Baby Shower Cookies

After my Christmas Snowflakes came out so good I wanted to try making pretty cookies for my baby shower. I thought they might come out even better if I used a pastry bag to apply the icing. Well, all I can say is that I was less than satisfied with the result. The first handful were experimental as I tried to get the technique down and decide on a design. They look like I 4th grader did them. Then I tried to write "Its a Girl" on them, but it came out pretty smudgy. After that I just went with the most natural motion for my hand to make. They're kind of...Jackson Pollack meets the Easter Bunny. I guess I need more practice with this kind of thing.

Piece of Cake!

I decided to make cupcakes to bring to work for Valentine's Day....nothing special, just a Devil's Food cake mix in a box and a tub of Chocolate Fudge frosting. But I wanted to try using a pastry bag to frost them since so many times before I've been frustrated with the way my cupcakes looked in the end. I'd never done this before. So, I tried the bag and found it to be surprisingly easy to use and not nearly as messy as I'd expected. I quickly ran out of chocolate frosting so I improvised and just scooped another tub of frosting I had into the pastry bag. It happened to be buttercream. The result was a beautiful swirl of chocolate buttercream that tasted delicious! Add some pink sprinkles and...Voila!