Category Archives: Recipes
Cinema Brittahytta Season Premiere – 50 Years of Star Trek
This weekend 18 of us celebrated 50 Years of Star Trek as the Cinema Brittahytta Season Premiere…as Jen said in her RSVP, “Yay, it’s officially summer!” Since it was so hot, I wore my Classic Trek lieutenant’s uniform I made … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, cinema brittahytta, cocktails, costumes, marshmallows, movie night, outdoors, parties, pizza, recipes, star trek
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Apple Cider Caramelized Onion Bacon Mushroom Mac & Cheese
For the First Annual Mac & Cheese Cookoff Contest at Rabbit’s Foot Meadery on March 30th, I created my own recipe inspired by a restaurant dish I had once plus an online recipe using hard apple cider. The rules were … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, bacon, caramelized onions, cheese, hard cider, homebrew, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheese, mushrooms, recipes
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Gail’s Chock Full o’ Chocolate Cake
We were discussing after dinner that Gail’s birthday was coming around again, so Ruth handed me the rest of the jar of chocolate pearls we had just enjoyed at Alexander’s Patisserie to use as decoration, and Glen said, “You should … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Cakes, chocolate, edibleart, flourless, ganache, hazelnut, mousse, nutella, reeses, whipped cream, whipped ganache
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Wearable Edible Feathered Hat with Lighter Than Air Cupcakes
When I first started attending Margarita Friday, there was a woman in another group who always wore fabulous fancy hats to dinner. I asked my group who she was, and they said, “That’s Hat Lady Sheila”…they didn’t even know her … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, butterflies, clouds, cookie, edibleart, feathers, food coloring pens, food coloring spray, hat, ostrich, peacock, royal icing, wafer paper
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Musical Joconde Imprimé Chocolate Mousse Cake
I saw this joconde imprimé cake inlay technique online a few years ago but didn’t have an idea what to make. I thought of it again when making the chocolate plaque for Gail’s birthday cake this year, but that wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, cake inlay, Cakes, chocolate mousse, edibleart, ganache, inlaid cake design, joconde imprime, music, sponge, tuile
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Fantastic Fireworks & Fun for ’15!
Another year of fantastic free fireworks from Santa Clara so I had another fabulous Fourth…hooray! I love living one block away from the park with such a great fireworks view from my backyard! This year was the smallest fireworks party … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Fudge Brownie Cake
Another Margarita Friday birthday cake! Birthday boy John absolutely loves peanut butter with chocolate, specifically peanut butter cups. I stumbled upon a recipe several months ago and thought I should try it for his birthday. Not only was it delicious, … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, Cakes, chocolate, chocowhite, edibleart, peanut butter, recipes
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Vintage 1960s Pineapple Cheese Ball
As we were searching online for ideas for a 60s cocktail party, I found this recipe and decided I HAD to make it! It also inspired us to have Mai Tais available at the bar with tiki accessories, and even … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 60s, cheese ball, edibleart, pineapple, recipes, vintage
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Psychedelic 60s Tie-Dye Angel Food Cake
My friend Cyd’s favorite cake is angel food, which is challenging to create into edible art. The fluffy delicate cake texture does not carve or stack well, plus it isn’t usually frosted completely to use that as creative decoration. Since … Continue reading
Cyd’s 60s Cocktail Party!
How do you celebrate a milestone birthday when the birthday girl doesn’t want the milestone announced? Have a 1960s cocktail party instead, and see if anyone clues in that’s the decade when she was born. I knew Cyd had seen … Continue reading
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