Small Christmas Cakes for Parties



Finger length White cake



Little Cakes with Chocolate Frosting

A re-post..and a birthday dessert....

This is just a re-post cuz I love it!!!




Is it your special day? This is a simple dessert.....



Latte Art

This is so fun. Even kids like to do it. If you need to release your creativity let me know. I'll walk you through it!!

Fun Halloween-Fall Cake..

My Killer Bloody Mary Seasoning Mix

Look at him..he's longing for that vodka

It's a beautiful day in Bakersfield today and a perfect day for a Bloody Mary....I'm out of tomato juice so I'm not havng one, but I  have the vodka and mix!!!!

New Stuff

Tomorrow I am steppng away from sushi. I am going to make some sweets if I have time. I am ALWAYS racing against the darn clock!!!

Mekushiko Jin Maki

I am attempting to name this roll "Mexican Sushi" in Japanses. I know, I know: "Another non-fish sushi?", but you try finding sushi grade fish in Bakersfield!!

Guacamole, deep-pit beef, cheddar cheese inside and Mexican cream and hot sauce on top. Very unorthodox, but.......

Mrs. Pretty Food is too busy....

I hate when I don't have time to create pretty food!!....Perhaps tomorrow I will make something new to post a photo of....check back-please!!

My First Dragon Rolll...looks cute, but this sucker breaths some F-I-R-E!!!

Only had one hour to make this roll, prepare a "regular" dinner & pick up my daughter from volleyball...next one will be way cooler!!

Expanding on Dessert Sushi

Today I ventured out to make several different looking dessert sushi. I wanted to incorporate chocolate and I wanted more of a variety of "fish"  toppings....

Pretend sushi with "roe", "shrimp", "salmon", "ahi", "yellowtail" and "Eel".

Pretty Sweet Dessert Sushi

This week I'm having fun make sushi out of anything not sushi. I am using a combination of things to make a dessert sushi that looks like regular sushi...what do you think of if?

This one is more serious looking...

Two New Sushi Rolls

Filet Mignon, jalapeno, avacado and hot sauce.

I am working on two new sushi rolls for my next sushi party. The first is made with filet Mignon tataki-style (seared). I use avacado in the roll and although it is not a traditional sushi, I serve it hosomaki (the 6 slice tradition). I place the thinly sliced seared beef on top with a jalapeno on top of that - minus the seeds to keep it from being too hot - and then I squeeze one drop of siracha sauce in the middle of the pepper.  This is a nice offering for those that do not like raw fish. I plan to suggest a Beauloais to be served with this roll.

The second photo is made with Hamachi (yellowtail) on top of a uramaki (inside out roll) that includes mango and fresh spinach. This roll tasted really nice with the ponzu sauce!


Yellowtail with mango and fresh spinach.



Go Goddess Dinner



Gnocchi with Alfredo sauce



Shortbread tart, lemon curd, starwberries and blueberries.



Pretty Food in California: Unusual and pretty salads....easy to make too!

Pretty Food in California: Unusual and pretty salads....easy to make too!: "Vegetable salad with balsamic dressing Star Fruit salad"

Gnocchi

Friday I made homemade gnocchi andAlfredo sauce. The gnocchi turned out really good. I need a non-reactive pot however, because the dumplings turned a little gray. I began my dinner party with garlic cheese baguettes, broiled then topped with bruschetta made with chopped black and green olives, basil, Roma tomatoes, shredded Parmesan cheese, garlic, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I served steamed artichokes, the gnocchi, peppered New York steaks and stir-fired vegetables. Dessert was a shortbread tart topped with lemon curd, strawberries and blue berries.

mini cheese cakes

No photos today, but I will be making mini cheese cakes with oreo cookies yumm...photos to follow. I may also be making gnocchi soon.

Pretty Desserts....and good tasting!

Chocolate cake with carmel frosting, Lacey's almond cookie and chocolate sauce

I love to make individual cakes for company. Decorating the plate really adds that gourmet look. All of the plates for these desserts can be made hours ahead of serving so you have plenty of time to do it ahead of your dinner party.

Pineapple upside down cake, vanilla ice cream, chocolate and raspberries

Fresh fruit tart with chocolate and vanilla sauce.

Unusual and pretty salads....easy to make too!

Vegetable salad with balsamic dressing

Star Fruit salad

Pretty Sushi

I love to make sushi. I think the prettiest food I've ever seen has been sushi. Here is one of my photos.

Pretty Food

Hi. This is my first blog and my first post. I created this blog because I want to talk about pretty food and pretty food pictures all the time. I think my family and friends might be sick of it, but I think others would like to join in. I am inserting a picture of what I call pretty food. This is a photo of grilled swordfish with a fresh fruit chutney, stir-fired vegetables and strawberry sauce. It was delicious!