AnimalSports: 2015

Christmas Tree Candy Cane Cake Roll

I made another cake roll. As you know I have fallen head over heels for pattern cake rolls this year. I've made quite a few of them over the past several months.First one I made back in January, my very first pattern cake roll - Snowflake Cake Roll has started it all.

With only few days before Christmas here is a quick and festive dessert idea :
Christmas Tree Cake Roll (Step by Step Video

Hostess Twinkies Santa Hat Bites

This Twinkie recipe is a sponsored post, written by me on behalf of Hostess. The opinions, photographs and text are all mine. #hostessholidays#ad

Do you need a last minute dessert to take with you to a Christmas Party? Here is an easy and super delicious idea. Use your favorite snack Hostess Twinkies to make these adorable Santa Hat Bites. Don't they look adorable? Wait till you try

Gingerbread Christmas Santa's House

Yesterday I was looking for a cake pan in my pantry I found the gingerbread house cutters I had bought over the Summer. They were still wrapped in the packaging, I never opened them. Oh well, I completely forgot about them. I planned on using them this year to my gingerbread houses but instead I used my templates again. I wonder what else have I forgotten about... I guess it wasn't that

Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Christmas Tree Cake

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I always get a little nostalgic around Christmas time. Don't you? What I love about this time of the year is that for an instant time seize to exist and we get to remember what it was like to be a little kid. One more time.
I'll spend hours talking to my

R2 D2 Star Wars Mini Cheesecakes

I'm addicted to my new mini cheesecake pan. It is fun to use and produces perfect mini cheesecakes. They are 2 to 3 bites in size.
I put it to a good use again and made these Star Wars inspired cheesecakes. Instead of traditional crust I used half of oreo cookie. So simple and effective.
Someone asked my on you tube : " how does lemon and chocolate go together?" I personally love this

Mini Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes

I have a new kitchen gadget!
Mini cheesecake pan and I absolutely love it. Love at first sight. I'm not sure what took me this long to get one of these awesome pans but regardless I'm in the need of another one, because one is just not enough.

My wonderful neighbors gave me sugar pumpkins and I made delicious, to die for delicious puree, so sweet you'd think I for sure added sugar. I didn't.

Doll Cake, Wilton Collaboration

I made my first Doll Cake!
It's been on the list of cakes to try forever. I was a bit afraid of it but at the end I realized it was just some imaginary thing I had stuck in my head because it was really easy to make. Super fun, too.
Be sure to check out my video on how to make it, I posted the video just below.

I used Fondant Mold Macrame

To make this cake you need - STEP BY STEP VIDEO

Monster Eye Surprise Cake for Halloween

Are you ready for Halloween?
Here is a last minute cake for you to try this year.
Surprise your kids, family and friends with this one of a kind Eye Cake!

Happy Halloween Friends!

To make Monster Eye Cake you need - STEP BY STEP VIDEO TUTORIAL

Loaf Pan
Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe
Swiss Buttercream
Electric Purple
Electric Green
Super Black Food
Orange
Red Sprinkles (cylinder shape)

Haunted Gingerbread House for Halloween

I love collaborating with my blogging friends and my you tube friends. Today I teamed up with my you tube friends in a Halloween Collaboration. Be sure to check it out at the end of this post.

As you know I love making 3D cookies and over the years it kind of became a tradition to make Haunted House for Halloween. I always get so excited about this time of the year, and every year I

Captain America Shield Cookies

A friend asked me to make Captain America Shield cookies. Of course, no problem, I thought. Then I realized : all those circles, how am I going to pipe them? I don't have a kopykake so mostly I rely on templates. Template it is. I made a simple paper template for circles and a star template. I used them to help me get even circles and a pretty white star.

To make Captain America Cookies you

Harry Potter Gingerbread House

I haven't made a gingerbread house since last Christmas.
It was time make some new gingerbread. Halloween is around the corner and I had a thought :
"Harry Potter Gingerbread House."
That's what I made : from glasses, lightning bolt, platform 9 3/4, owls, broom, magic books, cauldron, polyjuice potion, golden snitch and glittering green skull.
Isn't it pretty? I'm really loving this piece

Rainbow Leopard Cake Roll with Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting

I always feel like a little kid when I see the rainbow. There is something magical about rainbows. I feel like time cease to exist when rainbow is up in the sky. I stop doing whatever it is that I'm doing, and I yell out : " Look, look, rainbow!"; as if I had never seen one before.

Today I made yet another Cake Roll. It really shouldn't be a huge surprise since I had mentioned it more than

Skull Cake Roll for Halloween

I keep thinking : "where did the Summer go?" Our garden is nearly done producing for the season and we are so reluctant to say good bye this year. It's been a great green season.

October is knocking on the door.
Halloween season is here!
Local pumpkin patch is open.
Apple picking is in the full swing.
Leaves are falling, days are shorter.
Fall has graced us with her presence.

Earlier this

Rilakkuma Rice Krispies Cake

I made a really cute Rilakkuma Bear Cake!
Don't worry you don't need to turn on your oven, this is a no bake cake. It's is made entirely out of rice krispies cereal and I also used some chocolate, marshmallows and fondant for decorations. It is super easy to make and really yummy too. My favorite is the chocolate layer. So tasty.

Rilakkuma Rice Krispies Cake - STEP BY STEP VIDEO TUTORIAL

Blueberry and Peach Ricotta Tarts(Galettes)

Summer is perfect for making fruit tarts. Today I made Peach Ricotta and Blueberry Tart.

I love Galettes, free form tarts. They look beautiful no matter what. I love their rustic look and they are also really easy to make.

Crust for these is basically just like a pie crust but I also like to add oats, and ginger and a little bit cardamom. I feel like oats are great in anything, they are

Minions Ice Cream Sandwiches

We are in the peak of the Ice Cream Season so when deciding if I should fill my whoopie pies with buttercream or ice cream it was a rather easy decision. Ice Cream it is, all the way! Ice Cream is also my favorite dessert so it was a no-brainer, really!

I have been enjoying making Whoopie Pies for quite some time, as they are really easy to make and when decorated they are super cute, too.

Nurse Graduation Cake

I made this cake back in May, in the midts of graduation season and unfortunately it never made it to the blog. Lately I've had my hands full, I had my parents here, visiting from Europe for 3 weeks, our garden started to produce a lot of veggies and I'm cooking many new meals. I fell victim for zucchini cheese pasta rolls, zucchini lasagna and zucchini chips. I'm also creating new videos

Monster High Skull Cookies

When a 20+ years long time friend emails you and is in the need of very special set of cookies for her daughter's birthday you say : " Yes, I do(have time to make them for her)!" I just love decorating cookies and making special treats for kids.

Josie turned 7, and though we couldn't be there to celebrate with you, we hope you had a wonderful birthday. I've heard you got a haircut and mommy

Strawberry Whoopie Pies

It's a strawberry season!
I made delicious and super cute Strawberry Whoopie Pies.

STRAWBERRY WHOOPIE PIES (makes 6, recipe can be doubled)

1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 tbl room temperature butter
1 large egg
1tsp vanilla extract
1 cup flour
3/4tsp baking powder
1/4tsp salt
1/2cup buttermilk( if you don't have buttermilk on hand make your own : to 1/2 cup whole milk add 1/2tsp white

Father's Day Denim Pocket Whoopie Pies

Few weeks ago I shared with you how to make adorable Cookie Rulers and today I'm putting them to a really good use - making Father's Day Denim Pocket Whoopie Pie with a Cookie Ruler sticking out.
Aren't these cute? You can also make these ahead of time and store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days or so. They make for a perfect Father's Day treat. Enjoy.

SugarVeil® Lace Wedding Cookies

I'm so thrilled to show you my pretty Wedding Cookies decorated with SugarVeil® Lace.

I was really pleased how these came together. For those who would like to see how to make these from start to finish, I created a video where I demonstrate how I made the lace itself and also I how I decorated little wedding cake cookies.

I also teamed with other sweet you tube channels and we all

Ruler Cookies for School or Father's Day

Cookie "decorating" doesn't always involve icing, piping and and lots of preparation.

These simple Ruler Cookies are really easy to make, no icing involved.

I'd recommend that you use use Linzer Cookie Dough to make these, writing on the cookies is really effortless as the surface is even and smooth. Make these for School or Father's Day - Check out how to make these fun Denim Whoopie

Penn State Graduation Cookies

It's been a busy month, we started the garden, and things are starting to grow. We've had first radishes last week, there are some mini peppers on the plants, and so things are starting to look alive again. After a long winter it is a welcomed change.

In the month of May I also taught 2 Cookie Decorating Classes.

Another class will be held on June 26th, and all the details and how to

Cookie Decorating Class

Hi Everyone,

I have some fun cookie news! I will be teaching a Beginner Cookie Decorating Class. When and where is included below. For additional details please email me at hanielas@yahoo.com

I hope you can join me. Let's decorate cookies.

WHEN : May 7th, 2015 5-8pm, May 16th, 2015 11-2pm
WHERE : Relish Home Made Food, Souderton PA (direction, click on the link)
COST : $65 (this is a

Hydrangea Meringue Cookies

For those of you following my blog for a while you know I love meringue. I've made meringue desserts, cookies for different occasions and holidays before.

This time around I decided to make pretty hydrangea meringue cookies. They are easy to make and are super pretty. Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. I hope you like them. Enjoy.

MERINGUE COOKIES RECIPE (12 large

Frozen Fever Sunflower Cake Roll

Do you like pattern cake rolls? Right now I'm crazy about them. For some silly reason I thought they were hard to make but on the contrary they are quite simple to make. These decorative cakes are so fun and virtually any design will work on these. Try it.

Today I made Sunflower Cake Roll, inspired be Frozen Fever Birthday Cake.

Cake is filled with delicious double chocolate cream cheese

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