I wanted to try out some new cookie shapes for Halloween so I sat down yet again and made some new Halloween templates: Ghost, bat, pumpkin, coffin and a rat. They were a little bit difficult to cut out by hand, so thats why I have only made two of each shape.
Gum paste rose tutorial on YouTube
The great How To video with the beautiful gum paste roses made by Fran. Have not been available from her flickr page for some time now. Very sad, because it is such a great tutorial but thanks to one of the CakeJournal readers, I will pass on the information that it can now be found…
How to make cupcake paper toppers
A while agoe, I made some cupcake paper toppers and as promised here is a little tutorial on how to make them. Visit your craftstore, to find all sorts of paper punches, embellishments, ribbons and scrapbooking paper to make unique cupcake paper toppers to decorate your cupcakes. I have only used circle and scallops punches,…
Kerry Bear contest
If you like teddy bears, then why not enter the Kerry Bear contest over at the blog If You Can Fimo You Can Fondant The faces behind the blog is no other than Kerry Vincent one of the Food Network challenge judges and Lyndsay Zorratti from Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery. The Kerry Bear contest is…
Bunny birthday cake
This is the bunny birthday cake that I made for my daughters birthday party. I made the bunny out of gum paste and made the fur with soft royal icing. The bunny was suposed to look alot more fluffy in the fur, since it should look like a replica of the little Lionhead bunny that…
Making a birthday cake
My daughter is turning 9 and I will be making a birthday cake with a bunny theme this year. Last year I made a small cake with a replica of her dwarf hamster Viola, but sadly we lost Viola two weeks ago and a little Lionhead bunny is now on her whish list. So I…
1,000 Ideas for decorating cupcakes, cakes, and cookies
Back in October last year, my former co-writer Michelle wrote about two sisters, Sandra Salamony and Gina Brown. They were seeking submissions of photos with decorated cupcakes, cakes and cookies for their new book: 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes and Cookies. After seeing the interesting cover of the book, I was wondering if some…
Brownies and meringues
The whole move went well and I am almost done with the unpacking of our 84 moving boxes. The summer have been so wonderful and very hot so the thought of working with sticky fondant have not been very appealing. The kids will start school next week and they are both excited to meet their…
Moving
We made the big move yesterday. I have a lot of moving boxes to unpack, before I can go into my “new” kitchen and bake something delicious to share with you. Our online access is not up right now, so I have to use the computer at my in laws until its fixed. Happy Caking!…