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July 16, 2009 at 7:00 am
· Filed under Contest, Cookies-Cake-Pastry
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This cake is an homage to the tee called “We were tomatoes.” |
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This contest should be called, “So you think you can decorate cakes.” And don’t let the professional-quality entries, like the one in the photo at the left, stop you from having a good time. No matter what your cake decorating skills, you have the unalienable right to enter this contest (as long as you follow the rules), to have a good time doing it, and to invite your friends and family to eat your entry.
Let’s start at the beginning. Threadless.com is an online tee shirt community that sells hip tees designed by community members. Anyone who signs up for the community can submit a design and/or vote on other people’s designs. The most popular designs are turned into the tees that are for sale on the site. “Winners” get cash, a gift certificate and more cash each time their design gets reprinted. Cool.
Just as cool, someone got the idea of letting cake makers in on the fun. This inspired Threadcakes, a contest where members of the [theoretical] “so you think you can bake” community select a tee shirt design of their choice from the Threadless site and interpret it as a cake. Take a look and enter. |
| If you can’t design cakes, you can have a great time looking at the submissions in the photo gallery. If you want to enter, start baking: The contest closes on August 3rd.
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July 16, 2009 at 6:59 am
· Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Tip Of The Day
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Insert “character cookies” into the tops of cupcakes to create an innovative and memorable dessert, snack or party fare. Animal cookies, people cookies, flowers and fanciful shapes turn cupcakes into edible sculptures that delight children and adults alike. You also can use the cookies on top of cakes or around the sides of a cake to create an entire story.
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July 15, 2009 at 7:01 am
· Filed under Candy & Confections, Food Holidays & More
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| We’re not saying that Mr. and Mrs. Raisinet take their time, but 80 years after the birth of original chocolate-covered raisins, there’s finally a little sister: new Cranberry Raisinets. The bouncing addition to the family of 100% chocolate-covered whole dried fruits is a superfruit, a natural food source that is highly concentrated with a complex supply of quality nutrients, including antioxidants. Ocean Spray Cranberries, the surrogate mother, is the nation’s number one cranberry supplier. With “½ serving of real fruit in every ¼ cup,” Cranberry Raisinets are available nationwide in a resealable 5.5-ounce bag (MSRP $3.29) and single-serve .81-ounce 100 Calorie Packs (shown in photo—MSRP $0.89 each).
The Pilgrims first encountered cranberries when they settled in what is now Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Cranberries have two powerful antioxidants, flavanoids and Vitamin C, which have been shown to help the body fight free radicals. Cranberries have long been used medicinally for prevention and treatment of urinary tract infection, gum disease, stomach ulcers, heart disease and cancer. For health purposes, though, consult with your healthcare practitioner—don’t count on Cranberry Raisinets. |
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New Cranberry Raisinets in 100 Calorie Packs. Photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE. |
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