Monday, May 3, 2010

Where have I been? What have I been up to?

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A dessert table for my brother’s wedding reception! I made everything except the flan. I made 11 different desserts for the table and a small wedding-ish cake for my brother and his bride. That’s TWELVE desserts baked in less than a week’s time! What about the rest of the time I’ve been MIA? Recipe research. For the past 7 weeks I’ve been trying out different recipes to see what ones would work. I even made cookies, twice and two different kinds! Macaroons and monogrammed sugar cookies.

I’m happy to say the reception was this past Saturday and was a yummy success! Things here are getting back to normal. My kitchen is anyway. Sunday I cleaned it, put everything up and even organized my pantries and cabinets. Now I’m going to take the next few days to catch my breathe and try to get over my temporary dislike of sugar and flour. :) I just wanted to let you know what’s kept me away from my blog and yours for so long. I hope to be back posting and commenting more regularly.

Many thanks to the following….Michelle, Monica, Julia, Shelly, Jonna, Jamie and my parents ! Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it!

45 comments:

Paris Pastry said...

Twelve different desserts?! You've outdone yourself!

Everything looks fantastic! Great job!

Unknown said...

Wow! It looks amazing! I hope you can recuperate soon!

Memória said...

WOW WOW WOW!!! APPLAUSE! Good job, Ingrid! That's a lot of work!! Everything looks fantastic!

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Wow, that is awesome! That dessert table looks fantastic!

Cheers,

Rosa

Monica H said...

You know I think you're super woman! And your dessert table turned out so beautifully. I'm glad you're finally done and can relax a bit....after you make that pie! ha ha!

Glad you're back, we've missed you!

grace said...

what an enormous endeavor--glad everything worked out swimmingly! :)

michellemabell said...

Ingrid,
What a gift you have to not be able to only cook and bake and create but to make it look beautiful too!
Serioulsy, you're amazing! :)

Have a wonderful day!
Michelle

Unknown said...

you must be exhausted! It looks great!

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oneordinaryday said...

The dessert table is just beautiful. If I had that cape, I'd be mailing it out right away. You deserve Super Woman status for sure. You are awesome. And a pretty amazing sister too!

cookies and cups said...

Oooh, I want to see a close up pf the cookies! Can't wait and glad to hear that it went well!!

Lucie said...

The layout is amazing and everything looks great! Glad to have you back, though, and looking forward to reading your upcoming posts!

April said...

All those desserts? YUM!! I would love to know what they all were!

♥peachkins♥ said...

I'm not going to leave that table if I was there!

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Keeley said...

I'm so glad you're back! I'm impressed with the dessert spread! I need to clean and organize my kitchen, too. You've inspired me... I'll get around to it... eventually!

Hilary said...

Wow, well done! Looks beautiful! I bet you got a major sense of accomplishment from this project.

Karen @ Mignardise said...

Very, very impressive! Lots of hard work, but done with love. What a wonderful gift to your brother and his bride! I hope you'll post more photos.

Stephanie said...

Wow! Ingrid! How beautiful! You should really be proud of yourself, not only for the many (tweeelllveeee!) delicious desserts you made, but how truly lovely it looks! Stunning, absolutely stunning. WELL DONE!

Miranda said...

Your brother owes you!!!!! That table is stunning. You did a wonderful job!!! What a fantastic sister you are!!!!!!!

teresa said...

i'm so impressed! it looks like you pulled it off like a total pro!

angie said...

What a gorgeous table of desserts! Want to come to Arkansas in June and do that for my wedding?!

Get Off Your Butt and BAKE! said...

Well I think you are amazing!
That table looks glorious indeed.
Thanks for your sweetness Ingrid.
Love, Jonna

Delicious Dishings said...

Everything looks gorgeous!!

Mimi said...

You did a fantastic job, the table looks gorgeous. I hope you will be sharing more pictures of your lovely desserts.
Mimi

Julie said...

Absolutely beautiful...wish I'd been there to help "sample" them.

The Household 6 Diva said...

Those dishes look amazing!
How do you do that??
Classy AND scrumptious!!

White Toast with Butter said...

Hooray! You're back! I was so sick of that Earth Day picture every time I clicked :-) - (I love the Earth!...but still).

Congratulations on a great job!

Lori said...

Girl you rock. Can you hear the applause. What a loving sister!

Sherry G said...

Wow what stamina and determination you have to do all that! That's great you were able to make all that; I don't think I could have stuck with it! Come back when you're ready=)

megan said...

I wondered what happened to you. I'm glad it was happy stuff that kept you away! Everything looks amazing and I cant wait to hear about it.
NOW-take a deep breath...

Reeni said...

Wow Ingrid! You are the super woman of baking. How nice of you to do all that! The spread looks lovely! I bet everything was a big hit!

Unknown said...

Oh wow! 12 desserts is simply fabulous. Take a well deserved break.. and then come back and give us the recipes :)

Leslie said...

Oh you are a busy little bee!

Katy said...

You are incredible, but I already knew that about you.

Wow, 12 desserts! I wish I could have been there to sample each and every one because I am sure they were fantastic.

How fortunate your brother is to have a sister who is so willing and capable of doing such a fabulous feat.

HUGS!!!

Pam said...

What a great sister! 12 desserts in a week is amazing. The table looks stunning.

becky said...

everythig looks amazing! and the presentation was gorgeous!

Jaime said...

wow, impressive! and what a great sister you are :) lovely spread

and happy mother's day to you too :)

btw - i also have a sticky toffee pudding recipe from the pastry queen i've been dying to try. LMK if you want it, you can just email me :)

Foodiewife said...

Being the sole cook on Thanksgiving Day, I'm grumpy for days afterwards...total kitchen burnout. You did all this??!! Where's the "S" tiara to match the cape? Amazing job, mom!

Kerstin said...

Wow, your spread looks absolutely amazing - what a lucky brother you have!!

Linda said...

Hats off to you Ingrid! You did an amazing job. I went crazy making just two kinds cupcakes for a friend's wedding, so I can't even imagine prepping 12 different desserts for your bro's wedding...what an accomplishment!

Teanna said...

I have to make a wedding cake in two weeks and I want to CRY!!!! A huge part of me wishes I said no! And when I say "a huge part of me" I mean "all of me." So was it rough??? Any tips?

Robin said...

Ingrid, you put on a beautiful spread of goodies. Will you be blogging each one for us to see? Thanks for your well wishes towards my Ma's recovery. She is here at my house but is eager to get back home to her own house, I guess we all want to be home when we are recovering. I wish she would stay a bit longer.

I am very impressed with your dessert table. That was a HUGE job, good for you for pulling it off so wonderfully!

Eliana said...

Oh wow - how fun!!!! You little busy bee.

Jamie said...

Wow, Ingrid I am very impressed! You should be very proud, that spread looks amazing!

Crepes of Wrath said...

Wow! That's so insane, I could never do it! God bless!

avesta said...

Display looks great and very professional! I am impressed! :)