Day 334/365 (June 16, 2015)

After work I headed home and embarked on a 7.5 hour baking adventure. I really didn't think it would take that long and I ate way too many sugar cookies. Thankfully the sugar cookie dough i had made the night before had firmed up enough that I could roll it out and after each roll out i slowly added more flour to it... this made the cookies come out with various thickness and spread-outedness depending on when it was cut. This made them not my best sugar cookie attempt but I didn't really care because they were going on cupcakes and needed to be decorated.

Over the next several hours many dished were done, and I went on a cookie decorating rampage with some design ideas from Sasha and Karen. I made jock straps and thongs and they came out better than the boobs (complete with pasties) I made. They are for a Broadway Bares bake sale and the theme this year is tops and bottoms. I used candy melts in strategic places to imply bumps. My most scandalous decorating yet! I also made 75 mini red velvet cupcakes and frosting that once again not my best but still good. I got to the point of the night where I just didn't care anymore because i wanted it done. Did i mention i ate way too many cookies also?

I left the kitchen cleaner than when I began because I am actually good at picking up after myself.

Day 269/365 (April 12, 2015)

I spent the morning trying to decorate the sugar cookies. The idea i had had in my head i discovered was not feasible in the time allotted or for my patience level so I went to plan B. That was a glaze, so I made the gaze but realized i couldn't have it be close to white for the bones because of the vanilla extract so I turned it pink for the flamingos... an they came out pretty cute... however for the bones I realized i needed a plan C to decorate them and decided to try using melted chocolate. This was a big success (with disco dust) I wish I had thought of that before so the flamingos could have had a much brighter pink! After the flamings had dried i gave them eyes and they really popped. Since the macarons had failed the days before I decided to try making cheesecake brownies in place of them, and i dyed the cheesecake part pink... they turned out very well!

Then I finally made the lemon cupcakes and then topped them with a truly yummy raspberry frosting.

I made so many dished the last couple of days but was proud of myself for keeping up with them and leaving the kitchen spotless! I donned my best pink attire and headed to the party.

Let me tell you Marty T. puts on one heck of a themed party. It was Sassy's second birthday and he and John really did an incredible job of making the place festive and fun! There was so much incredibly yummy food I overate and felt like I was going to burst. The buffalo chicken dip and beef were my favorites. I met lots of lovely fun people and got to hand with some cute dogs. I would call that a win. People loved all my baked goods... the brownies were i think the big winner and this one girl was really into my frosting from the cupcakes! Kate Lo prest brought hr adorably sweet dog to the party and she helped me not feel bad about avoiding the street cart man by my office corner.

It was just a really needed fun evening!