Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cool & creepy cakes & cookies

I recently discovered a great baking blog by a fellow Ottawaian (or however you say it), Paula at Vanilla Bean Baker. And through Paula’s blog, I found another great baking blog, I Am Baker. (Don’t ya love how that works?) Amanda has created some of the coolest Hallowe’en cakes – she is one seriously talented baker! Check out her cool & creepy creations, starting with this red velvet cake with marshmallow buttercream ghosts:

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How fun are those ghosts!? And here’s more fun – check out this awesome pumpkin cake:

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Cool enough, you might be thinking, but what makes it awesome? THIS makes it awesome:

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Say it with me now – AWESOME! I have no idea how Amanda made the candle, but that is seriously cool! And she created this cake of awesomeness too:

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It has a bat inside!

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Ghosts & pumpkins & bats not your thing? Well, then how about spiders? Lots of creepy crawly spider petits fours:

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And here are come cute & colourful cookies created by Meaghan at The Decorated Cookie. They just happen to be in some of my favourite colours :-)

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And one last treat from Paula at Vanilla Bean Baker – she baked and decorated these bat & moon cookies:

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And then turned them into a fun & edible mobile:

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If you’d like to try out Amanda’s & Meaghan’s & Paula’s Hallowe’en cake & cookie creations, here are the recipes:

Happy baking!

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a 16” x 20” original abstract painting by Matt LeBlanc. Click here to enter!

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9 comments:

  1. You are TOOOOOO kind! I am just blushing here... wow! Thank you for all those kind words... and isnt Meaghan so wonderful???

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  2. i just realized i didn't upload my blog link to your new one -- was wondering if everything was okay b/c the title hasn't change for awhile -- opps! love the ghost cake!

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  3. Wow... what a yummy post!! Love love love the pumpkin cake!

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  4. wow, those are amazing -- what talent! If I lived in Ottawa, I'd be trying to talk her into selling me some of those petit fours and that top cake with the marshmallow ghosts. Very interesting Kelly, thanks.

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  5. Those cakes are so cool...
    They may look creepy but I'd be more than willing to take a bite:)

    Just letting you know I just gave you an award...

    head on to:
    http://roomsofinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/10/chic-and-cozy-white-living-room.html

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  6. WOW - How clever!!! They would be so fun for Halloween - imagine what kids would say!

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  7. I am very flattered that you mentioned and linked my site in the same post as Amanda and Meaghan. Both of these woman are hugely creative and talented and inspire me on a regular basis. Since I started Vanilla Bean Baker I cannot tell you the amount of wonderful people I have met through my blog. The internet has not only provided a wealth of inspiration for me but a wealth of new friendships as well. Thank you for being one of them. Hopefully, we will have a chance to meet in person one day.

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  8. Wow!! I wanna make all of these treats! The cakes look so cool, especially that first one. I wish I was this talented with baking :)
    Nancy xo

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  9. Very cool! They all look too beautiful to eat!

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