Sweet Me Up: Desserts by miVi

The story behind the recipe:

A friend of mine challenged me to create a chocolate banana cake that would rival that of a bakery in downtown Toronto. This is the result. I found a regular chocolate cake recipe and added bananas and swapped out the milk with strawberry yogurt (mainly because that’s what I had in the fridge).

I’ve since then have put it in cupcake form.

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LUAU!

If you’re hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat,
Eat my buddy Pumbaa here because he is a treat,
Come on down a dine,
On this tasty swine,
All you have to do is get in line.

Are you aching:
yup yup yup
For some bacon:
yup yup yup
He’s a big pig:
yup yup

You can be a big pig too

OY!

- Disney’s The Lion King

Actually, I made this cake for a friend last summer. It was for a Luau-themed Bridal Shower she was hosting. Yup yup yup.

Made these about a month (pre-film-release). They’re sugar cookies with Royal Icing. The black marker you see in the pics is an edible food writer marker.

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A month ago, I did my first engagement party where the theme was fashion! Also, my apologies for not updating for a while.

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Chocolate cake with meringue frosting.

And who doesn’t know who this is?

There’s a mini cake under that mini skirt!

This is actually a prototype for an engagement party I’m doing in October and so far… FAIL:
1. The top part made of fondant kept flopping over (solution: use chocolate?)
2. The skirt shape is a bit off (solution: will shave it a bit for an A-line skirt)
3. Turns out that Wilton’s ready to use black frosting tastes like licorice (solution: use dark chocolate instead?)
4. Not crazy about the dress design (solution: go with simple… and don’t think about creating designs at midnight)

I’m open to suggestions and criticism. Thanks!

If you’re familiar with what Reddot is, you can be both my friend and my enemy. Made for a friend’s Farewell From Work party.

Here’s a happy list of geeky baked goods. Wondering if my ColecoVision Cake is worthy to be among them
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Flickr user: katipeck

Also check out her Indiana Jones cupcakes [hearts!]

A few months ago I was asked challenged to make a ColecoVision cake. Here is the result:

(I’m aware the front part is very inaccurate to an actual ColecoVision but hey, I ran out of material)

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Thanks Flickr user cupcakeenvy!