A Pokeman Christmas

As an outreach event, I held a Christmas cookie decorating event with seniors, students and members of the local church. It was a wonderful evening of hearing stories of Christmas traditions, and learning of one person who used to decorate wedding and birthday cakes. I love having baking and cooking nights as it allows each other to learn things that one might not learn over a cup of coffee. I also really enjoy holding intergenerational events as I think the stories and experiences shared are beneficial to both!

Apparently Christmas can't be Christmas without a pokeball ornament! K. came up with this design.

Pokeball

Others made various creative Christmas ornaments with the sprinkles I had provided. I was amazed at the creativity!

Santa Claus

 

Pokemon Cupcakes

We decided to tackle fondant icing. This time it went a whole lot better than the first time. Although I think I need to experiment with new recipes in order to get a smoother paste. In my quick fondant research, I discovered that many claim that glycerin is a must have for fondant icing.

While I am not up to speed with the Pokemon Craze, I am proud of my first cupcake design without using a book! Instead, K. and I used pictures from Pokemon websites to create Pikachu, Piplup and Psyduck.

Piplup, Pikachu and Psyduck Pokemon Cupcakes

Piplup was the only character we did not make from fondant. Instead, we used marshmallows, melted icing, a Tim bit and sprinkles.