The Frog Prince
January 22, 2012
The Frog Prince is the fairy tale of a spoiled princess who befriends a frog. Upon being kissed by the princess, the frog is magically transformed into a handsome prince. Now…even if I could get past the idea of a prince and frog becoming BFFs (and because I’ve watched Showtime after midnight, I suppose it’s possible), I can’t begin to wrap my head around the idea that any woman out there would be so desperate as to lip smack a toad. It’s wrong on so many levels, which is the very reason that I prefer the original version of the Frog Prince which I’m fortunate enough to be privy to after having given my spouse a copy of the collected works of The Brothers Grimm for Christmas. As the story really went down, the frog only turned into a prince after the princess had thrown it against a wall in disgust. Single women, there’s a lesson to be learned there. Take note, take heart, and start working on your pitching arm. Love is in the air!
By the way, the above paragraph might go down on record as the most disturbing lead-in to cookie photos ever written.
I couldn’t be more proud!
Anywhosit, the outrageously talented Anne York from Flour Box Bakery recently coordinated more than twenty cookie decorators to come together to design cookies for a collaborative project called “Once Upon A Time: Loved Happily Ever After.” The idea was that each of us would create a set of cookies centered around a specific fairy tale character as a baby and post them all on the same day, and this would be that day and so I invite you, along with any little fairy tale lovers in your home to take a stroll through the happy, rainbow-kissed, sugar-coated and icing-decorated collection of fairy tales. Anne will be posting a single photo from each fairy tale on her blog today so while you might want to begin there, once you get a taste of what these incredible decorators have done you’ll want to see all their photos! At this end of my post you’ll find a link to everyone’s blog and/or Facebook page.
But first, I present for your cookie viewing pleasure . . .
And because these are baby shower cookies, we have to begin
with my most favorite of all time baby shower cookie cutters….the onesie.
I love onesies so much I wish they made them in women’s regular, size 14. I would wear them. In public. Hopefully one of the contestants from next season’s Project Runway will jump on my idea and run with it but until then, let’s just look and enjoy one more time.
And here’s the entire Frog Prince Collection!
Here’s a wee bit of info on these cookies for those who care to know. I used this frog prince cutter from CopperGifts. Prior to baking, I cut the crowns off the two inside frogs and attached these separate crowns prior to baking. The lilypads were made with a cheap tin paint palette cookie cutter that I got from one of the 3283 cookie cutter companies I keep in business. The lily flowers and baby binkies were using decorative modeling clay, a simple blend of corn syrup and melted chocolate. The crowns were brushed with Americolor Airbrush Metallic Gold Paint. The diaper pins were stamped on using a diaper pin rubber stamp and edible markers. There. That covers everything.
And finally, here’s a little Froggy Favor with a bag topper especially designed for our cookie collaberation by Yadira of One Sweet Party.
Okay. You’ve been here long enough. Now go check out the cookie genuis of my amazing cookie peeps! I’ve seen their photos and you are NOT going to believe what you’re about to see! Enjoy!
Little Red Riding Hood, presented by Angela of Oh, Sugar Events
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Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, presented by Susan of The Painted Cookie
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Aladdin, presented by Nicole of Life’s a Batch
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Rapunzel, presented by Adrianne of Color Me Cookie
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Alice in Wonderland, presented by Debbie of Mt. Lookout Sweets
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Prince Charming of Cinderella, presented by Tiffany of TheRedCooky
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Jack and the Beanstalk, presented by Laura of Laura’s Cookies
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Princess and the Pea, presented by Anne of Flour Box Bakery
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Pinocchio, presented by Stephanie of the Hungry Hippopotamus
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Peter Pan, presented by Elizabeth of SweetArt Sweets
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Jasmine, presented by Kimberly of Sweet Creations
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Little Bo Peep, presented by Lorraine of Lorraine’s Cookies
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Tinkerbell, presented by Andrea of Cupookie
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Cinderella, presented by Hillary of The Cookie Countess
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Hercules, presented by Sarah of Songbird Sweets
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Sleeping Beauty, presented by Natalie of Palestine Painted Cookie
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Goldilocks, presented by Liz of Arty McGoo
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Robin Hood, presented by Teresa of Sweet-T-CakeS
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Thumbelina, presented by Callye of Sweet Sugarbelle
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The Adventures of
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Mulan, presented by Krista of Cookies with Character
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Ariel, presented by Georganne of LilaLoa
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January 22nd, 2012 at 9:58 pm
WOWOWOWOWOWOWZA! That’s all I can say. You continue to astound me and outdo yourself, Anita! Proud to call you a “cookie pal”.
-Lesley
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I love your saying about “Royal Tadpole”!!!!!! Thanks for elaborating on your choice of cutters, etc.
Blessings, Donna B.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:32 am
That last picture Anita is my fav. I don’t know what I love more the diaper, the paci in the FROG’s mouth or the sweet lily pads. ??? I know its something simple but those lily pads rock! Are they gumpaste flowers? Great job!
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:38 am
Thanks all! And Krista the flowers are chocopan which is basically a brand name for candy clay, a blend of melted chocolate and corn syrup.
January 23rd, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Such an adorable set of cookies. I love the frogs, they are so cute!
January 25th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
I love how these turned out! My kids really liked the one crazy-eyed frog. The onsies are so adorable and all those different crowns! How did you make those lillypads so perfect?!
January 26th, 2012 at 3:35 am
Sarah, I was a little intimidated to do frogs for the first time so thank you
Liz, are you calling one of my frogs crazy-eyed?!?! Thank you…I think! The lilypads are just a paint palette cutter and I’m not so sure about them being “perfect.” Perhaps that’s just the camera filter I used
January 28th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
These are just so amazing! I think you win the award for the best use of the fancy plaque cookie cutter! You are who I hope to be someday!
Thanks for your inspiration.
February 21st, 2012 at 5:29 am
Hi there, the cookies are fantastic. I found your page while researching frog cookies for a little girl’s leap year birthday next week. Just wondered how you got the frog image on the onesie? I found that same image online and traced it to make some royal icing transfers (to hopefully save me the hassle of ruining my carefully flooded cookies at the last minute with dodgy drawing!) but alas they didn’t quite work and were too fragile and the green took so long to dry because of the humidity here that the black (that was dry to begin with) started to bleed. All in all a bit of a disaster!!
February 21st, 2012 at 6:18 am
Mylittlemod, I was able to draw the frog image directly on the cookie using a KokyKake projector. And ugh…sorry about all that bleeding. I’m fortunate to not have to deal with humidity where I live but it seems to be quite an issue for those who do.