An explosive way to do dessert
We will always be grateful to GeekMom for introducing us to the ridiculously easy, but super genius holiday treat that is fireworks ice cream. Sprinkle a few pop rocks over your ice cream and enjoy!
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Just don’t go confusing any boys for ingredients when you make it
In the Night Kitchen is the story of Mickey who floats up out of his bed and out of his pajamas one night and finds himself in the night kitchen. There, three bakers set about making the morning cake and they mistake Mickey for the milk! How does he get out of the batter? He kneads it into an airplane and flies away! But before he returns to his bed, he finds the milk that the bakers need to make the cake and knocks it into the bowl.
This book is frequently banned because Mickey runs around the pages in his birthday suit for much of the book. Banned book fan and baker Végétalion crafted a recipe for Mickey’s Morning Cake based on another morning cake recipe she found.
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Cookie mogul Eden Hertzog shares recipes she enjoys with her family
My sweet tooth is out of control these days. I wonder if I’m pulling a Season 5 Betty Draper thing (Mad Men reference) or if I just happen to love sweets. Either way, I got the idea in my head that I wanted to bake a cake because two of my best gals were coming over for a glass of wine in the evening.
I was determined to get this cake in the oven before Cedar went to bed, but it was proving to be a very difficult task. He is obsessed with the kitchen sink and whenever we’re in the kitchen all he wants to do is pull up this super tall stool to the sink and play with the water. By which I mean turn it on full blast and make a huge mess and give me six heart attacks because he’s so high up and I have to hold the back of his shirt while trying to make dinner.
Cookie mogul Eden Hertzog shares recipes she enjoys with her family
Sorry I’ve been gone a couple of weeks; there was a three-day trip to Los Angeles (just me!) and then a sick Cedar and a sick Papa to contend with when I got home.
I’m pretty good with taking care of my sick toddler, but I must admit, I think I kinda suck at taking care of my husband. It wasn’t always this way; I do remember being more apt to making him soup or rubbing his feet or running him a bath, or at the very least – being nice to him. I have Cedar to blame for this. Not Cedar himself, but the whole Cedar-ness of our situation. We live with a really busy toddler who demands a lot from us. Neither one of us feels there’s much left to give after a day of running after or picking up or catering to the Little Guy.
Make way for some seriously creative Easter ideas
Easter wouldn’t be Easter without a sugar rush, a solid egg hunt and a killer brunch. Here at Bunch, we like to keep things interesting by throwing some unexpected tricks and treats into the Easter mix. We have some great ideas for DIY Easter bonnets and chow-mein birds nests, simple crafts like dino-egg bath bombs and no shortage of creepy chocolate bunnies and wacky peep dioramas for you and your kids to chuckle at. Join us as we review our best Easter ideas from our lovely bloggers, crafters and readers.
TREATS
Krista Rao’s Easter to-do list is pretty tasty. While creme egg cupcakes are in the oven, she plans on making silk tie dyed eggs and finger print chick cards. Oh yeah, this is all going down before the glow-in-the-dark egg hunt. We hope this crafty lady’s super powered Easter list inspires yours.
Not your average sugar and salt switcheroo
April Fools’ Day food pranks date back to the Victorian Era, when a young lady named Edith Walrach got the early-morning surprise of her life. She was having breakfast at a friend’s house in Binghampton and she cracked into a hard boiled egg to have a mouse spring out! Her blithe host had stuck the critter in and then sealed the shell back up with plaster. We can imagine it shocked the tatted collar right off her. Our picks for April Fools’ Day food pranks are far from unsavoury- – your kids will get a pleasant surprise as they bite into a sweet treat disguised as something a little less exciting. They’re also fun and super easy to make.
FAKIN’ AND EGGS
Spring produce is screaming for homemade tarts
Tarts are most versatile dish out there. They can be adapted into desserts, dinner, breakfast or lunch. We’ve rounded up five recipes that eliminate the delicate and time consuming affair of the cutting of butter into flour, waiting while the dough chills in the fridge, and gingerly pressing it into tart pans. Not kid-friendly. These ones let you cut to the chase — filling that shell. We reckon tarts can taste just as good when you buy frozen because after all, what really matters is the seasonal fillings. Spring food is happy food!
ASPARAGUS TART WITH CAULIFLOWER CRUST
Get even more veggies in by making a pastry crust out of cauliflower! No magic assembly required, just a food processor or a cheese grater and a hankering for some killer vitamins. This creative recipe comes from ABC’s and garden peas.
