Fall is here and it is time to think about this years Halloween treats. So I would love to see some of your Halloween treats. You can email me your photos with details before the 12th of October 2007. I will then make a post that can inspire all of us. Thanks! Happy Caking! Louise
Baby shower cake stand
This is new photo of the sweet and easy to make cake stand. This one is made by Maltese Parakeet, one of the contributors from the blog Peanut Butter Étouffee. She have used my tutorial on how to make a cake stand for cupcakes and made the cake stand for a baby shower she was…
Birthday cake
This is my latest birthday cake. I made it for sweet Rosalina that turned 18th. She is a very creative person and have many hobbies. I wanted to give her a very personal birthday cake and tried to put on all the things that she loves the most like music, singing, drawing and acting. She…
Teddy bear birthday cake
This cuddly brown teddy bear birthday cake is made by Leesa from Australia, for her sons first birthday. Leesa have used the Wilton Stand-Up cuddly Bear pan set. The teddy’s fur is made of butter cream icing with a Wilton Multi-Open decorating Tip no 233 and the snout, ears, feet and eyes is attached with…
Embossing sticks and textured rolling pins
Embossing sticks and textured rolling pins are great tools to have. It gives you the opportunity to add amazing details to your fondant covered cakes and cookies. The embossing sticks are from Holly Products. The first photo shows set 2, the side design set, and the second photo shows set 10, the flower embroidery set….
RSS feed cookie
I thought that the RSS feed icon would look fun as a cookie. So I made a cookie and took a photo of it. I then replaced the original RSS feed icon with the picture of the RSS feed cookie on the RSS feed subscription. I think it look great and is a bit fun…
Cakes to inspire and desire – book review
The seventh book from Lindy Smith is called Cakes to inspire and desire. It is an exciting, colorful and dramatic book for the more trained cake decorator. As the cake designs are a bit more difficult to make. But that should not stop the beginner, in cake decorating, to buy the book, because you can…
Birthday cake with run-out
I made this cake for my daughters birthday yesterday. She loves Strawberry Shortcake and this is Honey Pie Pony’s little friend Honey Doodle. I have use the run-out technique and Honey Doodle is made straight on the cake. First I traced the template to the cake by using a needle and marked all the lines….
How to make poured fondant icing
This is a tutorial on how to make poured fondant icing. Since I have used a danish recipe have I found another one at the ochef website. This poured fondant is not 100% white like the thing that you can buy from your cake decorating supplier, but it do not make any difference when adding…
New book release update
I have been updating my cake book stores. I have re-arrange it so that the authors with many book titles now has theire own section. So I hope it will be easier to find you’re way around in the book stores. I know that many in the US are waiting patiently for Romantic Cakes by…
Christening cake
I made this christening cake for my husbands cousins sweet baby girl Mathilde. A three tier cake in bright colors with flowers, toadstools, butterflies, ladybirds, caterpillars and small snails. I have made all the decorations out of gum paste. The baby cake topper is partly made of marzipan and gum paste. It have been a…
Sugarcraft gun
The sugarcraft gun is, in my oppinion, a “must have” for anyone decorating cakes. You can make robes, hair, fur, grass, ribbons, strings, bricks and logs very easy with this brilliant tool. You can use it for different kinds of paste. Fx. sugar paste/rolled fondant icing, gum paste/flower paste and marzipan. I like to knead…