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Want to know an easy way to get fancy decorated cookies directly out of the oven, no waiting for cooling or fussing with a piping bag!

Easy two ingredients

Turbinado sugar
Edible gold dust(found at michaels crafts or Williams Sonoma, possibly other kitchen stores as well)

Mix 1/8 teaspoon gold dust with
1/2 cup of turbinado sugar

Mix until all sugar is coated in dust

Next using whatever recipe you like

I used
http://bakingwithsneakers.com/blogs/intheoven/2010/12/14/new-favorite-gingerbread-recipe/

Take your cut out cookies and slightly press into the sugar( I found it easiest to work with by putting the mixed sugar on a plate)

Now you just place cookies sugar side up on your pan for baking
Once pan is full,bake for allotted amount of time that your recipe calls for and voila! Decorated cookies!!

this mess

turned into this

with the help of many mason jars and small shakers and proper labeling makes a huge difference.

It was my brothers birthday, he lives a province away from me. I wanted to send him some cake but I was unsure how. first I thought I would send a fondant wrapped cake, since fondant is pretty durable. BUT  we all know fondant looks pretty but doesn’t taste very good.

so I got this idea for a cake in a jar. but how do I get the cake into the jar, without it being mashed and unappetizing?

THIS IS HOW

I  made cakes  by using cake batter as if it were pancake batter. and then used a cookie cutter to shape it.

i made two different cakes, a white cake and a chocolate cake.
to make a cutesie layer cake with a delicious dairy free buttercream between.

yay!