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“Game of Thrones” Inspired Food

If you’re going through withdrawals until “Game of Thrones” comes back, and you’ve already read all of the books currently in the “Song of Ice and Fire” series, these recipes should hold you over.

Inn at the Crossroads creates delicious looking recipes inspired by the writing of George RR Martin. Enjoy them on their own, or combine for an amazing feast. Bonus points if your friends come in costume! (Just don’t make anyone eat a horse heart, please.)

(Thanks to @ParentingGeekly for the link!)

A Geeky Home

Elegant Alter Egos

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Danny Haas has created artwork inspired by our favorite superheroes–and their alter egos. If you have a walk-in closet, I think these pieces would be perfect framed in a series.

Parker, Stark, Wayne, and Kent: $17.68 – $52 at Society 6.

Weddings

Spiderman STD

…That stands for “Save the Date” for those not wedding-inclined.

Superhero Save-the-Date of the Day

Created by redditor jwc1138, this epic save the date is based on this original spidey cover.

What a creative, unique way to announce your wedding!

What’s the best Save the Date you’ve seen?

Source: TDW Geek

Recipes, Television

Slime Cupcakes in Honor of Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon is bringing back our favorite 90’s shows starting tonight. TeenNick will be showcasing old episodes of shows like All That, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains it All, Doug, and Ren and Stimpy from 12am-4am on weeknights. In honor, I’ve made some Nickelodeon-inspired slime cupcakes. I heard that one of the original slime recipes included vanilla pudding, so I let that be my guide.

This is a vanilla cupcake with vanilla “slime” pudding in the center, and a vanilla buttercream and “slime” glaze frosting.

The base recipe for the cupcakes and frosting are from Magnolia Bakery. (Recipe originally from FoodNetwork.com).

Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Line 2 (1/2 cup-12 capacity) muffin tins with cupcake papers.

In a small bowl, combine the flours. Set aside.

In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar gradually and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla. With each addition, beat until the ingredients are incorporated but do not over beat. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the batter in the bowl to make sure the ingredients are well blended. Carefully spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about 3/4 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean.

Cool the cupcakes in tins for 15 minutes. Remove from the tins and cool completely on a wire rack.

While waiting to cool, make the “Slime” Pudding Filling:
Make one box of instant vanilla pudding, following instructions on the box. After completed, add 10 drops of green food coloring gradually while mixing.

Core the center of the cupcakes and spoon in the slime filling. A knife or small spoon works fine, but I used this cupcake corer set.

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
6 to 8 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of the sugar and then the milk and vanilla. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency.

Frost the cupcakes with the buttercream frosting and let sit 5-10 minutes while making the “Slime Glaze”:
Ingredients:
1.5 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 TBS milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 drops green food coloring
2 drops yellow food coloring

Mix items together in a medium bowl using an electric mixer on slow/medium speed. Adjust drops of food coloring to reach your desired color.

Using a spoon, drip the glaze over the frosted cupcakes to give it a “slimed” appearance.

Makes 2 dozen cupcakes.

Don’t forget to wash them down with some orange soda!

Crafty Geek

Geeky Fabric

I saw this fabric featured over on Geek Mom yesterday, and thought they were the cutest thing!

spacecolor

Use it for quilts, pillows, gift bags, or anything else your heart desires.

Find these, as well as Pac-Man and an assortment of other fun fabrics, at Fabric.com.

Lifestyle, Weddings

Wedding Geekspiration

While planning my wedding, I scoured every wedding blog and site possible for inspiration. Now that I’m done, I hope to give back a bit for those who are now in the midst of planning theirs. So, here are some of the geeky or personal touches we had at our wedding!

Invitations


We wanted invitations that looked elegant, but also showed a bit of our uniqueness. We both enjoy playing games, and Mr. Geek has been known to do a card trick or two (and always have a deck on him), so using the pattern on the back of the Bicycle decks was a natural choice for our wedding planning, since we wanted to have a really good wedding, and that’s why we planned to use the best destination wedding planner in delhi to create the perfect wedding for us. These cards were fully designed by Mr. Geek and made by my dad. (Full names edited out to protect the innocent!)

D20 Garter

I wanted to surprise my husband with something geeky on my garter, and when I came across these D20 charms, I knew it would be perfect. It was a great way to show our personality, look classy, and match our color scheme! He threw the garter, but kept the D20.

Decoder Rings

It’s traditional to give a gift to your soon-to-be husband/wife, and I knew my husband would be wearing his grandfather’s cuff links, so that was out. I chose to give him a ring other than his wedding ring… one that would show him that I still wanted to have fun and have silly secrets and codes with him. I bought myself a ring as well, and hope that we’ll continue to use them to write coded messages to each other.

The Ceremony

Sure, we had some personal mentions in the vows we wrote for each other (like how I always fall asleep in action movies, and how Mr. Geek makes every day a new adventure), but the geeky mentions came in the main “sermon” itself. We had a good friend officiate our ceremony, and he was able to secretly insert some of our favorite sayings, without friends or family catching on. Sayings included “Look Around You” and “So Say We All”.

Photo Booth

A photo booth is a great way to insure you’ll get photos of your guests, and it’s a great ice breaker for those at your wedding. We made a “red carpet” style backdrop with our names, and told our drama friends to bring random props from home. We weren’t expecting the giant bird mask or cut out of George Washington, but we’re pretty thrilled they were there.

What geeky or personal touches did you have at your wedding?

Geeky Fashion

Doctor Who: Looking More Adorable Than Ever

Sometimes, you just need an adorable photo in your life. This boy got the picture of a lifetime taken with Karen Gilliam at the London Film and Comic Convention.

I’ve been getting into Doctor Who lately, and nothing takes the bite out of a few weeping angel episodes like this pic.

Events

It All Ends Here.


Hogwarts created by Charm City Cakes for the NYC Premiere.

The final Harry Potter film comes out tonight. Will you be at a midnight screening? (I will be, but feel exhausted just thinking about it.)

Although this is the final Harry Potter film, I hope Potter and his gang can continue to inspire your crafts and cooking for many more years to come.