12. While still slightly warm, pour 1 Tbs. of root beer schnapps over each cupcake. Pour on slowly to allow schnapps ( or regular root beer for the kiddies) to soak in.
13. Once the schnapps has soaked in and let sit for a few minutes, pour a couple tablespoons of glaze over each cupcake.
14. When the glaze sets up a bit and isn't too runny, put a "scoop" of buttercream atop each. For an added touch, you can even place a root beer barrel candy on each one.
Makes 2 dozen cupcakes

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