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What to do with all those Valentine Candies…

February 15, 2011 by Janice

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Tackling all those Valentine’s Candies and Chocolates!

Valentine Candies and Chocolates
What to do with all those Valentine candies?

Did your kids come home with a box or bag full of Valentine candies and chocolates? Mine did!

Jackson had a fun idea for his candy — use it to decorate a Valentine cake.

Since the poor little guy had bought 5 dollars worth of Cake Walk tickets today at school and hadn’t won the cake he bid on, I conceded and began baking a cake at 7 pm when I should have been having him finish his homework while I put Olivia to bed. But what can I say? I am weak and sentimental!

So my kids were up way too late as I tried to get Jackson to do his homework, while the cake baked!

Tackle it Tuesday - Homework Time
Homework Break

Then, after it cooled and I got Olivia to sleep, Jackson decorated his cake — while I took photos.

Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
Jackson decided he wanted a triple layer cake!
Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
And he was very particular about decorating it all by himself...
Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
We both consumed much icing!!! (Real Butter Cream! YUM!)
Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
Did I mention homemade butter cream icing???
Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
Happy Valentine's Day!
Tackle it Tuesday - Valentine Cake
He had eaten so much while we made it, he ended up only eating half his piece!

Jackson fell asleep after 10pm, while I sat in his room uploading the pictures from our impromptu cake making session. It was a little crazy and a little stressful because I had him up way too late. But, in the end, it was a sweet Valentine night that I am sure both of us will always remember.

Hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

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14 Comments

  1. Yolanda says

    February 16, 2011 at 1:49 am

    my baby girl licks the floor. it’s like an addiction with her. so my tackle-it-tuesday was to clean the floor. however, i started off with a smaller goal in case i didn’t accomplish this bigger goal (because i like to keep my expectations low). that small goal was to wash my kitchen sponge. there are two best ways to wash a kitchen sponge, which i share at the end of my blog. anyways, long story short, i didn’t accomplish the bigger goal… oh well. but i did accomplish the smaller goal! yay ME!

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  2. Emma says

    February 15, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    Thats such a gorgeous idea for left over candy! I found your blog when Iw as looking for a Tuesday meme, so I will be following as it looks like an awesome blog!

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  3. Kenna says

    February 15, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    I always have extra candy. Great idea! Tackle it Tuesday keeps me motivated to finish the project I said I would. Thanks.

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  4. Katrina - says

    February 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    You’re such a great mom! That cake looks delicious and your Jackson is going to be a heartbreaker, if he’s not already! My youngest is in 4th grade and they already have boyfriends/girlfriends. I bet your Jackson is going to have all the girls swooning over him.

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  5. Anne says

    February 15, 2011 at 10:22 am

    It’s always worth it to stay up late for homemade buttercream frosting! This will be a Valentine he always remembers.

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  6. JamericanSpice says

    February 15, 2011 at 10:17 am

    You are just a sweet mom. We live and if we are a little late with routine, it’s not missed 🙂

    I’m not sure what we’ll do with our candy as yet.

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  7. Elizabeth says

    February 15, 2011 at 10:03 am

    What a great idea! Of course you had to eat the cake trimmings and the icing – you have to make sure they taste okay! LOL

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  8. Susie's Homemade says

    February 15, 2011 at 7:35 am

    What a cute idea!!!

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  9. Dominique says

    February 15, 2011 at 2:53 am

    That’s a really nice idea of using the candy in the cake. I’m sure it tasted great.

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    • Janice says

      February 15, 2011 at 3:31 am

      Thanks Dominique! It did taste delicious — but that was me eating the cake we had trimmed off to stack it and icing while we iced it! LOL

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  10. Marni says

    February 15, 2011 at 12:42 am

    Thanks for putting this up for me! As soon as I get the linky to load (has anyone else been having trouble with these the past day or two?) I will link up.

    I wanted to let you know too, that your image above is spelt incorrectly. You have 5minTUesformom instead of minutes. I would want someone to tell me. : )

    Happy Tacklin’ Tuesday!

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    • Janice says

      February 15, 2011 at 1:39 am

      Ohmygosh! All the millions of times I have seen that and never noticed! Thank you – I will ask the artist to fix it! THANKS!!!

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    • Janice says

      February 15, 2011 at 1:41 am

      Oh and yes – I haven’t been able to get MckLinky to work for two days! I was surprised Susan had one in here!

      Reply

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