http://www.boofycakes.com/blog BoofyCakes.com Blog Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:14:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... and Easter is on it's way! To celebrate, I made panoramic sugar eggs! I used to make these beautiful decorations with my mom for Easter and give them as gifts. It's been years since I've made them, but I decided it would be fun! I was excited to be ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=317 Today we hosted a baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law. It was a unique style baby shower because unfortunately they live in Texas and were unable to make the trip to Chicago. So friends and family gathered for a lovely afternoon and of course cake! We enjoyed an adorable video that ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=291   A couple weeks ago my Grandma and my Papa went up to northern Wisconsin to visit Papa's aunt. They were going to celebrate Aunt Evey's 100th birthday! Not too many people get to live to be 100. It was most definitely the first 100th birthday cake that I've ever made!  I wanted to ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=278 This past Tuesday, February 16th was Paczki Day! For those of you who don't know what Paczki are, they're a wonderful Polish donut! While they look like a traditional Jelly Bismark, They're actually very different! They're made of a rich egg dough and are filled with a variety of different ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=272 Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope everyone had the chance to spend the day with someone special! I know I did! I spent the day with my family and went out to eat with my special valentine. We had a great time!  This year I made some beautiful Valentine cookies! I ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=265 My very good friend Miss Amy from California introduced me to these wonderful buttery rolls last November. They're Buttered Rosemary Rolls. I made them for the very  first time for our Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone fell in love with them! I then made over 50 of them for my family for ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=254 Happy Birthday Brian! Today is my brother's birthday! I always love making my brother birthday cakes because he has such a wide variety of odd interests that make for fun cakes! I typically ask him what kind of cake he wants, or I take suggestions from my other brother. But ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=249 So my wonderful friend Amy from California sent me this marvelous package for Christmas from Lavender Hollow Farm. Before I even opened the box I could smell it's wonderfulness. In the package were some lovely lavender bath salts, hand cream, lavender scone mix and a piece of lavender chocolate! YES, lavender chocolate! ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=239 This past weekend we celebrated my cousin's birthday! He is really into the Call of Duty video games and he wanted me to make him a Call of Duty cake! Last year I made him an Army themed cake that was camouflage with army men on it. So this year ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=232 This year was the second annual Chili Cook Off at the church! Being the weekend before the Super bowl, it was all football themed! I was really excited to enter my vegetarian chili again this year. Last year I placed 4th out of 13 chilis. I was rather surprised and ... http://www.boofycakes.com/blog/?p=227