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Pokemon Cake
Happy 2019! One of my goals for 2019 is to do a complete revamp of the design of this website. This might be a bit ambitious in the midst of graduate school and other personal goals, but I’m going to try! Once this is done, I’d really love to get back into posting more recipes as well as more science content. Wish me luck! To start off the year, I got to celebrate the birthdays of my two adorable nephews Mokshay and Jeeva. Mokshay turned 7 and Jeeva turned 5 in January and they both wanted to celebrate with a Pokemon themed party. Of course, I had to come up…
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Poop-Emoji Cake
Normally, Poop and Cake should never be in the same sentence, but when your 6 year old nephew has an emoji birthday and requests a poop-emoji cake, that is just what you make. I wanted to create something easy for kids to eat, but that clearly fit the emoji-theme. The poop emoji cake is made of chocolate cupcakes frosted as one large cake. The eyes and mouth are made from airhead candies flattened and cut to size. The swirl at the top makes it feel like the cartoon-poop on every iphone keyboard. The smaller emoji cupcakes are mini-vanilla cupcakes covered in fondant. The googley eyes are ready-made and available at…
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Thomas the Tank Engine Cake
My adorable and amazing nephew Mokshay turned 2 this month and I was beyond excited to celebrate his Thomas the Tank Engine themed birthday. Let’s be serious, we all love time in a bouncy house, even in our 20s! For his birthday cake, I made two chocolate cakes (one 10 inch and one 8 inch round). The bottom layer was covered in rainbow jimmies (sprinkles) and the top layer was covered in white rolled fondant. The little thomas train on top is made of rice crispy treats covered in blue fondant. All of the smaller decorations were done in vanilla buttercream frosting or rolled fondant. Here’s some pictures of the…
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Kahlua chocolate cake
One of my coworkers turned 21 today so I needed to come up with an alcoholic pastry that I could easily transport. This is actually my favorite chocolate cake recipe, but today I decided to go with a chocolate cupcakes with Kahlua buttercream frosting. They are fun and easy to make…Enjoy! Cake Ingredients: 1.25 C Flour 1 C white sugar 1/2 C unsweetened Cocoa Powder 1/2 C butter 2 eggs 1 t baking soda 1 t baking power 1 t vanilla extract 1/2 C milk 1 pudding cup Kahlua Buttercream Frosting: 1 C butter 2 C powdered sugar 1.5 C Kahlua Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 2. Cream together butter and sugar 3. Add in all other dry…
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My lab is fab!
I know this blog is supposed to be about things I make, but my lab got me this amazing birthday cake that was soooo delish!!! Chocolate cake with a mocha mousse, and a chocolate ganache topping. AMAZING. Thanks Parvizi Lab Family!!!
