Catching Fire Fun!

 I made these for some friends to celebrate the new Catching Fire movie.

 For the fire on these cupcakes I tinted frosting red, orange and yellow.  I added all 3 colors to a piping bag being careful not to mix them too much. Next time I will add less red, it overpowered the other colors.  I printed the Hungar Games symbol and added it to a small sucker stick for the topper.

I used Life Savers to make these fire cupcakes.

 I separated the red, orange and white Life Savers and crushed them in a ziplock baggie.  I covered a cookie sheet with parchment paper then sprinkled the candy in a thin layer on top of each other.  I did 3 different sections putting the colors in a different order in each one.  I don't think it made a difference but it was fun to try.  I baked it for 7 minutes at 350.  Right when it came out I used a knife to smooth and or mix some of it. It turned out more red than I would have liked.  Next time I want to use Butterscotch and Cinnamon discs.

 Once it dried I broke it into shards. I added gold dust to the frosting just for fun.

I'm so excited for the movie!!

Dragon's tale

 My sweet friend Danella let me help her make her son's birthday cupcakes.  She had all the ideas I just helped her do the fun part of executing them. I also learned a new amazing technique.

 First of all check out what she did with my cupcake stand.  What?! She is amazing.  She covered it with tin foil. She took a piece of thick cardboard and made her design using Elmer's glue.  Once it dried she laid a piece of aluminum foil over it making sure that the glued parts were accented.  Then she used black shoe repair and rubbed it all over.  Brilliant I say!

 I love the theme her son chose.  Dragons and Vikings.  He wanted a fire cupcake and this was all we could come up with last minute.  We melted dum-dums in the oven. Swirled them together and once they cooled off broke it into pieces.  It would have been much better with bright red and yellow candies but you at least have an idea for your fire.

 So I am excited to tell you how we did these dragon tails.  We used modeling chocolate. 
How to make modeling chocolate:
Take 1 bag of Wilton chocolate melts, melt them in microwave with 1/4 cup corn syrup, stir, then let it set up.  After several hours or overnight it will be set.  Once you start playing with it, it will soften up so you can mold it.  It does get greasy so don't play with it too much. Let your creation dry again before you use it.
* Some colors don't require as much syrup so start with 1/8 cup first.
Thanks Danella for teaching me this. I loved doing this with you!

For the dragon wings we melted chocolate and piped it onto a pattern under wax paper.
Viking helmet-molded tootsie rolls.
Happy Birthday Caleb!

May the odds be ever in your FLAVOR!

 I made these for a Hunger Games pre-show party!  It was soooo much fun. 

I copied these from online.  Chocolate cupcake, cream cheese frosting. I added red, yellow, and orange frosting into a piping bag being careful to keep each color in the 1/3 section of the bag. I used the 1M tip to get the fire look and added broken oreo cookies for the coal. The toppers are images I printed on line.  The arrows are sucker sticks I colored gold and added a triangle from scrapbook paper. I wish I could have made this out of chocolate but the gold dust didn't work so well.

 Here's the awesome table set up from Alisha and Michelle.  Notice the I heart Peeta sign on this side? He's my favorite.

 But they didn't leave the Gale fans out either. 

 This was my favorite part of the decor.  You were so creative Michelle with these awesome parachutes!

 This was some of the other really fun food that was brought in.
Cornucopias! So cute!

 Arrows! What a creative idea!

 See the black coal cookies, quiche, apple tart, bugles, trifle.  I didn't get a picture of the Pita (Peeta) bread and the delicious lamb soup.

No Hunger Games party is complete without your own games.  I loved it! What a fun night to remember. Jan will always be a hero in my eyes.