AKA my first attempt at (cup)cake decorating - rabbits digging holes in a garden! They’re from the Hello, Cupcake! book. I won’t lie, that book is pretty much the reason I was inspired to run out and buy a bunch of icing tips, gel food dye, and baking supplies to try my hand at cake decorating.
Just call me Martha Stewart!
For the garden cupcakes, I dyed vanilla icing green for the grass (using Wilton’s gel colouring), and used a #18 Star tip to create the grassy-icing effect. I then decorated with mini eggs and spring (flower!) sprinkles. For the bunnies, I iced the cupcakes using the remaining vanilla icing and then dipped them into a bowl of Oreo baking crumbs until covered. I made the feet by hand using melting chocolate. You put the chocolates in a ziploc bag (easier clean up than the bottles!) and zap it for 30 seconds. Knead, cut a TINY tip off one corner, and voila! Instant drawing pen. The tail is simply a white Malteser (did you know those existed? I had no idea until I found them at Bulk Barn!)
I made these little guys for Easter dinner at my Grandmothers… they were a hit! I can’t wait to decorate more cupcakes - the only problem is, well, since I live alone I have no one to feed the cupcakes too once I bake them. Any takers? ;)
My Dad and I went to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s FlyFest 2009 on Father’s Day, which took place at the Hamilton International Airport. Originally, we were going to go on the Saturday, but thunderstorms and heavy rain meant the planes would be grounded. I opted to stay home (rain + recovering from a cold = bad news bears). My sister and Dad still went - and although no planes were flying, they got to board a number of aircraft, including one of my favourites - the Lancaster.
The Lancaster went up while we were there on Saturday - and promptly came back down, meeting two fire trucks on the runway. Much to my disappointment, it never went up again. According to the MC, “The pilot saw something he didn’t like”. According to a Lancaster Ground Crew member I was chatting with in the food line, that “something” was a serious problem with the hydraulics. Hopefully they get it fixed before the next airshow it’s due to be at!
PHOTOS BY LAUREN SOUCH
A furniture store on Dundas St. East in Mississauga caught fire late this afternoon. I was driving home on the Gardiner when I noticed a huge, dark, billowly cloud of yellow-brown smoke hanging in the sky. Curious, I drove towards it but couldn’t quite pin point where it was coming from. I went home and checked CP24’s website, and sure enough - there was a two alarm blaze at the Arthome Furniture store on Dundas St. East in Mississauga. That’s really close to my home - so I grabbed my camera and headed over to check it out.
The police had a chunk of Dundas Street closed to Traffic, so I parked in a nearby Tim Hortons‘ and walked the rest of the way. According to news reports, no one was inside when the fire broke out, and both a wall and the roof of the building eventually collapsed.
PHOTOS BY LAUREN SOUCH
