tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35302656573674523042024-03-05T15:37:33.303-08:00The Infinite YumsThe Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-37471910226393218792014-04-08T22:09:00.001-07:002014-04-08T22:10:18.977-07:00The Winds of Whimsical Change are BlowingIt finally happened!<br />
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The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-64463722425687163582014-01-05T22:27:00.000-08:002014-02-21T10:05:43.705-08:00Plants Vs Zombies Vs GingerbreadAnother holiday season, another Gingerbread project for the Edmonton <a href="http://www.universityhospitalfoundation.ab.ca/fot/home_">Festival of Trees</a>. As always my interpretation of this years theme, Up on the Rooftop, was loose. Instead I based my project on one of my favorite games, Plants Vs Zombies. Yup, on top of the countless hours I have devoted to playing this highly addictive and amusing game, I have now dedicated countless hours to recreating it in an edible effigy.<br />
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Once the board is all prepped up, it get a coat of royal icing that covers the whole top of the MDF board. </div>
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Once all of these steps are done, I have my blank canvas that I can start decorating. SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!</div>
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As well as cutting out some random-ish rectangles to use for the fence. I made a big ol' batch of royal icing, the nails, and glue of gingerbread house building. The main walls of the house are coated with the royal icing, leaving space for doors and windows.<br />
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The icing is used to attach the walls to the board as well as to each other. I whipped up some fondant and marbled it with food colouring to mimic the look of wood. The fondant gets rolled out and wrapped around the smaller gingerbread pieces and glued it on with yet more royal icing. Badabing - FENCE!<br />
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Now the fence pieces need to set up, so I turn my attention back to the house. The roof is perched in place and stuck with icing. Of course it is never that easy. Because of the large size house and the small size of my oven, the three parts to the roof had to be baked in six pieces. When they were placed on the top, there was some adventure time trying to get all the pieces to line up and stay put. After much time and much frosting they finally stuck. </div>
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I got the bright idea to add texture to the lawn area. An idea which I came to regret. 9 X 5 = 45. each square took about a minute or two texturize.<br />
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When it was finally all done, the effect was mildly effective. And way too time consuming. LOL.<br />
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I used royal icing to assemble the fence pieces, and covered the roof in fondant tiles. My sculptures were almost finished and ready to place into eternal battle. To fight the zombies I made the classic peashooters, walnuts, potato mines, and sunflowers.<br />
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Once the windows and doors were in place and painted accordingly, and all the characters were finished, it was time to start assembly. Creating a scene of gruesome... I mean adorable zombie battle. It is all about the details too, such as mail boxes, shrubbery, trees, and all that jazz.<br />
If I haven't already mentioned, the theme of this years festival was up on the rooftop, so obviously another important detail would be on the roof. If you play the game (and you should), you will know the roof is the scene of the final ZOMBOSS BATTLE!!!<br />
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All the pieces eventually find a home, and the project starts to take its final form. This is usually right before I have to deliver, in a flurry of stress, creativity, and giggles. The scene begins at the front of Crazy Dave's house, so tranquil and serene. until we travel to the back yard where the zombies are closing in on the safety mowers.<br />
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Winding around the house we find a mischievous and festive undead graffiti artist. I not gonna lie, the teeny tiny spray paint can in his hand made me giggle an snort for about an hour. <br />
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Project as complete as it is going to get. Down to the wire as usual. Wishing for just a few more hours as always. Delivery time is upon us. It is actually less traumatic to get the project safely to my vehicle than expected. The most stressful moment is when a CTV camera man calls just as we are about to pull out of the drive way to ask if he can film the delivery! Commence overtired, stressed out freak outs, lol. I really didn't freak too much, we focused on getting the piece delivered, and I rambled nervously through a short interview. They mercifully edited it down nicely, you can check it out on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=789167454432703&set=vb.316422631707190&type=2&theater">FB page</a>.<br />
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The big day was held at <a href="http://www.countrylodge.ca/en/">The Polish Lodge</a>. It was the third wedding I have baked for at that particular venue. It is so gorgeous, I love it. However I did not anticipate the difficulty level if recreating the "log" part of the cabin. I did all the math and got the cake prepped iced, and covered in fondant, and even pretty close to the right shape!<br />
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There were three zombie figures. The exploding head fella pictured above, the missing legs lady seen below, and a third two part zombie you will see shortly<br />
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Baking cakes that look like booze. or better yet, cakes that look like booze... AND have booze in them!!!<br />
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So easily personalized, and so fun. These cakes always seem t make people as happy as the liquor itself!!<br />
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<br />The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-50116533314267832912013-10-14T16:36:00.000-07:002013-10-14T16:36:30.921-07:00CAKESTARTERFinally got the Kickstarter campaign launched! I have 30 days to reach my goal!!!<br />
Please help me spread it around 8)<br />
You donate through the website, and if I reach my goal, you get rewards. If I dont make it, I get nothing. It is kind of an all or nothing deal.<br />
I can't wait to mail out all the amazing caramels as rewards!!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1948635391/the-infinite-yums-i-knead-your-dough">My Kickstarter Campaign !!!</a><br />
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I have been working hard to get my own bakery going. Doin the freelance thing has been amazing, but I am ready to move into a real bakery! To that end, I am getting ready to launch a Kickstarter campaign soon. Here is a fun teaser trailer to make you laugh, and maybe come check out my project. I will be sure to let you know when it goes live!!!<br />
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enjoy 8)The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-17379941701996938962013-08-13T17:11:00.001-07:002013-08-13T17:11:35.480-07:00Spy VS Spy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This cake was awesome to make. I lost a lot of sleep. There was many setbacks. BUT I LOVE IT.<br />
I designed this sweet treat for the Edmonton Public Library <a href="http://www.epl.ca/programs-and-events/events/books2eat">Books2Eat</a> gala a few months ago. If you haven't heard about it, it is a really cool fundraiser to help out our local libraries. And books are rad, so count me in! Bakers around the area donate themed cakes, local businesses donate great stuff, there is a silent auction and dinner... so fun!<br />
This year's theme was Spies. Of course I knew everyone would do Bond, and Bourne, and where is the fun in those?! ha ha, I like my cakes t have a sense of humour!<br />
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A fella from MAD Magazine even commented on the cake, which really made my day! After growing up reading my older brothers' comics, it was surreal for them to even acknowledge my existence !<br />
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What is the theme of the wedding? A pretty typical question when deciding on a wedding cake design. The best response I have heard so far is... its old Hollywood glam... and steam punk, with feathers, and red roses....... and maybe abit of outer space.<br />
OK maybe that wasn't exactly how it went down. But that was the main ideas. and I loved every theme for a different reason, but how the heck was I gonna tie it all together? lol. good thing i like a challenge.<br />
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and if you look closely you can see the final touch, to bring in a bit more of the outer space... two adorable space ship cake pops for the bride and groom to feed each other. too sweet.<br />
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Could I be any luckier? I have the coolest, awesomest friends in the world. And they order wicked cakes from me. This has become one of my all time favourites. I adore pin up, rockabilly, and retro styles. This was a fabulous opportunity for me to try some new techniques, and make a super cute cake for a friend.</div>
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Last year my niece and my nephew got married. Not to each other, of course, lol. But a few months apart. One wedding was huge, elaborate and fancy, the other was low key and laid back.</div>
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the next celebration had an icy theme with all white and light blues. they asked for a small white cake with their frog prince topper, and a table of white bites. it was a challenge in a different way making all the individual treats. </div>
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All things Dr Seuss are awesome. cake included. </div>
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Thing one and Thing two help Nora celebrate in a fun colourful way!</div>
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This cake was for a baby shower. completely different, and yet still classically Seuss. </div>
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I always get abit excited when people want these kinds of cakes. it is almost as fun as zombie cakes 8)</div>
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I have been busy baking soon, but i promise to post more pics, recipes, and/or tutorials soon! </div>
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I had a blast making this cake for a teacher's retirement party. the lovely client that ordered it always gives me lots of creative freedom, and just enough direction!<br />
I definitely took more time than I planned on, but once I thought of all the different elements I wanted to incorporate, I just couldn't leave any out.<br />
my favourite decoration by far is the chalk board. I rolled out black fondant, and let it harden. then framed I with wood grain fondant to look like a chalk board. finally I took cold white chocolate pieces and used them to "write" on the chalkboard. it worked exactly like I hoped! so cute!!<br />
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A talented young local chef acquaintance sent me a random text one day. We hadn't chatted in while. It basically said... I have been watching you. You can bake for me" It was awesome. Immediately my gears started spinning. He gave me complete freedom, a budget, and a date. I agonised over what to make. I debated between trying to impress him with fantastic design and decorations, or focus on getting the flavors right to please his chefy palette. after much inner turmoil i decided to focus on pleasing his palette.</div>
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My next challenge was to narrow down the ideas i had. I knew he was a fan of ginger, so I had to include that somewhere. And since he works in an amazing <a href="http://corso32.com/">Italian eatery</a>, i knew an Italian theme in flavors would hit the mark. but how to decide?!?<br />
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I love a great <a href="http://charcuterie/">charcuterie</a> board. i also get very excitable about cheeseboards.so i decided to do a dessert version of a charcuterie with the Italian flavors.<br />
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meant to be served with the ricotta, i baked a pound cake sliced it very thin and baked it a second time. it crisped up like a crostini. of course the crostini and ricotta begged for accompaniment. i steeped a luscious local honey with rosemary and lemon, made slightly sweetened espresso into "caviar" using molecular gastronomy, and finally reduced a nice Merlot with juicy raspberries. delish!!<br />
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to appease his fondness for ginger i makes a chocolate ginger cheesecake, and topped it with dark chocolate ganache and ginger truffles. it wouldn't be Italian desserts without a tiramisu, so i made fluffy sheets of ladyfingers, and rich mascapone fixings and layered them in a jar with a hint of booziness.<br />
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the other cakes were white chocolate pistachio, and brown butter honey and pine nut. and then... AND THEN.... the cheesecake. I stacked two vanilla bean cheesecakes and topped them with fresh strawberries. yeah i know that doesn't sound to great. until i cooked down some balsamic vinegar with vanilla and drizzled it over top. life changing. I think it is in my top three fave things i have ever put in my face. (in other news...this same balsamic reduction is amazing on Greek yogurt)<br />
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Charcuteries usually have some sort of spiced nuts, so I candied pecans with brown sugar, Cayenne and paprika. they turned out to be incredibly addictive. mmmmmm i want some right now!!<br />
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This project gave me the chance to try out my fancy new Cricut Mini. I'm not going to lie, i was exceedingly frustrated. Using this machine has alot of bonuses, such as amazing detail, and quick lettering. Unfortunately it took me a lot of experimentation to get it to work for me. I have used it several times since, and I can see the potential in it as a tool. I also see the potential for me to throw it across the room. (and spend alot of money on cartridges) Back on point... when i did finally get the lettering cut, I was thrilled. I painted it with silver luster dust to match the disco ball. <br />
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The disco ball was a round cake, covered in small squares of fondant also painted with silver luster dust. I loved how it fit with the "light up dance floor". the only thing missing was the disco dancer. And he almost was missing!!<br />
Half way through sculpting him,he fell over. limbs were broken. swear words were sworn. many hours of my life were wasted. lol. The good news is I had just enough time to resculpt him, including the mega bell bottoms, large lapels, porno stache, and copious chest hair.He strikes the iconic pose and completes the look.<br />
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So much fun with this cake. I adore it, it makes me giggle. I love when people order cakes with a sense of humour!<br />
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I consider myself a nerd. Shocking! I am a total dork, and I am totally OK with that. I know alot about video games, comic books, graphic novels, TV shows, and movies. I am a fan girl of many things. When I was approached by a lovely young couple to make their wedding cakes, i was surprised to hear there was a whole huge on line game I had never heard of. Eve Online. It is a huge SciFi universe world. I had no idea. I have heard of World of Warcraft, and other MMO's. They asked me to make a pretty wedding cake as well as an edible replica of their ship from Eve Online.<br />
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the brides cake was simple and lovely. white tiers accented with purple ribbons. traditional and elegant.the groom's cake on the other hand was funky, and dare I say... out of this world, lol! Rich cheesecake topped with ganache, and decorated with fondant. I airbrushed the fondant to pair the cake with the edible replica of their online ship. I used rice crispie treats and fondant to create the ship, it was one of the biggest challenges I had tackled to date. It may not have worked out exactly as I had planned but it was pretty dang cool!<br />
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It is that time of year again. I may be a smidge of a Grinch. I do not easily get into the holiday spirit. One of the few traditions I have is making a gingerbread project for The Festival of Trees. <a href="http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.ca/2011/11/in-galaxy-far-far-away.html">Last year's project</a> was fairly epic. I love coming up with ideas for this project. Every year I help raise money for the University Hospital, while I learn about my craft, and challenge myself. </div>
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I decided to continue with my nerdy theme. Shocking, right? Well the way i figure it, if I am going to work on something for a month, not making any money, I may as well do something I like. I try to create something I think is fun, that I want in my portfolio. As soon as the words "Dr. Who-ville" popped into my head, I knew i had to make it happen. Who knows, maybe David Tennant will see my homage, lol! Maybe next year I will make a chocolate Nathan Fillion, gotta support local.... sort of.... HA!<br />
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First things first, I spent months planning in my head. All the things I wanted to do. I always do this, and I always get carried away. I planned out a gingerbread TARDIS, surrounded by all of the Doctor's incarnations. I was going to make all of his companions, Rose, Amy, Rory, Daleks, weeping angels, the Grinch, roast beast, curving stairways, moving parts... oh yes, I had it all planned. November came, and as usual I had nothing started. So I juggled my part- time serving job, and my freelance baking orders, and a minimal social life with building the pieces of my masterpiece! Not surprisingly reality, interfered with all my grandiose plans. STUPID REALITY!<br />
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Humble beginnings.... the board always seems smaller when I start actually working on it.</div>
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The TARDIS and the tops of the Who houses are gingerbread. Piece the cookies together and glue with icing.<br />
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I planned and measured the TARDIS carefully, and hazardously built the Who houses. Part baker, part Architect.</div>
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I was hoping to make the TARDIS be sharp and angular, more realistic, in a chocolate sort of way. But I walso wanted the Dr.Seuss feel of the village to come through. The way his books are illustrated, full of imagination and whimsy. </div>
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Wanting a change of pace, I decided to do some sculpting of characters. I made armature out of floral wire. I can admit that I need more practice at that. I made funny-shaped bodies, tall with big booty and bellies, like how I picture the Whos. I took alot of inspiration from photos of all the 11 incarnations of the doctor. Each body was a different size, and shape, and each head had a unique look as well.<br />
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My first try at the doctors, just didn't seem quite right. so I tried again, with better results.<br />
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the first, first Doctor on the left was too humanized. I wanted them to look like Doctor Who... Whos. lol The second attempt on the first doctor went much better. Each fella had a unique personality. I spent a lot of time getting their customized costumes as accurate as possible. Even more time figuring out how to "style" their hair!</div>
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Number 10 is my favourite doctor, but not on this project. I found when I finished sculpting him, he didn't have the same quirky charm that David Tenant brings to the character. I spent alot of time researching (aka watching TV) the different doctors. I love the Internet, and the vast array of fan art, and archived photos of the doctors for me to draw inspiration from. When the basic body shapes were set up, I dressed each on in one of the doctors familiar outfits, complete with scarves, ties, and celery. and the plain heads each received close attention to hairstyles, trying to blend the iconic looks of the 11 different actors, with the fun of whoville. Hats and hair transformed them and I attached them to the corresponding bodies. </div>
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Back to work on the houses. i wanted them to be surreal and cartoony. I airbrushed them with fun colors, and a bit of shimmer. Then I made Suess-y roofs out of rice crispie treats and fondant. </div>
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There was a final once-over of the TARDIS. Details added, a liberal spray with food grade varnish, like the kind they use on apples, to make it shiny. Same with the Doctors, and then it was time to attach to the board. This is when I usually get extra nervous. Once you "glue" something to the board, it is pretty much non-negotiable. Once the icing dries, that is where it stays. My indecisive nature doesn't like that idea.</div>
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Thr TARDIS and the doctors are the first pieces to be glued on. I had to be able to attach their hands and finish making adjustments. I made mittens for each doctor and placed them around the ship, mimicking the scene from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, where the Whos are standing around the tree singing. I also sprayed the Doctors with the shiny... in hindsight, maybe ait too much shiny. Lesson learned.</div>
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As all the icing dried and set the characters in place, I came back to the houses. I planned to practice some sugar work for the windows. I wasn't paying proper attention, and my first batch of sugar crystallized.. I was going to start over, but as I was playing with it, I decided I liked the effect it created. Sometimes mistakes make great results. So I carefully pulled and shaped windows, LOTS of windows for my Who houses. The sugar crystals made them look frosty, which helped with my idea of keeping the aesthetic different.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Once the windows and frames were in place, i painted the roofs, and added a layer of fondant snow to them.</span><br />
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Everything was starting to come together, and as usual I was running out of time. After the houses were attached, and all the batteries and wiring in place, it was time to move on to the details. I added a few more characters such as...<br />
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All that was left was to add trees and final touches... I may have run out of time on this...I usually do.<br />
I hope I made something that makes the fans happy. I combined two of my favourites, Dr. Seuss and Dr. Who. Here are many more photos, 'cause when your medium is fleeting, you learn to take many.<br />
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A quick note about proportion. Getting realistic proportion is one of the most dificult things I am trying to learn. I am lucky because often I am working in a fantasy world from inside my head, and I can manipulate it to meet my own needs. With this project, I wnated to make the doctors large enought to add sufficient detail and make them each recognizable. I also wanted the TARDIS to be a main focal point. I like how it turned out. Gingerbread should be fun, and busy with lots going on. So even though the proportions seem out of whack, it worked out nicely. I am already thinking about next year...<br />
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You know what makes me happy. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_Zim">Invader Zim</a>. It is literally impossible for me to be less than giggly when I am watching this cartoon. If you have never seen it, look it up. No really, go watch it now, and come back to read this when youre done.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Imagine my joy when a friend asked me to make a Zim theme cake for his sister's birthday. This is the same amigo who asked for the zombie cake. </span><a href="http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.ca/2012/10/cute-zombie-cake.html" style="text-align: center;">(awesome)</a><span style="text-align: center;"> He had an idea to make a hollow head GIR filled with cake pops. BRILLIANT! I decided to make the cake pops that look like a Zim icon, the bad bad rubber piggies. for those of you who are familiar i know in your head you are saying it with me </span><br />
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As I often am, I was pressed for time, but I had a wonderful time creating this project. I knew if I wanted to make the head full of goodies, I had to do robot GIR. Doggie GIR is so darn cute though. I wanted to do both! so i made robot GIR in the doggie suit with his head sticking out. The head is rice crispie treats hollowed out and coated with chocolate. his eyes are also rice crispie treats. The whole thing, including the removable top of his head got a healthy dose of edible silver spray. I made dozens of cake balls decorated like GIR's rubber piggie/ filling his head full of bite size treats. his body was cake and buttercream covered in fondant. This was not my first foray into the idea of edible Vasquez artwork. afew years ago i did a Zim inspired <a href="http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.ca/2011/07/giftmas-in-july.html">gingerbread </a>for the festival of trees. I look forward to doing more Zim projects. So many ideas!!! </div>
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I love zombies.I mean, ok, I don't want to snuggle up with a zombie in front of a roaring fireplace. But for as long as I can recall I have been mildly obsessed (easy on the mildly part) with zombie culture. I have been enjoying the recent popularity of the undead. I watch the movies, I attend the walks, i read the books, I plan the contingency plans. And now FINALLY I make the cake. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">An old friend with a similar affection for walkers asked me to make a cake for his 37th birthday. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I made all the scary zombies facing away, with Zach tucked safely up on the rooftop. I took the time to make each of the undead unique. and I shaped and decorated the cake like an old storefront. complete with apocalypse ready windows and doors. </span><br />
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The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-84917745909201091352012-08-13T19:38:00.000-07:002012-08-13T19:38:10.070-07:00Bacon Makes it BetterSo I think we can all agree, bacon makes things better.<br />
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I know, I know, bacon is super trendy right now. I'm not just jumping on the band wagon though, I swear! I have been baking with bacon for awhile now. Of course there are the obvious applications for pork in baked goods. A ham and cheese croissant here, a bacon cheddar scone there, but lets go outside of the box here. I have made maple bacon cakes, chocolate covered bacon, and my favourite ... bacon caramels. My latest idea struck me when I made a batch of sweet dough that was way too big. So i decided to do 3 types of sticky buns.One pan was regular, one pan was full of chai spices, and one was filled with bacon.<br />
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by far the bacon was the star!<br />
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Not long after I tried to replicate the deliciousness, with even more bacon in it. I went to my favourite <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ACMEMeatMarket">butcher</a> and procured some tasty bacon. And I made up a simple sweet dough, using beautiful freshly milled wheat flour from my favorite <a href="http://www.prairiemillbread.com/index.php">bread baker</a> . I made a sweet glaze o line my pan and then I cooked off my bacon till it was almost crispy. After draining off the excess grease I finished the cooking of the bacon with some good quality maple syrup, glazing the salty bits of meat in sweetness. I tossed half of the bacon in with the pan glaze, and the other half i sprinkled over the brown sugar butter mixture on the sweet dough.<br />
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I started with a 12" round vanilla cake, cut into three layers and filled with vanilla Italian butter cream. then I cut the cake in half to make two giant tacos. then I had to think of the best way to decorate to make it look like a real taco. I knew the lettuce would be fondant tinted green and simply ruffled. A friend had the brilliant idea to use maraschino cherries as tomato, ( I know usually I would tell you that maraschino cherries are evil, but it really was the best idea for the effect i wanted ) The melted cheese was also pretty straight forward, melted white chocolate tinted slightly orange and piped on.<br />
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then all I had to do was "fill" the tacos with the other elements! When I was done I was thrilled. I exceeded my own expectations on this project, and the client was happy too. Taco cake for the win!<br />
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Working on big orders gives me some time in my head. alot of my orders this week were wedding or anniversary related. I made a lemony blinged out for a wedding shower. Another order from my favourite singing sisters. I also had a special wedding cake to make, and finally an anniversary cake. Seemed like love was in the air.<br />
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The progression from the wedding shower cake, to the wedding cake to the anniversary. it was an wonderful journey in my head. I may have been stressed and busy, bu it was a happy week.<br />
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18g (2 pkg) gelatin Bloom gelatin in 1/2 cup cool water<br />
1/2 cup cold water<br />
455g sugar (1/4 cup) Place 2 cups sugar, corn syrup, and second 1/2 cup of water in a pot <br />
1 tbsp corn syrup on medium heat, boil to 245<br />
1/2 cup water<br />
4 egg whites Whip egg whites with 1/4 cup sugar to medium peaks<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EUf5U7cn0kcam5_SmdaEWIAQtZKVnLwb-tm_q08NulyISBbtgufRWVWq9uUBeslRzhjK43QF09gP53AZFkJRRBnXt4WdMVDwW5HIcff2015I5LoImdEnGdzaPKYmFe1T-j3OT5f2O7E/s1600/goodies+%2528107%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EUf5U7cn0kcam5_SmdaEWIAQtZKVnLwb-tm_q08NulyISBbtgufRWVWq9uUBeslRzhjK43QF09gP53AZFkJRRBnXt4WdMVDwW5HIcff2015I5LoImdEnGdzaPKYmFe1T-j3OT5f2O7E/s200/goodies+%2528107%2529.JPG" width="150" /></a>on a low speed stream the sugar syrup into the egg whites very slowly, and then just turn up the mixer speed and let it whisk. it will grow and fluff up as it cools. while you're waiting make a mixer of 1/2 cup cornstarch and 1/2 cup icing sugar. this mixture should help keep your fresh treat from sticking. you can put a layer in a pan and then spread your marshmallows over it and let them set. or you can pipe your marshmallow onto the mixture, or get crazy and use toasted coconut, or crushed nuts.<br />
My recipe may not be perfect, for more details check out my inspiration <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-marshmallows-recipe/index.html">here</a>, and<br />
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don't be intimidated, marshmallows are a fun and simple treat to make at home that always impresses!The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530265657367452304.post-61300613260309766562012-03-06T08:18:00.000-08:002012-03-06T08:18:42.096-08:00Potter Pops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsiD0x86oCCI_HD1XFFAVizj9ZN2Nv_dfHwTffJ_4HpwzqoASxsT7OCz6lGcc0N3WOtDyphyksOJpqO3BLvDeEk1t0HUQ5qnFFoVKHQZ9j2tDtoXdwNcKgdgVmMsscsUilCwVZE1nHA8/s1600/fewb11+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsiD0x86oCCI_HD1XFFAVizj9ZN2Nv_dfHwTffJ_4HpwzqoASxsT7OCz6lGcc0N3WOtDyphyksOJpqO3BLvDeEk1t0HUQ5qnFFoVKHQZ9j2tDtoXdwNcKgdgVmMsscsUilCwVZE1nHA8/s400/fewb11+025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I don't like cupcakes. we all know this by now, right? I do however love cake pops,and /or cake truffles. I also adore my friends. So often when I am making something for mi amigos, that is my go to treat.<br />
One of my favourite gals had a birthday not long ago, and her adorable sister asked me to make her something. Ive grown quite attached to this family, they are very sweet. You may remember the<a href="http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.com/2011/06/ride-em-cowboy-hat.html"> cowboy hat cake </a>I made for them, and more recently the<a href="http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.com/2012/01/mmmmoustache.html"> moustache cake</a> she commissioned. Now finally I was getting a chance to design something just for her.<br />
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Months ago,when I brought treats to a ska show, she munched happily, offhandedly she mentioned that the golden snitches from Harry Potter would be cool as a cake pop. So after much deliberation between her sister and I, we decided on Potter Pops. The coolest designs I could think of were the snitches, and the sorting hat.<br />
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As always there was a learning curve putting these guys together, but it was super fun. I don't think I stopped giggling the whole time I was working on the sorting hat's faces.<br />
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The snitches started out as carrot cake dipped in white chocolate, with white fondant wings. I painted them bright yellow, with a coat of shimmer over top to make them nice and bright and shiny.<br />
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It would seem I can always rely on this crew to keep me inspired!<br />
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I saw <a href="http://www.worldwidefred.com/shoponline.htm">Fred</a>. I have fallen in love with the whimsy of Fred products.<br />
Usually I find these fun treasures at a local shop, which I happen to adore, called <a href="http://www.yelp.ca/biz/mars-and-venus-edmonton">Mars & Venus</a> down on Whyte Ave. But I have seen them popping up all over the place. Never failing to put a smile on my face.<br />
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I have ice cube trays<br />
and cookie cutters.<br />
among other fun goodies.<br />
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I took a jaunt over to the interwebs to see what else Mr Fred had in his repitoire.<br />
Oh My.<br />
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so much wanting.<br />
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I got all these pics from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fred-and-Friends/89750254230">Fred's Facebook </a>page. you should go check it out! who wouldnt love cooking when your tools are this fun!!!The Infinite Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465931495631243670noreply@blogger.com0