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 Sep 19 2007, 07:55 PM
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Sewing Goddess  Posts: 649 Joined: 10:17am December 19, 2005 Location: Craft Therapy    |
Stuck on a project? Need some suggestions for interior decorating, food or Potter Parties?
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Sep 20 2007, 10:04 PM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 601 Joined: 1:00pm September 21, 2006 Location: Teaching Winky how to cook |
Every Christmas I make a log cabin dessert using candy bars and leftover Halloween candy. Would like to make a Hagrids Hut cake this year using the same idea-3 layers of cake, candy bars for steps and candy pumpkins for the veggie patch, or make my own with almond paste. The roof is tricky, was thinking of using wafer cookies (rectangular type) and covering them with a milk chocolate frosting to get a thatched roof effect. I make scarecrow cookies using shredded wheat for the straw but don't think it will work here. Does anyone have some ideas on what I can use for the roof, that will be tasty and decorative at the same time? For the exterior walls, thought of frosted lady fingers or chocolate tree bark candy,but, am very happy to use something else as my 10 and 11 year old will be helping.
-------------------- Mrs. Figg raised the arm from which her string bag dangled and whacked Mundungus around the face and neck with it; judging by the clanking noise it made it was full of cat food. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.
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Oct 11 2007, 02:42 AM
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Super Jenn's Sidekick Posts: 477 Joined: 6:47pm April 3, 2007 |
If you were in Australia or the UK I would recomend using Flake chocolates for the roof. Are you in the US?
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Oct 11 2007, 05:41 PM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 601 Joined: 1:00pm September 21, 2006 Location: Teaching Winky how to cook |
QUOTE(hardhat_cat @ Oct 11 2007, 03:42 AM)  If you were in Australia or the UK I would recomend using Flake chocolates for the roof. Are you in the US? Thank You thats a really good idea. We made our cake much as I described and the kids added so much frosting, that, the roof kept sliding off. I think the next time , would have the kids work with graham crackers instead of cake 
-------------------- Mrs. Figg raised the arm from which her string bag dangled and whacked Mundungus around the face and neck with it; judging by the clanking noise it made it was full of cat food. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.
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Oct 12 2007, 11:52 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 196 Joined: 12:06am May 18, 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
QUOTE(hydrangea @ Sep 20 2007, 08:04 PM) Every Christmas I make a log cabin dessert using candy bars and leftover Halloween candy. Would like to make a Hagrids Hut cake this year using the same idea-3 layers of cake, candy bars for steps and candy pumpkins for the veggie patch, or make my own with almond paste. The roof is tricky, was thinking of using wafer cookies (rectangular type) and covering them with a milk chocolate frosting to get a thatched roof effect. I make scarecrow cookies using shredded wheat for the straw but don't think it will work here. Does anyone have some ideas on what I can use for the roof, that will be tasty and decorative at the same time? For the exterior walls, thought of frosted lady fingers or chocolate tree bark candy,but, am very happy to use something else as my 10 and 11 year old will be helping. you could take ricecrispy cerial and make the bars but instead of shaping them into bars you shape them into the the roof and then cover them with frosting once its in place. I think I'll try making one too. -------------------- What would you do for a Phelps Twin sandwich?
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