Stay a while and have a cookie...

It's May.  May of 2012, to be precise.  That means Diablo III comes out in just a few more days!  The fiance and I have plans to hunker down for at least 48 straight hours and play the crap out of that game.  Witch Doctor?  Yes, pleeeease...

Which leads me to this post about a Diablo III cookie platter I created a couple weeks back.

Here are the focal cookies.  These things were big, about 6 inches worth of yum.  Tyrael is there on the left with the D-man himself on the right.

Here's the full platter in all its glory!  Soulstones at the top, quote cookies in the mid and logo cookies at the bottom.

Lots and lots of icing, lots and lots of fun!

Oh, Ohhh it's Magic!

If you're in Austin and haven't visited Tenth Planet Games & Comics then drop whatever you're doing, get in your car and go claw at the glass till they let you in.  It'll be worth it!

 

  See?  Isn't that a nifty logo?  Lil' d20 flyin' off of there like a comet 'n everything!  

 

Trevor told me that Tenth Planet would be hosting a Pre-Release party for the upcoming Magic the Gathering card game expansion.

The new expansion is called 'Dark Ascension', and it is full of zombies and vampires and humans being bred for the purpose of feeding said vampires.  Awesome.

So, I got to work and did what I do best: I made cookies.  200 cookies, to be precise!

The spells on Magic cards use lands - or mana - as a resource.  So I put each land on a cookie.  Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain and Forest.

 

And then, I put them in a box and took them to the store.

And then, Trevor put them in a fancier box!  And that is the story of the Magic: The Gathering cookies!

Now, seriously, get thee to Tenth Planet.  :D

Forever Alone...

I present to you for your viewing enjoyment, the ugliest cookie I have ever created:

YEP!  It's the "forever alone" guy.  If you don't get it, you can either read about it on Know Your Meme or spend about 5 minutes on IMGUR.  IMO, the second option is way more fun and could possibly end up being more offensive!  Hooray for the internets.

Fortunately, I will be selling these - get this - just in time for Valentine's Day.  That's right, if you're in Austin then you can buy them for yourself, your ex, or maybe for that guy you permanently friend-zoned last month.  It comes wrapped in its own sad little bag, tied with a single, solitary ribbon.  E-mail me if you do want!

Mmm, sweet, delicious cookie tears...

Cutie Mark Cookies!

Okay, so, seriously you guys.  This show.  If you haven't watched it yet, you're missing out.  My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a relatively new animated series created by Lauren Faust, who also worked on gems like 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' and 'The Powerpuff Girls'.  This series is a throwback to every single thing I loved about the cartoons I grew up with on Cartoon Network.  Yes, I'm 26.  No, I'm not ashamed to admit that I friggin' love ponies.

Every equine member of the My Little Pony universe sports a unique symbol, located near the rumpus region.  This is called a cutie mark, and one maaaagically appears whenever a pony discovers his or her own unique talent or finds something special that sets him or her apart from all the other ponies in Equestria.

And it just so happens that cutie marks look really...well, cute on cookies:

From left to right it's Rainbow Dash (big adventure!), Pinkie Pie (tons of fun!), Rarity (a beautiful heart!), Applejack (faithful and strong!), Fluttershy (sharing kindness!) and Twilight Sparkle (magic makes it all complete!).

While making these, I realized that I REALLY need to start using Royal Icing instead of Glaze Icing.  Even when using a #1 icing tip, I can't get the level of accuracy and fine detail that I want since the glaze spreads sooo much.  

So, I feel like I'm off to a decent start, but the next ones will be at least 20% cooler...

That's all for now!  Now, go watch some ponies.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas baking!

Just in case you were wondering, this is what 330 mini Christmas cookies look like! :P

And this is what they look like decorated.

Gotta have the edible glitter on there!

Teeny tiny, tasty snowmen.

My boyfriend, Stephen, did an awesome job on these trees.

And, of course, the obligatory cake ball post! Andes mints in dark chocolate cake, hugged with Belgian dark and white chocolate.


Here's wishing you an epic holiday season!

Hell, it's about time...for COOKIES!

So, ever since I spied the flood icing technique on Sweetopia, I've been dying to try it. I love how smooth the designs turn out. My guy has been feeling a bit down lately, so I decided to make him some Starcraft II cookies. I would have made Diablo III cookies for him, but that'll have to wait till the game releases ;)

Here's how I did it:


1.) I seriously did not feel like free-handing these designs onto the cookies - (Especially the one for the Zerg. Hello, spikeys...) - so for my templates, I searched online for the faction symbols: Zerg, Protoss and Terran. Using Photoshop, I scaled them to the size of my cookie cutter, printed them onto cardstock and then cut them out.


2.) Using an AmeriColor writer, I traced the design onto each cookie. Don't panic, that's actually a pen that dispenses food coloring. It is my new favorite toy and I luffs it.


3.) Here are the designs all traced and ready to be piped.


4.) With royal icing, I used a #1 Wilton tip to pipe the outline of the designs and let this dry for about 20 minutes.


5.) Now for the flooding. I added water to the frosting in order to get it to the consistency so that it would smoothly cover the exterior of my design. I used a #2 Wilton tip to fill.


6.) Once the outside had dried a bit, I colored the remaining frosting, added water for flooding consistency and filled the rest in.



And there you have it! Not even Kerrigan could resist these! Now go forth and construct additional cookies ;P