We had a birthday celebration for my lovely Finland-born mother-in-law Liisa yesterday. Here’s the cake that marked the once-in-a-lifetime event (you only begin your 70th decade once in your life! She is such a young 70. Alas, I left the camera home and don’t have the portrait to prove it on my blog.)
I saw Keli use these adorable edible acorns last week and decided to imitate the best. She used a Hershey kiss for the bottom and a Nutter Butter Bites cookie for its cap. I didn’t have those so I used our Grandma Nebeker’s Ginger Crinkle Cookie recipe instead.
3/4 Cup shortening
1Cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 Cup molasses
2 Cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. ginger, 1/2 tsp. cloves, 1 tsp. cinnamon
Cream shortening and sugar. Mix in egg and molasses. Add dry ingredients. Form small balls of the dough. Roll in sugar. Flatten slightly and bake @ 350 F for approx. 12 min. Roll tiny balls for the acorn buttons.
