Japanese Cheesecake

My friend Henry is having a birthday soon. In celebration of his birthday I'm making two of his baking ideas. His current project, and one of his trusty favorites. We'll start with his current project, the Japanese Cheesecake:

I put a little raspberry jam with my first slice, but I'm not sure if I like it better alone or with the fruit.

It has an interesting nice airy, yet cakey, texture. Not like your normal cheesecake, more like a souffle. I followed this recipe. It ended up only half as tall as it started, but I'm not sure how you fix that... Henry?

Silhouette Cameo Giraffe Ink Printing

My first Silhouette Cameo ink printing:

It takes 20 minutes to dry enough to iron the ink on the shirt. I did place the backing from the transfer sheet under the first layer of the shirt so that the ink would not bleed through onto the back of the shirt. This step was not included in the instructions.

I love Giraffes!

Silhouette Cameo Keychains

The Silhouette Cameo can cut fabrics which makes it really fun and easy to do appliques.

The original instructions for this are located here.

New Year's Petit Fours

This idea has been on the back burner for about a year now. I knew it would be a lot of trouble and heartache from reading other bloggers.

However, I didn't realize they would turn out this badly. Flop! As soon as I started dipping them in the poured fondant they started breaking apart. Spooning it on top just made the fondant too thick and ugly.  At least I've tried it!

The inside is pound cake with raspberry between the layers. I used princess cake flavoring for the fondant. 

Happy New Year!

We survived the end of the world.

Welcome to 2013!

Midnight Cookies

I don't know that I'll make it to midnight. I'm more of a morning person than a night owl.

I am really bad with numbers and letters. It also doesn't help that I was too lazy to run downstairs and grab a smaller icing tip.

New Years Toast Cookies

Getting ready for the celebration leading to the New Year. Starting with a toast!

Cheers!

Silhouette Cameo Mini Purse Pouch

This thing is so cute! Would be good as a gift box if you made it bigger. 

Silhouette Cameo Cupcake Holder

I don't think this thing would actually be functional, at least not the way it turned out for me. There are some little pouches and things that I really do want to try with the Silhouette Cameo that I think would be so cute for gifts. More to come!

Doggie Vinyl Decal

I've always wanted to add a vinyl decal to my macbook air. Now I have one that's personalized!

The little letters are really hard to get in one piece. I initially had little doggie footprints trailing behind my little fur babies, but they didn't survive.