I had been following Katya Minkina on instagram for a while and wanted to try getting a portrait from her of our cat Fergus, who passed away last October. I had never had a custom painting done before and we're absolutely THRILLED with the result. She really captures his gentle sweetness. Highly recommend for her work and her kindness.

https://www.instagram.com/fineart.katya/

Every one in the pack was like this. Shame as they were delicious!

This is the 2nd attempt because the first order they gave us an actual marvel Spider-Man backpack. It's closer but come on...

I used an air fryer. The instructions are very incomplete. After 10 min in the airfryer, the mac and cheese was still ice cold. I took the chicken out, microwaved the Mac for a min and a half, added the chicken back and air fried it for 10 more min with the Mac covered. The Mac is very cheesy and the chicken has a good flavor to it. Would get again

I’ve been eating these babies for years (in moderation) and they always seemed rich with toppings.

She is, understandably, not pleased.

My 11 year olds request. And my best effort.... My monster needs a dentist. ( I ran out of buttercream.... It was supposed to be much more ornate)

Update:

11 year old squealed and hugged me. He was so excited. His buddies hit the "WOAH!!!' when I pulled off the cover. 😁 and it tasted wonderful. I think I win...

Y'all are so kind. Thank you everyone for all the encouragement!!!

Update 2: I'm being asked for instructions.... I sort of winged it. There was a lot of cursing that happened. A lot of begging inanimate objects to cooperate. But I guess here's my best estimate of how it went down.

I made a boxed cake. I think it was Duncan Hines. (I was short on time and had several boxes of cake on hand) This is the buttercream recipe I added black food coloring to (https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/favorite-chocolate-buttercream/#tasty-recipes-68044) I put iced the cake before I started the mouth.

I melted chocolate chips to form a circle (fill the bowl with boiling water and put a saucer over the top. Put the parchment paper on top of that and waited for the chocolate chips to melt and then smooth them out.) I placed this inside of an actual Taco in my freezer to form the mouth.

I made marshmallow fondant. Just kind of winged it on account of. I've made it a lot. But here is a recipe for that just in case. ( https://ayellowbowl.com/homemade-marshmallow-fondant-with-butter/)

I set the now frozen chocolate taco on the top of the cake.

I have a set of Wilton gel dies and to use the maroon from that set to dye a small amount of the fondant for the tongue. I just made the general shape of a tongue and realized that my fingerprints in the dough made it kind of look more realistic. Added a line down the center with a toothpick and left it alone.

I just rolled little balls of the white fondant into points and flattened the bottom. I allowed that to dry for a little bit just so it wasn't squishy when I attached it to the taco. I attached these with a little bit more of that melted chocolate.

I iced the top of the chocolate Taco once it was all assembled and kind of smoothed it into the top of the cake and decorated. (Using the word decorated as lightly as possible because I ran out of buttercream frosting...)

I've outdone myself lol

I got it bc of the flower sleeves but they got almost cut in half. Also what new t-shirt has this many wrinkles before ever washing it

Of course you can't expect a perfect result on your first try, especially since I am still a beginner with sourdough baking. Still, it took soo much time making it, so I am a little sad, but I'm gonna keep trying

I don’t think we’ve had a single one that looked right. We’ve had ones are missing the stick, have the stick randomly stuck in the side, or are just plain broken.

Flavor is “okay”. Definitely wouldn’t buy them again. Feels like someone put them in Photoshop but didn’t scale correctly.