Pastries and Sweets

Decadence

I never tire of Marie Antoinette.

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You?

I must have seen this film version 3,457 times.

On repeat some days when it first came out a handful of years ago.

Alas...

Cake + Shoes + Jewels + Frocks + Hair do's

=

more than BLISS!

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Such an inspiring baking and painting color palette, oh my!

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Of course, losing your head over it in the end is nothing short of...

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Tragic.

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The decadence however, is still intoxicating, to say the least.

And, dare I say...

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Inspiring?

 

 

 

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Homemade Cotton Candy

My greatest obsessions as a kid were wigs and cotton candy (jewels too).  Of course, my hair obsession seems a bit revived after talking wigs over at AFT as of late.

I remember the carnival coming to town, and me just going crazy in my mind, imaging spinning at rapid speeds, whilst cotton candy melted on my tongue.

Then, I would do it.

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Upside down in the spider, 15 years old, in a cotton candy dream...

The Smiths blaring around screaming teens.

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Only now, I am obsessing on making my own cotton candy.

No upside down maneuvers involved.

Yes.

Homemade cotton candy.

Dreamy.

So dreamy.

Here is the place to go for the tips and recipe and endless good stuff.

And maybe - I'll just pretend to be her.

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While I whip up my own batch.

Listening to this, really really loud.

 

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Cake Dreams...

If I had this dress...

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I would probably want this cake...

(from Nadia and Co.)

But then...

I might be inclined to throw a Marie Antoinette inspired party alltogether.

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Which very well might lead to this...

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That...

In most cases would be -

Just what the doctor ordered.

Yes.

Oh yes.

 

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Garden Party...

It is mid-October, and just cooling off enough for a late afternoon garden party in our neck of the woods.

I dream of a garden party such as this...

Where I would bring a cake like this...

I would use, Sweetapolita's sugary butter-cream frosting recipe.

Which I have used before.

Yumm.

 

Sugary Birthday Buttercream Frosting Recipe

 

Yield: Enough for filling & frosting a 3-layer, 8″ round cake

 

Ingredients

1 cup (227 g/2 sticks/8 oz) unsalted butter, softened

6 cups (750 g/1 lb + 10 oz) icing sugar (confectioners’)

1/2 cup (125 ml) whipping cream (35%)

2 tablespoons (30 mL) pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon (15 mL) water

a pinch of salt

Method: 

1. Beat the butter and icing sugar in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, for about 2 minutes.

 

2. Add the vanilla, water, whipping cream, and salt, and whip on med-high speed until fluffy and smooth–about 4 minutes. If consistency is too thick, add more water 1 teaspoon at a time, then whip again for 30 seconds or so.

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Then, I would dream of wearing something like this.

Just because...

Bejeweled, fluffer ruffled, and throwing a garden party, for no good reason.

Other than.

To celebrate today.

Yes, yes, that is what I would do.

 

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Cake Opera Co.

Oh my goodness gracious!

Have you been over to the Cake Opera Co. ?

Be still my heart!

Through the Secret Keyhole indeed!!

If that was my cake, I would never eat it, and save it forever.

I did that with my cake from my 30th birthday :)

But, I think my sis eventually threw it out for me.

Look at that!

Oooo, aaaaah...

I like.

A lot.

You?

Take a visit to the Cake Opera Co. and dream......

Edible art treasure!

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(All photos from CakeOperaCo.Com)