My son turned 8 this week and he’s a big fan of the Star Wars universe. Today we had a Star Wars themed birthday party with goodies like: Yoda soda, Vader water, Wookie cookies, Jedi Starfighter pizza, Jedi training school and of course a cake! I baked a chocolate chip cake and decorated it with…
Happy Easter from CakeJournal
I thought that I would share some sweet and sugary Easter cookies with you that I made back in 2008. Both egg and baby chick cookies are all decorated with royal icing in pretty pastel colors. The cookie baskets, boxes and the decorated papier-mache Easter egg are all home crafted and decorated. I just love…
One Easter cake, three designs, part 3
The last of my three Easter cake tutorials. A cute little Easter bunny cake! I have made a fondant grass border instead of a ribbon this time. This Easter bunny cake would be a fun project to make for kids, since the bunny is made using basic tools. If you like, you can add more…
One Easter cake, three designs, part 2
I am back with the second design for a sweet and easy Easter cake. I have used a fondant covered cake board this time. Instead of a styrofoam fondant covered cake dummy this time. I hope, that you can visualize the design on a “real cake”? The lettering is the same as I used in…
One Easter cake, three designs, part 1
This is the first Easter cake tutorial out of three. I will show you how you can make a sweet and easy decoration for your Easter cake(s). I’m decorating on a 10″ round dummy cake. You can use a smaller sized cake if you like, but then there may not be enough space for the…
How to make a ruffled 1 tier cake stand
Styrofoam cake dummies can be transformed into sweet ruffled 1 tier cake stands. Perfect to use, if you are planning to make a vintage dessert table. Place your sweet treats like cookies and cupcakes on the ruffled cake stand or use it as a sweet display to hold your cake pops. It can be made…
How to make a cupcake with Rice Krispie treats
This is a tutorial on how you can make the cupcake, that I made as a part of a competition cake back in 2008. You can see the original cupcake here The cupcake was made using Rice Krispie Treats (RKT) and rolled fondant. The RKT is light and it can be a good option to…
Sweet heart sugar cookies
Yesterdays sweet treats, pretty embossed fondant sugar cookie hearts in sweet homemade (home crafted) cookie boxes. You can see more embossed cookies here and read more about my embossing tools here. Happy Caking! Louise
Petit Fours decorated with fondant roses
I have a thing for small sweet treats and petit fours are definitely one of them. These petit fours are made with a delicious vanilla butter cake and a home made raspberry jam filling. They are covered with a simple pink sugar icing and decorated with pink fondant roses and small piped royal icing leaves…