July 4 Cake Balls - A bit diffferent this time!

This is the third year I have made a cake ball flag for the 4th of July. This year we are celebrating with family instead of the neighbborhood. Just as I was about to dip 12 cakes balls in blue candy melts, I realized I should read the package very carefully. Sure enough, they were packaged in a facility where peanuts and treenuts are also packaged. So, I had to think what to do. I made this because I was sure my grandson would love it but he has an allergy to peanuts. Can't risk a peanut reaction! I took the 12 balls that would have been blue and pressed them out to make stars. I had the perfect cookie cutter. There were 24 stars. I put Graham Crackers on the tray and frosted with blue Cream cheese icing. Then I placed the first layer of stars. I put blue frosting on those and then put the 2nd star on top. I used a star tube to pipe the white frosting on the stars. 

I think it was a pretty good replacement and my grandson can have the "stars" today for his dessert! 

Cake Balls

Cake Balls Flag - July 4, 2018

Yellow gluten-free cake made into balls; dipped in Candy melts to make a flag.

These are foods that I prepared for our Christmas Open House

on December 18.

 Peanut Brittle

  Pecan Tasties

 Butterscotch Fudge and Chocolate Fudge

  Party Mix

 Cheese Ball and Crackers

More Butterflies . . .

6" Gingerbread 1-layer cake decorated with butterflies made from Candy melts. What fun!

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" Candy

In addition to cookies, I used my cookie cutters to make the 12 days of Christmas candies. I used white, red, green and dark chocolate candy melts. Most of the time they worked very well.

Below is the story behind the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Hope you enjoy this learning.

From 1558 to 1829, the Roman Catholics were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning, plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.

Partridge in a Pear Tree is Jesus Christ.

Two Turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.
Three French Hens stood for faith, hope and love.
Four calling birds are the 4 gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first 5 books of the Old Testament.
The six geese a laying stood for the six days of creation.
The seven swans a swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit - prophesy, serving, teaching, exhortation, contrition, leadership and mercy.
The eight maids a milking were the eight beattitudes found in Matthew 5:3-10.
The nine ladies dancing were the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The ten lords a leaping were the ten commandments.
The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the 12 points of belief in the Apostle's Creed.