birthday cookie bouquet

This week L. ordered a Birthday COOKIE Bouquet for M., her husband... he doesn't like cake nor sweets, but he likes COOKIES... so this was a perfect birthday gift for him...

I made 15 COOKIES in bright colors... balloons, stars, a birthday cake and a scalloped oval were the shapes L. chose... the scalloped oval read Feliz Cumpleaños (Happy Birthday), and the cake was personalized... I love tissue paper! So full of color and fun...

Happy Birthday M.!

cancuncookies on bake at 350

Today my COOKIES were featured on Bridget's blog, Bake at 350...

Just imagine!
I'm following her blog since last year when I found her while googling "Lance Armstrong"... I read about her Mom, loved her photos as a little girl, and started reading her blog... I was a lurker but because I didn't know I could comment and thought it was a certain kind of club... as a COOKIE lover I just love her tutorials, and tips... her photos are sooo good, her COOKIES are amazing... and today I found out she is talking about... me!!!

Thank you, Bridget! You made me feel super special, and my girls are applauding Mama's COOKIES on a friendly blog, and looking at all your COOKIES and photos... they noticed your black background photos, and asked if you taught my how to do that!!

So please, visit her blog, and you will find many tips on COOKIE icing, baking...

ahoy, captain!

A's birthday theme was Nautical, so ML, his mom ordered COOKIES on a stick or lollies... I had a really small sailboat cookie cutter, so I outlined it and enlarged the image to make a larger one... I also made the light house cookie cutter since I didn't have one... the COOKIES were bagged and tied with white/red curly ribbons, and I made a tag with the Lifesaver image...

ML also ordered 2 Tortas de Elote (Corn Cake - not bread), and after the party called and asked for one more, as her mother-in-law really liked it, and wanted to have some for lunch on Saturday...

Many times COOKIES on a stick break or pull off from the stick, so I always tie and glue bagged COOKIES to the stick, but this time, thanks to Cirri from Galletas y Pasteles Decorados , I baked them with the stick and not one COOKIE broke... She is always sharing and is a great teacher!

I made these COOKIES without the stick for catalog purposes, and I'm testing black background photos... I think colors look brighter and the images can be cut and modified for ads... Thank you Bridget from Bake at 350 for sharing your tips!

cancun + riviera maya: wedding destination

Cancun and the Riviera Maya are a Wedding Destination... considering the warm weather, white sandy beaches and turquoise sea, couples from around the world choose this caribbean paradise to get married... hotels have wedding planners that take care of every detail to make a dream wedding a reality...

Personalized COOKIES are great favors, and I've made many for couples that have their event in the zone... for example, these COOKIES were for B's wedding... she wanted something elegant to give as favors to her guests...

These iced COOKIES were custom decorated using her wedding invitations' font... each COOKIE was monogrammed using white on white icing... B asked for white ribbon, and I designed the little card in white and green, her chosen colors... COOKIES were placed on each plate setting...

piñon de carne

Piñón de Carne

My mother in law shared this recipe... it is from my husband's grandmother, born in Costa Rica. Some people have told me that this plantain "lasagna", is from Puerto Rico, and that they just name it Piñón... so, from Costa Rica or Puerto Rico, Piñón is ricoooo (good)!!

Meat Piñón

I love Piñon, because it can be made ahead, and the flavor combination is one of my favorites...

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Mi suegra compartió conmigo esta receta... es de la abuela de mi esposo, que nació en Costa Rica. Algunas personas me han dicho que esta especie de lasaña de plátano macho es de Puerto Rico, en donde la llaman simplemente Piñón... sea de Costa Rica o de Puerto Rico, el Piñón es ricoooo!!!

Piñón de Carne

Me encanta el Piñón porque puede hacerse con anticipación y la combinación de sabores es una de mis favoritas...