Happy Birthday Teeny!
Oh...but you might see it on some of the cookies, sorry sis!
Like I told you in the last post, she does not like chocolate, but she loves white cake. Yes, like wedding cake. So I made her a cake and brushed up on my cake stacking/icing/piping skills a bit as well.
I used the white cake recipe from the Clinton St. Baking Company Cookbook
I got for Christmas. I am not giving the recipe, because honestly it wasn't my favorite. It was a little dry for my taste and they actually leave out a step in the directions, luckily I have made a few cakes in my days to know better! I want to say that I have eaten there many times in the past and have loved it, just not this recipe. If anyone has a favorite white cake recipe, let me know!I will tell you that I thought the Vanilla-Bean icing I used was awesome, you can find that over at BrownEyedBaker. I was a little worried because it is such a fluffy frosting, I added an extra 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Also, unless you have clear vanilla flavoring I would add some Americolor White
coloring if you want the frosting a bright white instead of an off-white color. I didn't have any on hand, but will in the future!I also made cookies, you know in case the cake fell apart on the drive to her house (I worry too much), and also as a little party favor for her friends! I love curly ribbon. I secretly think working in the gift wrapping department at Macy's would be awesome!!
I used the same recipe as I did when making the Halloween Cookies and learned my lesson on thinning out the flood icing too much. This time I think I got it juuuust right. Now if I could stop shaking when I need to draw a straight line and write letters, we'll be in business!
If you were curious, the cake and cookies made the drive from Houston to Dallas with no breaks, cracks, or bumps. I was thrilled!
Happy Baking!
Fantastically awesome piping skills!
ReplyDeleteWow! Look at those cookies, you did an excellent job! The piping is just perfection!
ReplyDeleteYour cake and cookies look amazing! Very nicely decorated.
ReplyDeleteYou did an absolutely awesome job on the cake decorating and cookie decorating! Bummer you weren't a big fan of the cake, but at least the icing was good :)
ReplyDeleteperfection, I am super impressed
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I like the piping skills on the cake and the curly pink ribbon is the perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Where were you when I turned 30 last year!!! ha ha!
ReplyDeleteYour piping skills are amazing! There's no way anybody wouldn't think these were professionally made and paid for.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice sister you are! I have to tell you, I worked in the gift wrap department at Meier and Frank (it's a Macy's now) for a couple of weeks over Christmas break in high school and those were some of the most useful life skills I ever learned from a job! And it was fun too!
ReplyDeletelovely, gorgeous cake!
ReplyDeletereally nice and so beautifully decorated; it deserves lots of buzzes; mine included.
ReplyDeleteFantastic designs. Beautiful icing decorations. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWell, my sisters didn't bake me beautiful cookies like these when I turned 30. I bet your sister appreciated them. What a job well done!
ReplyDeleteThe cake and cookies are so finely crafted. Very thoughtful of you to plan all these goodies for the celebration. Christine is such a lucky birthday girl.
ReplyDeletethe cake is so gorgeous and the cookies... elegant! your piping skills are amazing... i can't keep a standy hand for the life of me. =P
ReplyDeleteWow!! I'm so jealous! I wish I could make cookies like these!! They look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOh those treats are beautiful! Happy Birthday to your Sis!
ReplyDeleteSo well done! Love the cake, excellent piping!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies are adorable. Can I adopt you as my sister? Great tip about the white colouring to compensate for the vanilla, that's always the drawback with a vanilla icing.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome!! The cake, the cookies. You have one lucky sister
ReplyDeleteWow, you are amazing at piping! They cake and cookies are perfectly done! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! The cookies and cake together are so thoughtful and beautiful. Thanks for sharing these!
ReplyDeletebeautifully decorated looks wonderful
ReplyDeleteWOW! Both the cookies and the cake look amazing! I also panic when I deliver a cake, especially on our wintery, bumpy roads! Glad everything turned out looking so lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh, these are perfect!! Happy birthday, sister!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your sister and WOW what a wonderful cake! I'm not a chocolate fan either so I totally need to try this cake for my birthday :)
ReplyDeletehmmm the comment went on only partly....I had a whole part about twisting the recipe if I can find it...anyway...even if the cake was not your favorite it looks amazing
ReplyDeleteAdorable cookies! You have great piping skills and I love your handwriting. Your sister is a lucky gal!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely & vibrant frosting over those cute baked goodies!
ReplyDeleteThis are really cute cookies.
ReplyDeleteThis cookies looks deliciously sweet!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful desserts...you sure have a gift when it comes to decorating them...lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the cookies! They are so cute! You are so talented. My hand would have been shaking and I would have had cooking anxiety with making and giving a food gift. We're going to be making the drive to Dallas from Houston for Super Bowl and your post made me that much more excited for it. Go Steelers! Haha!
ReplyDeleteFabulous job. The cake and cookies look amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe cookies and cake both look adorable! My sister will be 30 in a couple weeks - crazy!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday to your sister.
ReplyDeletethe cake is amazing. WOW to your decorating skills
thanks for sharing.
sent you a friend request on foodbuzz, hope you'll accept it
have a wonderful day
You did such a great job! Happy Bday to your sis! White cake is also my favorite cake. I'm boring like that :)
ReplyDeleteSo adorable- those cookies look like chic expensive bakery cookies!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful icing!! I have always wanted to try royal icing! These really do look great :)
ReplyDeleteYou must be a really detail oriented baker. Perfect piping skills. Wow!!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look absolutely gorgeous! You've definitely got some great royal icing skills!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the Top 9 today, Your cake and cookies are awesome!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the Top 9! Both are beautifully decorated. Happy Birthday to your sister on the big one!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cookies...how cool!! Congrats on being selected Food Buzz Top 9!! Well deserved!!
ReplyDeleteTop 9 on Foodbuzz lead me to you! These cookies are gorgeous!! Love your blog. :)
ReplyDeleteThat cake is beautiful and I love the cookies! Great job!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on Top 9! The cake and cookies are adorable, you did a fabulous job!
ReplyDeleteyou are so talented!! those cookies are beautiful, and I am sure very tasty too!!
ReplyDeletecongratulations on your top 9 post today!!
Dennis
so pretty!! I get overly excited with cake and can never hold back my cake craving long enough to do anything pretty!
ReplyDeleteYour piping skills are extraordinary! Your sister must have been so happy with these cookies and cake :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful display - you did a lovely job.
ReplyDeleteAren't you a sweet sister! Everything is so beautiful
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm getting lost in all of you sweetness on this blog. Thanks for the food buzz add...you'll be seeing me around here a LOT I think. :) Everything looks so good!
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