Fondant cake!

My dad’s girlfriend makes wonderful fondant cakes! She has been making them for a few years now and they all just blow me away. She has made cakes in the shape of houses, sewing machines, animals, cars and many other things. Fondant is something I have never been able to make myself, so I get really excited when I see some of the designs that people come up with!

My dad’s girlfriend is a great inspiration to me because everything she bakes turns out so beautiful and tastes amazing! I just wanted to share one of my favorite cakes that she made with everyone. I really like how much detail and color is on the cake. It amazes me that the entire thing is edible!!! Mmm!

Happy baking!

Granola Bars!

I got the idea for this recipe from here!



I decided to do something different from the normal cookies or cupcakes that I usually make. I decided to make granola bars!!! I found lots of recipes online but I wanted to make my granola bars as healthy as possible. I took the recipe above and then modified it to approximate amounts of ingredients that I thought would taste good as well as be somewhat healthy.

I used 3 cups of quick-cooking oats, one can of partially skimmed condensed milk, one cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, a cup of cut-up almonds, a cup of granola and a cup of generic trail mix bought from the bulk bins at my local grocery store. I then put all the ingredients in a bowl, mixed them by hand and then placed them on a greased baking sheet. I then placed them in the oven at 350 degrees for about twenty minutes.

The granola bars ended up tasting pretty good. The only thing I would change next time trying this recipe would be to add more sweet things to it. Next time I might try to add some brown sugar and/or more chocolate chips to the recipe!

Has anyone else tried to make granola bars before? Any suggestions? Thanks for any input!

Happy baking!