The Case of the Disappearing Bagel Sandwich

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Case #: 2009-521





Suspect: Hammish Gygi (see photo below)




Age: 6



Weight: 31 lbs



Height: 15 inches



Accused of: Snatching a bagel, cream cheese and turkey sandwich from the kitchen table and scarfing the whole thing down!



The Evidence: Missing turkey bagel; lots of slobber on the floor under the table where said bagel was sitting; suspect had slicked back ears, wiggled a lot and wagged his tail furiously (he looked terribly guilty!)



The Mystery: How could a dog with 3 inch legs grab a turkey bagel from a 3 foot high table and eat it without being noticed by his parents who were in the room at the time of the crime?

Recipe Requests

Thought I'd share the recipes for the Blackberry Cream Frosting and the Whipped Cream Frosting I used on Cayden's b-day cake. (Pix on previous post).



Blackberry Cream Frosting



2 8oz pkgs Cream Cheese, softened

1 C unsalted butter

2 C powdered sugar (the original recipe calls for 4 C - I didn't want it that sweet)

1/2 C seedless jam (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, currant, etc.)

3/4 C chilled heavy whipping cream



Beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer till smooth. Beat in sugar, then jam. Beat heavy whipping cream in a separate bowl until peaks form. Fold into frosting. Cover and chill until firm enough to spread (about 2 hours)



NOTE: I made half of this recipe for the filling of a 9x13" cake. The whole recipe would be enough for the filling and for covering the cake.





Sturdy Whipped Cream Frosting



8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

1/2 sugar

1 t vanilla

1/2 t almond extract (optional)

2 C heavy cream



Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and almond extract if using. Blend until smooth. While still whipping, slowly pour in the heavy cream. Stop and scrape the bottom of the bowl a couple of times. Beat until cream can hold stiff peaks.





ENJOY!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Cayden!!

My sweet little Boo turned five on Sunday! We had a joint Mother's Day/Birthday celebration which was lots of fun. The only snafu.....Cayden was sick!! He was a trooper though and is finally on the mend :)

This is his birthday cake. He planned and designed the whole thing! Vanilla cake, blackberry cream filling and whipped cream frosting. If you don't watch Max and Ruby, that is Max's Ear Spinner Space Cadet! He is the robot that hooked Cayden on robots. He is very comical, so if you haven't seen him, check out a few Max and Ruby episodes....you won't be disappointed :)

Cayden FINALLY gets his "Build Your Own Lightsaber"! Thanks Grammy!! (see those rosy, sick cheeks?)
Cayden and his big cousin Caleb trying to put together the lightsaber.
Since Cayden was so sick on Sunday, we postponed his cake until Monday night. Thankfully, most of the guests were able to come back for this little celebration. You can't tell from this picture, but the flame of the candles are the color of the candles. (i.e. blue candle, blue flame; red candle, red flame) They were pretty cool!

The happy boy with Spinner Space Cadet's face. See the nummy filling?!

The other big bummer with Cayden being sick was that he missed being the birthday special helper at school. Luckily, they will include him with the summer birthdays at the end of this week. We decided to drop our treats off there anyway so the kids could enjoy them.

They are robot cake pops! http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/08/hope-these-put-smile-on-your-face.html These are based on Robot 2000, the first robot Cayden got. They were quite the hit! Tasty too!

Robot Factory

Happy Birthday Cayden!! We love you so much!!!