Homemade soft pretzels!

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Yummy!! This treat was copied from a similar dish we had at a friends cook out a few weeks ago. The base is cream cheese (actually neufchatel) with onion powder and garlic salt mixed in. I used 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts that I sauteed on the stove with a little red onion. Once it cooled I chopped it into small dice and coated it with Franks Buffalo Wing sauce. Then I covered it with diced tomatoes and green onions. It was amazing with celery and crackers.

9th Birthday Double Cheeseburger Cake!!

This cake was a major under taking, especially considering it was over 90 degrees that day! I used yellow cake for the bottom and top bun, two brownie mixes for the burgers-frosting the egdes and sticking crushed up oreo type cookies around the edges to give a meaty burger effect. The cheese is made of fondant-as are the lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles and mound of ketchup. The ketchup and mustard on the burger are colored frosting. The fries were simple and made from sugar cookie dough (from a tube) and just cut into strips before cooking. There are actual real sesame seeds on top to finish off the effect!