Marshmallow Mermaid Pie

The other day, I was watching the movie Waitress. Throughout the movie, the main character, Jenna, makes a bunch of really creative, delicious looking pies. The one that always sounds the most amazing to me is her Marshmallow Mermaid Pie. Well, I haven't baked in a while, so I decided that that pie would be the perfect recipe to try out. However, when I looked it up, I couldn't find a recipe that really seemed as amazing as the one in the movie, so I came up with my own. The end result has to be one of the sweetest things I have ever tasted!

1. Crust- vanilla Oreo (creams in!)

2. Filling #1- crushed pineapple and maraschino cherries

3. Filling #2- a combination of a lot of different sweet ingredients, but the end result is really creamy with a cream cheese-marshmallow flavor

4. Multi-colored/flavored mini marshmallows

This ended up being one of my favorite things that I have ever made, and is definitely the sweetest!

Enjoy!

Better late than never

Over Thanksgiving, I was excited to actually get some time to bake. I have had almost no time to bake throughout this quarter, so I took full advantage of the few days off of school to make some tasty treats. However, I have been so busy with my finals that I have not had time to blog about them until now (and that's just because I'm avoiding my homework). This post is a little late, but I hope you will still enjoy it!

The first dessert that I baked was sweet potato cupcakes with burnt marshmallows on top. This recipe was really easy (surprising, since it was Martha Stewart's recipe) and came out really well.
The sweet potatoes caused the cupcakes to be really moist and the burnt marshmallows provided a really yummy substitute for frosting!

Apparently, the cupcakes were so good that Tucker couldn't resist stealing one for himself!

The second dessert that I made for Thanksgiving actually came from the Cooking Light magazine! It was a cranberry tart with meringue topping. It turned out so rich that it's hard to believe that it could qualify as "light."
The directions had me use shortening in the crust, which I don't usually do. It created a really delicious, flaky crust! The cranberry curd had a very strong taste, so I added a lot of meringue to balance it out. Overall, it was very delicious and [relatively] healthy!
Enjoy!

Mango Coconut Key Lime Pie! And Challah!

My mom and I recently bought 12 limes because they were on sale for $1. Well, the best way to use up a bunch of limes is really to make a key lime pie. I have made many key lime pies before, and wanted to mix this one up, so I decided to incorporate mango and coconut flavors.

Here is my key lime pie, topped with mango compote, coconut meringue, and toasted coconut:

Here is a close-up a piece:

Also this week, we decided to try to make challah, which is a traditional Jewish bread that is sweet. We made our challah with dates to make it really sweet. Here's a picture!

5 Things I Want to Try

Here are five techniques that I really want to try:

1. Luster dust/ glitter

(Taken from CupcakeDD's flickr)

-Apparently, it is possible to use glitter on cupcakes and have it be edible. I am really looking for a reason to test this out, because I can think of few things better than sparkly cupcakes!

2. Edible Ink

(Courtesy of Bakerella)

-Another thing that I can't believe is edible: ink. I love cupcakes that have images printed on them, but I am pretty sure they require a different ink, and probably a different printer altogether. However, this technique allows just about any image to be transferred to cupcakes and cookies!

3. Fondant

(Courtesy of pinkcakebox.com)

-If you've ever seen figures on cupcakes, chances are they were made with gum paste or fondant. I really want to master this technique, but fondant is pretty hard to produce and very expensive to purchase. Fondant is becoming more and more popular in the world of cupcakes and cakes alike.

4. Pie Pops

(Courtesy of scoochamaroo's blog)

-These aren't related to cupcakes, but I have to try them. I love miniature things, and these adorable mini-pies look delicious!

5. Cake Pops

-Okay, I have tried cake pops before, and have come out with relative success, but my cake pops don't come anywhere close to these beauties! I refuse to let these cake pops beat me, and will continue to work on perfecting the technique. Bakerella (the maker of these cake pops) is the queen of cake pops. These Mr. Potato Head cake pops, celebrating Toy Story 3, are amazing!

A strawberry pie departure

It's summertime, and that means STRAWBERRIES. I cannot think of enough strawberry recipes to try! My initial goal was to make a beautiful strawberry pie made with locally picked berries. However, with all of the rain, I didn't get a chance to pick berries. I had to settle for grocery store berries, but they still tasted pretty good!

For my pie, I wanted to include some sort of cream cheese filling, and a traditional fresh strawberry filling. Here is what I ended up with:

These strawberry/blueberry pies are baked in a sweet tart crust and filled with cream cheese filling, fresh strawberries and blueberries, and a strawberry filling.

Here's a piece!

Enjoy!