CuteKittyPunk

owl cake for my 34th birthday! The last couple of years I have done my annual New Year's Resolutions... I have looked back over some of them and found that some times I did well, but mostly not. This year I wanted to go back and do a Repertoire . It's something that my friend KP started. She put together a poster of all kinds of fun things to do in the year. Some challenges - but mostly just trying out something new and fun.  I've decided to do this in 2013. 1. I got a really cool "cook book" for my birthday this year - one that had been on my wish list for some time... the Juice Master's Funky Fresh Juice Book... in 2013 - try every recipe in the book - even the ones with garlic, tomato, and asparagus - this is my Funky Challenge! 2. Paint my toe nails once a month in a fun, glittery - colorful way. Paint Kailea's, Ella's and Siembra's toe nails the same way - it will be our girls thing once a month! This is my Cool Mom Challenge!...

Shamrock Sweet Rolls at Sweet Rolls that Rock Chocolate and Mint Sandwich Cookies I had a lot of leftover minty frosting from Kailea's birthday cake earlier this month. So far, I made the above cookies, and I used it to pipe the decoration on the Shamrock Sweet Rolls. I still have a lot leftover. These are good to make when you've just made angel food cake or meringue frosting and you have a lot of egg yolks leftover. I used most of the batch to make homemade oreos – fill with any kind of frosting you like... or enjoy plain.  Egg-yolk Chocolate Cookies ½ cup butter ½ cup shortening ¾ cup granulated white sugar ¾ cup caster sugar (witte bastard sugar) or light brown sugar 6 egg yolks 2 ¼ cup flour 1/3 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 2 teaspoon vanilla extract Cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the whisk/paddle attachment. Beat egg ...

Sweet rolls... sweet rolls perfect for summer Lemony-Lime Sweet Rolls variation: Lemony-Lime Sweet Rolls with Raspberries White Chocolate *Raspberry* Cream Cheese Rolls and more to come!