twinkies – Dabbled https://dabbled.org Experiments in Art, Craft, and Food - an archive Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:03:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 145231836 Perry the Platypus Mini-Cakes, made from Twinkies! https://dabbled.org/perry-the-platypus-mini-cakes-made-from-twinkies/ https://dabbled.org/perry-the-platypus-mini-cakes-made-from-twinkies/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:36:42 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4133 When I posted the Perry the Platypus (of Phineas and Ferb fame) cake from The Boy’s birthday party, reader Janelle asked for the How-To, so she could do her own for her daughter’s birthday party. Her ingenious idea was to use twinkies to make mini Perry cakes… and they came out wonderfully! She shared them on the Dabbled Facebook page, but I thought they were too awesome not to share here as well!… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> When I posted the Perry the Platypus (of Phineas and Ferb fame) cake from The Boy’s birthday party, reader Janelle asked for the How-To, so she could do her own for her daughter’s birthday party. Her ingenious idea was to use twinkies to make mini Perry cakes… and they came out wonderfully! She shared them on the Dabbled Facebook page, but I thought they were too awesome not to share here as well!

Perry the Platypus cakes, made from twinkies

Janelle says:

“Finally!!!! Thanks to the “Dabbled” instructions on the Perry the Platypus cake I gathered the courage to do my first fondant cake. Due to a broken ankle I put it off a couple of weeks but the party is now over and nary a Perry is to be found. The kids loved them. I made mini Perrys using twinkies as the cake base. Thanks so much for your help, Dabbled :P”

I totally love this! She simplified the more complex original instructions, and achieved a herd of adorable Perrys! This is a great idea for those who want to create the look, but in a less complicated way. These would also be great sitting on top of a store bought sheet cake for a custom look. Thanks for sharing these with us, Janelle!

And if you’re thinking of throwing a Phineas and Ferb party, along with your Perry cake, you might like some of the other party food:  Phineas & Ferb / Star Wars the Clone Wars Party Food!

NOTE:  People keep asking for the instructions – Janelle used MY ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS, but modified them for the smaller twinkie size.

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Buy them or the pattern to make them at her etsy shop

~OR~  How about a fancy looking dessert from very humble origins?

I adore this great idea from Dollar Store Crafts – Make these lovely little Twinkie Bon Bons from the tutorial Heather did at Odeedoh.

More cool links:

Make crepe paper poppies with instructions from a very chocolate wedding (via oneprettything)

A Ladybug party, complete with a clever cupcake cake tower (also via oneprettything)

I’m pretty sure I DON’T want to eat this impressive Victim of Hannibal Lector cake seen at Superpunch.

Found Object Butterflies found by me @Dudecraft.

Nifty!  Pancake experiments at Omnomicron..

And here’s some gorgeous Berry Marscapone pancakes from the Picky Cook!

Just Wow on this impressive Jello Mold!  (via Craftzine)

Geeky Goodness! The Science Cookie Project at the Kitchn

And here’s a few great looking recipes (all via Foodwhirl.com!)

Wow, that was pretty food heavy on the links today!  I must be hungry…

EDIT: I just added another – a way cool Homemade Fireplace Screen!

Happy friday everyone!

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