emarosa

a friend posted this on facebook the other day and i though i should help spread good music

country show

eli young band -

jerrod niemann -

dierks bentley -

r.i.p. heavy d

jack's m - you never get old

roscoe's, i love you

it pains me that i live so far away from roscoe's and that my visits are so far and few between but i guess it does make my trips to so cal that much more enjoyable!

thai sky

BiRtHdAy PaRtY for PuNkY @ thai sky

i've never had mangoes with red sticky rice before so when i saw the 3 options of sticky rice i had to try something new.  besides the fact that this was an adorable presentation the red rice was phenomenal and i feel like i've been cheated a bit at other restaurants for not offering this to me before.  thankfully now that i know what i've been missing and where to get it i'll never feel cheated again.


i almost forgot to share about this tasty coconut salad shot, it came with a piece of shrimp as well but i picked it off as soon as it was set in front of me.  i'd totally eat this again but next time i'd ask for no shrimp.

sugar cookies

sugar cookie dough
2/3 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour

beat butter. add sugar, baking powder, and a dash of salt. beat till combined, scraping bowl. beat in egg and vanilla. beat in flour. chill dough for 1 hour. roll out and bake at 375 for 7 to 8 minutes.

sugar cookie frosting

1/3 cup butter

4 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

mix butter till fluffy. gradually add 2 cups powdered sugar. slowly beat in milk and vanilla. slowly beat in remaining powdered sugar. beat in additional milk if needed to reach a spreading consistency.
* if desired tint with food coloring

i now understand why they are called sugar cookies, actually scratch that, actually now i'm confused as to why they are called sugar cookies.. in fact i think the name should be changed and they should be known to the world as really difficult cookies topped with sugar frosting.  seriously the 3/4 cup of sugar in the dough doesn't even come close to the 4 1/2 cups of powdered sugar called for in the frosting.  am i alone if feeling like these suckers require too much effort and not enough pay out??

 here is my super cute cookie cutter that i just had to purchase.  so cute that it made me think i could actually pull it off.

 here is a picture of some of the cookies after being cooked.  i guess i rolled them too thin cause they cooked super fast and when i pulled them up after cutting them out they ripped and stretched like crazy.  after 2 pans of imperfect cookie cut outs i gave and and baked a cake.

here is a picture of my end result.. not what i started out to do but it turned out cute.  yes i used the cookie frosting to frost this red velvet cake and no i didn't mean for the frosting to get pieces of cake mixed into it.  too bad i didn't think to take a picture of the cake after the first slice was cut cause it looked like a hole was dug out for a body to be buried.