Valentines "love box"

sammiboo

I thought i would post this as my OH was thrilled with his valentines present/s

I made some gingerbread cookies and iced them myself (although i didnt do a great job as i havent done anything like this before)

*All pictures are thumbnails so click to enlarge*



I had a go at "ribbon icing" although it didnt work out very well.


each one individual and personal


i bought some cellophane cheaply off ebay and split the cookies wrapping them in the cellophane and ribbon


both packs of heart cookies wrapped up with a box of chocs, toberlone (his fave) and a DVD.


All boxed up and ready to go

It doesnt look much but he loved it. He was really pleased with cookies and knew I had gone to a lot of effort.

The recipe i used was this and was really easy to make and he thought they taste fab.

Just thought i'd share that with everyone

moj1966

lovely well done

AnnieH

They look lovely - you did a good job there

sammiboo

THanks

I would reccomend the recipe to anyone though, its simple and really nice.

I will have another go with the hearts for our anniversary in april - hopefully my icing skills will improve

AnnieH

sammiboo - just to let you know, clickig on your pics accesses your personal pic,profile and all you rother photo's from that site :eek: Just i case you didn't know and there's something on there you don't want everyone seeing.

sammiboo

i know. there isnt anything on there that shouldnt be on there. its a car forum i am admin on so links are either cars, meets etc.

Anyway the cookies have almost gone

AnnieH

That's Ok s long as there's nothing on there that you woudn't want people to see

Louise_McGregor

These are absolutely GORGEOUS - well done!!! The cellophane is a lovely touch. I might make some for my Mum for Mother's Day I think! xxx

sammiboo

Thanks Louise

My icing skills arent the best by anyone standard but i am hoping they will improve as i do more of these. I am sure the cellophane will be much cheaper now that valentines is done with. I bought the cutters from ebay too

I have tons of the stuff so if anyone would like a couple of sqaures of it then PM free of course

I am going to make some for my OHs mum she loves ginger, I am putting together a hamper for her with a selection of fresh coffee, cafetiere, posh biscuits and some of these homemade ones. I might make the OH ice them as they will be more personal for her. Not sure how keen he will be on that though :rolleyes:

claffys

sammiboo wrote: »

Thanks Louise

My icing skills arent the best by anyone standard but i am hoping they will improve as i do more of these. I am sure the cellophane will be much cheaper now that valentines is done with. I bought the cutters from ebay too

I have tons of the stuff so if anyone would like a couple of sqaures of it then PM free of course

I am going to make some for my OHs mum she loves ginger, I am putting together a hamper for her with a selection of fresh coffee, cafetiere, posh biscuits and some of these homemade ones. I might make the OH ice them as they will be more personal for her. Not sure how keen he will be on that though :rolleyes:

Sugarpaste is much easier to use for your icing. :j

You just need a template/cutter a little smaller than the biscuit.

Here are some I have done over the years.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee176/Claffys/DSCF0078.jpg

Above ones were done with sugarpaste.

These ones with royal icing.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee176/Claffys/DSCF9244.jpg

http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee176/Claffys/?action=view&current=DSCF7945.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee176/Claffys/DSCF4579.jpg

We have a little cake dec shop local to us that does little bits of different colours for 50p
You can get it in supermarkets but have only seen small pack with red,green,black,yellow or plain white.
Also when colouring the icing paste colours are much better than those little bottles of liquid you get in supermarkets.

I use wilton colouring pastes when making cakes.:T they are fab and you only need a tiny bit to get a fab colour.

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E30B2D9-475A-BAC0-5D5C3DB846DFD354
These are the ones but I get them local to me.

Em
x
P.s I mostly make up icing bags with greaseproof paper and snip of the end for required size.

shinysara

i think they are great!