I've been meaning to replicate Deidre Jean's Fargo wood chipper cupcakes for some time now, but I'm nervous about sickening my guests:
A bit more enticing are my Sugar Magnolias. I can tell you from experience that no one turns down a Dolly Parton red velvet cupcake:
For Oscar night, instead of choosing one film maybe I could follow Leigh-Anne Dennison's example: she created these movie-treat sprinkled, poster-topped cakes for 2008's awards:
For those of you in New York with cash to spare, Eleni's bakery makes fantastic Oscar night treats. Check out last year's Oscar cupcakes:
This year, Eleni's is making equally fantastic (and pricey) best actress and actor cookies:
Enjoy! Now I'm off to figure out how to make wires and detonators out of fondant...
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What's the icon for An Education in the Best Picture cookies?
This year, I'm making Serious Manicotti and a Blind Side salad, with Avatartinis. And for dessert, Pineapple-y Cruz cake.
E Dot -- hilarious! especially the serious manicotti.
but what about a single manicotti?
The Milk-themed Twinkies I brought to an Oscar party last year were not the hit I expected them to be.
Here's a website I found with Oscar-y recipes FOR EACH YEAR. WOO! (The Silence of the Lambs recipe is not recommended...just kidding.)
http://maryclaire.wordpress.com/
If you don't follow the link, she's making blue margaritas, a matzo thingy, salad with prawns in it, a peanut-popcorn chicken breast, strawberry sorbet, and truffles with pop rocks. Which corresponds to which movie? (No cheating!)
Hint: the margaritas, matzo thingy, and truffles correspond to one movie each. The salad and sorbet are 2 movies each. The chicken is for 3 movies.
A friend of mine has eaten Oscar cupcakes from Eleni's and she said, "Meryl Streep is tasty!" No comment.
In response to Andrew R.'s guessing game, I think I'm close. The answers correspond to ingredient order.
Margarita: Obviously Avatar
Matzo: Jewish = A Serious Man
Salad with Prawns: Up (forest visuals) + District 9
Peanut-Popcorn Chicken: Up in the Air (Airline peanuts), Inglourious (film that's about film), The Blind Side (I'm guessing they have meals of chicken in the movie)
Strawberry Sorbet: Precious (Total guess) + An Education (Reflecting main character's high class experiences).
Truffles with Pop Rocks: The Hurt Locker (Richly textured arthouse movie that's about bombs)
Volvagia-you did pretty good. Correct answers and score below.
Blue Margaritas-Avatar-CORRECT
Matzo Thingy-Serious Man-CORRECT
Salad with Prawns-Blind Side (there's salad) and District 9-HALF CORRECT
Peanut-Popcorn Chicken-Up in the Air, Basterds, Precious (she steals fried chicken)-2/3 CORRECT
Strawberry Sorbet-Up and An Education (Britishness and, direct quote, "Up-ness"-I know that's a toughy)-HALF CORRECT
Truffles with Pop Rocks-Hurt Locker-CORRECT
7/10. You need to rewatch/check out Blind Side, Precious, and Up.
I think I would feel bad eating one of Eleni's cookies... they're too beautiful to be food.
Hmm...I wish something other than the car was used as the An Education icon. Like...maybe a banana?
steel magnolias.....sooooo bad so so bad. Ha-weeeee-zah!
I want an Up in the Air cupcake and one for 500 Days of Summer.
I didn't understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more?
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