Serving Styles for Parties
Taking time to make your dinner table festive is one of those special touches that affect the evening more than you might expect. Decorated tables center the gathering by capturing the guests' attention as they sit down and causing them to enter ... [... more]
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Decorating Cakes: The Basics
Cardboard cake circles (available at baking supply stores and craft stores, or you can make your own: cut a circle slightly smaller than the diameter of your cake pan) Trimming the tops and bottoms off of your cake rounds cuts the "crust" off [... more]
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Cupcakes for Kids
Place cupcake liners in muffin tins and fill them 3/4 full until the batter is used up. Bake at the same temperature as the cake recipe and check after 15 minutes to see if they're done. Cheesecake recipes make luscious cupcakes with built-in ... [... more]
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Cocktail Parties
The stock required to provide a full bar to guests can make it cost-prohibitive--and with too many choices, your guests may stick with their standard drink orders. A more practical and economical approach is to offer one or two signature ... [... more]
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Decorating Cakes: Finishing Touches
Fresh edible flowers make gorgeous and easy decorations. You can start with a frosted cake or a plain cake lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar: pile on the flowers such as sweet violets, lavender, honeysuckle, rose petals, borage, bachelor's ... [... more]
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Bridal Shower 101: Recipe for a Party
Party planning is like a recipe and the tasks are the ingredients. Make a list that includes invitations and follow up, menu, setup, cleanup, photos, decorations, ice-runs, etc. Add details as needed, but hang on to your sanity by keeping things ... [... more]
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Candy Cane Gingerbread House
A step-by-step tutorial for assembling and decorating a whimsical "Candy Cane" gingerbread house for the holidays. A step-by-step tutorial for assembling and decorating a whimsical Candy Cane gingerbread house for the holidays. Ice cream cones, [... more]
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Christmas Tree-Trimming Party
Pick up roast for French dip and gather all recipe ingredients. Add mini sandwich rolls to the shopping list to replace full size French rolls. Round up supplies for ornaments and garland: popcorn, cranberries, construction paper, glitter, and ... [... more]
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Cupcake Gallery
Check out these creative cupcakes decorated by Allrecipes home cooks. Check out these creative cupcakes, decorated by home cooks like you. Get the recipe! Cupcakes for Kids [... more]
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Bring Spring Indoors
Cut branches of spring-flowering shrubs and trees and bring them inside to bloom. Likely candidates include cherry, crabapple, flowering dogwood, flowering quince, forsythia, honeysuckle, lilac, magnolia, pear, pussy willow, and redbud. Branches ... [... more]
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A Little Romance
Cookie and cupcake lovers of all ages will treasure something home-baked and decorated by hand, even if it starts with a mix. Let the kids take the lead when it comes to choosing or making Valentine's Day cards. Help kids express their ... [... more]
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Kitchen Design
What do you want from your kitchen? Before you tackle a major remodel, you'll want to ask yourself some basic questions about your lifestyle. Your perfect space could be a kitchen/family room combination where kids play or do homework while you ... [... more]
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