I have been waiting to show you my latest cake. A two tier cake, decorated with owls, hearts and flowers for a girls Christening party. The flavor combinations for the cakes were: Dark chocolate mud cake, raspberry mousse and chocolate ganache. Crumb coated with Italian Meringue Buttercream and covered with rolled fondant.
CakeJournals September favorites
Tomorrow begins the countdown for the best holiday of them all…Halloween! So I have decided that my September favorites should be inspirational photos of some of my Halloween treats over the years. I hope that they can inspire you!
Top 5 crafty cupcake topper ideas & tutorials
I find it just as fun to create cake decorations in other materials than fondant and gum paste. Sometimes it is also much easier to make a certain type of decoration with glue and paper than if you were making it with fondant. There are so many great crafty sites and here are some of…
CakeJournals August favourites
I love when a new cake book or magazine arrives in my mailbox. That means, for me spending (many) hours in my favourite armchair, maybe with a cup of coffee and just diving into the glossy pages of cake. That’s why this August favourites, is all about cake reading.
Horseshoe vanilla sugar cookies
My sweet daughter is turning 10 tomorrow (I can’t believe how times fly) So, we made some vanilla sugar cookies in the shape as a horseshoe, for her to pass out, after her riding lesson yesterday. We went with non decorated cookies this time. A freshly baked, crisp cookie, hardly need more decoration, other than…
Sweet cupcake giveaway
These sweet cupcake decorated tin boxes are my latest addition in my kitchen. I love tin boxes and when they have cupcakes on them, I love them even more. Great for storage and pretty to look at, at the same time.
Tutorial: How to make a purse cake
My version on how to make a purse cake is finally here! I have a few tips that I want to share before we get started. My purse cake is rather high. So it might be a little difficult to move it around once it’s placed on the cake board. If you should need to…
CakeJournals July favourites
Here are another round of favourites… No cakes without eggs! This summer we decided that we wanted to start raising our own chickens. We have the French breed: Marans, also known as the “chocolate egg layers”. I have four young hens and one young rooster at the moment. I have to wait about 2 months…
The purse cake
This is my finished purse cake and I am really satisfied with the final result. The gum paste brooch looks really gorgeous on the purse cake. It’s amazing how a simple round cake can be turned into something very chic! I have been taking photos of the process, so now I only need to edit…