Kermie's Cake: The finished product

So here it is folks....along with mess and the box. Kermie loves purple so hence the purple candles and for my first time using fudge pens its not too bad - well it's legible!!!
Happy baking people,
Fozzie

Kermie's Birthday Morning Tea

Well happy thinkers,
Today was Kermie's birthday and I baked - wondering if this counts as my months worth for July? Anyway I made the Betty Crocker cake and I put chocolate mousse instead of cream. I must say fudge pens are a revelation - I used a white one to write happy birthday obviously (photos will follow) I also made resses bars from http://bakerlady.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/reeses-peanut-butter-bars/ (I pinned it on pinterest). I did have to Kiwify it coz we don't have graham crackers and I added a little salt noting that my American friends always complained how we made everything too sweet. I will put up the kiwi version when I get home this evening. To say these were a hit is a tad of an understatement - Kermie was so sad when one of the other floor dwellers sneaked back for the very last one! LOL Anyway, all and all another baking success.

Happy Baking, Fozzie

Homemade Birthdays.

So, most of my fellow pgs have had a homemade birthday cake from me at least once - I say most because there has been a new influx since we moved (and I might of accidentally missed one persons, for which I am sorry!). They have ranged from Pebble decorated madness to gluten free, I even have taken up a tradition of baking my own birthday cake. This tradition was not appreciated when I had an allergic reaction to the pineapple in my magnificant Hummingbird cake I made a few years back. Off the point, so on Thursday its Kermie's birthday. Now, I can say that I am baking Kermie a cake because Kermie knows - even had input to what flavour - well it was always going to be chocolate but it needed a kick so its going to chocolate orange. When I say it needed a kick it really does, because this year -shock horror- I am making a cake out of the box - Betty Crocker style!

I have used Betty's batter before, in my one experiment with cake pops at my Master's Graduation party at the end of last year - they ended up being cake pops without the pop - so they went on the truffle tray!! Was truly a master of no trades that day!lol I actually like they way the Crocker Cakes turn out and the no fuss, very little muss that it produces.I HAVE NO SHAME!! I even converted my Mother - who would never have made anything from a packet unless it was Jelly! It seems in both our ever increasing age and ever decreasing time in the day has allowed us to adapt and still maintain a sense of pride about using a box of cake mix!

Stay tuned for an update - I will post the picture of how it turned out on Thursday!! lol
Happy baking, Fozzie

Planning for next month...already!

Well I can tell you the results of the poll over on PGLives was for something chocolatey, so for next month you can be guranteed that it will have chocolate in it - just not so sure what to make, so many recipe books with soo many recipes. As one of my besties keeps pointing out I have a lot of chocolate in my house that I have not eaten - she really can't see the point in having chocolate unless you are going to eat it! I did tell her that although it looked like Whittakers Dark Ghana Chocolate and indeed it is - it is not for ordinary consumption but rather has been ear marked for BAKING!! So what my lips loose is my baking's gain!!

In the mean time, happy baking, Fozzie.

Something to salivate over...

I thought I would post the picture of the curd tarts so you all could see how delicious they were!

Shopping List.

I am sooo very excited as tonight I am baking!!!! I have my shopping list of things I needed to add to what was already residing in my cluttered cupboards:

Lemons
Brandy
Currants
Caster Sugar
Butter
Eggs
Puff Pastry

Which coming to think of is the majority of stuff that is involved! LOL I will post the full recipe tonight with a nummy rating. Keep baking, Fozzie!

Baking where I have never baked before!

Welcome everybody!
This is just a small not so regular blog about  baking. I have assigned myself the task to bake something once a month that I have never baked before. I am a geek, I admit it! I begun this over on PGLives and will continue to update there as well as here, so don't panic! This blog is to let my not so academic ramblings about whatever (but mainly baking) out, as its always better out than in!
Thanks for stopping by, keep checking in for recipes and such,
Fozzie.