Taking over the world is not easy these days, good henchmen are hard to find.

Taking over the world is not easy these days, good henchmen are hard to find. If you find yourself in need of loyal minions, you may need to consider cloning...

Things my daughter probably never gets to see: her birthday cake.

Things my daughter probably never gets to see: her birthday cake. (the one I made, her mother likely bought one) Three layers, separated by pudding creme, covered in chocolate, with four marzipan roses for four years.

I don't think I can make the roses any smaller than this. And I need to do more with chocolate, I seriously lack experience there.

Trying to make a pop-up birthday card.

Trying to make a pop-up birthday card. The template really helps a lot, but still I need some practice with this. It is definitely not as easy as the video suggested...

I tried something different, cookie roses, for my daughter.

I tried something different, cookie roses, for my daughter. The dough is a mix of regular cookie dough and marzipan, with food dye added.

Making the roses was not too difficult, I only had to adjust the dough composition. (more flour) The real problem comes with baking, because the petals are somewhat thin on the upside, while the bottom is one chunk of dough, I still need to work on that, probably use a lower temperature and more time.

But it was a fun experiment. Now let's see who will get to eat them...