Bunny Tails Hopping Down the Bunny Trail

 Here comes Peter Cottontail's - tails!

Hopping down the bunny trail.

  In this month's issue of Southern Living,

I came across these Bunny Tail Bonbons. 

 

 

They reminded me of the

soft cottontail on the back of a wine bunny apron

 

 

 I recently picked up at Pottery Barn. 

You can go back and visit that post of

my Spring visit to Pottery Barn.

 In this recipe, melted white chocolate is mixed with cream

cheese then crushed coconut cookies are added.

 

 

I rolled and scaled each of them at three-quarter's lb.

I made one change to the recipe instructions by

rolling them in the coconut before placing them on  a

half sheet pan to rest in refrigerator overnight to firm up.

The recipe calls for adding the coconut after the night's stay in the frig

then refrigerating for another hour before serving.

 

 

The final tails become these rich and tasty soft balls of sweetness.

I dyed some coconut green to give the tails green "grass" to rest on. 

I did this by putting some coconut into a Ziploc bag along with some

regular liquid food coloring and smooshing and shaking the bag

from the outside until the color was distributd evenly.

 

You can find an easier printable version of the recipe on the

Southern Living's website here.

 

There are so many fun spring ideas out there.

I just love this time of the year, don't you?

 

I will be joining

Rattlebridge Farm's Foodie Friday

and

The Tablescaper's Seasonal Sundays

 

Thank you for visiting.

 

Fondly,

~Karen

 

 



Spring Has Arrived!

Spring has arrived!

I love Spring. 

Flowering bulbs begin to pop out of the earth after their winter chilling...

Trees are blossoming (my Meyer lemon tree is loaded)...

Birds are chirping...

 

I'm often annoyed at the retail stores for "pushing" us into the

next holiday or the next season too early...

but Spring is always welcomed and as of the 20th we are here...

and Pottery Barn is showing off it's Spring line.

I'm always excited to see what they come up with

and secretly wish they carry over something from the

year before that I wished I had bought - but didn't!

Pottery Barn never fails to disappoint!

Beautiful arrangements of birds in nests...

in a picnic basket!

Plenty of bunnies, including wine bottle decor...

and  not to be missed are their gorgeous tablesettings!

I particularly like the orange, green, and pink napkins

they use here.  The middle of the table is left neutral and

the flatware in the cafe glasses are a surprise.

Now let's just sit back and continue to watch

the earth come alive and enjoy the beauty of Spring!

 

Thank you for visiting.

 

Fondly,

~Karen

 

 

 



Spring Fondant Flowers

I recently made some fondant flowers in my Baking Club.  

Our Club made roughly a hundred of these fondant flowers and 

put them on cupcakes which we made and then sold with the  

proceeds going to the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

I made the fondant flowers again for my own cupcakes the 

same weekend I received my copy of the current Southern Living in the mail. 

On it's cover it features cut-out fondant flowers.

They called their's hydrangeas. Aren't they lovely?

The magazine includes steps on how to make them.

 Here are my fondant flowers - ready and sitting pretty.

Air is fondant's worse enemy, so I kept them in a covered 

plastic container until ready to apply.  Also, if you

plan to refrigerate your cupcakes overnight, especially

if you are using a buttercream frosting, wait to 

apply the fondant flowers until the next day.

The flowers themselves are quite easy to make, especially

if you purchase pre-made fondant.  Any cake decorating supply store

sells it, including Michael's.  I keep white on hand and can color it

myself should I wish to.  These tools are made for fondant.  

There are more tools in the complete set but the ones pictured

are the ones I am using for my fondant flowers.  These tools

can be purchased at cake decorating supply stores, 

Michael's, and WalMart.

The fondant is rolled out using a fondant roller, 

cut using a flower cutter of your choice, 

then a texture is applied by a tool of your choice,

and painted with the edible luster dust.  I placed three small

yellow candy sprinkle-balls in the center of my flowers.

These fondant flowers were placed atop my Cherry Cupcakes 

with a Cherry-Almond Butter Frosting. You can find these 

cupcakes and their recipes here.

Thank you for visiting.

Fondly,

Karen