OF MICE AND raMEN: September 2013

Monday, September 30, 2013

Non-candy Halloween Snacks

If you're experiencing a diabetic coma just thinking of all that sugar overload, you might consider making these really creative healthy Halloween snacks with an entertainment factor!

Like my spider pizza? Tutorial here

Pizza Fingers

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Cheesy Witch Brooms

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Veggie Skeleton

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Stuffed Peppers (Jack O Lantern Style!)

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Mini Mummy Pizzas

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Salty Bones

Hallowieners

Cheesy Eye Balls

Owl Crackers

Cheese Pops

Friday, September 27, 2013

Sweet Treats And Cookie Ideas for Fall/Halloween

Running out of inspiration for Halloween and Fall? No worries, here are some ideas from my fave cookiers to share.

Enjoy!

The Cookie Architect

A Cauldron Of Witch Hat Cake Pops

The Partiologist

The Cookie Loft Girls

Life Is Sweets

Slice & Bake Candy Corn Cookies

The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle

3D Autumn Tree

Mmmmm . . . cakes, cookies and other sweets

The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle

Double Chocolate Cookies

Ali Bee's Bake Shop

Indian Corn Cookies

The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle

Pumpkin Lollipops

The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle

7 easy and fun treats by So Yummy

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Louise Caola - Cakes In Disguise

What started off as a prank when amateur baker Louise Caola created her first sausage and mash cake as a joke for a friend's birthday, turned out to be a full time baking pursuit for the Londoner. Surprised by the positive response from her friends, the 23 year-old Caola began creating more faux savoury cakes, posting the pictures to her Twitter and Instagram pages.

Orders started to flood in from all over the internet!

With her growing popularity, Caola quit her day job in advertising and seriously ventured into her cake business full time, making novelty cakes and naming her brand Poppy&Lulu.

Nando's Cake

Fish & Chips

Steak & Chips

Cornish Pasty

Sushi

Roast Beef & Potatoes

Is it a pizza? Is it a cake? Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "the proof is in the pudding" doesn't it?

Burrito Cake With Shortbread Nachos

Visit Caola's Instagram page here for more of her quirky cakes.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Pumpkins

It's still summer here, folks and forever will be! Though I'm not complaining (cold weather depresses me), it does get a little boring. If we had all the four seasons, Fall would be my favourite, hands down.

I made these pumpkin-shaped bread rolls yesterday as I wanted to make something cute and Fall-ish. You can find the tutorial here. I made the dough using the 65°C Bread method. I used cloves for the stems as they were the closest edible thing I could find in the kitchen that resembled stems. I was pretty happy with how they turned out. The cloves imparted a subtle cinnamon-ish flavour and smell to the bread.

While I'm on the subject of pumpkins, check out the following adorable painted pumpkin ideas from Better Homes And Gardens.

Use cone-shape pumpkins and spray-paint to create these Halloween treats.

Spray-paint two pumpkins luscious matte black. Craft cardstock features, and pin in place.

"Ice" the pumpkins and squash in pretty pastel paints, embellish with lacy trims and adhesive gems, and stack

Draw bats on white pumpkins with a permanent marker

Use paper doilies as stencils to create intricate, lacelike designs

You can download the free templates of these cat and mouse silhouettes

Download the Haunted Mansion pattern

more ideas @ Better Homes And Gardens

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Samantha Lee's Charaben

Food + Art = Charaben. Can anything possibly be more delightful? Kyaraben or charaben (character bento) started when artsy Japanese mothers created cute boxed lunches to encourage their picky kiddos to eat.

Enjoy these adorable creations by Samantha Lee, a SAHM of two from Malaysia. Lee started her whimsical creations to encourage her elder daughter to eat independently. Now, she has more than 280,000 followers on Instagram.