by CJ [email protected] | Jun 21, 2022 | Recipes
Frozen Cake Ideas can be tricky to make or find, but the outcome is amazing and is completely and totally worth the struggle of making or finding the cake. The little ones will love nothing more than seeing their absolute favorite movie on their birthday cake because...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 21, 2022 | Tutorials
A teapot cake is such a great “go-to” cake design and perfect for a little girl’s birthday, bridal tea party or even Mother’s Day. This teapot cake is made a little easier by baking a ball shaped cake and is easily customize able with your own...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 21, 2022 | Tutorials
No matter what time of year is, you don’t really know when some cookies need to be decorated real quick. There may be some Christmas cookies or birthday sweets, but in either case, you just have to know an easy and quick recipe of royal icing. Many of you...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 20, 2022 | Tutorials
Learn how to make a sugar rose out of gum paste with this rose tutorial. I use one or two sizes of petal cutters when making sugar roses. The sizes of cutters generally depend on the size of the “rose” cones that I am making. The more petals you add, the...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 20, 2022 | Desserts, Tips & tools
If you want to make a gorgeous dessert, sometimes you’ve got to break a few cakes and make cake scraps. All cake artists know that making beautiful cakes almost always results in leftover scraps that often just get tossed away. All that delicious cake doesn’t have to...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 20, 2022 | Tutorials
Stenciled petit fours are really easy to make and work for so many different occasions. This time around we’ve left a few plain little cakes for the word “BABY”, but they’d work just as well completely covered in pattern. A damask stencil makes...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 20, 2022 | Desserts, Recipes, Tutorials
Buttercream frosting is the best addition to any treat! Buttercream frosting goes so well with so many desserts. Add buttercream to cookies, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, etc. The possibilities are endless. Buttercream Frosting Recipes Vanilla A classic recipe that goes...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 20, 2022 | Tutorials
My favorite cakes to decorate are children’s birthday cakes, which often revolve around a theme or a favorite character. In my quest to figure out how to get these characters onto my cakes, I discovered the frozen buttercream transfer. So, the frozen buttercream...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 19, 2022 | Tutorials
I am so thrilled about the guest post that I will be sharing with you today. Not only does the author take amazingly beautiful photos, but she also makes gorgeous Cakes, Cupcakes, and Macarons. Her name is Linda Lomelino, she’s from Sweden, and she writes on her...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 19, 2022 | Recipes
You’ve probably heard of castella cake before, as it’s a very popular cake in Japan. It’s praised for its simplicity and delicious flavor! But just in case you haven’t heard of castella cake before, we’ll go into a bit more detail about...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 19, 2022 | Tutorials
I get a lot of questions on how to flood with royal icing. I like the method where you first outline the cookie and when the outlining is dry you flood the cookie with runny icing. It gives the cookie a smooth look and when it’s dry, you can pipe details on the...
by CJ [email protected] | Jun 19, 2022 | Cake Journal
You’ve seen those mesmerizing viral videos on social media several times, and boy, do they make knowing how to write on a cake seem pretty easy. But, just like any artistic endeavor, learning how to write on a cake entails a bit of practice and some...