Saturday, November 26, 2011

We've Been Workin' on the Railroad

All the livelong day.   :-)   


These Thomas the Train tributes for two-year old William were no doubt a special treat for his birthday celebration.  We made 18 front view and 18 side views of Thomas, along with 3 dozen multi-colored cake pops.   The boxed treats were exploding with primary colors!


The cake pops were served from the box cars of a hand-made Thomas replica.  SO cute!  


We hope li'l William's future adventures include an exciting train ride to some fun destination.  In the meantime, his family has made sure that every last detail was complete for his birthday, complete with a Thomas the Train bounce house!  

Happy Birthday, William, from XOXO Cookies!

Monday, November 07, 2011

Busy Months Call for Busy Bakers

It HAS been a busy month for the XOXO kitchen and we've had some fun experimenting with new recipes, new designs, and new techniques.   Here are some shots from the last few weeks!


We put together a combination of favorite recipes to come up this cupcake, affectionately named "The Six Dollar Cupcake" by Kimi's hub.  This dark chocolate cake with its chocolate filling and whipped cream with Kahlua frosting has become a favorite for many of us!  


It was Big/Little Sister week at the University, and one sorority member bought gift boxes of these cookies for her little sisses.  


She wanted the Kappa Alpha Theta letters and we made templates for the sorority logo, this cute kite.  


We couldn't wait for Halloween to work on some pumpkins, so we started early in the month and came up with these variegated styles.  The reds, oranges and yellows melded together to make some beautiful highlights on these treats for local lighthouse docents.  


The pumpkin pops were a nice compliment to the pumpkin cookies and were also guests at Kimi's monthly book club meeting!  What a festive table setting at Jaimie's house!


And then there were more owls!  Lots more owls!  They just look cute wherever they perch!


XOXO Cookies wishes everyone a healthy November as we head into the busy holiday season.