by CJ [email protected] | May 22, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I made a batch of vanilla cupcakes decorated with poured fondant. All the flowers are made with gum paste. I have painted the royal icing borders with edible gold luster dust. I think looks very sweet and Shabby Chic. Tell me your opinion about these poured fondant...
by CJ [email protected] | May 22, 2022 | Cake Lounge
For a summer party at my children’s kindergarden. A sweet princess cake will be sold at the cake booth. I also made one with Spiderman for the boys. Happy Caking! Louise
by CJ [email protected] | May 22, 2022 | Tutorials
This glue is perfect for all kinds of sugar work and it is very quick to make. Here you can see how to make Tylo glue. DIY Tylo Glue: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial This is what you will need: 1 tsp. of Tylo powder (CMC)approx. 30 tsp. of boiled cooled water1 plastic...
by CJ [email protected] | May 22, 2022 | Books and other media
I have now created a new cake book store for users in the US. Hope you will enjoy my favorite reading. I have updated the book stores and have now added five new “category pages”: Gingerbread, Seasonal, Baking, Kids’ Cakes, and Tea Time. Happy Caking...
by CJ [email protected] | May 22, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I love cookies! When I make cookies, I like to use icing sugar instead of caster sugar, as it gives me smooth cookie dough. I decorate the cookies with royal icing using the flooding technique, where you first outline with a soft royal icing and then fill in with...
by CJ [email protected] | May 21, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I had another go to make a Whimsical cake. It was quite fun because it was not the cupcakes I had in mind to start with. But it came to me when the “lids” came on the two cakes. It just looked like strawberry and chocolate buttercream. So I thought those...
by CJ [email protected] | May 21, 2022 | Cake Lounge
These beautiful decorations are called “chocolate transfers” and were made by one of my Flickr friends Julie. She has told me that she found the inspiration from the book Whimsical Bakehouse written by Kaye & Liv Hansen. Learn Everything About...
by CJ [email protected] | May 21, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I have been playing with the cookie dough lately and made a lot of cute cupcake cookie lollies? Or simply just cookies on a stick. What Are Cupcake Cookie Lolly’s? These cupcake cookies have been on my “to-do list” for a very long time and I finally...
by CJ [email protected] | May 21, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I have through a Scandinavian cake community meet many liked-minded cake friends that also share my passion for cakes and cake decorations. We started two years back a group called “The cake nerds”. What Is the “Cake Nerds” Group? We meet, eat...
by CJ [email protected] | May 20, 2022 | Cake Lounge
I was busy last week with the preparation of this beautiful wedding cake. I made this wedding cake as a favor for a sweet friend of mine. The original design is from danish: KageKompagniet. I started making the gum paste flowers and leaves. I made lots of 5-petals,...
by CJ [email protected] | May 20, 2022 | Tutorials
I love sugar sprinkles, especially when you can “make” them in the exact color you want. So I wanted to share this great tip that I found on Martha Stewart.com. How to Make Colored Sugar Sprinkles in 5 Easy Steps Take any kind of white sprinkles (it works...
by CJ [email protected] | May 20, 2022 | Books and other media
Elisa Strauss the woman behind New York city’s famous bakery Confetti cakes has written The Confetti Cakes cookbook. It takes you on a spectacular journey through some of the bakery’s most famous cake designs and delicious recipes. What’s the...