Beaded Cakes

I am sorry to say but THIS stunning beaded cake is NOT my cake! It is by http://www.happyhillscakes.co.uk/. I saw it on Pinterest and fell in love with it! I wish I knew the technique that they used to apply the sugar pearls! It would be so daunting to add them one by one! But it surely is beautiful!

Recently I have seen a trend in sugar pearl accents on cakes. I also recently found out about a tool that is made in the UK called the press ice. The press ice tool is used for making swiss dots with royal icing which I have yet to try. My royal icing skills are still kind of sketch (sadface). Anyway I ordered the press ice tool from the Amazon dot com and was super excited to use it when it came in the mail! I had ambitions to make a four tier display cake but ran out of weekend time. The below pictures were my creation with sugar pearls and the press ice. The flower was a pre made sugar flower that I bought at a local cake supply shop. There is also a youtube link with me rambling about what I am going to create...my big  plans to make a SUPERHUGE cake and then those plans completely changing. It has a more visual aspect on how the press ice tool works also. 

Pumpkins And Halloween

Devil's Den Florida Springs

Gingerbread Men Skeleton's

Vegetable Noodles

Mazzaro's Italian Market Adventure

I was told this market in St. Petersburg, FL called Mazzaro's was an "experience" by a friend from work. It was!!! They have cut painted little Italian cars and murals outside that set the Italian ambiance. They have a cheese room, handmade pasta, a bakery and a deli. The market closes at two-thirty p.m. on Saturdays and the place was packed when we got there around one. I pretty much did a speed shopping tour of the place! It went down like this anything that looked interesting jumped into the cart...picture the 80's game show "supermarket sweep". 

Things that I came home with:

- Two tiny slivers of "imported" cheese

- A salami 

- mint chocolate candy called mint lentils 

- spices 

- lemon and chili infused olive oil

- truffle oil (like I know how or what to cook with truffle oil???)

- colorful bow tie pasta (which I later find out the the black stripes get their pigment from SQUID INK!?!?!?)

- fresh biscotti 

- the best grilled caprese sandwich with the freshest mozzarella on the PLANET! Which we ate in the car because the Patio was full and the store was closing but it was still the BEST!

- And a macaron kit  

http://www.mazzarosmarket.com/

Chicken and Waffles

It is always a treat to go get BBQ at Four Rivers Smoke House in Winter Garden, FL!!! I LOVE it there! Patrick and I usually split the brisket sliders and get four sides to share. My tummy is usually so full that I never have any room for dessert but I always look over every single dessert in the case! They just look so pretty and delicious in there - All of them! Another reason we usually skip dessert is that one of our sides is usually bananas foster bread pudding which I am sure was sent by an angel from Heaven to Earth!

Today however this "Chicken n Waffle" cupcake caught my and eye and I said, "What???" - like the little minions in the dispicable me movie! I had to get to go in a pretty little cupcake box of course. It was like I had my own special little treat. I didn't try it until the next day but I will say it was ummm... different...not bad but not the bread pudding. The icing was yummy! but...it was basically a cupcake with chicken breading bits in it...and a waffle cone garnish...  

https://4rsmokehouse.com/sweet-shop/

The Chicken N' Waffle Cupcake

This butter cake and waffle batter cupcake is blended with fried chicken crisps, drizzled with a bourbon maple glaze, frosted with a maple buttercream, and topped with a waffle cone piece!

In other Chicken n Waffle news...
THESE ARE WINNERS
https://www.facebook.com/melissaswaffletruck
and
The new Chicken n Waffle Sub from Publix!