Anniversary Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made for a very special friend...unfortunatly about a month after this wonderful celebration of love and family...her mom passed...she took sick about a week after the party ..and was in the hospital for a month before she passed last week..RIP and god bless all my friends at Cafe Spiga...and the Giordano Family !!!

Ricotta Cookies

I have been trying to perfect the ricotta cookie recipe for a while now..they are either to soft, or to hard or too flat or too wet or too dry..but believe it or not last month in I think It was a Family Cirlce or Womans Day magazine I go the recipe and made them and they were pretty good...actually really very good..but I of course had to mess with it..they were a wee bit dry for my taste so I increased the ricotta by a half cup and I think that they came out just about perfect..next time gonna do something different with the icing..maybe thinner and not as white..more like a glaze..but they were delish anyway...everytime it snows and god knows we have had our share ..I bake and bake..there is nothing more comforting than the snow falling while the fire is burning and the smell of cookies in the oven filling the house...warms the heart and soothes the soul !!!!!

Valentine Day 2010 Cupcakes

Didn't do too much today as far as baking..but couldn't let the V-day go without at least a few cupcakes..!!!!

Princess Party Cookies

These cookies were made for Amelia's First Birthday....I got the order on a thurs and they were baked and decorated and delivered by friday evening....wowoooo...that was a fast order....like it though kept me busy..and they came out reall good too..

Today was Allens 12th Birthday...we celebrated at home with us and Patrice, Nick and Gigi...Allen had requested for his Birthday dinner....Penne ala Vodka, and chicken marsala..(nice request for a 12 yo...a budding epicurean : ) to say the least)..I love this kid ...soo much...he is the heart of my heart and the butter on my bisuit....and no words can describe the feeling and love I hold in my heart for him....he is my life!!!! I hope he had a wonderful birthday..I know he was sad at the end..he is a sensitive kid...and he holds things in..but I know him like a book..when he read the card from Patrice and Phil and it said love Uncle Phil, Aunt Patrice, Philip and Nick...I saw him cringe..he didnt say a word then..but when they left..he cried and cried and I cried and cried...I know how much he loved Hope..and how he thinks bout her all the time..like myself......and I guess the reality of not seeing her name on card..hit home...I think bout her a hundred times a day...I hope she knows how much she was loved..Allen went to bed crying for Hope...I told him she is always around him and is watching over him every minute of every day..and is his guardian angel....my heart broke for him....I know he will never forget or never stop loving her...for his whole life....she was such an intergral part of our lives....its almost impossible to still believe she isnt here.....a part of all of our hearts are broken...Happy Birthday Allen..MEMA loves you more than anything or anybody..and Hope is looking down and watching over you..!!! Don't ever forget that....she loves you and always will !!!!

PATTY'S 50TH

Made this for Patti Antz's 50th Birthday Party..

My thirt attempt at a fondant cake....still stressful but must say..I think it came out awsome...not bad for self taught...it really was quite impressive..there were 65 cupcakes around that cake...no body thought it was real..but it was..Happy Birthday Patti

heres to 50 MORE !!!!

These cookies were made for a surprise 6oth birthday party..for a dear friend....! Hope the party was a sucess..how could it not be with the great cooking and planning of the Giordano Family..thanks Leonora..!!!!

Halloween 2009...Creepycakes....
BOO !

Millie...what a face.....LOVE THIS DOG !!!!

OCTOBER 2, 2009
DOUBLE TROUBLE....THESE WERE MADE FOR A DOUBLE BAPTISM..FOR TWO BEAUTIFUL BABY BOYS...
GREYSON AND DONATO...MY TWO SWEET COUSINS BABIES...VICKIES THIRD AND STEPH'S FIRST....COLOR LOOKS A LITTLE OFF IN PICS..ACTUALLY ITS DELPHINIUM BLEU..PARTY TOMORROW !!!!

TWO SLEEPING BEAUTIES..NOW IF THIS ISNT A KODAK MOMENT ....MILLIE AND ALLEN FAST ASLEEP..!!!

25TH ANNIVERSARY COOKIES

MADE FOR TRISH.....THESE WERE FOR A 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY..THE ROSE CLUSTERS WERE FONDANT AND HAND PAINTED AND THE COOKIE HAD A LIGHT COATING OF LUSTER DUST....MUST SAY THEY CAME OUT REALLY GOOD..THEY LOOK MUCH NICER IN PERSON..I THINK..!!! THANKS TRISH FOR YOUR ORDERS..!!!!

PiggyCakes

LUPPINO'S ANNUAL PIG ROAST CUPCAKES...MADE BY MOI !!!!

My Broken Heart...almost a week ago my 18 year old niece passed away...I cannot express the feeling of remorse I am feeling..and have been for the past week....my family was estranged from each other for almost two years..I lost two years of my life....even though we were on our way to mend..it was too late..it never happened...Hope Passed b4 we got to make up...I will never ever be at peace knowing that I didnt resolve our differences and tell her how much I love and missed her..I hope she knows up in heaven ..how much my heart aches and is heavy with such saddness.....I will never ever get the chance to tell her myself in person.....how much I love her..and missed her and how much I am sorry that I missed so much in her life..I looked at pictures on Facebook almost every day...to stay updated..I hope she knows...she was like my own..she was more like my friend than an aunt..maybe too much like a friend..she was a blessing in my life..and a piece of my soul and heart is broken...and never will be the same...until we meet again..love you HOPIE !!!!!Happy 19th Birthday..........love mopsi

ME AND THE HUBBY

Our formal night on the cruise..we just went on....Princess was a grand ship and we had a lovely time with lovely people ! Can't wait to go again!!!

The Prince

My Beau..the right picture is after he got his new haircut..from Shirley ..my god now thats a poodle groomer...and with the cone is after he got the "operation"...beau is now not a boy...but look at that face..OMG..love him to death

Flowers in My Garden

Just some pictures of my new plants ...will post more..I just got a bird feeder and its been so relaxing to watch all the little critters eat..some morningis it looks like a scene from a Disney movie..quirrel, and at least 3-4 different kinds of birds really very peaceful..now if the sun ever comes out it will be good..the weeds are almost as big as my plants...!!!!

My Wednesday Night Creation :

Momma Jody..has been having wednesday nights for years and I mean years..it all started almost 40 years ago..when all the women on Park Avenue...stayed at home to coffee clatch while the men were at Kiwanis...now husbands later and still the girls..its wednesday nights at momma's..I was graciously invited about 3 years ago..and I really try to make it every wednesday night..I love going and just being with the sweetest people I know...and I try to bake something every week also ...momma has a unsatiable sweet tooth..I dont know where she puts it..she is a skinny little thing..but she loves her sweets..

momma is on left and Barbara is on right..she has been a wednesday nighter from the beginning..I recently went on a cruise and had the pleasure of spending the week with these two wonderful girls..lots of laughs for sure and lots of memories to cherish always...

Baseball Time is Here..this was a gift from Nicole
known as Miss Lunghi..to her class..she gave them out
on field day to wish them a Happy Summer ....!!
WOW what a nice teacher she is !!!

A sea of pigs...but not swine...sweet little pink pigs..these little guys are being donated to East End Hospice Annual Pig Roast at Pindar Vinyards on June 6th...this is the 5th year I have been donating...this year these cookies are donated in the memory of
Kathy Lee..my dear friends sister who died a few weeks ago from cancer...Kathy was quite a unique person..she had battled cancer in one form of another since she was 19 years old..she died in her 59th year..her whole adult life was a war..from liver cancer to breast cancer to uterine cancer...and the list goes on..she was in actuallity a miracle in herself..she fianlly moved from NY to Florida where she wanted to spend the rest of her days..about three years ago..she was just recently diagnosed with colon cancer and pancreatic cancer was discovered during surgery..she never recovered from the surgery...she spent the last two weeks of her life in a hospital bed.with her sisters by her side..rest in peace Kathy..Heaven will surely be quite a place with you there..Paula