Happy Unicorn Day

When I saw it was National Unicorn Day

coming up, I knew I wanted to make these

fun Unicorn Donuts.  It was a day for playing

in the kitchen.

Last year we did a big unicorn party

for two of the little granddaughters

starting with this cake I made.

Unicorn bags with goodies to take home,

and Unicorn Bark

made for a fun party.

Jacquelyn even wore a unicorn tee.

I started by winding fondant around a

skewer, letting it dry and painting it with

gold lustre mixed with lemon extract.  I

did the same for the ears. 

I used fondant molds to create little

flowers in pink, aqua and purple, and 

added a couple of swirls of colored frosting.

The donuts were dipped in thinned icing that I added

about a teaspoon of white food coloring to.

I cut the skewers leaving about an inch to stick

it into the donut.  I broke toothpicks in half and

"glued" them on with frosting.  I finished with

drawing on the eyelashes with an edible marker.

  I rushed it a little with the marker, as the frosting

wasn't quite hard enough.  Next time I would

wait a little more.  Try testing the marker on

a donut and wait if the marker breaks the

surface of the frosting.

I don't usually get into all of the "Days" out 

there, but with Unicorns, I couldn't help myself!

Thanks for coming to visit!  Hope you had

a wonderful day, whether you are celebrating

anything or not!

Unicorn Bark

Unicorn Bark is one of the easiest and prettiest

party treats I have ever made.  Children and

adults are all fascinated with this sparkly treat.

For our Unicorn birthday party, we just had to

make some Unicorn Bark.

I started by melting about 2 C. white candy melts,

and about 1/4 C. of varying colors of candy

melts.  I had purple and yellow candy melts,

but had to color the aqua and pink ones, using

white candy melts and gel food color.  After

I had melted and stirred all of the colors, I gave them all

a quick ten seconds in the microwave again, so they

were all equally warm.  Then just dollop your colors

onto parchment or wax paper, and fill in with your

white candy melts.

Using a toothpick, swirl the colors together.  Don't mix

too much as you want to have pretty distinct swirls.

This is where the fun begins.  I literally have tons of

bottles of sprinkles.  I just can't pass a cute bottle,

and I finally organized them so I don't have to open

each box to find the ones I want.

These are some of the ones I used for the Unicorn Bark.

Sprinkle the bark with your desired decos while the

bark is still warm so that the sprinkles will adhere.

You can break it up and bag it if you want.

It really was prettiest in a large piece,

so you might want to break a few pieces off 

to demonstrate how to do it, and then let people

break off their desired amount.  

Have fun with this.  Of course this could be

Fairy Bark, or Easter Bark, or Halloween Bark,

or Christmas Bark depending on what colors

and sprinkles you use and what you decide to call it.

It is just magical!

A Unicorn Birthday Party

I am obsessed with all things Unicorn!

So magical!!

Jacquelyn turned 5 and wanted a birthday party

on her actual birthday.  Generally I have helped her

mom with a large combined party for Jacquelyn and

her cousin, but this year she wanted her own party.

Her birthday was Monday and we have our youngest

son getting married on Friday, with guests coming in last

night, so a party on Monday seemed pretty crazy, but

we decided to pull it together, and fulfill her dreams.

I started with the horn and ears, as they would need to harden.

I have always made my own fondant, but I had taken a

cooking class and was introduced to Satin Ice, which 

can be purchased on Amazon.  It is wonderful for small

projects as my one pound tub has stayed soft and pliable

for almost a year now.  

For the horn, I took one of my metal baking cones

and wrapped it with a thin snake of fondant.  I

let that dry overnight and then sprayed it with edible

gold spray.  That wasn't as gold as I wanted it,

so I used gold lustre and painted it on with lemon extract.

You won't get the bright gold effect without using

some sort of alcohol, and I had lemon extract

with has a high alcohol content.

The ears were just triangles of fondant, which

I again painted with the gold lustre and then brought

the two bottom points together to create a curve.

Sweet gift bags were made from plain paper sacks

with silk flowers glued to the top and golden

horns glued inside the sack, along with golden

ears.  Eyes were then drawn on.  I glued a little

tissue onto the inside of the front of the sacks

to make them prettier.

Of course one needs Unicorn bark for a Unicorn party,

and for someone like me who has shelves and shelves

of sprinkles, this was a lot of fun.

The bark was broken and bagged for each of the guests.

My daughter found a Unicorn pinata for the party.

Silverware and ice cream cones matched the color scheme 

of the cake.

The birthday girl was crowned with a Unicorn headband,

and even had a Unicorn shirt for the day.

It ended up being one of the cutest parties!

Now on to the rest of the celebrations

for the week!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have

been crazy busy since the last time I posted, but

I had been saving pictures of ideas and events

we have done.  Alas, my phone fell to the bottom of

Lake Powell, and the only photos that were saved on the 

cloud were those I had tried to delete last year!  Maybe

I can retrieve some from family members that I sent

photos to!  

My BAD!!!