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Hey there Friends,
I have just set up a new page on facebook with things I make that I have up for sale.  Somethings can be shipped and others are only for locals.  I am excited about this new adventure and ask that you go to my new page on facebook and like it.  On facebook:  www.facebook.com/goodiesbydesign.
Thank you for all your support!!
Cassie Hamilton
One item up for Sell: There are others there also.

Happy V-day Treats

Well Valentines day is just around the corner.  I am working on my things early so that I can send my wonderful hubby overseas his goodies box.  I made him and the other soldiers with him, Chocolate covered rice krispe treat heart pops.  These where fun to made and I sure hope everyone that gets them enjoys them.  :)

Make your Rice Krispe treats:
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
2 1/4 cups small marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt together then pour over
3 cups Rice Krispies cereal
(I added one cup of choc. chips to the cereal before adding the marshmallow mixture)

Pour warm cereal into a shallow pan and with greased hands press down to make an even service.  You want to have the treats to be about 1/2 inch thick because you will be putting two hearts together to make the Heart pop.  Allow to cool and set for about thirty minutes.
Tools needed for the next steps:
Heart cookie cutter
cookie sticks
flat cookie sheet
parchment or wax paper
Red melting Chocolate
White melting Chocolate

Steps to make Heart Pops:
1.  You will need to cut out an even number of hearts, because two hearts will make one POP.

2.  Take a cookie stick and press into the middle of half of the hearts.  Take the other half and press on top of the heart with the stick.  Press the edges together.

 

3.  Put the red melting chocolate into a microwave safe bowl, add about 1/2 teaspoon of veggie oil. Heat for 30 seconds and stir,  if the chocolate is not completely melted put in for another 15 or 30 seconds. 
4.  Have a piece of paper on the top of the cookie sheet.  Using a spoon cover each heart pop with the chocolate then place onto the paper.
5.  Place into the fridge for ten minutes.  While they cool melt a little white melting chocolate the same as you did the red.  Once completely melted put the white chocolate into the corner of a sandwich bag (you are making a little piping bag) 
6.  Pull hearts out of the fridge.  Snip off a little bit of the corner of your piping bag.  Write messages onto the top of your hearts.  Allow to sit to harden.

Pass out to your special Valentines!!!

Rainbow Birthday cake

Here is a cake that I just loved to put together.  It was made for a fun, little gal who turned three.  She just turned into a big sister to twins so this cake was make extra special for her.  What little girl does not love bright colors and butterflies?

The cake on the inside match the colors on the out side.  That means each tear of cake has four layers of cake. 

I would like to talk about fillings!!  Every cake needs a filling to help keep it a moist and flavorful cake.  I used a strawberry filling with this cake : Fresh strawberries, strawberry jam, and a couple spoon fulls of frosting.  I took these three and mixed them together.  Now to just put the filling into the middle of your layers of cake will make a HUGE mess.  As in the picture below do these steps:
1. Level cake
2.  Pipe two layers of frosting around the sides of the cake top.
3.  Fill in the middle with your filling
4.  Place next layer of cake onto, press down the layer to help settle the frosting and filling.
5.  Use a butter knife or small spatula and fill in the crack between the two layers with frosting and smooth out.  This will help keep the sides of your cake level all around and not bulging.


                                                        

To decorate this cake I use butter cream frosting (which can be found on another post), food colors, a piping bag, and tip 104.
The sugar flowers and butterflies I got from Micheal's craft store.