Edible Art: Mint Leaf Ice Cubes

While reading one of my favorite mags, Real Simple, I came across this absolutely brilliant idea, which frankly I'm a little ashamed that I hadn't thought of it before...

Freezing flowers and edible leaves into ice cubes for frilly and festive drink decorations! It's so easy and can make any of us look like our hero Martha...

The Great Bacon Cinnamon Roll Experiment

After posting about the Bacon Cinnamon Roll, this was something too good to NOT try.
Results you ask? Here they are!

Breakfast of the champions, mini Pain Au Chocolate and Bacon Cinnamon Rolls. I went with the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls because who doesn't love a little poke in the tummy?

The only problem that I didn't take into account, these Rolls are more like little balls of dough, not nicely rolled rolls, and lacking a rolling pin we had to make due with beer steins.
(phew that was a lot of rolling in one sentence)

I went with the fattier of the Bacon choices, figuring that it would make the rolls that much juicier. After rolling out the dough into roughly the same size as the bacon, we laid one on top of the other and re-rolled them back up (keeping the Bacon in the center)

I also sprinkled a mixture of Sugar and Cinnamon on top of the rolls after they were done, hoping that would add a nice caramelized crust effect to the finished product.

After a nice 12 minutes or so of baking time, the salty sweet aroma filled the kitchen and they were ready for glazing.

Perfection.
Simple, Salty & Sweet, the bacon was crispy at the edges and a little softer in the center.
The milky frosting glaze topping sealed the deal.

Yum.

My continued love affair with Bacon...

After the Bacon Vodka Infusion experiments two more Bacon-y goodness ideas have floated through the intra-web to me.

First on tap (as it's slightly easier and quicker to bake in my minuscule toaster oven) are Bacon Today's Bacon Cinnamon Rolls. These things look incredible and very easy to make. It's that perfect combination of salty and sweet much like Vosges's Mo's Bacon Bar. Will post my pictures and results when I get around to it... maybe a Coachella morning snack perhaps?

And also on the list... but procrastination might get the better of me on this one... Maple Bacon Cupcakes. Intern Malcolm brought these to my attention, citing Yummy Cupcake as the source of these incredible creations, yet sadly they're not on the April menu so I'll have to make some myself. It's the same salty/sweet combo, but the thought of infusing maple-y syrup goodness and pancake essence into these make them the perfect balance of breakfast and Satan.

Vodka Infused Gummy Bears?

Apparently this is another thing I'm a day late and a buck short on. Who knew gummy bears were these spongy alcohol absorbing little mounds of joy?

Sales Clerk at Staples: Gummy Bears? Nice.
Me: Yeah! My friend was telling me about how you can soak them in Vodka...
Sales Clerk at Staples: Oh yeah, it's really good. You have to let them sit there for like a week to make sure they're fully absorbed, but be careful, they're pretty dangerous when you eat too many.
Me: Am I the last person to know about this?
Sales Clerk at Staples: You know... you can put vodka in Jello too?

Thanks. I was showed up by the Sales Clerk at Staples. Vodka Jello, I'll have to try that too.