race track cake

To celebrate my son's 2nd birthday i made my first ever fancy cake: a race track cake.  It's a chocolate sheet cake recipe copied from the back of hershey's unsweetened cocoa box frosted with 7-minute white frosting which i colored green. I would have wanted a darker shade of green to mimic grass but instead came up with a lighter one which is still ok.  For the race track i outlined number '2' and flooded it with chocolate fudge frosting topped with crushed oreo chocolate chip cookies to resemble dirt. Then i used white jimmies candy sprinkles (i chose the long ones) to create the track. Sooo easy!

I topped the cake with new cars toys and surrounded the side with oreo cookies to cover the imperfection... they look like tires too, don't you think?  Then i added a California plate with his name on it (the letters i had to stick one by one which explains why they are not perfectly aligned). It was a party just for the three of us and he had fun licking on the oreo cookies, the chocolate frosting and "driving" his cars on the track. He loved it! Talk about eating your cake and playing with it too!

Now, our 2-year old is licensed to drive us crazy! ^_^

Happy Birthday baby!!!

heart-shaped egg in a toast

This morning i was in the mood for fun so i thought of fancying up ordinary eggs and toast.  The result: heart-shaped egg in a toast.  

 Here's how to do it:

1.  Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut a hole in the center of a slice of bread.
2.  Toast cut-out hearts and set aside. (i used bread toaster)
3.  Lightly butter a frying pan over medium heat and place bread slice. 
4.  Carefully crack an egg directly into the heart-shaped hole, sprinkle with salt and pepper. 
5.  Cook for a minute or two until your desired doneness is achieved.  Cover the skillet to allow the egg to cook a little quicker.
6.  Flip and cook the other side of bread (optional). When done, carefully remove and place on a plate.
7.  Serve together with the toasted hearts for dipping into yolk.

How cute is that?   My husband loved it and my little boy got excited he wanted me to make him a star-shaped egg next time.  Well, why not? 

Happy Valentine's Day!!!