New Tutu Cute Upload!

I just uploaded quite a few photos to the tutu cute blog!!! I did 4 new tutus this week and a pretty big array of bows plus a pink and brown bow holder...Check it out!!!! :)


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now I'm off to do wedding stuff...Fhew where have the days gone??

Soup-er Friday..Homemade chicken noodle

Easy chicken noodle recipe

1 Diced small onion
1 c. celery
1 c. chopped carrot
1 c. chopped potato
2 c. cooked, chopped chicken
2 quarts chicken stock
Tbsp. chicken seasoning
Bag egg noodles
Salt
Pepper
Parsley


Sautee the onion in a little bit of the broth until translucent

Add in the rest of the stock along with carrot,potato, and celery...Cook until veggies are soft

Add in seasoning, chicken, and noodles and cook until noodles are soft

Add salt, pepper, and parsley to taste

bowl up and enjoy...Easy peasy

Noah's Baby Shower

Alas I get to add photos of my little man's baby shower! It was wonderful :)...Just seeing everyone who came (thanks girls!) to celebrate our little guy with us was awesome! He's already so spoiled I cannot even begin to imagine when he get's here...that boy with be so smothered in love he won't know what to do.. :)


Noah's Shower Cake

Details:

• Two Tier Fondant covered cake. Bottom tier 8" square and top tier 6" round
• Flavors: Bottom Tier was French Vanilla cake with a buttercream and fresh raspberry filling and Top Tier was Dark Chocolate with buttercream and fresh raspberry filling
• Adorned with: Fondant accents included polka dots and stripes

Cupcakes

These Cupcakes were made to go along with the Chocolate and Blue theme of the shower

Details:

• The cupcakes were all Strawberry with a Buttercream filled center and Vanilla Buttercream topping with fondant circles
  

Cake Pops

Details:

• Chocolate Cake pops to go along with the theme of shower
• Pop was made of Dark Chocolate Cake and Cream Cheese icing and dipped into Chocolate and blue sanding sugars
• Each pop was wrapped individually and had a tag that went down the pop spelling baby Noah's name

Favor Sugar Cookies


Details:

• These sugar cookies tied right into the shower theme and are a great and unique favor
• Baby Onesie cookies
  
• Sugar Cookies made from scratch with royal icing decorations
• An applique of "N" was added to each cookie along with silver edible dragees to look like the buttons on a baby onesie
• Each cookie was individually wrapped and had a tag of "It's a boy!"

Thanks Everyone for coming to the shower :)

Custom Cakery/Polka Dot Cake and Cupcakes

This order was for a surprise party...How fun!


Details:

• One tier fondant covered cake, 8 in. to look like a wrapped present
  
• Flavor: Dark Chocolate with Vanilla Buttercream Filling
• Adorned with: Green and Hot pink Polka dots, Black fondant Flowers, Silver Dragees, and a large Pink Bow
• Serves: 16

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This order also came with a dozen chocolate cupcakes with buttercream filling and icing to match the cake

Custom Cakery/Lovely Scroll Bridal Shower Cake

This cake was done for a lovely bride for her bridal shower festivities! I love the design and this was the CUTEST decorated shower I had ever seen!! So cute! Everything was black, silver, and hot pink :)

Details:

• Three Tier square cake covered in Fondant
  
• Flavors: Bottom tier-French Vanilla with Vanilla Buttercream Filling, Middle Tier- Strawberry with buttercream filling, Top Tier-Dark Chocolate with Buttercream Filling
• Sizes: 12 in., 10 in., and 8 in. pans were used
• Adorned with Black Buttercream scrolling, Silver and Pearl Dragees, Black Fondant Flowers, and Large Black Fondant Bow
• Serves: 120

Finally..Updated with Photos :)

I started only posting photos for custom cakery and custom creations only on those blogs but I figured most of you don't follow those (boo.) so I'll go back to adding photos etc. on this blog as well

I'll do them seperately though for this one...Three new ones!!! YAY!

Souper-Fri.....Saturday!

So I finally am getting to post my soup recipe for the week!! I've been so busy with cakes that I'm doing it a day late..But it's a tasty one! Potato soup from O'charleys..the kind that when you take your spoon out of the bowl there is a long "string" of cheese and yumminess :)



Here's what you'll need

16 oz. Velveeta
1 Stick butter
1/4 C. Flour
8 C. half and half
5 Potatoes ( I use red with the skins still on its up to you)
White Pepper to taste (usually around a tsp.)
1 Drop of your favorite hot sauce...ONLY one drop!
Chives
Bacon
Use both chives and bacon to taste...I use loaddddds


So I start out with boiling my potatoes for around 15 minutes just to where they have a tiny bit of crunch left to cook out with the soup

Once they are done, drain and set aside.

Melt the butter and slowly whisk in the 1/4 c. flour until thick

Add the half and half and slowly add diced pieces of the velveeta being sure to stir it in so it doesn't just sink to the bottom and burn

Once velveeta is thoroughly incorporated add in the white pepper, hot sauce, chives, bacon, and potatoes....Simmer stirring occassionally for about 10-15 mins.

(i usually add about half of a bag of additional finely shredded cheddar cheese as well)

Serving time!!

Serve however your heart desires I serve mine with a small dolip of sour cream, lots of bacon and chives and some cheddar cheese on top :)

Enjoy!

I'm in love with fall

So fall is just around the corner....my FAVORITE time of the year!!! I just love the weather, the fashion, the food...everything about fall. However, being pregnant I have been pretty sad at the attire that I'll be tied to this fall...no more skinnies with boots and long tunics or cardigans :( boo.
I've already started off with the soups..which Hey now people, what happened with soup-er friday?huh?...Yeah everyone should do it!! This friday I will be making either O'charley's loaded potato soup, cheesy chicken chowder, or clam chowder...haven't decided yet. And boy oh boy am I ready to make loaddddds of pumpkin yummies!!!


I feel awful but I just don't have time right now to post photos, I will tomorrow I'm sure when I actually have time. I've been alone all week with Aaron off in Albuquerque and have kept myself VERY busy. I still need to post photos of the baby shower festivities which were awesome...I was really happy with the shower. Now our house is packed to the brim with baby things and I'm feeling extremely chlostrophobic and ready to move. But this week I had a large bridal shower cake, a birthday cake, cupcakes, and practice+actually doing a girls hair and make up for the homecoming court. I'm so excited about the bridal shower cake..it's one of the largest I've done so far (3 tiers) and I took a big risk piping black onto a white cake but I love it! I'll post pictures soon


P.S. pray for my accident prone hubby that is up on a roof again today..He's already fallen off and landed straight on his bad knee and my brother in law has already almost fallen off and dislocated his thumb...not good!

Soup-er Friday!...yum!

Ok so this week I made TWO batches of soup! One for me and my mom since we don't like "spicy" soup and one for the boys!


This recipe is for Chicken Florentine from Biaggi's....It is my FAVORITE! and it is super easy!

1-1.5 cups of Asiago cheese
2 pinches of nutmeg
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
1 small onion chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 pkg frozen spinach thawed and drained
3 chicken breasts cooked and cut into bite size pieces
1 Carton of chicken stock
3/4 cup Half and Half
LOTS of salt and pepper
(flour optional if you want a thicker soup)
Croutons



Sautee the onions and garlic in the olive oil and butter then add the spinach along with nutmeg and cook for a couple of mins.

Add chicken stock, cheese, & half and half along with salt and pepper to taste

Simmer for about 15 mins and voila easy peasy you have a delicious soup!!!

Told you guys this was simple!...add croutons when serving (this is what really makes it for me)





Spicy sausage minestrone..Beware..this makes a VERY large batch of soup..but the left overs are delicious and soup is amazing because you can freeze it and get it out whenever you're in the mood :)


1 lb. Hot sausage
1 lb. Mild or sweet sausage (sausage is up to you, if you don't want it to be spicy then use mild and regular)
1 Green Pepper
1 Zuchini
1 large potato
1 Large Onion
3 Cloves garlic
3 Cans stewed tomatoes
1 Carton Beef Stock
1 Can light kidney beans
Spices (all to taste)-Oregano, Red pepper flakes, Flat parsley coarsely chopped, salt and pepper
1 Box small pasta of your choosing-cooked and drained



Cook both sausages and drain leaving one tbsp of renderings in the pot

Add onion and garlic to sautee along with the chopped zuchini, potatoe, and green pepper- Sautee for around 5-8 mins

Add Sausage back into pot along with tomatoes (include the juice), kidney beans (include juice), and stock

Add spices to taste and simmer for around 20 mins

Add the cooked noodles simmer for 10 mins


Serve!!! YUMMMMM




I also served these soups with Paninis

They were turkey bacon paninis on rosemary and sea salt foccacia :)


For dessert I made a blood orange sorbet and a raspberry sorbet...from scatch..always amazing!

Shower,Cakes, and Craziness

Finally the time has arrived for the baby shower! Whoo hoo! I've seriously been anxious about it since i found out i was pregnant...weird right? Well it is this Saturday and I am so excited!!!! I've been doing things for it all week, making favors, cakes, cute little things :) I guess it is just because it is people all coming to one place because they are excited for Noah or something but I'm anxious for it!


Cakes, cakes, cakes...haha I have definately been getting busier which is awesome! I have one this week (and mine), two next week, one after that, and then a beautiful wedding cake on Oct. 3! I'm pretty excited because I've been getting orders for "pretty" cakes too!



Well, we are still anxiously awaiting our home to be finished...as of now they are finishing up painting and still have the floors and cabinets to install...Ugh I hate being so impatient, it's a horrible trait! I'm just ready to get the moving part over with and get settled before Aaron takes his trip to Albuquerque and Noah get's here...Our house is getting full of stuff for the little guy already and after Saturday I'm sure it will probably just get worse.

Speaking of our little man...:) I'm getting so ready for him to be here! I can't wait just to hold him and smell baby lotion all the time! hehe He moves sooo much and he's big enough to where I have been watching my belly do the wave and shift around when he does..it's truly the best feeling!

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