Cakes

Happy New Year Lovelies! I realized I have been the absolute worst blogger ever in 2009, so I promised myself I would write more this year. More in my book, more in my blog, more on twitter... I love words. I want to write them down. In addition to writing and the other random stuff I do, I enjoy making birthday cakes for those closest to me. I'm not great at it, but I enjoy doing it, when not getting angry or screaming at the frosting to just not do what I want.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some pictures of cakes I made, or had made for me. First up is the Twilight Saga cake I made for my mom's birthday in October of 2009. The Twilight journals had only been out a few days, so she was really surprised. I actually placed the cake platter on top of the books, all 4 plus my Eclipse Special Edition since I needed a bigger surface to work with.

Here's another shot:

This is the cake I made for my best friend Jess's birthday which was on Christmas:

Not the greatest lettering at the bottom, but overall I was happy with it. The Spaceship, I think it's the Enterprise lol, lit up, so I thought I got bonus points for that. I mean come on, it lit up! I did the different colored cupcakes based on the shirts they wear, thanks to a suggestion from our friend Cassie.

Last year I made Jess a Repo the Genetic Opera cake. While it did not light up, I think it was appreciated. If you have not seen Repo! go see it now. Seriously. Find a friend, netflix it, phone home, I don't care how you see it, just see it.

Finally, my birthday cake from November 2009, made by the one who started me on cakes so many years ago, my mom. She did a beautiful job.

Closeup with a bit more detail with come soon. Her cakes are ridiculously detailed. I hope I can make a cake half as good as hers one day.

Mmm, I am craving, you guessed it, cake now. Perhaps I shall go dig around for some leftover cake from my dad's birthday.

Swapmeet Mishaps

So tonight turned into this random whirl of events. I'm typing this on an unfamiliar computer, in a kitchen not my own.

While odd, it was definitely not a bad night. It was interesting. All started with a trip to Target, which did not have Halloween out yet (well, not really), then turned into a trek to the Santa Fe Springs Swapmeet. We got there and walked around and while on the hunt for my favorite sunglasses stand (I wear massively large black round bug eye sunglasses- yes, I'm one of those) we stumbled across a stage with five female musicians on it. It was the Undercover Girl Band and they were awesome. Off the top of my head, I remember them playing "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Jesse's Girl," and "My Sherona."

For $1.50 (the cost to get into the swapmeet on a Friday night), the 4 of us sat enjoying songs we knew and loved by these extremely energetic women. After that we ate pizza in a parking lot, stalked old boyfriend's houses, and started a blog for my cousin, Breanna. (It's http://onabalconyinsummerair.blogspot.com ) Oh and I forgot about the rice krispy treats we completely failed at making! Does anyone ever make these right? I haven't attempted since high school in a trailer park in Anaheim, and I thought in a real kitchen I'd have better luck, but well... they tasted okay even if they looked burnt.

All in all a pretty fun and eventful evening for the books.

How-To Pretend Halloween

I think it's hilarious when seriously non-spooky people try and talk about Halloween. See if you can learn anything from this video. I didn't, but it was amusing nonetheless.

How-To Make Halloween Snacks on Howcast

To Grandmother's House We Go

After a strenuous day at my grandparent's, I decided I needed to head to Home Goods and see what new Halloween had arrived since I'd been there (only a week ago!). I've attempted to put a slide show of the pictures here, but as I'm extremely technologically challenged, I don't think it worked. I believe you can just go to www.photobucket.com/bellelostdrake if that is easier. I really ought to just take away the area I tried to put the slide show in, but the swirling white circles going round and round are strangely hypnotic. Don't get lost in them!

Also I made some homemade peanut butter brownies, and I must say they turned out delicious! I needed them after a failed attempt at making some Halloween necklaces out of wine charms. Oh well, I'll find something to do with them, I'm sure.